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Games like CYAN BRAIN

If CYAN BRAIN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Drain Mansion, The Agnietta ~The holy healer & the cursed dungeon~ and Parasitic Evil — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and grim. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About CYAN BRAIN: Cyan Brain is a decadent sci-fi side-scrolling action shooter. Awaken to face endless slaughter and desperate encounters. "Are you ready to make the ultimate devotion?"

2025Action14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby NEKOUJI
CYAN BRAIN — Steam game cover
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Players who liked CYAN BRAIN also play

Steam players who put hours into CYAN BRAIN also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Drain Mansion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Top pick for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    You wake up in an unknown dark abandoned mansion and don't remember how you got there. Your goal is to escape this mansion and get back home safely, but the traps and demons lurking there won't make it easier. Can you escape this mansion or give in to the temptation?

    2023ActionAdventure9.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Agnietta ~The holy healer & the cursed dungeon~

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Second-strongest match for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Our heroine is a demure, divine healer who accepts the task of purifying the cursed dungeon. Along the way, she may encounter all sorts of lust-filled demons. Can you help Demyra escape all the traps in the dungeon just waiting for a naive, innocent girl?

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Parasitic Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Third-strongest match for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Amidst a catastrophe, the protagonists find themselves trapped inside a hospital that has been conducting mysterious research. While they manage to survive the initial disaster, they are soon confronted with insane mutations—and the struggle to escape the hospital which leaves both their sanity and physical forms under siege.

    2023ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Fallen Shinobi

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Ranked #4 for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    You have captured Ayame, the enemy's top shinobi! Use all the tools at your disposal to, tease and get intimate with this feisty maiden!

    2023Simulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Take Me To The Dungeon!!

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Ranked #5 for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Explore the depths of this massive dungeon with your adorable companion Una in this exciting R-18 deck-building adventure!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Mirai's Midnight Stream

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and atmospheric with CYAN BRAIN.

    Ranked #6 for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    You are a determined disciple of the Sect of the Golden Staff, and to prove yourself to your fellow apprentices and masters, you've set out to defeat the two-tailed fox spirit of legend and lore. After conquering the sensuous goddess in a fiery battle, you come up with a rather "ballsy" idea...

    2025RPGCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Isekai Sex Boutique

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with CYAN BRAIN.

    Ranked #7 for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    You mysteriously find yourself in another world and, as a lover of sex toys, you decide to jump on a business opportunity to start a new life. Run a sex shop with a haughty heiress and hot employees from a variety of races, and make this the best sex shop in the (other) world!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Censor DX Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and indie with CYAN BRAIN.

    Ranked #8 for CYAN BRAIN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Yuto Fujimoto is a restless shut-in with a knack for computers and a love for idols. Reluctantly, he takes a job as a censor for a major social media platform—anything to keep the lights on.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to CYAN BRAIN

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. SIGNALIS

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Reviewers of CYAN BRAIN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. In The Dead Of Night - Urszula's Revenge

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CYAN BRAIN cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    In The Dead of Night is a story driven top down game that merges the best elements of RTS with Tower Defence. Take control of the town to gather resources and build your defences before Urszula’s zombies charge upon you at nightfall.

    2015StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Blame Him

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Reviewers of CYAN BRAIN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Blame Him is true first-person survival horror. A game about surreal atmosphere and dark challenges. A bone-chilling experience made by 2 people from Japan. Loved by and scared many YouTubers and Streamers.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Revenge Of Noxi

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CYAN BRAIN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Play as the ultimate ninja badass Noxi using magic, sword and shurikens to fight off an army of monsters and save your loved one. Bring Noxi to the top floor of her ruined home over dangerous terrain with athletic jumps, flips, sprints and slides

    2023ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. SiNiSistar 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights, resource management and an atmospheric mood with CYAN BRAIN.

    Reviewers of CYAN BRAIN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Step into a beautifully somber pixel art world of decay filled with grotesque, writhing abominations...A dark action RPG that follows the journey of a demon-slaying nun who must resist destruction and despair while purging the corruption from this world one boss after another!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CYAN BRAIN at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CYAN BRAIN on Steam right now. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CYAN BRAIN.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CYAN BRAIN

Does CYAN BRAIN run on Steam Deck?
CYAN BRAIN is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does CYAN BRAIN cost?
CYAN BRAIN is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to CYAN BRAIN?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CYAN BRAIN are Drain Mansion, The Agnietta ~The holy healer & the cursed dungeon~, Parasitic Evil.
Who developed CYAN BRAIN?
CYAN BRAIN was developed by NEKOUJI and published by Mango Party, Mango Party News.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on CYAN BRAIN.

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