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Games like Freelance Dead

If Freelance Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hover Point, Protocol : Kill Switch and SCAD — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Freelance Dead: A roguelite top‑down twin‑stick shooter. Rain, shine, or zombie outbreak—nothing stops a Courier on a deadline. Shoot, loot, and scoot through hordes of undead with ridiculous item synergies. Earn cash, unlock weapons, and grow from broke gig worker to a walking apocalypse.

2026ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Brisket Bros
Freelance Dead — Steam game cover

Players who liked Freelance Dead also play

Steam players who put hours into Freelance Dead 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. Hover Point

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.

    2026ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Protocol : Kill Switch

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Survive the mainframe in this Digital-Noir roguelite. Outrun the Magenta Corruption, overclock your code at risky Shrines, and fight alongside your upgraded DAEMON. Master high-voltage weaponry to clear swarms of predatory logic. In this arena, you aren't a bug—you’re the virus.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. SCAD

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    SCAD is an action‑packed, post‑apocalyptic roguelite where you pilot a customizable hovercraft. Fight relentless zombie hordes, craft and upgrade powerful weapons, and gear up for the future expeditions.

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access6.39 USDSteam ↗
  4. Roguevive

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Roguevive is an roguelite survive bullet heaven. Survive against hordes of enemies getting ever stronger. Level up, unlock upgrades and new guns in this multiplayer action roguelite.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Disaster Plan Z

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Disaster Plan Z is a hardcore single-player shooting survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players need to utilize various weapons along with their unique skills, construct different buildings, and continuously upgrade to resist the invasion of countless zombies and mutant creatures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Bug Drop

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Fight, upgrade, and survive in a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where 20 unique heroes with special traits, weapons and abilities take on the swarm of alien bugs.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Delusional

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Delusional is a chaotic top-down roguelike shooter where you battle absurd enemies with hundreds of ridiculous weapons, all in a desperate bid to defeat the eccentric artiste who created you.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Zombie Survivors - last soldier -

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Freelance Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Blast back the approaching zombies with your weapon of choice and survive. Zombie Survivors - last soldier - is a roguelite casual shooter.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

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. Shares Indie and Casual with Freelance Dead.

    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. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Freelance Dead.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Freelance Dead

What games are most similar to Freelance Dead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Freelance Dead are Hover Point, Protocol : Kill Switch, SCAD.
Who developed Freelance Dead?
Freelance Dead was developed by Brisket Bros.

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 Freelance Dead.

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