Games like The Rusted
If The Rusted is your kind of game, the closest matches are Entering Host, MotionRec and Super Roboy — 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.
Get personalized picks →About The Rusted: The world belongs to machines now. Join a loyal robot dog on a journey through a haunting post-apocalyptic world in search of its lost human family. THE RUSTED is a hand-drawn 2D action-puzzle platformer.
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Steam players who put hours into The Rusted 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.
Entering Host
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Top pick for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Take control of a robotic parasite caught in a massive conflict between man and machine. Use your unique abilities to solve puzzles, outsmart enemies, and uncover the conspiracy behind your own creation.
MotionRec
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
Super Roboy
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Third-strongest match for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
CrushBorgs
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Ranked #4 for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Rusted.
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
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Ranked #5 for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Blocks That Matter
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Ranked #6 for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
Monolith
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Ranked #7 for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Berserk Boy
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Ranked #8 for The Rusted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rusted.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Rusted.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rusted.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rusted.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Rusted.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Super Roboy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
Monolith
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.
Berserk Boy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rusted.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
Frequently asked about The Rusted
- What games are most similar to The Rusted?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Rusted are Entering Host, MotionRec, Super Roboy.
- Who developed The Rusted?
- The Rusted was developed by Rodd Games.
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 The Rusted.
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