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Games like Defragmented

If Defragmented is your kind of game, the closest matches are Data Breach Inc., Disjunction and Lane Glitch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its 80s cyberpunk aesthetic, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Defragmented: Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood.

2016ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDMetacritic 68Windows · macOS · Linuxby Glass Knuckle Games
Defragmented — Steam game cover
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80s cyberpunk aestheticOne shot kills force tactical positioningReplay levels for harder difficulties and rewardsAtmosphericChallengingRetro

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Steam players who put hours into Defragmented 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. Data Breach Inc.

    WHY THIS

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

    Pilot a breach rig into hostile corporate infrastructure. Mine the firewall, crack daemon cores, extract your haul, and buy permanent upgrades between sorties.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Disjunction

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

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

    In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

    2021ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lane Glitch

    WHY THIS

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

    Lane Glitch is a fast-paced cyberpunk combat racing game where you drive an armed car through neon-lit highways, dodging obstacles and destroying enemy vehicles. Choose your path on a branching map, upgrade your ride, and face powerful bosses.

    2027ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. Rome 2077: Space Wars

    WHY THIS

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

    Unknown planets, whole new universe, with hundreds of ships to fight and explore, special abilities and ships craft. Rome 2077: Space Wars is a top-down shooter with ship craft, storyline, RPG element, survival endless mode and much more!

    2021ActionIndieRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Ascent

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

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

    The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Transistor

    WHY THIS

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

    Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

    2014ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Rift Loopers

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

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

    Survive the horrors of the multiverse, alone or with your comrades, as you battle against an onslaught of insectoid like creatures. Combine abilities in different ways each loop to overcome and return safely to your universe.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Mars: War Logs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Ranked #8 for Defragmented fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Defragmented.

    An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

    2013ActionRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Defragmented

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. Neon Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with Defragmented.

    Reviewers of Defragmented cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Borderlands 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares skill trees and a challenging mood with Defragmented.

    Reviewers of Defragmented cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Defragmented.

    The Ultimate Vault Hunter’s Upgrade lets you get the most out of the Borderlands 2 experience.

    2012ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Defragmented.

    Reviewers of Defragmented cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Leap of Fate

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with Defragmented.

    Reviewers of Defragmented cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    Leap of Fate is a furiously-paced cyberpunk roguelite about overcoming your fears and achieving your fate. In a New York City where magic is real, you play as a technomage who must develop unspeakable powers to confront the Crucible of Fates. Can you survive the trials?

    2016ActionIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Doomsday × Ghost in the Shell

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Defragmented.

    Reviewers of Defragmented cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Defragmented.

    Fight the Posthuman crisis in the Ghost in the Shell collab!

    2023StrategyMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Defragmented.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    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 ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Action with Defragmented.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Defragmented.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Defragmented.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    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 ~70% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    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 ~50% under Defragmented on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  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 Defragmented.

    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. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Glass Knuckle Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Glass Knuckle Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Noir Syndrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Defragmented. Shares Indie and RPG with Defragmented.

    Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Heliophobia

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Defragmented. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    Heliophobia is a first-person horror/mystery adventure presented through a surreal, non-linear narrative. You awake on a vacant plane, given only a singular task: kill the one with the initials "J.R.".

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ad Infernum

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Defragmented. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Disjunction

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

    2021ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Transistor

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Defragmented.

    Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

    2014ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mars: War Logs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Defragmented.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Defragmented.

    An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

    2013ActionRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Defragmented

How much does Defragmented cost?
Defragmented is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Defragmented?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defragmented are Data Breach Inc., Disjunction, Lane Glitch.
Who developed Defragmented?
Defragmented was developed by Glass Knuckle Games.

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