Games like Boom Buddies
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Boom Buddies for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Boom Buddies also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Boom Buddies: Boom Buddies is a fixed-position bullet hell survival game where animal heroes face endless enemy waves, upgrade weapons through card choices, unlock new characters, and compete on global leaderboards.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Rogue Shapes
Top pick for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Rogue Shapes is a fast-paced roguelike bullet hell where you battle waves of deadly shapes, level up, and choose powerful upgrades. Complete challenges to unlock new playable shapes, each with unique weapons. How long can you survive the chaos?
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Black Plague
Second-strongest match for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
A fast roguelite survival chaos where you destroy endless plague hordes, stack insane upgrades, and break the rules of power.
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Hover Point
Third-strongest match for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
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.
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Gunlocked 2
Ranked #4 for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
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F.U.N
Ranked #5 for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Uh Oh! You took a little too much Acid and now you're getting plowed by the Evil Fractals and Malicious Machinists!!! The only way out is by going deeper in. Good Luck!
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Deep Space Survivor: Endless Starfield
Ranked #6 for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
"Deep Space Survivor: Endless Starfield" is a survivor-style game. Your interstellar battleship accidentally enters an unknown universe, fighting its way through endless enemies, roaming multiple star systems, and collecting meteor resources to forge your ultimate orbital weapon.
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Supre-Immune
Ranked #7 for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Join a roguelike action where cute immune cells battle viruses. Collect data in fast-paced combat, gain weapons and abilities through evolution, or level up to grow stronger. The fun of building your own super immune cell with different combinations each run is up to you!
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Tiny Bomber
Ranked #8 for Boom Buddies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Tiny Bomber is a 2D vertical scrolling action game blending roguelike elements with bullet-hell dodging. Players control distinct aircraft, navigating procedural levels, avoiding dense bullets, and destroying enemies. With a countdown, random builds & fast action, each run is a thrilling challenge.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Boom Buddies at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~50% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Boom Buddies.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Boom Buddies.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
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Peggle Deluxe
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Boom Buddies.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
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shapez
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Boom Buddies.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
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Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
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Insaniquarium Deluxe
Priced ~67% under Boom Buddies on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Boom Buddies.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Boom Buddies.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Boom Buddies.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Boom Buddies.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Boom Buddies.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Boom Buddies.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Boom Buddies.
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.
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Frequently asked about Boom Buddies
- How much does Boom Buddies cost?
- Boom Buddies is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Boom Buddies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Boom Buddies are Rogue Shapes, Black Plague, Hover Point.
- Who developed Boom Buddies?
- Boom Buddies was developed by Nightloop.
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