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Games like Apple Man Sam

If Apple Man Sam is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starforged Legacy, PengPong and Arms of God — 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 Apple Man Sam: Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!

2026ActionIndieCasualEarly AccessWindowsby boneheadlabss
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  1. Starforged Legacy

    WHY THIS

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

    Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie7.19 USDSteam ↗
  2. PengPong

    WHY THIS

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

    PengPong is a bullet-hell roguelike where pinball meets gambling. Bounce your way through chaos and bet it all to survive.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Arms of God

    WHY THIS

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

    Gear up for a battle through hell in this roguelite Bullet Heaven Arena Autoshooter with Doom-inspired gore vibes, metal music, and a satisfying combat feel. Wield five weapons at once, upgrade and merge them to forge indestructible builds, and bring divine justice to a world on the brink of chaos.

    2026ActionIndieRPG9.77 USDSteam ↗
  4. Chrome Survivor

    WHY THIS

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

    Make raves safe again! In this bullet heaven roguelite combine weapons into powerful evolutions, collect items to enhance your runs, equip and craft powerful cybernetic augments that change the way you play. Can you complete a 9 modded nightmare difficulty run and become John Cyberpunk?

    2026ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  5. Zombie Horde Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Zombie Horde Survivors is a 2D pixel-art top-down bullet heaven shooter. Survive in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a biochemical outbreak. Upgrade your gear, strengthen your body, break through waves of zombies, and fight to the end!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Arcanith

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Apple Man Sam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Apple Man Sam.

    Arcanith is a roguelike survivors-like game where you control a wizard and face endless hordes of enemies. Master your incredible powers, evolve your spells, survive the chaos, and become an unstoppable force.

    2026Action1.59 USDSteam ↗
  7. Deck of Potential

    WHY THIS

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

    Deck of Potential combines roguelike deckbuilder with bullet heaven. Collect cards, fuse them, and slap on sticker upgrades to beat thousands of monsters. Take down dungeon bosses, unlock new cards, characters, and discover fusion recipes to build the ultimate auto-firing deck.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. XENOFLEKT

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Apple Man Sam fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Apple Man Sam.

    XENOFLEKT is a roguelite space shooter where you will turn enemy bullets into armory: dash into enemy fire to parry and deflect shots, heal your ship, and trigger devastating counter-attacks. Unlock parts, plug-in unique perks with satellites, and get ready to master hundreds of deadly synergies.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Apple Man Sam.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Apple Man Sam.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Apple Man Sam.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Apple Man Sam

What games are most similar to Apple Man Sam?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Apple Man Sam are Starforged Legacy, PengPong, Arms of God.
Who developed Apple Man Sam?
Apple Man Sam was developed by boneheadlabss.

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 Apple Man Sam.

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16 Games Like Apple Man Sam — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run