Games like Psycho Ripper
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Psycho Ripper for fans of action, indie, 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 Psycho Ripper 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, more from James H. Van der Meulen, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Psycho Ripper: Psycho Ripper is a top down action shooter with modified conditional formations. Explore a randomization of challenges as you blast through a sentient crystal mine, confronting progressively baneful threats and equip unusual armaments, as you speculate further through a grand and unknown chaos.
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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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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Top pick for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
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Terraria
Second-strongest match for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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The Forest
Third-strongest match for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Hotline Miami
Ranked #4 for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Ranked #5 for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
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Grim Dawn
Ranked #6 for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Starbound
Ranked #7 for Psycho Ripper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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More from James H. Van der Meulen
Other recommendable Steam games by James H. Van der Meulen, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
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Victim
Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Psycho Ripper. Shares Action with Psycho Ripper.
A game like none other. Victim invites you into the world of The Ominous Oppression. A desolate landscape of horrors and mental anguish. A place where only the mentally strong can survive and overcome the seemingly endless relentless trials of perpetuating devastation.
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First Odium
Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Psycho Ripper.
A psychological Turn Based Combat RPG Dungeon Crawling Horror
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Lober Lobe
Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Psycho Ripper. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Shoot psychic orbs, collect useful thoughts, upgrade your Probe with speed, maneuverability, satellites, resistance and suppress negative thoughts in this Brain centric, procedurally generated bullet hell shoot 'em up.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Hotline Miami
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Psycho Ripper.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Frequently asked about Psycho Ripper
- What games are most similar to Psycho Ripper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Psycho Ripper are Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, Terraria, The Forest.
- Who developed Psycho Ripper?
- Psycho Ripper was developed by James H. Van der Meulen and published by Trash Vomit Studios.
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 Psycho Ripper.
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