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Games like Heavy Is The Crown

Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Heavy Is The Crown 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 Heavy Is The Crown 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, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Heavy Is The Crown: A casual 2-4 player rogue-lite round based fighting game. The losing players of each round vote on a unique debuff for the winner of the round to even the odds.

ActionIndieCasualWindows · macOSby Andon Light
Heavy Is The Crown — Steam game cover

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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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    Which Way Up: Galaxy Games — Steam game cover

    Which Way Up: Galaxy Games

    Top pick for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Perform graceful gravity gymnastics, outrun the relentless pull of a black hole and launch your friends into space as you compete across multiple events in the Galaxy Games!

    2025ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Super vs. World — Steam game cover

    Super vs. World

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

    Super vs. World is a local multiplayer 2D versus Party Game that lets you, and up to 7 other players (8 in total), compete in a variety of gaming modes from Last Man Standing, King of the Hill, and Capture the Flag, plus more! Grab your controller and have some fun with friends and family!

    2020ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Squarena — Steam game cover

    Squarena

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

    Blast, teleport, shrink and outsmart your friends in Squarena, the fast-paced 2D arena shooter where damage makes you smaller, harder to hit, and harder to control! With chaotic physics and unique abilities, every match is a battle of skill and strategy.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Heroes of the Triangle: Mask Rush — Steam game cover

    Heroes of the Triangle: Mask Rush

    Ranked #4 for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    In this chaotic party game, you must hold onto the sacred Lunara Mask as long as you can. Oh! But your rivals will try to beat it out of your hands. Move with agility to chase down or escape from your opponents, and sabotage their attacks with precise parries. Who can complete this hilarious ritual?

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
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    Island Bender — Steam game cover

    Island Bender

    Ranked #5 for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.

    2023ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Twin Stick Heroes — Steam game cover

    Twin Stick Heroes

    Ranked #6 for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Twin Stick Heroes is a top down arena fighting game for two to four players. Enjoy a wide variety of weaponry and characters, as you fight your friends across the galaxy! Using either local multiplayer or Steam's Remote Play Together.

    2021ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Vikings On Trampolines — Steam game cover

    Vikings On Trampolines

    Ranked #7 for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    It's all about trampolines! Stay on the trampolines and push your opponents off to win. Brawl against your friends or work together to save the kingdom. Big bosses, big minigames and evil balloons..? Play solo or local multiplayer for up to 4 players! Accessible controls: Only one hand needed.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
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    Jump'n'Brawl — Steam game cover

    Jump'n'Brawl

    Ranked #8 for Heavy Is The Crown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Fight with your friends in this fast-paced brawler mixed with a platform game, where lovely 2D pixel art meets stunning visual effects. Choose a character and use its super-powers to defeat your opponents (up to 4 players).

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Heavy Is The Crown.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Heavy Is The Crown.

    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 ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    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 ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Heavy Is The Crown.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    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 Heavy Is The Crown.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Heavy Is The Crown

Does Heavy Is The Crown have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Heavy Is The Crown supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Heavy Is The Crown?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heavy Is The Crown are Which Way Up: Galaxy Games, Super vs. World, Squarena.
Who developed Heavy Is The Crown?
Heavy Is The Crown was developed by Andon Light.

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