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Games like Raw Data

If Raw Data is your kind of game, the closest matches are BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad, Guardians Frontline and ZERONE - First Encounter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fun graphics and gameplay, tactical positioning matters 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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Raw Data is a sci-fi action strategy game developed by Survios, released in 2017 at $39.99 USD. Built for virtual reality headsets, it offers online cooperative gameplay for up to four players across four distinct playable characters. Core mechanics include character-switching, tower defense elements, wave-based combat, and varied weapon options. Players describe the experience as both challenging and immersive, with reviewers highlighting how the co-op format brings participants together through shared gameplay moments. The graphics and combat receive praise for being enjoyable, while tactical positioning is emphasized as a meaningful strategic consideration. Raw Data is not compatible with Steam Deck and provides a medium-length session. The title holds an 81% positive rating based on 1676 Steam reviews.

About Raw Data: Built from the ground up for VR, Raw Data’s action gameplay, intuitive controls, challenging enemies, and sci-fi atmosphere will completely immerse you within the surreal world of Eden Corp. Go solo or team up and become the adrenaline-charged heroes of your own futuristic technothriller.

2017ActionStrategyIndie39.99 USDMetacritic 87Windowsby Survios
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Brings players closer together through shared experiencesFun graphics and gameplayTactical positioning mattersChallengingImmersiveCharacter switching

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Steam players who put hours into Raw Data 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. BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Raw Data fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Raw Data.

    A high-velocity sci-fi shooter built around charge management, explosive team fights, and Drivers who flip the match with their abilities.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Guardians Frontline

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Second-strongest match for Raw Data fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Raw Data.

    Guardians Frontline is a sci-fi VR shooter that makes you a soldier and a commander. Fight off enemies and build bases in a single-player and co-op campaign, plus PvP game modes with full cross-play support.

    2023ActionStrategy24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. ZERONE - First Encounter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Raw Data fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    ZERONE is a PC-based high-quality VR game, and it is a Hyper FPS game that competes with the enemy units of the mechanic series.

    2023Action12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Arizona Sunshine®

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

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

    Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Defender Of Falyndor

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Raw Data fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Raw Data.

    Defender OF Falyndor is a First-Person Tower Defense game in Virtual Reality! Take control of your character, towers, and much more to protect Falyndor from waves of invasions to become the ultimate Defender of Falyndor!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. oVRshot

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

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

    Engage in epic battles! Choose unique special abilities, and dominate the competition. Customize your character with awesome cosmetics. Experience the ultimate VR archery game oVRshot now!

    2018ActionIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Grapple Tournament

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Raw Data.

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

    Grapple Tournament is a VR Grappling Hook Shooter with 3D movement freedom, fast-paced vertical combat and dual wieldable multifunctional weapons. Now Free-To-Play!

    2023ActionIndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Gambit!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Raw Data fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    Gun up and wreak havoc in Gambit! – a 4-player campaign-driven shooter-adventure in a world of gangs, guns, and mayhem.

    2023Action19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Data.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Raw Data.

    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 ↗
  3. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Raw Data.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

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

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Data.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Raw Data.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Raw Data on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Raw Data.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Raw Data.

    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 ↗
  3. 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 Raw Data.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

More from Survios

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

  1. Creed: Rise to Glory™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Data.

    You are Adonis Creed, fighting toe-to-toe with the world’s top opponents to establish your boxing legacy. This intense cinematic experience features new Phantom Melee Technology for impactful VR melee combat so you can train, fight, and win like Creed.

    2018ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Alien: Rogue Incursion VR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.

    2024Action39.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Walking Dead Onslaught

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Data.

    There’s no rest when survival is on the line. Step into AMC’s The Walking Dead and prepare for an onslaught of walkers as you assume the roles of your favorite characters from the show, and confront the horrors and humanity of this apocalyptic new world.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.

    2025Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sprint Vector

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action and Indie with Raw Data.

    Welcome to Sprint Vector Championship Intergalactica, where the physical thrill of extreme sports meets the unhinged energy of a zany game show! Run, jump, climb, drift, and fly at extreme velocity as you race up to 8 players and battle obstacles in this frenetic VR adrenaline platformer!

    2018ActionSportsIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Electronauts - VR Music

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Indie with Raw Data.

    Immerse yourself in an interactive sonic environment where you build, drop, and jam with your friends and top artists. Remix over 80 tracks and express yourself like never before. Electronauts sets the stage for you to DJ, perform, and make music magic in virtual reality.

    2018IndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Westworld Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Raw Data.

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action with Raw Data.

    “Westworld Awakening” is a narrative-driven experience played from the perspective of Kate – a host who has attained self-awareness. To survive a dangerous underworld where no one and nothing is what it seems, you must overcome an entire world designed to destroy and enslave you.

    2019ActionAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Battlewake

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Survios, the studio behind Raw Data. Shares Action and Strategy with Raw Data.

    Fight for dominion in Battlewake, a fantasy naval combat game built for VR. Play as 4 mythical pirate lords, captain massive battle-ready warships, and summon ancient powers as you set sail on a larger-than-life nautical war for the ages.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Raw Data

Does Raw Data work on Steam Deck?
Raw Data is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Raw Data cost?
Raw Data is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Raw Data have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Raw Data supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Raw Data?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Raw Data are BREAKPOINT: Viper Squad, Guardians Frontline, ZERONE - First Encounter.
Who developed Raw Data?
Raw Data was developed by Survios.

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 Raw Data.

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