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Games like BLUE REVOLVER

If BLUE REVOLVER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mushihimesama, ZeroRanger and Deathsmiles — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its 120hz mode enhances immersion, atmospheric 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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About BLUE REVOLVER: Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!

2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · macOS · Linuxby danbo, woof
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Steam players who put hours into BLUE REVOLVER 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. Mushihimesama

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Top pick for BLUE REVOLVER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.

    2015Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ZeroRanger

    WHY THIS

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

    This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

    2018ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

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

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Ikaruga

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

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

    Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Bot Vice

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Ranked #5 for BLUE REVOLVER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Radiant Silvergun

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Ranked #6 for BLUE REVOLVER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!

    2023Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. LUFTRAUSERS

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

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

    The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

    2014ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Assault Android Cactus+

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Ranked #8 for BLUE REVOLVER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to BLUE REVOLVER

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Radiant Silvergun

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Reviewers of BLUE REVOLVER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!

    2023Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Ikaruga

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Reviewers of BLUE REVOLVER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ZeroRanger

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of BLUE REVOLVER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

    2018ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Scramble

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of BLUE REVOLVER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Scramble is a resource management game in which you compete against other companies for the colonization of the New World.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of BLUE REVOLVER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

    2021IndieSimulationRPG4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    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 ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Action with BLUE REVOLVER.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Action with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under BLUE REVOLVER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck 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 BLUE REVOLVER.

    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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ikaruga

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Assault Android Cactus+

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with BLUE REVOLVER.

    Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about BLUE REVOLVER

Is BLUE REVOLVER verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — BLUE REVOLVER is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does BLUE REVOLVER cost?
BLUE REVOLVER is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to BLUE REVOLVER?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BLUE REVOLVER are Mushihimesama, ZeroRanger, Deathsmiles.
Who developed BLUE REVOLVER?
BLUE REVOLVER was developed by danbo, woof and published by Stellar Circle.

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 BLUE REVOLVER.

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