Games like Hardcore Soldier
Below are 24 hand-picked alternatives to Hardcore Soldier for fans of action, indie, adventure, 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 Hardcore Soldier 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, more from James H. Van der Meulen, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Hardcore Soldier: Vengeance or Die in this no mercy, bullet hell, run and gun shooter that requires player skill, with only one life and one hit death, game over. You just can't get hit.
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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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MOONMAN: THE GAME
Top pick for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
MOON MAN: THE GAME is a 2d platformer shooter. In this game you will find many different worlds and weapons to use. The game is inspired by a certain someone.
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Lober Lobe
Second-strongest match for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
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.
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Parkour Legends
Third-strongest match for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Complete time-trial courses in this fast-paced side-scrolling parkour platformer. Gain speed boosts and build momentum as you vault over obstacles, slide under objects, run on walls, and rebound over impossible gaps. Collect hard-to-reach gear. Style your runner. Climb leaderboards. Become a legend!
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Contra: Operation Galuga
Ranked #4 for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hardcore Soldier.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Ranked #5 for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
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Elsie
Ranked #6 for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.
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Lilac 0
Ranked #7 for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
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Fury Unleashed
Ranked #8 for Hardcore Soldier fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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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 Hardcore Soldier. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
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 Hardcore Soldier.
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 Hardcore Soldier. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
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.
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Ancient Adventure
Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Hardcore Soldier. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Evil has taken over the world. Equip your Weapon of Choice and venture forth. Journey out into the world to avenge your predecessors. Survive the hordes of monsters, seek out to extinguish the source of all Evil, so that one day, your people may finally live in peace.
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Psycho Ripper
Another title from James H. Van der Meulen, the studio behind Hardcore Soldier. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
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.
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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Contra: Operation Galuga
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Hardcore Soldier.
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Hardcore Soldier.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
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Fury Unleashed
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hardcore Soldier.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
Frequently asked about Hardcore Soldier
- What games are most similar to Hardcore Soldier?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hardcore Soldier are MOONMAN: THE GAME, Lober Lobe, Parkour Legends.
- Who developed Hardcore Soldier?
- Hardcore Soldier 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 Hardcore Soldier.
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