Games like Rust & Dust
If Rust & Dust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gunborg: Dark Matters, UNYIELDER and VolticPistol — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Rust & Dust: Rust & Dust is A fast-paced 2D roguelike Shooter about two twin mice fighting through a ruined world. Instantly switch between them, combine their powers, and turn positioning into a weapon. Master the chaos or be overrun!
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Gunborg: Dark Matters
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Top pick for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Harness the power of dark energy as you jump, slash, shoot and bombard your way through an army of alien soldiers and killer robots in an arcade style, twin-stick shooter with a slick 80's synthwave soundtrack.
UNYIELDER
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Second-strongest match for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
UNYIELDER is an intense Boss-rush Movement-FPS. Assemble your arsenal of destruction, smash your way through waves of bosses, face your own Final-Boss.
VolticPistol
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Third-strongest match for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Take control of the Tholos, a renounced knight on his quest to overthrow his former kingdom! Battle your way to the top of the kingdom in this action-filled medieval-cyberpunk adventure!
Hard Minus Classic Redux
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Ranked #4 for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Brutal, savage, acid 2D action, where skill of shooting and movement need to be win.
Choom
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Ranked #5 for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Choom is a brutal cyberpunk side-scrolling roguelike shooter where you fight through deadly shifting levels, build game-breaking synergies, and push deeper into neon-soaked chaos with every run.
Keyboard Warriors
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Ranked #6 for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Use your keyboard to unleash a torrent of gunfire and destruction, cutting your way through huge hordes of enemies. Customise and upgrade your mech with new weapons and abilities, make builds that complement your loadout and typing style as you lay waste to the wasteland in a world left in ruins.
Neon Abyss 2
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Ranked #7 for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Dive into the cybermyth roguelike chaos of Neon Abyss 2! Now featuring up to 4-player online co-op, more combat styles, and unlimited item synergies, every run delivers a dramatic, action-packed experience you won't forget.
Robo50
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Ranked #8 for Rust & Dust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Robo50 is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter. Equip the mechanised Robo50 body armour and administer excessive force to eliminate the criminal scourge and clean up the streets. Destroy gang hideouts and weapon stores, track down the criminal kingpin’s lair and unleash an armoury of enhanced weapons.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Floating Point
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust & Dust.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Rust & Dust.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust & Dust.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Frequently asked about Rust & Dust
- What games are most similar to Rust & Dust?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rust & Dust are Gunborg: Dark Matters, UNYIELDER, VolticPistol.
- Who developed Rust & Dust?
- Rust & Dust was developed by TAP.
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