Games like Cataclyzm
If Cataclyzm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Metal Crisis, Dungeon Killer and Dwarf Legacy — 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 Cataclyzm: A 2D arcade shoot 'em up forged in the age of fire, feedback and METAL! Battle corrupted amps, demonic guitars and epic metalheads as you chug beer in a hellish concert of bullets and riffs. Crank it up to eleven and enter the moshpit!
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Steam players who put hours into Cataclyzm 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.
Metal Crisis
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Top pick for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
METAL CRISIS is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by 3D space shooters of the 90s. Pilot the most advanced ship Earth has created capable of acquiring enemy weapons as you battle through hordes of fighters and hulking bosses in it's war against the space colonies rebellion.
Dungeon Killer
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Second-strongest match for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Dungeon Killer is a fast-paced boss rush shoot ’em up where you play as Astrid, a woman determined to bargain with the goddess of death herself to resurrect her husband. Armed with a minigun, you’ll descend into a hellish dungeon and face deadly, disturbing female enemies.
Dwarf Legacy
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Third-strongest match for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
A Bullet-Hell Precision Platformer. Climb up Vertical Dungeons of The Mountainhome, battling Swarms and navigating Traps. Uncover the secret of your Legacy hidden atop the highest peak and secure the future of your village.
PigShip and the Giant Wolf
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Ranked #4 for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
Astral Bounty
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Ranked #5 for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Astral Bounty is a demanding 2D arcade side-scroller straight out of the ’90s. Blast through hand-built enemy waves, hunt four bounties, earn credits and blow them on beefy upgrades in the shop. You’re going to need them. 3 difficulty levels, 4 ships, mercy optional.
Shmup!
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Ranked #6 for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Syder Arcade
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Ranked #8 for Cataclyzm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Cataclyzm.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cataclyzm.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cataclyzm.
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.
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 Cataclyzm.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Cataclyzm
- What games are most similar to Cataclyzm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cataclyzm are Metal Crisis, Dungeon Killer, Dwarf Legacy.
- Who developed Cataclyzm?
- Cataclyzm was developed by Dogroach.
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 Cataclyzm.
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