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Games like LOCUS PROTOCOL

If LOCUS PROTOCOL is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grid Demon, Negative Time and Simple Shooter — 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.

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About LOCUS PROTOCOL: 80 waves. 8 bosses. 17 logs that will make you question everything you've been defending. Locus Protocol is a twin-stick bullet heaven with an adaptive AI Director and a horror story hidden inside a cozy geometric shell.

ActionWindowsby Dinobyte Softworks LLC
LOCUS PROTOCOL — Steam game cover

Players who liked LOCUS PROTOCOL also play

Steam players who put hours into LOCUS PROTOCOL 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. Grid Demon

    WHY THIS

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

    A cyberpunk bullet-heaven roguelite. Survive the swarm, hack your kills, and turn enemy machines into your own weapons

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Negative Time

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for LOCUS PROTOCOL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LOCUS PROTOCOL.

    Negative Time is a top-down shooter with bullet hell and roguelike elements where each time you get hit, you are sent further and further back in time, until you are sent into the past they tried so hard to erase. Maybe in there lies the key to your escape?

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  3. Simple Shooter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for LOCUS PROTOCOL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A neon bullet-hell where the swarm is alive. Outlast escalating waves with pure movement — no cover, nowhere to hide. Just geometry, reflexes, and the void between enemies.

    2026Indie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Star Scrap

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for LOCUS PROTOCOL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LOCUS PROTOCOL.

    A broke bounty hunter. A sarcastic robot. 1,000,000 credit debt. Star Scrap is a chaotic twin stick space roguelite. Blast through increasingly difficult waves of enemies to pay it off.

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access7.19 USDSteam ↗
  5. Salt VS Pepper

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for LOCUS PROTOCOL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LOCUS PROTOCOL.

    Salt VS Pepper is a twin-stick shooter where you switch between black and white every 3 seconds, leaving behind an evil clone every time you switch! Use guns, walls, bowling balls, and anything in between as a weapon!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. The Gun is Good

    WHY THIS

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

    Action roguelike horde shooter. Bullet heaven vs bullet hell. Enter The Astral to slay demons by the thousands, loot and craft powerful guns and items, use the power of runes to get strong enough to defeat the Astral Kings.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  7. Talas

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for LOCUS PROTOCOL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with LOCUS PROTOCOL.

    Shoot your way across deep space. Shred through waves of enemies, unravel the secrets hiding beneath the surface, and explore the endless synergies in this retro-inspired action roguelike.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  8. Delusional

    WHY THIS

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

    Delusional is a chaotic top-down roguelike shooter where you battle absurd enemies with hundreds of ridiculous weapons, all in a desperate bid to defeat the eccentric artiste who created you.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗

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  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 LOCUS PROTOCOL.

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    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

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    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

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    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

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    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about LOCUS PROTOCOL

What games are most similar to LOCUS PROTOCOL?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LOCUS PROTOCOL are Grid Demon, Negative Time, Simple Shooter.
Who developed LOCUS PROTOCOL?
LOCUS PROTOCOL was developed by Dinobyte Softworks LLC.

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 LOCUS PROTOCOL.

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