Games like Zero Sum
If Zero Sum is your kind of game, the closest matches are DartPotato, cursor+cursor and Die or Die — 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 Zero Sum: Your enemies are numbers. Your weapons are math. Reduce them all to zero. A twin-stick shooter roguelite where you subtract, divide, root and modulo your way through angry digits. Tuned to your skill level, from basic arithmetic to advanced operations. You failed math class. Math didn't forget.
Players who liked Zero Sum also play
Steam players who put hours into Zero Sum 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.
DartPotato
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Top pick for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
You start as a potato. The utensils have unionized and they want you diced. DartPotato is a top-down roguelike where you dash, dodge, and dart your way through 50 cities as five different food types each with three different classes, building absurd loadouts to avoid becoming dinner.
cursor+cursor
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zero Sum.
cursor+cursor is a fast-paced arena shooter where you don't control one avatar... but two at the same time! Position your pair of cursors wisely to protect your core, upgrade your equipment and create unique builds to survive, all the while enjoying a "minimalist cyberpunk-ish" vibe.
ActionSteam ↗Die or Die
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
Roll the dice and choose how you will die. Die or Die is a top-down shooter roguelite where you run, shoot and dodge enemies to get dice with which to disable threats or unlock abilities. Roll. Die. Repeat.
WitchTrial
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Ranked #4 for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
WitchTrial is a fast single-player twin-stick arena roguelite. Dodge murderous sawblade formations, fight escalating enemy waves, and turn the arena’s traps against your executioners. Survive each day, endure nightly interrogations, and build a deadly combination of upgrades.
Vectorfall
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Ranked #5 for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zero Sum.
Vectorfall is a fast top-down space-shooter extraction roguelite built around risky sector runs. Swap between six ships mid-fight, raid hostile signals, break the Command Node, and extract your modules before Alert brings the patrols down on you.
Shotgun Rogue
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Ranked #6 for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Zero Sum.
Shotgun Rogue is a fast-paced roguelite where you defend your home from waves of enemies. Upgrade weapons, build turrets and traps, and unlock passive abilities each round. Create powerful combos, fortify your base, and survive as long as you can.
Another Castle
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Ranked #7 for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
Sick of playing the "Damsel in Distress" Princess Peta ventures into an ever-changing Castle filled with gun wielding cult members, mysterious secrets and a whole heap of items to help boost her firepower. Another Castle is a fast-paced, challenging dungeon-crawling roguelike shooter.
You Are Circle
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Ranked #8 for Zero Sum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
You are a circle in a sharp world. Fight jagged enemies in a neon twin-stick bullet-hell roguelite, build devastating ability combos, and grow from fragile to unstoppable through shifting neon labyrinths.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Zero Sum.
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!
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 Zero Sum.
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.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Zero Sum.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about Zero Sum
- What games are most similar to Zero Sum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zero Sum are DartPotato, cursor+cursor, Die or Die.
- Who developed Zero Sum?
- Zero Sum was developed by Power Plins Games.
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 Zero Sum.
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