Games like Hail of Hexes
If Hail of Hexes is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bonfire Barrage, Madlum and Iron Dogs — 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 Hail of Hexes: Featuring three playable characters, over twenty gameplay-altering items, and over ten unique upgradeable spells, every Hail of Hexes run will be unique. Explore new builds and truly master the classic arcade combat in this hand-drawn side-scrolling shoot-em-up.
Players who liked Hail of Hexes also play
Steam players who put hours into Hail of Hexes 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.
Bonfire Barrage
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Top pick for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Play as a Bonfire Spirit, unleashing flaming bullets to fend off relentless waves of shadowy foes. Master dynamic movement, evolve your powers, and adapt to the ever-shifting chaos. Keep your flame burning in this fast-paced, stylized 2D action-roguelike, where every moment is a fight for survival!
Madlum
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Second-strongest match for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Madlum is a Bullet Hell Shmup with Roguelike elements with a dark hand-drawn style. Navigate through a shifting labyrinth, gather powerful upgrades to combat the ever increasing difficulty, annihilate your rivals and escape Madlum's Vault.
Iron Dogs
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Third-strongest match for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
In Iron Dogs, take the helm of 1940's inspired aircraft in a colorful retro-inspired arcade flight-sim where you will blast hordes of enemy aircraft, naval vessels and more! Engage in dogfights (literally) with hostile aircraft, while flying through beautifully hand-crafted environments.
Canyon Raid
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Ranked #4 for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Canyon Raid is a classic reimagined in 3D. Pilot unique aircraft through procedurally generated canyons, destroy enemies, collect XP, and unlock powerful upgrades in this roguelike aerial shooter. Classic gameplay, modern twist.
Dead on Delivery
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Ranked #5 for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Dead on Delivery is a fast-paced top-down action roguelite where you play as a pizza delivery driver in a zombie apocalypse, facing relentless hordes of the undead in intense arena combat while using improvised weapons and strategic abilities to create unique builds and survive each new run.
Chrome Circuit
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Ranked #6 for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
A twin-stick roguelite in a 2086 cyber-dystopia. Chain kill-streaks for massive rewards, sign cursed loot contracts with brutal downsides, and stack upgrades into a new monster build every run.
ActionSteam ↗Hop & Pop!
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Ranked #7 for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Relax, Hop & Pop! and battle bugs in this froggy survivor game!
The Journey of the Gnomes: The Battle of the Elder Isles
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Ranked #8 for Hail of Hexes fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
One gnome wizard against an entire army of darkness. Journey of the Gnomes is a fantasy survivors-like, bullet heaven game. Cast powerful spells, mighty elemental synergies, and survive the shadow horde!
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hail of Hexes.
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!
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Frequently asked about Hail of Hexes
- What games are most similar to Hail of Hexes?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hail of Hexes are Bonfire Barrage, Madlum, Iron Dogs.
- Who developed Hail of Hexes?
- Hail of Hexes was developed by Puffin Piling 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 Hail of Hexes.
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