Games like Temple of Rust
If Temple of Rust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pixel Ninja, Shing! and Biscuitts 4 — 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 Temple of Rust: Temple of Rust is a top-down action roguelike. Fight through the wastelands using your sling and various types of ammunition along with special boots for powerful jump attacks. Create unique attack combinations with special upgrades and blast your way to the multiple cores of corruption.
Players who liked Temple of Rust also play
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Pixel Ninja
WHY THIS
Top pick for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
This is an exciting ninjya action game with a 16-bit taste!
Shing!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
Biscuitts 4
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Biscuitts 4 is a Beat Em Up Game based on the 80s Cartoon.
Swordian Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Use swords and magic to defeat monsters! A refreshing action game!
Striving for Light: Survival
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Brutal next chapter of Amiga's legendary beat'em up 'Franko: The Crazy Revenge' is here. It's time to clean the streets of shit. The iconic game finally gets a sequel it deserves. Are you ready? They are coming!
Stick It to the Stickman
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Temple of Rust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Temple of Rust at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Action with Temple of Rust.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Temple of Rust.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Temple of Rust.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Temple of Rust.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Temple of Rust.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Temple of Rust on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Temple of Rust.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
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.
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 Temple of Rust.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
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!
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Striving for Light: Survival
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Striving for Light: Survival brings the exploration of infinite expanding skill trees to the arena survival roguelite genre. Unlock new characters, weapons, skills and maps, slay hordes of monsters and take on massive boss fights.
Stick It to the Stickman
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Temple of Rust.
The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.
Frequently asked about Temple of Rust
- How much does Temple of Rust cost?
- Temple of Rust is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Temple of Rust have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Temple of Rust supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Temple of Rust?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Temple of Rust are Pixel Ninja, Shing!, Biscuitts 4.
- Who developed Temple of Rust?
- Temple of Rust was developed by James Mearman and published by dev-zoo.
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