Games like PulseWave
If PulseWave is your kind of game, the closest matches are XENOFLEKT, Fading Reel and Brewed and Battered — 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 PulseWave: Every weapon fires to the beat you create. Mix guns, modifiers, and upgrades to build deadly combinations in this rhythm-shooter roguelike.
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Steam players who put hours into PulseWave 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.
XENOFLEKT
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Top pick for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
XENOFLEKT is a roguelite space shooter where you will turn enemy bullets into armory: dash into enemy fire to parry and deflect shots, heal your ship, and trigger devastating counter-attacks. Unlock parts, plug-in unique perks with satellites, and get ready to master hundreds of deadly synergies.
Fading Reel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A sepia Roguelike — lead a chained squad through 22 waves. Map events split your line, milestone recruits add firepower. Linked Blink, run upgrades, 19 Evolutions, and a permanent meta tree carry you to the final Boss Hydra.
Brewed and Battered
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Brew your own weapons from scratch and unleash them on hordes of homunculi! In this survival roguelite, every ingredient combination creates a potion that splashes, moves, and reacts in a unique way. Discover absurd synergies and rescue fellow alchemists in your quest for the Philosopher’s Stone.
Chrome Survivor
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
In this bullet heaven roguelite combine weapons into powerful evolutions, collect items to enhance your runs, equip and craft powerful cybernetic augments that change the way you play. Can you complete a 9 modded nightmare difficulty run and become John Cyberpunk?
Tied to the Beat
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A roguelike where every lyric triggers unique effects. Choose your instrument, survive waves of lyric-powered enemies, and import your own songs. Your music. Your weapon.
FIGHT-QUEST
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
FIGHT-QUEST is a first-person roguelite where you become an unstoppable "Hero". Stack game-changing upgrades to slay thousands of fantasy foes, discover sinster secrets in a colorful world, and bank your hard-earned gold.
Apple Man Sam
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Apple man Sam versus moustached vegetables. A top-down survivors-like roguelite where you pick a loadout, level up, upgrade your weapons, and loot items to blast through escalating hordes and bosses. Multiple loadouts, endless mode, and leaderboards. Complete quests to unlock items and cosmetics!
ERLIK
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PulseWave fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
A Turkic folk-horror bullet-heaven roguelite. Every run drifts between two gods; feed Erlik's corruption for savage power and lifesteal, or rise toward Tengri's light for shields and renewal. Every weapon evolves down two opposed paths. Survive the Long Night.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PulseWave.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PulseWave.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PulseWave.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 PulseWave.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PulseWave.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PulseWave.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about PulseWave
- What games are most similar to PulseWave?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PulseWave are XENOFLEKT, Fading Reel, Brewed and Battered.
- Who developed PulseWave?
- PulseWave was developed by Miko Moares.
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 PulseWave.
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