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Games like SHOWHAND

If SHOWHAND is your kind of game, the closest matches are Afterwork Apocalypse, Fading Reel and N.E.O.N. HORIZON — 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 SHOWHAND: SHOWHAND is a roguelite that blends poker deckbuilding with top-down bullet-heaven action. Build your hand, strengthen your projectiles with poker hands, and break through waves of enemies and bosses. Your hand is your health—lose your cards, and your survival falls apart.

ActionStrategyIndieEarly AccessWindowsby WINDUP
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Steam players who put hours into SHOWHAND 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. Afterwork Apocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    A horde-survival roguelite in a cursed office tower. Weaponise the stapler, the hot coffee and the all-hands microphone, keep your panicking colleagues from quitting mid-fight, and ride the elevator up floor by floor. Overtime is not optional.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Fading Reel

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    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.

    2026ActionIndieCasual2.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. N.E.O.N. HORIZON

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Survive 100 perilous waves in a sci-fi roguelite shooter where every decision transforms your ship. Upgrade its systems, discover powerful relics, create unique synergies, and uncover the mystery awaiting you at Horizon.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Gearomancer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Step into the mechanical apocalypse in Gearomancer, a fast-paced twin-stick action roguelite. Play as elite V.E.R.T.E.X. agents to dodge brutal bullet hells and obliterate elemental horrors. Harvest Arcane crystals, forge permanent upgrades at your hub, and die to return stronger than ever.

    2027ActionIndieSteam ↗
  5. Neon Breaker: Endless Arcade

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Blast your way onto the leaderboards in a twin-stick arcade shooter built around rapid destruction, evasion, kill combos and overwhelming firepower. Fight escalating fleets, merge power-ups and face 20+ unique bosses solo or in co-op. Play roguelike Anomaly runs that stack risk-reward mutations.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. Neon Armada - Solar Storm

    WHY THIS

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

    A top-down arena roguelite you can learn in one wave and spend a hundred hours mastering. Waves close in from every edge; the shop between them decides what you become. 32 ships, 28 weapons, 115 mods to combine — then endless mode, where the caps come off.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  7. Relic Reaver

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Relics, poker, and impossible choices at the end of the world: equip your reliquary, loot cursed zones, accept dangerous rituals, and play the best hand you can. You'll fall. You'll learn. You'll come back better.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. DET-33

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for SHOWHAND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    A bullet-heaven roguelite in the ruins of new London. Take contracts from four warring factions, build a gun that breaks the game, and reach the evac before the city closes over you. 700+ weapons, interlocking build engines, and a fresh map every run.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. 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 SHOWHAND.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

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

    Blast it all to hell.

    2025ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Wires And Whiskers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Nazi Zombies

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SHOWHAND.

    Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.

    2026ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about SHOWHAND

What games are most similar to SHOWHAND?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SHOWHAND are Afterwork Apocalypse, Fading Reel, N.E.O.N. HORIZON.
Who developed SHOWHAND?
SHOWHAND was developed by WINDUP.

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 SHOWHAND.

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