Games like Crankstone
If Crankstone is your kind of game, the closest matches are That's a lot of pixels!, BioCrisis and Awesome Mix Tape — 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 Crankstone: The retro shooter with the fastest mini games in the Wild West! Step into the boots of the town marshall, get rid of nasty cowboys and dodge the corrupted sheriff. And when your shift is finally over, enjoy some downtime at the saloon!
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That's a lot of pixels!
WHY THIS
Top pick for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
That's a lot of pixels! is a fast-paced retro mini-games compilation featuring a wide variety of genres: rogue-like, platformer, puzzle, shooters, beat'em up, ….
BioCrisis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
The alert has been given, the virus is on the loose, the lab will be quarantined in 60 seconds. Shoot anything that blocks your way and escape!
Awesome Mix Tape
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
Struggle with obsolete tech to load up a growing mixtape of quirky micro-games. Play, discover, repeat!
Circle Rally Party
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
Circle Rally Party is a challenging, family-friendly, 1 to 4 players local multiplayer party game with mini games about doing donuts with cars. Use your car's unique attack at the right time, and collect power-ups to improve your odds. Traffic rules do not apply!
High Speed Cataclysm
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Ranked #5 for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
High Speed Cataclysm is the most advanced and frenetic 2D action shooter where you will have to destroy thousands of enemies in order to save the galaxy.
Missile Dancer 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
Missile Dancer 2 is a new sprite scaler shmup that combines rail shooter and caravan STG.
Space Warpster
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
A fast-paced retro arcade shooter inspired by classic 1980s side-scrolling space combat. Weave through organic obstacles, survive relentless enemy waves, and defeat powerful end-level bosses in a pure, skill-driven singleplayer experience.
Lunistice
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Crankstone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crankstone.
Lunistice is a 3D Platformer created with simple & fun gameplay and a cute PS1/SEGA Saturn inspired artstyle in mind. Take the role of Hana the Tanuki and jump and fight through her dreams!
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 Crankstone.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crankstone.
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 Crankstone.
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 Crankstone.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crankstone.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crankstone.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Crankstone
- What games are most similar to Crankstone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crankstone are That's a lot of pixels!, BioCrisis, Awesome Mix Tape.
- Who developed Crankstone?
- Crankstone was developed by Lugludum.
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 Crankstone.
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