Games like Hellfish
If Hellfish is your kind of game, the closest matches are Madlum, Orbit Run and Gunlocked 2 — 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 Hellfish: Hellfish is a classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up set deep in a corrupted ocean. Battle demonic sea creatures as The Pope using his holy submarine, and customize your righteous weapons in unique ways every time you play.
Players who liked Hellfish also play
Steam players who put hours into Hellfish 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.
Madlum
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
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.
Orbit Run
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.
Gunlocked 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Eternal Onslaught
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Hellfish.
A vampire-survivors-style roguelike where bosses arrive every 90 seconds and the Butcher every 5 minutes Pick a hero, pick a weapon, then survive as the screen fills with the unkilled
ActionSteam ↗Hopeless Sea
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Hopeless Sea is arcade-inspired STG with roguelike elements. You pilot a ship to cut your way through hordes of procedurally generated, merciless sea monsters. Choose wisely from a variety of ships, weapons and traits since conquering this hopeless sea is the only option to survive.
Stellar Interface
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Lilac 0
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hellfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hellfish.
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?
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hellfish.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
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]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from FromLefcourt
Other recommendable Steam games by FromLefcourt, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Gunlocked
WHY THIS
Another title from FromLefcourt, the studio behind Hellfish. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Arcane Golf
WHY THIS
Another title from FromLefcourt, the studio behind Hellfish. Shares Indie with Hellfish.
Arcane Golf is a miniature golf puzzle game set in a fantasy world full of dungeons, dangers, gems, and geometry. Play across 200 levels set in 4 unique courses inspired by classic adventure games!
Boons & Burdens
WHY THIS
Another title from FromLefcourt, the studio behind Hellfish. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Boons & Burdens is a single player action-roguelike set in the depths of hell. Battle hordes of demons through 12 levels, collect gems to purchase powerful boons, and choose from deadly burdens that alter the game's difficulty. Will you be the paragon of power or the architect of your own defeat?
Cosmic Raze
WHY THIS
Another title from FromLefcourt, the studio behind Hellfish. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Cosmic Raze is a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Control advanced weapons, build powerful synergies, and then blast away as aliens attempt to conquer Earth. Between rounds you'll earn unique augmentations, purchase and upgrade a huge variety of weapons, and unlock powerful synergy bonuses.
Gunlocked 2
WHY THIS
Another title from FromLefcourt, the studio behind Hellfish. Shares Action and Indie with Hellfish.
Movement is your weapon. A sci-fi action roguelike and shmup combined, in Gunlocked 2 you'll pilot and upgrade a state-of-the-art warship against endless waves of deadly aliens. Deep customization, branching paths, and tons of unlockables offer endless replayability!
Frequently asked about Hellfish
- What games are most similar to Hellfish?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hellfish are Madlum, Orbit Run, Gunlocked 2.
- Who developed Hellfish?
- Hellfish was developed by FromLefcourt.
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 Hellfish.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.