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Games like Gryphon Rider

If Gryphon Rider is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rogue Space Convoy, Space War: Infinity and Vital Shell — 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 Gryphon Rider: Take flight in a fast-paced fantasy roguelite where you ride a gryphon through waves of enemies, dodge bullet-hell attacks, collect powerful upgrades, and fight to survive each run.

ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Gryphonspire Games
Gryphon Rider — Steam game cover

Players who liked Gryphon Rider also play

Steam players who put hours into Gryphon Rider 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. Rogue Space Convoy

    WHY THIS

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

    Rogue Space Convoy is a roguelite space action shooter where you pilot a fighter, build a convoy, and choose branching encounters across five hostile passages. Disable enemy cruisers, salvage upgrades, and keep the Ark alive long enough to reach the gate.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Space War: Infinity

    WHY THIS

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

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Vital Shell

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gryphon Rider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Gryphon Rider.

    Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.

    2026ActionRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. BALL x PIT

    WHY THIS

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

    BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Stellar Interface

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Airships: Lost Flotilla

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gryphon Rider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.

    2025ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. ARRIVAL: ZERO EARTH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gryphon Rider fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    Fight giant War of the Worlds -style aliens invading Finland during a Winter in the 90's. Build an army of local townspeople in this chaotic semi-autobattler roguelike. Navigate through different biomes to obliterate the aliens from cosmic dimensions.

    2024ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

    2024ActionIndieRPG1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Peggle Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Gryphon Rider.

    Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.

    2007Free To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Vital Shell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Gryphon Rider.

    Vital Shell is a single player top-down arena shooter that puts you in control of mechs inspired by classic fantasy archetypes. Unlock powerful synergies with unique weapons, traits, and abilities as you take on increasingly challenging waves of enemies in a shattered realm.

    2026ActionRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. BALL x PIT

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Airships: Lost Flotilla

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.

    2025ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Gryphon Rider.

    Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.

    2024ActionIndieRPG1.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gryphon Rider

What games are most similar to Gryphon Rider?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gryphon Rider are Rogue Space Convoy, Space War: Infinity, Vital Shell.
Who developed Gryphon Rider?
Gryphon Rider was developed by Gryphonspire Games.

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 Gryphon Rider.

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