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Games like Duelists

If Duelists is your kind of game, the closest matches are Animal Game, Swerve and GigaTurtles — 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 Duelists: A 2D arena brawler for two to four players, on the couch or online, where losing is the fastest way to become dangerous. Between rounds the shop reads the scoreboard and arms whoever is behind. The cat running it is not sorry.

2027ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Robs
Duelists — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Duelists 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. Animal Game

    WHY THIS

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

    A 2–4 player rogue-lite party brawler where dying makes you evolve. Pick a cute animal. Grab a weapon. Wreck your friends. The catch? Last place gets the wildest upgrades. No lead is ever safe.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Swerve

    WHY THIS

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

    One rope, one arena, up to 8 players. Swing, slingshot and smash your rivals off the walls, then draft game-bending upgrades between rounds. Fast to learn, vicious to master — online, on the couch, or against bots that fight like they mean it.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. GigaTurtles

    WHY THIS

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

    GigaTurtles is a top-down, one-hit-kill, turtle v. turtle party game with stacking upgrades. Bask in glory when you win. Stack upgrades when you lose. Clone yourself, gain lasers, shoot through walls, cheat - do whatever it takes to become the GigaTurtle.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Ship Shape Slam!!!

    WHY THIS

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

    Out-dodge, out-dash, and outlast your friends in chaotic 1-4 player bullet hell arenas where you can only move and dash. Bullets fly in from every direction with wild properties, forcing you to dodge, grab power-ups, and time your dash just right!

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  5. Gob Loggin'

    WHY THIS

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

    Goblin snowboard racing??? Pull off tricks to build momentum, and sabotage your opponents to get ahead. Gob Loggin' is a retro local multiplayer racing game that’s sure to create memories with friends.

    2026IndieCasualRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Master of the Arena

    WHY THIS

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

    An action-packed arena brawler for up to 8 players! Battle in intense rounds. Customize your abilities. Fight to be the last one standing—or team up to take down relentless monsters.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Goof Off

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a Party/Couch game where wild Goofs fight for glory! Grab weapons from crates and battle your friends and family to be crowned the ultimate Goof! You may find a fish that knocks the wind out of others or a bottle containing a black hole. You never know what you may find...

    2026ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Flock Fight

    WHY THIS

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

    Battle your friends or fly solo as a flying flock of health units. Balance offense and defense as you use weapons to survive quick, chaotic local or online match ups in this minimalist couch fighting game.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Duelists.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Duelists

Does Duelists have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Duelists supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Duelists?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Duelists are Animal Game, Swerve, GigaTurtles.
Who developed Duelists?
Duelists was developed by Robs.

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 Duelists.

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