Games like Arduo
If Arduo is your kind of game, the closest matches are F.R.E.D.'s Ascent, CrushBorgs and A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda — 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 Arduo: A peaceful planet has been attacked by mysterious robotic enemies from outer space. Take control of your character, battle through dangerous stages, defeat hostile machines, and defend your home from destruction.
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Steam players who put hours into Arduo 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.
F.R.E.D.'s Ascent
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Top pick for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
A 2.5D rage platformer. Nine zones, each with its own physics — ice, wind, sticky floors, low gravity. You are F.R.E.D., a small machine kept asleep beneath a world that never wanted you to wake. Climb anyway. Wanderer, No-Save, and Speedrun modes.
CrushBorgs
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Second-strongest match for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.
MIO: Memories in Orbit
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Ranked #5 for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
GIGANTIC ARMY
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Ranked #6 for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.
PLANET ALPHA
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Ranked #7 for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
Copy Kitty
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Ranked #8 for Arduo fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
Boki can copy the special abilities of any foe and then combine up to 3 of them into a unique super-weapon! Blast through hordes of evil robots in cyberspace, while training to become a superhero!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Arduo.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arduo.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arduo.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Frequently asked about Arduo
- What games are most similar to Arduo?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arduo are F.R.E.D.'s Ascent, CrushBorgs, A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda.
- Who developed Arduo?
- Arduo was developed by Forld.
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 Arduo.
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