Games like BotNet
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to BotNet for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in BotNet also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About BotNet: BotNet is a 2D bullet hell roguelike where you play as malware trying to infect the world. Collect powerful items along the way, discover synergies, and make your virus unstoppable.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Compadrone: Land Wars
Top pick for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
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Lunaris
Second-strongest match for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Lunaris is a fast-paced sci-fi top-down roguelite shooter: survive escalating enemy waves, stack powerful passive and active abilities, craft wild build synergies, and turn the arena into a neon storm of lasers and explosions. Every run feels fresh and intense.
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Hover Point
Third-strongest match for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
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Super Galaxy Gladiator
Ranked #4 for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Super Galaxy Gladiator is a survivor roguelite focused on buildcrafting and inventory management. Fight waves of enemies, buy and upgrade items mid-run, and arrange your gear to create insane builds and synergies in the galactic arena.
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Tiny Bomber
Ranked #5 for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Tiny Bomber is a 2D vertical scrolling action game blending roguelike elements with bullet-hell dodging. Players control distinct aircraft, navigating procedural levels, avoiding dense bullets, and destroying enemies. With a countdown, random builds & fast action, each run is a thrilling challenge.
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Meowmunitions
Ranked #6 for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Meowmunitions gives you a roguelike bullet hell experience with a unique gun customization mechanic, letting you design your gun however you like. The random nature of the game, with multiple augments and artifacts, forces you to think of new and creative synergies to approach each run.
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Pets Survivors
Ranked #7 for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Pets Survivors is a survival roguelike where you battle hordes of monsters and fight to stay alive until time runs out. Choose your pet, pick your favorite weapon, upgrade your abilities, and see how long you can survive!
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Space Invasion Infinite
Ranked #8 for BotNet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
A 2D retro action rogue-like game inspired by the original Space Invaders arcade experience. Shoot down incoming alien waves and upgrade your turret. Discover and defeat bosses, and unlock permanent upgrades, turret classes, and challenging difficulty modifiers!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with BotNet.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with BotNet.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BotNet.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BotNet.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with BotNet.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BotNet.
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.
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Frequently asked about BotNet
- What games are most similar to BotNet?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside BotNet are Compadrone: Land Wars, Lunaris, Hover Point.
- Who developed BotNet?
- BotNet was developed by syffin.
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 BotNet.
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