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Games like Bombslinger

If Bombslinger is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legend of Dungeon, Spelunky 2 and Dunjungle — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiplayer is party ready, challenging and dark. 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 Bombslinger: A Bomberman-inspired Wild West action game with bombs! A solo hardcore reinvention of the iconic explosive action!

2018ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Mode4
Bombslinger — Steam game cover
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Bomb chaining creates explosive combosCowboy revenge story drives the gameplayMultiplayer is party readyChallengingDarkIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Bombslinger 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. Legend of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Spelunky 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath, procedural generation and an intense mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Bombslinger.

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

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Super Amazing Wagon Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is a fast-paced 2d shooting game with a random story. You control a group of three migrants traveling west along a wagon trail. The game consists of short scenes that are sequenced together in a semi-random way to tell a crazy adventure story.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Catacomb Kids

    WHY THIS

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

    Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.

    2015ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Bombslinger.

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

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Freaky Awesome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bombslinger at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bombslinger.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bombslinger.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombslinger.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bombslinger.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bombslinger.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bombslinger.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bombslinger.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Bombslinger on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bombslinger.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Spelunky 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares permadeath, procedural generation and an intense mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dunjungle

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Bombslinger.

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

    A 2d action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero protecting the jungle from the rise of a corruptive power. Explore ever-changing dungeons, fight weird enemies and gear up with lots of weapons and relics you can combine for a new experience every run. Explore, fight, die, and repeat!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Bombslinger.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Bombslinger.

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Catacomb Kids

    WHY THIS

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

    Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.

    2015ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Freaky Awesome

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Bombslinger.

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

    Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bombslinger

Does Bombslinger run on Steam Deck?
Bombslinger is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Bombslinger cost?
Bombslinger is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Bombslinger have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Bombslinger supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Bombslinger?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bombslinger are Legend of Dungeon, Spelunky 2, Dunjungle.
Who developed Bombslinger?
Bombslinger was developed by Mode4 and published by Plug In Digital.

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 Bombslinger.

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