Games like Para-Dox
If Para-Dox is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seven Suns of Orion, VectaGuard and Rust & Dust — 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 Para-Dox: A classic sidescroller space shooter where the enemy's are randomly created to give you unique challenges. Starting with just a basic ship you will find upgrades as you take down boss's during your runs. With 12 types of armaments to find, they will help you customize your ship to your liking.
Players who liked Para-Dox also play
Steam players who put hours into Para-Dox 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.
Seven Suns of Orion
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Top pick for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
A fast paced bullet heaven, control your Sci-fi spaceships with semi-newtonian physics. Last 7 minutes against the drone armada until their boss arrives and fight your way to freedom! Use planetary gravity and other hazards to dodge superior numbers. Collect and combine weapons for maximum firepower
VectaGuard
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Second-strongest match for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
Arcade-inspired shmup action where neon vector caverns explode with modern visuals, dynamic music, weapon upgrades and intense score chasing.
Rust & Dust
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Third-strongest match for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
Rust & Dust is A fast-paced 2D roguelike Shooter about two twin mice fighting through a ruined world. Instantly switch between them, combine their powers, and turn positioning into a weapon. Master the chaos or be overrun!
Orbit Run
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Ranked #4 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
Orbit Run is an arcade sci-fi game with roguelike elements, in which orbiting asteroids are your only weapons. Catch asteroids and combine them to unlock their run-altering abilities. Skillfully manoeuvre to dodge attacks and land massive asteroid strikes to defeat the ever-increasing waves of foes.
Planets Ambrosia
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Ranked #5 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
All-out 360-degree assault! A roguelite shooter where you pilot an sci-fi fighter to eliminate grotesque enemies fused with fruit and machinery, constantly upgrading your weaponry.
Prism Drift
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Ranked #6 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Para-Dox.
Take control of a lone pilot in a hostile galaxy. In this incremental roguelike, every death is a lesson and every scrap of loot is progress. Battle through relentless waves of enemies, level up your skills, and return to base to turn your scavenged parts into ship upgrades.
ActionSteam ↗Planet Killer
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Ranked #7 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Para-Dox.
A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.
They Came From the Sky 2
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Ranked #8 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
Terror from space throws world into panic! Yes, again... Your mission: Save the Earth from mankind and make a delicious juicy Human Smoothie! Inspired by the legendary game from Amiga: Walker and old good Defender.
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 Para-Dox.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Para-Dox.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Para-Dox.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Para-Dox.
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.
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 Para-Dox.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Para-Dox
- What games are most similar to Para-Dox?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Para-Dox are Seven Suns of Orion, VectaGuard, Rust & Dust.
- Who developed Para-Dox?
- Para-Dox was developed by Lollipop 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 Para-Dox.
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