Games like Para-Dox
If Para-Dox is your kind of game, the closest matches are UberLoop, VectaGuard and Seven Suns of Orion — 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.
UberLoop
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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.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Explore the map, grab loot from shrines, level up with unique upgrades, unlock new characters, and stack wild abilities to create crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
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.
Seven Suns of Orion
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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.
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
Astro Burn
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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.
Dodge everything. Destroy anything. Stack ridiculous firepower and unleash anime style Catnip powered chaos in this fast paced cute-em-up bullet hell. Play as Astro, a space cat with her robot companion on their journey home, battling through absurd enemies, deadly hazards, and unhinged bosses.
Rikua
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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.
A cyberpunk roguelite game blended with three mechanics: 3D isometric combat, third-person shooting, and fast paced action platformer. Enter the missions, erradicate the rogue androids, build yourself stronger, find the truth in this Mechanical War between the humans and the metal.
Beyond Lost Planets
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Ranked #6 for Para-Dox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
Beyond Lost Planets is an intense Roguelike Dungeon Crawler Bullet Hell. Fight through enemies and bosses across procedural worlds. Everything from weapons and bullets to powerup and companions is represented with cards. Grow absurdly powerful and create wild, unique synergies every run!
Rust & Dust
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Ranked #7 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!
Chronos Bound: How We Became Heroes
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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.
Pilot a lone ship through a collapsing orbital station in a modern 2.5D shoot ’em up. Block bullets with a 360° directional shield, destroy grotesque wreck-born enemies, defeat colossal bosses, and build new upgrade paths with every run — a love letter to classic shoot ’em ups.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Para-Dox at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Para-Dox.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Para-Dox.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Para-Dox.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Para-Dox.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Para-Dox.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Para-Dox.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Action with Para-Dox.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Para-Dox on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Para-Dox.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
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
- How much does Para-Dox cost?
- Para-Dox is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- 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 UberLoop, VectaGuard, Seven Suns of Orion.
- 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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