Games like Metal: Orbital Arena
If Metal: Orbital Arena is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sinned Arena, Bankshot Launchers and Blood: Refreshed Supply™ — 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 Metal: Orbital Arena: Metal: Orbital Arena is a first person arena shooter. Use a variety of weapons, grenades, abilities, and powerups to claim victory in the arena. This game was made by Group 2 of UCSD's 2026 CSE 125 class. This game was made from scratch in 10 weeks, as such, it may contain bugs.
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Sinned Arena
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Top pick for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Sinned Arena is a classic arena shooter inspired by timeless 90s games. You are trapped in Hell with other unfortunate souls, fighting among each other for demons twisted pleasures. Fight for your way out this dark place but beware, demons aren't there just to watch.
Bankshot Launchers
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Second-strongest match for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Create havoc in this ricocheting arena shooter where precise trick-shots are king. Master a variety of unique weapons and work with your team in challenging levels to achieve victory over your opponents.
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
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Third-strongest match for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
DUSK
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Ranked #4 for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
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Ranked #5 for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
DOOM + DOOM II
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Ranked #6 for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
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Ranked #7 for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
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Ranked #8 for Metal: Orbital Arena fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DUSK
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Frag like it’s 1996 – this time with even more asses to kick! Join the world’s greatest action hero in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour as he saves Earth once again, kicking alien ass and saving babes across the globe along the way.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Metal: Orbital Arena.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Frequently asked about Metal: Orbital Arena
- Is Metal: Orbital Arena free to play?
- Yes — Metal: Orbital Arena is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Metal: Orbital Arena have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Metal: Orbital Arena supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, LAN PvP).
- What games are most similar to Metal: Orbital Arena?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Metal: Orbital Arena are Sinned Arena, Bankshot Launchers, Blood: Refreshed Supply™.
- Who developed Metal: Orbital Arena?
- Metal: Orbital Arena was developed by Group 2 and published by CSE 125 UCSD.
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