Games like Rust of New York
If Rust of New York is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rave Heart+, Waste Walkers and Rust of Steel — 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 Rust of New York: A post-apocalyptic ruin exploration RPG. A Fallout-style game. A highly flexible game design featuring a wealth of skills and equipment, a vast number of locations, and numerous skill checks. The sprawling ruins of a chaotic New York City stand before you!
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Rave Heart+
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Top pick for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of New York.
Rave Heart+ is a turn-based sci-fi RPG that takes you on an epic journey through the galaxy of Xerxes. Experience the rebirth of this classic adventure, where deep emotions, thrilling battles, and galactic secrets await among the stars.
Waste Walkers
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Second-strongest match for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Rust of New York.
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
Rust of Steel
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Third-strongest match for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of New York.
"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!
Spaceman Memories
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Ranked #4 for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of New York.
Spaceman Memories is a retro JRPG built by one person who loves old stories. Set in a retro-futuristic Japan haunted by ancient folklore, play as Ichiro-94, an astronaut who wakes from hypersleep to piece together the remnants of a forgotten past full of wonder, nostalgia, and strange spirits.
[Neolithic]To the End
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Ranked #5 for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of New York.
A modern-day open-world RPG about a secret world. With the help of your companions, some demons, some cats, and any supernatural entities you can bend to your will, all the different ways to solve problems, you may still fail to save the world. Life is simply unfair. But, will you stop trying?
GENESIS Protocol
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Ranked #6 for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Rust of New York.
Retro-inspired cyberpunk JRPG set in a dystopian future where humanity is manufactured, controlled, and buried in lies. Classic turn-based combat, exploration, and inventory management collide with active skill inputs, cinematic attacks, bloody battles, and modern tactical twists.
ATOM RPG Trudograd
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Ranked #7 for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Rust of New York.
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
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Ranked #8 for Rust of New York fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Rust of New York.
You've just unearthed the classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game that revitalized the entire CRPG genre. The Fallout® SPECIAL system allows drastically different types of characters, meaningful decisions and development that puts you in complete control. Explore the devastated ruins of a golden age civilization.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of New York.
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 and RPG with Rust of New York.
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 Indie with Rust of New York.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of New York.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of New York.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Rust of New York.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Rust of New York.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Frequently asked about Rust of New York
- What games are most similar to Rust of New York?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rust of New York are Rave Heart+, Waste Walkers, Rust of Steel.
- Who developed Rust of New York?
- Rust of New York was developed by Fortress13 Game Studio.
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 Rust of New York.
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