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Games like Bas: They Must Die

If Bas: They Must Die is your kind of game, the closest matches are Waves, Destropolis 2 and Cells of Division — 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.

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About Bas: They Must Die: Bás: They Must Die is a bullet-time infused, fast-paced twin stick shooter meets The Legend of Zelda-esque search-action game with an abstract visual style inspired by twin stick shooters like Geometry Wars.

ActionIndieAdventureWindowsby Kohococoa Design Works
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Players who liked Bas: They Must Die also play

Steam players who put hours into Bas: They Must Die 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. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Destropolis 2

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bas: They Must Die.

    Hordes of red cube enemies. Bullets, lasers and nukes. Cities to raze to the ground.

    ActionSteam ↗
  3. Cells of Division

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Cells of Division is a top-down bullet hell roguelike. Fight with past-run clones (up to 6 allies), mix ~100 items, and defeat 50+ bosses. Destroy viruses and defend the immune system!

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Kill to Collect

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Waves 2: Notorious

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bas: They Must Die.

    Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!

    2015ActionEarly AccessFreeSteam ↗
  6. Godstrike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Godstrike is a twin-stick shooter where time is your health and currency. Face off against ruthless bosses in tense, 1v1 showdowns as Talaal, the last Herald.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Esse Proxy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Slick, stylish and brutal, 3D Cyberpunk Shooter. Located in a dystopian future, you'll experience the intertwined stories of three different characters, each with their own abilities, playstyles, strengths and weaknesses. Kill or die, learn and repeat before you unveil the secrets of Esse Proxy.

    2022ActionIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Bas: They Must Die fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bas: They Must Die.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 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 Bas: They Must Die.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bas: They Must Die.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    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 ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck 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. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kill to Collect

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Godstrike

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Godstrike is a twin-stick shooter where time is your health and currency. Face off against ruthless bosses in tense, 1v1 showdowns as Talaal, the last Herald.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bas: They Must Die.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Bas: They Must Die

What games are most similar to Bas: They Must Die?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bas: They Must Die are Waves, Destropolis 2, Cells of Division.
Who developed Bas: They Must Die?
Bas: They Must Die was developed by Kohococoa Design Works.

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 Bas: They Must Die.

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