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Games like Deflect

If Deflect is your kind of game, the closest matches are Void Reaver, Chrome Survivor and VECTORHYTHM — 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 Deflect: A bullet hell parry roguelite where your shield is the only weapon. Catch enemy fire and send it screaming back through 100 waves, endless hybrid-boss gauntlets, and a mountain of loot. Seven Reapers, one rule: Don't Shoot, Send it back!

ActionIndieWindowsby AlzKrak Games
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Steam players who put hours into Deflect 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. Void Reaver

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Deflect.

    Organize. Optimize. Obliterate. Welcome to a sci-fi bullet heaven where your inventory is your ultimate weapon. Arrange your backpack to create explosive synergies with 300+ items to unlock, dedicated skill trees and a high-octane soundtrack to blast through unrelenting waves of enemies !

    2026ActionRPGSteam ↗
  2. Chrome Survivor

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    In this bullet heaven roguelite combine weapons into powerful evolutions, collect items to enhance your runs, equip and craft powerful cybernetic augments that change the way you play. Can you complete a 9 modded nightmare difficulty run and become John Cyberpunk?

    2026ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  3. VECTORHYTHM

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    Shoot to the beat, charge your power and build screen-clearing weapon synergies in a neon bullet heaven where every song becomes a fight for survival. Play quick-fire Arcade runs or shape your own build in Survivors mode.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. The Rewind Factory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    A software update fails and you end up in a test track. The only way out: complete the test track. You can rewind through time, wall run, dash, slide and slow down time to complete the test chambers as fast a possible. Can you beat the fastest time in this FPS movement based game?

    2023ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Destropolis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    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 ↗
  6. Nelo

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    Nelo is the lightning fast, out of this world, genre-blending, bullet-hell, character-action epic meticulously crafted by the loving couple at Magic & Mirrors.

    2017ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Titans of the Past

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    A deep party-based RPG. Crawl dungeons. Battle monsters with your weapons, spells, abilities. Utilize the 'time flows as you move' system to make decisions. Loot, level up, craft, develop your town. Unlock new classes and races, spells, items - to make a party able survive the hardest challenges.

    2025ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dungeons of Sundaria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Deflect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deflect.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deflect.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deflect.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Deflect

Does Deflect have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Deflect supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Deflect?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deflect are Void Reaver, Chrome Survivor, VECTORHYTHM.
Who developed Deflect?
Deflect was developed by AlzKrak Games.

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