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Games like DEFLEKT

If DEFLEKT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Trigger Fever, Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain and Cyberpulse — 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 DEFLEKT: Deflect, don't dodge. DEFLEKT is a neon arena shooter where every bullet fired at you is a weapon you can steal - catch it and send it back. Fight through 15 handcrafted arenas and 15 unique bosses, solo or in local co-op and versus, with six switchable soundtracks that match your mood.

2026ActionIndie4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Mayd-It Games
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Players who liked DEFLEKT also play

Steam players who put hours into DEFLEKT 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. Trigger Fever

    WHY THIS

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

    Engage in chaotic multiplayer battles in Trigger Fever, a top-down shooter party game. Crush foes solo or with friends, wielding 50+ unique weapons. Show off skills, tactically dominate, and embrace the crazy onslaught!

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain

    WHY THIS

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

    The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cyberpulse

    WHY THIS

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

    Slam your way through waves of viruses and hurl your friends through cyberspace in this flashy arcade thrower that combines classic twin-stick action with inventive physics for an electrifying adventure.

    2024ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Solaroids

    WHY THIS

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

    Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.

    2017ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

    WHY THIS

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

    From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Debris Infinity

    WHY THIS

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

    Be elusive! Be intense! Be constant! Put your reflexes to the limit, manipulating time itself to make impossible maneuvers, using an advance scoring system to rank your performance!

    2017ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Theatre of Doom

    WHY THIS

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

    Theatre of Doom is an intense and fast top-down action game. Fight your way through the hellish stages against demonic marionette puppets, and ferocious monsters.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rumble

    WHY THIS

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

    Rumble is a fast Arena Brawler. Throw rocks to stun and spears to kill, dash to avoid incoming hazards and be the last man standing.

    2015ActionIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DEFLEKT at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with DEFLEKT.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEFLEKT.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEFLEKT.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEFLEKT.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEFLEKT.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEFLEKT.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Action with DEFLEKT.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under DEFLEKT on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DEFLEKT.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about DEFLEKT

How much does DEFLEKT cost?
DEFLEKT is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does DEFLEKT have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — DEFLEKT supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to DEFLEKT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEFLEKT are Trigger Fever, Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain, Cyberpulse.
Who developed DEFLEKT?
DEFLEKT was developed by Mayd-It 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 DEFLEKT.

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