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Games like Cartel

If Cartel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frost League, Tropical Hop and Angry Angry Shark 2 — 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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2026ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer15.99 USDWindowsby ren studios
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Steam players who put hours into Cartel 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. Frost League

    WHY THIS

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

    Frost League is Dystopian realistic FPS story about criminals of banking experts. Realistic&Cinematic graphics, comic style scenes and more.

    2023ActionAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tropical Hop

    WHY THIS

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

    Get ready for a highly realistic battle royale experience on massive 64-player servers. Customize your weapon and choose your teammates wisely.

    2026ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer15.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Angry Angry Shark 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Survive endless waves of deadly sharks in this fast-paced FPS. Play solo or with up to 3 friends, unlock powerful weapons, customize your loadout, and see how long you can survive.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cartel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Cartel.

    Step into the explosive fury of war with Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. Play a decisive role in one of the most iconic conflicts in history with expansive 50v50 player battles, where teamwork, tactics and an arsenal of destructive weapons combine to shape the battlefield in your favour.

    2026ActionStrategySimulation39.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Alpha Response

    WHY THIS

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

    From Gooseman, creator of the original Counter-Strike mod - Alpha Response delivers intense police action in dynamic, real-world environments. Fight solo or with friends against diverse enemies in high-stakes missions that demand fast reflexes, teamwork and split-second decision making.

    2024ActionEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Hell Let Loose

    WHY THIS

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

    Join the ever expanding experience of Hell Let Loose - a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Squad

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cartel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Cartel.

    Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. BattleBit Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cartel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Massively Multiplayer with Cartel.

    BattleBit Remastered is a low-poly, massive multiplayer FPS, supporting 254 players per server. Battle on a near-fully destructible map with various vehicles!

    2023ActionMassively MultiplayerEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cartel.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cartel.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Cartel.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cartel.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cartel.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cartel.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Cartel.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cartel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Cartel.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cartel

How much does Cartel cost?
Cartel is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Cartel have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Cartel supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Cartel?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cartel are Frost League, Tropical Hop, Angry Angry Shark 2.
Who developed Cartel?
Cartel was developed by ren studios.

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 Cartel.

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