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Games like Protect the Orb

If Protect the Orb is your kind of game, the closest matches are Just Shoot, インターネットサバイバーサバイバーズ and Shardstorm — 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 Protect the Orb: Your cursor is the weapon. Hold the line against the horde, stack 46 game-warping upgrades into gloriously broken builds — burn, shatter, chain lightning, reshape the map itself — and unlock new cards every run. Bite-sized horde-survival action with endless roguelike replayability.

2026ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Inkrementalspel
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Players who liked Protect the Orb also play

Steam players who put hours into Protect the Orb 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. Just Shoot

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight through hordes of enemies in this action roguelite, find random weapons and discover secret card combos to create devastating builds and survive the chaos.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. インターネットサバイバーサバイバーズ

    WHY THIS

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

    A top-down action roguelite Touhou fangame featuring Flan, who's... started streaming and has taken the internet by storm!? Collect likes and coins to power up your weapons! Your very viewer count becomes your life! Annihilate the constant hordes of enemies and survive, survive, SURVIVE!

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Shardstorm

    WHY THIS

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

    After the Echo's fall, her shattered sins awoke once more. Shardstorm is a deep, replayable horde-survivor ARPG. Wield seven sentient Shards, battle towering Sin bosses, and break the game with infinite weapon scaling, skill trees, and legendary loot. Survive the storm. Shape your Wrath.

    2026ActionIndieRPG7.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Machick 2

    WHY THIS

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

    A magical, chaotic roguelike-survivor. Craft insane wands, evolve and fuse powerful spells, equip crazy gear, and wield the power of divine relics. Get ready to wipe out hordes of hungry frogs and face mighty bosses in unique, unpredictable runs.

    2025ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fight To The Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight To The Death is a roguelite game where you enter an arena filled with hundreds or even thousands of monsters. Utilizing each character's unique skills, collecting powerful items, crafting your own playstyle, and striving to be the last one standing.

    2024ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Megabonk

    WHY THIS

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

    Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!

    2025ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Endless waves survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Protect the Orb fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Protect the Orb.

    Endless Waves Survival is an adrenaline-fueled endless survival game. Fight a continuous onslaught of enemies and claim upgrades and new abilities as you level up. How long will you survive the next run?

    2025IndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dungeon Survivors

    WHY THIS

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

    Dungeon Survivors is a top-down fantasy roguelite where you can use your class abilities to fight off a horde of fantasy monsters. Choose from a variety of abilities and items to create unique builds and survive with 1-4 players.

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with Protect the Orb.

    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 and Indie with Protect the Orb.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Protect the Orb.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Protect the Orb

What games are most similar to Protect the Orb?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Protect the Orb are Just Shoot, インターネットサバイバーサバイバーズ, Shardstorm.
Who developed Protect the Orb?
Protect the Orb was developed by Inkrementalspel.

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 Protect the Orb.

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