Games like I Am The Hero
If I Am The Hero is your kind of game, the closest matches are 99Vidas, Absolum and Streets of Rage 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its expressive cathartic combat, humor and personality shine and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →About I Am The Hero: I Am The Hero is a pixel art, beat 'em up, fighting game that tells the story of a "Hero" with a glorious but mysterious past. Is he the hero he thinks he is or is there a another side to this legendary figure?
Players who liked I Am The Hero also play
Steam players who put hours into I Am The Hero 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.
99Vidas
WHY THIS
Top pick for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.
Absolum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Second-strongest match for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Ranked #4 for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Ogre Tale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Ranked #5 for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with I Am The Hero.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with I Am The Hero.
Ranked #7 for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
Rampage Knights
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with I Am The Hero.
Ranked #8 for I Am The Hero fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
Reviewers mention these as similar to I Am The Hero
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Jade Empire™: Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with I Am The Hero.
Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.
Castle Crashers®
WHY THIS
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Street Fighter V
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with I Am The Hero.
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with I Am The Hero.
Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.
Devil May Cry HD Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with I Am The Hero.
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with I Am The Hero.
The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!
Street Fighter™ 6
WHY THIS
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with I Am The Hero.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Final Night
WHY THIS
Reviewers of I Am The Hero cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
A nightmarish descent into your worst memories awaits. In "Final Night," you're forced to relive your darkest traumas - now twisted into monstrous, living horrors that hunt you relentlessly. Every shadow hides a piece of your broken past, eager to drag you into the abyss.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below I Am The Hero at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I Am The Hero.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action with I Am The Hero.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I Am The Hero.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Indie with I Am The Hero.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under I Am The Hero on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with I Am The Hero.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with I Am The Hero.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with I Am The Hero.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with I Am The Hero.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Ogre Tale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with I Am The Hero.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with I Am The Hero.
Join ogre sisters Ran, Hana, and Yume, and their feline mentor, Iroha, in a battle against fairytale folkheroes-turned-villains via this action-packed tongue-in-cheek 2D beat-em-up romp set in modern-day Japan!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with I Am The Hero.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with I Am The Hero.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
Frequently asked about I Am The Hero
- Does I Am The Hero run on Steam Deck?
- I Am The Hero is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does I Am The Hero cost?
- I Am The Hero is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does I Am The Hero have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — I Am The Hero supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to I Am The Hero?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside I Am The Hero are 99Vidas, Absolum, Streets of Rage 4.
- Who developed I Am The Hero?
- I Am The Hero was developed by Crazyant.
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