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Games like Slayer Shock

If Slayer Shock is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eldritch, NEON STRUCT and Blood West — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, nostalgic and retro. 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 Slayer Shock: A role-playing shooter about hunting vampires in Nebraska. Take missions to patrol the streets, rescue captive humans, and weaken the undead threat. Assemble a team, hunt the vampires, and save your hometown!

2016ActionStrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Minor Key Games
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Katana power fantasy as you level upMid 90s college town setting with coffee shop hubMovement heavy combat with bunny hopping and slidingAtmosphericNostalgicRetro

Players who liked Slayer Shock also play

Steam players who put hours into Slayer Shock 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. Eldritch

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

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

    Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. NEON STRUCT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

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

    You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?

    2015ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood West

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

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

    Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

    2023ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Deus Ex: Invisible War

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Ranked #4 for Slayer Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Slayer Shock.

    Approximately 20 years after Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression. In this techno-nightmare, take part in the dark struggle to raise the world from its own ashes.

    2007Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Ranked #5 for Slayer Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...

    2013ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Ranked #6 for Slayer Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

    2016ActionRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Void Bastards

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Slayer Shock.

    Ranked #7 for Slayer Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Slayer Shock.

    Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

    2019ActionStrategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Slayer Shock fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Slayer Shock

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Slayer Shock.

    Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

    2007Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. State of Decay

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

    2013ActionSimulationRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. NEON STRUCT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?

    2015ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eldritch

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. DOOM

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Slayer Shock.

    Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Vampire Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Slayer Shock cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Other vampire hunters would just slay vampires and get the reward. But this crazy huntress, she was different. She would fight a vampire until it was helpless and weak, and then she would completely subdue it and use for her very own and very dirty purposes...

    2024IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Slayer Shock.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Slayer Shock on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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 Slayer Shock.

    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 ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from Minor Key Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Minor Key Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Eldritch

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Super Win the Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Slayer Shock.

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

    2014ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. NEON STRUCT

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?

    2015ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. You Have to Win the Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

    2014ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gunmetal Arcadia

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a retro mood with Slayer Shock.

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    War is coming. How will you serve?

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Unrest brews in the city of Arcadia, and a monstrous enemy approaches.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. EPONYMOUS

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Minor Key Games, the studio behind Slayer Shock. Shares Indie with Slayer Shock.

    EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Eldritch

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood West

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Slayer Shock.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Slayer Shock.

    Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

    2023ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Dying Light

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and RPG with Slayer Shock.

    First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.

    2015ActionRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Slayer Shock

How much does Slayer Shock cost?
Slayer Shock is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Slayer Shock?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Slayer Shock are Eldritch, NEON STRUCT, Blood West.
Who developed Slayer Shock?
Slayer Shock was developed by Minor Key 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 Slayer Shock.

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