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Games like Slayer Shock

Below are 21 hand-picked alternatives to Slayer Shock for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Slayer Shock also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Minor Key Games. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

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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    Eldritch — Steam game cover

    Eldritch

    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 ↗
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    Blood West — Steam game cover

    Blood West

    Second-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 ↗
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    Deus Ex: Invisible War — Steam game cover

    Deus Ex: Invisible War

    Third-strongest match 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 ↗
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    Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

    Ranked #4 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 ↗
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    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided — Steam game cover

    Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

    Ranked #5 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 ↗
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    Void Bastards — Steam game cover

    Void Bastards

    Ranked #6 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 ↗
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    Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition — Steam game cover

    Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

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

    The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

    2007Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Persistence — Steam game cover

    The Persistence

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

    Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Slayer Shock

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    Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines — Steam game cover

    Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

    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 ↗
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    State of Decay — Steam game cover

    State of Decay

    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 ↗
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    Eldritch — Steam game cover

    Eldritch

    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 ↗
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    NEON STRUCT — Steam game cover

    NEON STRUCT

    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 ↗
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    DOOM — Steam game cover

    DOOM

    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 ↗
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    Vampire Slayer — Steam game cover

    Vampire Slayer

    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 ↗

More from Minor Key Games

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

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    Eldritch — Steam game cover

    Eldritch

    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 ↗
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    Super Win the Game — Steam game cover

    Super Win the Game

    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 ↗
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    NEON STRUCT — Steam game cover

    NEON STRUCT

    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 ↗
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    You Have to Win the Game — Steam game cover

    You Have to Win the Game

    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 ↗
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    Gunmetal Arcadia — Steam game cover

    Gunmetal Arcadia

    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 ↗
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    Gunmetal Arcadia Zero — Steam game cover

    Gunmetal Arcadia Zero

    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 ↗
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    EPONYMOUS — Steam game cover

    EPONYMOUS

    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 ↗

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, Blood West, Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Who developed Slayer Shock?
Slayer Shock was developed by Minor Key Games.

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