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Games like Heldritch Rush

If Heldritch Rush is your kind of game, the closest matches are Action Commando, Splashdown and Rail Spirits — 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 Heldritch Rush: Heldritch Rush is a thrilling, Isometric Rail-shooter set in New Peak City. Play as Teddy MacAllister - an exterminator who is no stranger to the supernatural. Overrun with cosmic threats, battle your way through the city and put an end to the outbreak before the president pushes the big red button.

ActionWindowsby Sloth Doctor Games
Heldritch Rush — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Heldritch Rush 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. Action Commando

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Heldritch Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heldritch Rush.

    As a time travelling Spartan Soldier, you must stop the Cult of the Fallen Gods that are turning people into burger meat. Grab your sword and assault cannon and deal death to these disfigured freaks in the name of humanity.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Splashdown

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Heldritch Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heldritch Rush.

    Fend off hordes of evil floaties in treacherous lazy rivers with your trusty water gun!

    2026ActionCasualSteam ↗
  3. Rail Spirits

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Heldritch Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heldritch Rush.

    Rail Spirits is an arcade-inspired on-rails shooter with roguelite elements and progression, in a 80s-futuristic setting with a pinch of corporate satire. Fight off waves of spirits as you try to procure an artifact from ancient ruins, all to make sure your employer profits!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Last Exit Diner: The Last Train

    WHY THIS

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

    Defend an armoured diner train through six-minute runs across ten hostile biomes. Aim the Dreadnought cannon, deploy bombs, survive flying monsters, and choose rail upgrades while automatic roof guns keep the Last Train moving.

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  5. Project ACCIPITER

    WHY THIS

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

    "We’re elite, undefeated, and ready for anything. But UOOHHH~ zombies?! Nobody trained us for this!" Join Squad ACCIPITER in their story and face the chaos in this isometric zombie apocalypse!

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  6. Tomb of the New God

    WHY THIS

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

    Tomb of the New God is an isometric action shooter roguelite. Explore a vast underground cave network long forgotten since the apocalypse. Collect items, weapons and powerful abilities to combat the inhabitants of the forgotten caves as you attempt to reach the source of a mysterious energy source.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. CYGNI: All Guns Blazing

    WHY THIS

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

    An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes CYGNI the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups. Outgunned, outmanned and out on your own, plunge into a sky full of hell in a last-ditch battle for survival.

    2024ActionIndie5.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Zombieville USA 3D

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Heldritch Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Heldritch Rush.

    Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 with Heldritch Rush.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Frequently asked about Heldritch Rush

What games are most similar to Heldritch Rush?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heldritch Rush are Action Commando, Splashdown, Rail Spirits.
Who developed Heldritch Rush?
Heldritch Rush was developed by Sloth Doctor 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 Heldritch Rush.

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