Games like Going Up
If Going Up is your kind of game, the closest matches are StressOut, Fadeholm and Brutal Wizardry — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Going Up: Pick up some swords and beat down some nondescriptly evil robots in an elevator! What’s not to like?
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Steam players who put hours into Going Up 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.
StressOut
WHY THIS
Top pick for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Going Up.
Chaos. Havoc. Destruction. A race against time and evil, twisted, yet entertaining AI living in your wristwatch forces you to use weapons and incredible superpowers to destroy everything around you. Compete against leaderboards or simply use destruction to relax...
Fadeholm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Going Up.
Endless exploration and adventure awaits those fearless enough to enter. Survival is only the beginning! Fadeholm is a procedural generated virtual reality (VR) survival dungeon crawler designed in the same vein as old school Nethack and Rogue.
Brutal Wizardry
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Going Up.
Brutal Wizardry is a VR magic shooter with randomly generated levels. Use telekinesis, magical weapons and mechanisms to destroy your enemies.
Hex Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Going Up.
Hex Defense is a virtual reality tower defense game. Engage in combat defending your base in this inmersive tabletop world. Setup your defenses, manage and modify them according to the situation. There are 6 different biomes to defend, 9 turrets to access, 17 upgrades to be made, and more...
Death Horizon: Cyberfusion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Going Up.
Cyberfusion is a VR roguelike, physics-based, full-body FPS that immerses you in a futuristic battlefield. Featuring cybernetic implants and procedurally generated levels, this game challenges you to adapt and survive in a world where your body is your ultimate weapon.
VR # AVOID
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Going Up.
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Broken Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Going Up.
A procedurally generated, VR roguelike dungeon crawler, with magic and melee combat, and supporting single player or asymmetrical multiplayer experiences.
PROTON VR
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Going Up fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Going Up.
ProtonVR is a VR Roguelite Retro Shooter dream-inspired by classic 90s shooters and movies. Customize your weapons arsenal, buy attachments, upgrades and choose your playstyle. Fight commandos, cyborgs, robots, zombies and much more!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Braves: Beginning
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Going Up.
Demolish hordes of enemies and survive against all odds! Unlock different characters, find powerful skill combinations and embark on an exciting journey through the variety of very different worlds in this cute but unforgiving roguelike game!
X8
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Going Up.
X8 is the next generation Hero Shooter, FREE to PLAY (and crossplay) everywhere! Executing its directive to assemble worthy opponents, the rogue mod X8 has collected characters from across different games. Engage in 5v5 VR battles and restore a path back to their worlds!
Ludicrous Speed
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Going Up.
Run, jump, and wall-grind through an infinitely-generated track in VR! Dodge deadly hazards and collect rings using natural physical movements, surrounded by a surreal pulsating neon world that reacts to whatever music you're listening to!
Premortal VR
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Going Up.
Premortal VR is a medieval VR-only game. Explore and survive the procedurally-generated wilderness. Gather resources and craft gear. Build formidable bases. Overcome all boss trials to ascend!
Kaiser
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Going Up.
Go on a campaign to dethrone the kaiser! Build an army, strengthen yourself with powerful artefacts and defeat the forces he sends to stop you. Kaiser is a casual roguelike game where you fight thousands of enemies in an attempt to become the new kaiser.
The Way of Life Free Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.
Anarchy Arcade
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Early Access with Going Up.
Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.
Zaccaria Pinball
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Going Up.
Play free and try tables in trial mode with Zaccaria Pinball, featuring 175+ tables, including 40+ officially licensed from Zaccaria was founded by three brothers: Marino, Franco, & Natale. Zaccaria was one of the three largest pinball manufacturers in the world, next to Bally & Williams.
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Frequently asked about Going Up
- What games are most similar to Going Up?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Going Up are StressOut, Fadeholm, Brutal Wizardry.
- Who developed Going Up?
- Going Up was developed by Conrad Nelson.
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 Going Up.
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