Games like PROJECT.98
If PROJECT.98 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hero Of The Guitar, Aschente and Airstrike Protocol — 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 PROJECT.98: An action-roguelike, with visuals inspired by the 90s and early 2000s OS and UI, survive the hordes of enemies and earn XP and upgrade your character. Let your reflexes be tested, let your luck take the wheel, let the damage be dealt.
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Steam players who put hours into PROJECT.98 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.
Hero Of The Guitar
WHY THIS
Top pick for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
In this *Seraph's Last Stand*-inspired roguelike, you play as a guitarist without a band who must eliminate other musical instruments—with the piano serving as the boss—while collecting upgrades and abilities to face increasingly powerful enemies.
Aschente
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
Aschente is an action roguelite focused on spell combinations. Cast magical chants, create the spells you imagine, and unleash spectacular firework-like bursts of destruction.
Airstrike Protocol
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
Fast-paced 2D roguelite shooter. Pick from 4 classes, aim with precision, and survive endless waves of enemies. Take down colossal war machines and forge devastating builds as the last line of defense.
Slay The Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
A auto battle reverse bullet hell. In Slay The Hero you choose your units and then send them out against the hero to destroy them. A variety of units will be at your disposal to slay the hero.
DVD Screensaver 2: 30th Anniversary Survivors Edition
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Ranked #5 for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
The classic DVD Screensaver, turned survivor! Stack upgrades, trigger color-activated chaos and rewrite your way through 30 years of DVD history, or flip it on auto and let it run as your actual screensaver!
Tiny Bomber
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
Survive the countdown in a fast-paced vertical bullet-hell roguelite. Collect coins to extend your run, graze bullets for aircraft-specific boosts, build wild upgrade combos, turn defeated bosses into companion drones, tweak map spawns, and team up in 2-player co-op to push toward the final boss!
EDEN95
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
EDEN95 is the survivorlike where your gun is your engine. Survive escalating waves using the recoil of your gun, gear up in the shop, and grow stronger with every run.
Chibi Legends: Mini Mayhem
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PROJECT.98 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
A cute and chaotic action roguelike bullet hell packed with RNG loot, powerful builds, animated 3D enemies, and epic boss fights! Collect, upgrade, and combine hundreds of items and abilities to become ridiculously OP.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PROJECT.98 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PROJECT.98.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PROJECT.98.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with PROJECT.98.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PROJECT.98.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with PROJECT.98.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with PROJECT.98.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under PROJECT.98 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with PROJECT.98.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PROJECT.98.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with PROJECT.98.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with PROJECT.98.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PROJECT.98.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 PROJECT.98.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with PROJECT.98.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with PROJECT.98.
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.
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Frequently asked about PROJECT.98
- How much does PROJECT.98 cost?
- PROJECT.98 is listed on Steam at 3.50 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to PROJECT.98?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PROJECT.98 are Hero Of The Guitar, Aschente, Airstrike Protocol.
- Who developed PROJECT.98?
- PROJECT.98 was developed by Phantasos.
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