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Games like HIVEROT

If HIVEROT is your kind of game, the closest matches are Venison County, Horryefieing: High-Rise and Pathogen: Survival — 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 HIVEROT: Hardcore round-based zombie FPS. Fight evolving hordes across five maps, build powerful loadouts, discover secrets, and stand your ground against more than 10 different enemy types that stumble, burn, break, and fly as you cut your way through them.

2027ActionIndieWindowsby Amadou Merkx
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Steam players who put hours into HIVEROT 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. Venison County

    WHY THIS

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

    Grab your sawed-off, cast some sigils, and face the never ending nightmare head on in Venison County. Blast your old neighbors into undead venison giblets, master weapon specific active reloads, and limitlessly combine slain cultists' sigils for their sinful buffs (if you can withstand God's wrath).

    ActionSteam ↗
  2. Horryefieing: High-Rise

    WHY THIS

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

    Angel Boyd is an archaeologist from England. He recently unearthed some ancient documents of great importance. Help him to deliver them through the pillar-box outside his apartment to demonologist society "The Circle"... if you can.

    2024ActionIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Pathogen: Survival

    WHY THIS

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

    Pathogen: Survival is an arcadey wave based FPS zombie game that prioritises progression and customisation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Strike Team Delta

    WHY THIS

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

    Strike Team Delta is a gripping first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Battle hordes of undead, team up with friends, and reclaim our world. Survival is in your hands.

    2024Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Carnival Of Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for HIVEROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HIVEROT.

    Embark on Carnival of Souls, a first-person, rogue lite, shooter where strategic weapon choices and upgrades are key to surviving intense battles across strange dimensions.

    2025ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hard Night VR

    WHY THIS

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

    Post-apocalyptic zombie shooter. Survive.

    2020ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Deadzone Haunt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for HIVEROT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with HIVEROT.

    Deadzone Haunt is a wave-based First-Person Zombie Shooter. Customize your loadout, upgrade weapons, and use perks & power-ups to dominate the demons. Experience smooth movement, satisfying gunplay, and a new approach to weapon camo customization.

    2025ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Darkenstein 3D

    WHY THIS

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

    A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.

    2025ActionAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 HIVEROT.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about HIVEROT

What games are most similar to HIVEROT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside HIVEROT are Venison County, Horryefieing: High-Rise, Pathogen: Survival.
Who developed HIVEROT?
HIVEROT was developed by Amadou Merkx.

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 HIVEROT.

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