Games like Ion Fury
If Ion Fury is your kind of game, the closest matches are HEADCUTTER, HROT and Selaco — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, hypnotic and immersive. 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 →Ion Fury is a challenging solo FPS action game released in 2019 by Voidpoint, LLC and published by 3D Realms. The game revives the legendary Build Engine and features layered map design with interactive environments, difficulty curves, weapon variety, and abundant secret hunting. Players describe the atmosphere as atmospheric, hypnotic, and immersive, with reviewers highlighting the retro feel, tracker-based synthwave soundtrack, and a wisecracking protagonist who delivers one-liners throughout the campaign. Pop culture references spanning the 80s and 90s are woven throughout, and critics note the build engine has been pushed to its extremes. The game holds a 94% positive rating from over 4,300 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, priced at $24.99 USD, with a medium-length campaign designed for seated play sessions.
About Ion Fury: 3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Players who liked Ion Fury also play
Steam players who put hours into Ion Fury 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.
HEADCUTTER
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
HEADCUTTER is a sci-fi spaghetti western FPS with brutal combat, destructible environments, and lots of gore. Track targets as a space bounty hunter, explore maps with multiple routes, and use the crunchy gunplay to cut their heads off so you can get your money!
HROT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Second-strongest match for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Selaco
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Third-strongest match for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting with Ion Fury.
Ranked #4 for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Dread Templar
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Ranked #5 for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ion Fury.
Ranked #6 for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Ranked #7 for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
BRUTAL JOHN 2
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting, weapon variety and a retro mood with Ion Fury.
Ranked #8 for Ion Fury fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ion Fury
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Shadow Warrior
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Wolfenstein: The New Order
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Quake
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ion Fury.
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
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.
Selaco
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
Blood Red
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Blood Red is a co-op survival horror game that can be played with 1-4 players. Figure out the demon and banish it using your special demon hunting kit!
Eradicator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Reviewers of Ion Fury cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Explode into action!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ion Fury at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ion Fury on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ion Fury.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ion Fury on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ion Fury on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ion Fury on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ion Fury on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ion Fury.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
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 Ion Fury.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ion Fury.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Ion Fury.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ion Fury.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Selaco
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting with Ion Fury.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Ion Fury.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ion Fury.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Ion Fury.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
BRUTAL JOHN 2
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting, weapon variety and a retro mood with Ion Fury.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ion Fury.
Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.
Frequently asked about Ion Fury
- Does Ion Fury run on Steam Deck?
- Ion Fury is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Ion Fury cost?
- Ion Fury is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ion Fury?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ion Fury are HEADCUTTER, HROT, Selaco.
- Who developed Ion Fury?
- Ion Fury was developed by Voidpoint, LLC and published by 3D Realms.
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