Games like COMPOUND
If COMPOUND is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Light Brigade, Death Horizon: Cyberfusion and Until You Fall — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its high difficulty rewards patience, challenging and intense. 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 →COMPOUND is a randomized roguelite action game released in 2022 by solo developer Bevan McKechnie under the notdead label. Set in a retro-styled virtual reality environment, it features mod-selection, mutator-modifiers, roguelike-progression, and weapon-vending mechanics alongside its core retro-gunplay. Players describe the experience as intense and challenging, with reviewers highlighting how mutators drastically change each run and the retro charm shines in VR. The gunplay feels satisfying and precise according to players, and high difficulty rewards patience. Reviewers also note the polish surpasses many triple-A titles despite the indie scale. The game supports multiple locomotion options and is designed for short-burst solo sessions at a price of $19.99 USD. It holds a 98% positive rating from 1,838 Steam reviews.
About COMPOUND: COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!
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The Light Brigade
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with COMPOUND.
Top pick for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with COMPOUND.
An award-winning roguelike VR shooter with realistic gunplay & immersive light magic. Ascend the ranks of The Light Brigade to unlock new weapons, upgrades, classes, and abilities as you fight to restore light to the darkness.
Death Horizon: Cyberfusion
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
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.
Until You Fall
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with COMPOUND.
Third-strongest match for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
Fantasy and synthwave collide in this physically active VR sword fighting game. Grow stronger as you battle through an awesome neon environment and strike down magic-infused monstrosities in this hack-and-slash roguelite. Fight. Fall. Rise Again.
Sweet Surrender VR
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with COMPOUND.
Ranked #4 for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.
Ancient Dungeon
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with COMPOUND.
Ranked #5 for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
Ancient Dungeon VR is a fast-paced roguelite dungeon crawler built for VR. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, slash enemies, collect loot, and unlock upgrades in immersive physics-based combat. Play solo or co-op with up to 4 players.
In Death
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
Created exclusively for VR, In Death is a Roguelite Shooter set in the godless afterlife. Battle through procedurally generated levels and dungeons in intense ranged combat, coupled with a unique locomotion system perfectly attuned to your fighting style.
VAR: Exterminate
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with COMPOUND.
Ranked #7 for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
The fight is here, humanity’s fate is in your hands! Match up different offensive and defensive upgrades between waves and fend off the onslaught of zombies. Level up and strengthen core abilities and progress to new areas where strains of the virus have evolved.
A Legend of Luca
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with COMPOUND.
Ranked #8 for COMPOUND fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
A Legend of Luca is a VR FPS Rogue-Like! Every run you explore vast dungeons as a freed slave caught in a war between gods. Fight hordes of monsters in search of powerful upgrade combinations to kill a god and unlock new classes.
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The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with COMPOUND.
Reviewers of COMPOUND cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with COMPOUND.
Reviewers of COMPOUND cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with COMPOUND.
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.
DOOM
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with COMPOUND.
Reviewers of COMPOUND cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with COMPOUND.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below COMPOUND at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under COMPOUND on Steam right now. Shares Indie with COMPOUND.
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 ~50% under COMPOUND on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under COMPOUND on Steam right now. Shares Action with COMPOUND.
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 ~50% under COMPOUND on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under COMPOUND on Steam right now. Shares Action with COMPOUND.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
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 COMPOUND.
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 COMPOUND.
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 COMPOUND.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with COMPOUND.
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.
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Frequently asked about COMPOUND
- Does COMPOUND work on Steam Deck?
- COMPOUND is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does COMPOUND cost?
- COMPOUND is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to COMPOUND?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside COMPOUND are The Light Brigade, Death Horizon: Cyberfusion, Until You Fall.
- Who developed COMPOUND?
- COMPOUND was developed by Bevan McKechnie and published by notdead.
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