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Games like Freaky Awesome

If Freaky Awesome is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rocket!, Rampage Knights and Legend of Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and retro. 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 Freaky Awesome: Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!

2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 54Windows · macOSby Mandragora
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Steam players who put hours into Freaky Awesome 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. Rocket!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Freaky Awesome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Destroy enemy ships, blast away asteroids and unlock new weapons / ship abilities in this endless arcade roguelite. Earn resources through each of the 7 game modes to upgrade your weapons to outlast them all.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Rampage Knights

    WHY THIS

    Shares co op multiplayer and a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

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

    Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Legend of Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bravery and Greed

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Ranked #4 for Freaky Awesome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Spelunky 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

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

    Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Streets of Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Ranked #6 for Freaky Awesome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Spelunky

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Ranked #7 for Freaky Awesome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.

    2013Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lost Castle / 失落城堡

    WHY THIS

    Shares co op multiplayer and a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Ranked #8 for Freaky Awesome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Freaky Awesome

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Binding of Isaac

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Reviewers of Freaky Awesome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares mutation system with Freaky Awesome.

    Reviewers of Freaky Awesome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Mutant Football League

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Reviewers of Freaky Awesome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Mutants and monsters unleash maniacal carnage on the gridiron in this crazy gore fest of arcade-style football. Packed full of humor, intense online multiplayer action, and strategy.

    2017ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Enter the Gungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Reviewers of Freaky Awesome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Smash

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Freaky Awesome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Click on the mouse left button to destroy the glass pyramids & push away the obstacles. Stay focused and concentrate on the path destroy every pyramid and push away obstacles coming in the path.

    2022IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Freaky Awesome at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Action with Freaky Awesome.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Freaky Awesome on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Freaky Awesome.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Mandragora

Other recommendable Steam games by Mandragora, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. SKYHILL

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Freaky Awesome.

    Another title from Mandragora, the studio behind Freaky Awesome. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

    2015IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandragora, the studio behind Freaky Awesome. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

    2024IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SKYHILL: Black Mist

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandragora, the studio behind Freaky Awesome. Shares Action and Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mandragora, the studio behind Freaky Awesome. Shares Indie with Freaky Awesome.

    Run a quaint electronics repair shop in mid-2000s Tokyo. Grow your business by carefully restoring iconic video game consoles, cell phones, music players, and other nostalgic devices. Talk to customers, hear their stories, and see how your decisions impact both their lives and your shop.

    2026IndieSimulationSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Freaky Awesome

Is Freaky Awesome verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Freaky Awesome is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Freaky Awesome cost?
Freaky Awesome is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Freaky Awesome have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Freaky Awesome supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Freaky Awesome?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Freaky Awesome are Rocket!, Rampage Knights, Legend of Dungeon.
Who developed Freaky Awesome?
Freaky Awesome was developed by Mandragora.

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