Games like Super Hydorah
If Super Hydorah is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astral Gunners, Blazing Chrome and Jamestown — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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 →About Super Hydorah: Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
Players who liked Super Hydorah also play
Steam players who put hours into Super Hydorah 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.
Astral Gunners
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Hydorah.
Top pick for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
Get ready to push your skills to the limit against an endless sea of bullets and evil robots in Astral Gunners. Choose from five different gunners to master in this horizontal shooter. With the ability to dodge, reflect, delete, and convert bullets you are more powerful than you might believe.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Second-strongest match for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Third-strongest match for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
INVERSUS Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Hydorah.
Ranked #4 for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
Beekyr Reloaded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Super Hydorah.
Ranked #5 for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
The giant hornets have destroyed your hive and taken the pollen. Fight the swarms alone or with a friend and destroy the dangerous hornet queen! The insect world is very dangerous but... what are you waiting for to get your revenge?
ZeroRanger
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...
HOLY COW! Milking Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
Ever tried milking yourself while avoiding lawnmowers, butcher knives and sharks at the same time? Beat hundreds of levels and thousand of enemy waves in the endless journey to fill up the milk tank!
Zombie Party
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Ranked #8 for Super Hydorah fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Super Hydorah
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Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Super Hydorah.
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
Become a mercenary of the future and pilot the super-tech Raptor. Embark on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp, battle against hordes of relentless enemies and spend the bounty to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hardcore weapons!
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Super Hydorah.
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
G-Darius HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Super Hydorah.
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
Terminal Velocity
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Terminal Velocity is an escape flight game. The pace of the game is very tight. The player's goal is to survive as much as possible.
Castillon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Super Hydorah cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Castillon is a short strategy game where you freely build and defend your castle with magic. Gather resources and explore during the day, then survive enemy attacks at night. Use four types of magic to create the best defence, all in about 45 minutes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Super Hydorah at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Super Hydorah on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Super Hydorah.
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 Super Hydorah on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Super Hydorah on Steam right now. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
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 Super Hydorah on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Super Hydorah on Steam right now. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
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 Super Hydorah.
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 Super Hydorah.
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?
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 Super Hydorah.
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 Super Hydorah.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Super Hydorah.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
INVERSUS Deluxe
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Super Hydorah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Super Hydorah.
INVERSUS is is a competitive and cooperative arcade shooter for 1 to 4 players online or on the couch. Fight for territory in a dynamic negative-space map where open paths for your team are the walls of your opponent's team. Strategize and trap the enemy to win!
Zombie Party
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Super Hydorah.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Super Hydorah.
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!
Frequently asked about Super Hydorah
- Is Super Hydorah verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Super Hydorah 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 Super Hydorah cost?
- Super Hydorah is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Super Hydorah have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Super Hydorah supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Super Hydorah?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Super Hydorah are Astral Gunners, Blazing Chrome, Jamestown.
- Who developed Super Hydorah?
- Super Hydorah was developed by Locomalito, Gryzor87, Abylight and published by Abylight Studios.
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