Games like Fractus
Below are 13 hand-picked alternatives to Fractus for fans of action, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Fractus also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Fractus: Abstract arcade action!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Waves 2: Notorious
Top pick for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fractus.
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
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Waves
Second-strongest match for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Bleed 2
Third-strongest match for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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Blacksea Odyssey
Ranked #4 for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
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NeverAwake
Ranked #6 for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
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Beat Hazard
Ranked #7 for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
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Crimsonland
Ranked #8 for Fractus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
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Bleed 2
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
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NeverAwake
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
A girl who never wakes up. She has been fighting monsters in her dreams... "NeverAwake" is a nightmarish twin-stick shooter with a unique worldview and original game rules.
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Crimsonland
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Fractus.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Frequently asked about Fractus
- How much does Fractus cost?
- Fractus is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fractus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fractus are Waves 2: Notorious, Waves, Bleed 2.
- Who developed Fractus?
- Fractus was developed by Jeff Apostolos.
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 Fractus.
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