IMHO.

Games like Zombotron

If Zombotron is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rebel Core: Awakens, Guinea Pig Gunner and Alien Colony — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgic flash game revival, secret areas reward exploration 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 Zombotron: Fight to survive on a mysterious alien planet, outwit its vicious inhabitants, and do whatever it takes to find a way off that wretched rock.

2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Ant.Karlov Games
Zombotron — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Chaotic physics make combat unpredictableNostalgic flash game revivalSecret areas reward explorationImmersiveLightheartedNostalgic

Players who liked Zombotron also play

Steam players who put hours into Zombotron 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. Rebel Core: Awakens

    WHY THIS

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

    AWAKEN REBEL, AS YOUR CIRCUITS WEEP FOR THE DEAD. Jump, shoot, slash, and shield your way through the 8 Core Robotics and defeat them all to reach the Council of machines that has conquered humanity. Go on a journey of retribution in this sci-fi action platformer that honors the classics.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Guinea Pig Gunner

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Zombotron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zombotron.

    Play as a cyborg guinea pig armed with a throwable teleporter in a fast 2D run-and-gun. Blink through walls, telefrag enemies, chain acrobatic movement, and tear through an arsenal of weapons to stop a reptilian invasion.

    2026ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Alien Colony

    WHY THIS

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

    Lead a squad of four cloned marines through an infected mining colony where every death creates a new soldier, but slowly destroys what remains of your humanity.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Zombotron.

    Ranked #4 for Zombotron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Zombotron.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good, old, action platform run & gun genre, but this time with a bunch of humor and buckets of blown off body parts. In this sequel to Guns, Gore & Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal.

    2018ActionAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Intrusion 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon variety and a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    "This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Kero Blaster

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Zombotron.

    Ranked #7 for Zombotron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.

    C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Super Time Force Ultra

    WHY THIS

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

    Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Zombotron

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. My Friend Pedro

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with Zombotron.

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

    My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.

    2019ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Strike Force Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    Strike Force Heroes is an oldschool arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics with full co-operative and PvP online multiplayer. It melds over the top action with epic story-telling in this intense remake of the hit Flash game.

    2023ActionIndieRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Earn to Die 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    Earn to Die 2 is a 2D side-scrolling driving and upgrade game where you steer vehicles through a zombie apocalypse, literally smashing through zombie hordes along the way. Throughout the game you will unlock new vehicles, upgrading them into the ultimate zombie-smashing machines!

    2016ActionIndieRacing4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Fireboy & Watergirl: Elements

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Zombotron.

    Reviewers of Zombotron cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Zombotron.

    Help Fireboy and Watergirl explore the 7 Elemental temples!

    2019Action0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Last Stand: Aftermath

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Zombotron.

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

    From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Decision Legacy Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    All the games in the classic Decision series bundled together. From the zombie-ravaged streets of the original Decision to the brutal medieval battlegrounds of Decision Medieval, this collection delivers the raw, blood-soaked combat, base building, and survival gameplay that hooked Flash game fans.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Intrusion 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon variety and a retro mood with Zombotron.

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

    "This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Stand

    WHY THIS

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

    A game about taking your last stand against a wave of enemies coming towards you

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zombotron.

    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 ~67% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zombotron.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Action with Zombotron.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Zombotron.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zombotron.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Zombotron on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Zombotron.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Zombotron.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Zombotron

Does Zombotron run on Steam Deck?
Zombotron 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 Zombotron cost?
Zombotron is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Zombotron?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zombotron are Rebel Core: Awakens, Guinea Pig Gunner, Alien Colony.
Who developed Zombotron?
Zombotron was developed by Ant.Karlov Games.

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 Zombotron.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.