Games like BackSlash
Below are 19 hand-picked alternatives to BackSlash 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 BackSlash 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, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Skeleton Crew Studio. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About BackSlash: BackSlash is a spell casting brawler featuring style-mixing, arena destruction, and accelerating duels. Combine two styles to plunge into a dance of destruction through flying blades, bone breaking punches and devastating spells.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below BackSlash at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BackSlash.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Action with BackSlash.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
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?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Action with BackSlash.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BackSlash.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BackSlash.
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...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under BackSlash on Steam right now. Shares Indie with BackSlash.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Idol Showdown
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.
Knight Club +
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
KNIGHT CLUB + Is a casual 2-4 player action platform-fighting game that brings traditional fighting game elements into an unlocked, free form movement playstyle.
League of Pixels - 2D MOBA
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
League of Pixels is a fast paced pixel art approach on the MOBA genre, with an average game length of 5-10 minutes.
Domiverse
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
You are an overpowered gladiator with the skills to destroy all who stand before you. The only problem is, so is everyone else! Enter the Domiverse for fast and frantic fun in this party brawler made for up to four players in local play.
Floaty Fighters
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with BackSlash.
It's fight or flight! Battle it out in the sky as four unique combatants in this free movement fighting game. It's anyone's game, think on the fly! Play with up to four players locally or online with Steam Remote Play Together!
Time to Fight
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
Funny fighting game where you beat the pizza outa strange foes
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More from Skeleton Crew Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Skeleton Crew Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Olija
WHY THIS
Another title from Skeleton Crew Studio, the studio behind BackSlash. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Forestrike
WHY THIS
Another title from Skeleton Crew Studio, the studio behind BackSlash. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
Forestrike is a martial arts roguelite where every death brings you closer to winning the fight before it begins. Use your ‘Foresight’ ability to experiment without consequences before fighting for real until earning the ultimate reward - victory without ‘Foresight’.
NINJA SLAYER NEO-SAITAMA IN FLAMES(ニンジャスレイヤー ネオサイタマ炎上)
WHY THIS
Another title from Skeleton Crew Studio, the studio behind BackSlash. Shares Action and Indie with BackSlash.
A fast-paced action platformer based on the world of Ninja Slayer, a hit manga that sold 4.44 million copies! In the fictional cyberpunk city of Neo-Saitama, take control of Ninja Slayer as he does battle with numerous evil ninjas, all to avenge the death of his wife and child.
Frequently asked about BackSlash
- How much does BackSlash cost?
- BackSlash is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does BackSlash have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — BackSlash supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- Who developed BackSlash?
- BackSlash was developed by Skeleton Crew Studio, Thomas Olsson and published by Skeleton Crew Studio.
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