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Games like Perilous Warp

If Perilous Warp is your kind of game, the closest matches are Prodeus, Dread Templar and DOOMED — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its retro atmosphere feels authentic, short but satisfying campaign and tactical positioning matters. 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 Perilous Warp: Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!

2020ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Crystice Softworks
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Steam players who put hours into Perilous Warp 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. Prodeus

    WHY THIS

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

    Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dread Templar

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. DOOMED

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    DOOMED is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ion Fury

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!

    2019ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. BRUTAL JOHN 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Maximum Action

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

    2018ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Turbo Overkill

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

    Ranked #8 for Perilous Warp fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Perilous Warp.

    Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.

    2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Perilous Warp

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. Quake II

    WHY THIS

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

    You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Quake

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Unreal Tournament is the original King of the Hill in the frag-or-be-fragged multiplayer gaming world. As the undisputed 1999 Game of the Year, Unreal Tournament grabbed the first person shooter genre by the soiled seat of its pants and knocked it around the room with its never-before-seen graphics, brutal edge-of-your-seat gameplay and...

    2008ActionDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. DOOM 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.

    2012Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. UNREAL LIFE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

    Reviewers of Perilous Warp cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Perilous Warp.

    And now, for today's story.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Chasm: The Rift

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Prepare for terror in this ground-breaking classic old-school FPS. Following the destruction of Time you are left to battle in this horrific hellhole of multilevel interconnected missions populated by gruesome grotesque creatures.

    2022Action19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Half-Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

    1998Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Painkiller

    WHY THIS

    Shares weapon upgrades and an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

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

    The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?

    2025Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Perilous Warp.

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Action with Perilous Warp.

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Perilous Warp.

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Action with Perilous Warp.

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Perilous Warp.

    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 Perilous Warp on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Perilous Warp.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

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 Perilous Warp.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Perilous Warp.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. BRUTAL JOHN 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Perilous Warp.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Perilous Warp.

    Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Turbo Overkill

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Perilous Warp.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Perilous Warp.

    Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!

    2023ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Perilous Warp.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Perilous Warp.

    Finish the hunt in this epic finale to the Turok Trilogy. Pick up immediately after the events of Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, with dual protagonists Joseph and Danielle Fireseed, of the Turok family tree, as they battle the titular antagonist Oblivion and its followers, the Flesh Eaters.

    2023ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Perilous Warp

Does Perilous Warp run on Steam Deck?
Perilous Warp 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 Perilous Warp cost?
Perilous Warp is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Perilous Warp?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Perilous Warp are Prodeus, Dread Templar, DOOMED.
Who developed Perilous Warp?
Perilous Warp was developed by Crystice Softworks.

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