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Games like Sword Bros

If Sword Bros is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nidhogg 2, Island Bender and SpiderHeck — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Sword Bros: Fast-paced physics sword fighting for 2-4 players. Swing the joystick to swing your sword. Adjust your grip angle to deflect an attack, or swing longer to break through an opponent's guard. Shh-ching!

2017ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Drew Wallace
Sword Bros — Steam game cover

Players who liked Sword Bros also play

Steam players who put hours into Sword Bros 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. Nidhogg 2

    WHY THIS

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

    The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

    2017ActionIndieCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Island Bender

    WHY THIS

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

    Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.

    2023ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SpiderHeck

    WHY THIS

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

    Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

    2022ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Treadnauts

    WHY THIS

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

    Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!

    2018ActionIndieCasual7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STAB STAB STAB!

    WHY THIS

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

    STAB STAB STAB is a physics-based couch-multiplayer arena stabbing game for up to 8 players. Stab your friends until they pop in versus mode, or team up to defend yourselves against an unending horde of cronenbirds!

    2019ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Nidhogg

    WHY THIS

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

    Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

    2014ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TowerFall Ascension

    WHY THIS

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

    TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

    2014ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Black & White Bushido

    WHY THIS

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

    Black & White Bushido is a 1-4 player stealth-em-up arena brawl. Choose between the light and the shadow in three challenging game modes. Hide with camouflage, throw shurikens and drop smoke bombs to beat your friends locally or online.

    2015ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sword Bros.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sword Bros.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sword Bros.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sword Bros.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sword Bros.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sword Bros.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sword Bros.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Sword Bros on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sword Bros.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 Sword Bros.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 Sword Bros.

    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 Sword Bros.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree 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 Sword Bros.

    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. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Island Bender

    WHY THIS

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

    Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.

    2023ActionIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SpiderHeck

    WHY THIS

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

    Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

    2022ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Nidhogg

    WHY THIS

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

    Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

    2014ActionSportsIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sword Bros

How much does Sword Bros cost?
Sword Bros is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Sword Bros have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sword Bros supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Sword Bros?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sword Bros are Nidhogg 2, Island Bender, SpiderHeck.
Who developed Sword Bros?
Sword Bros was developed by Drew Wallace.

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 Sword Bros.

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