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Games like The Walking Vegetables

If The Walking Vegetables is your kind of game, the closest matches are Voidigo, Space Scavenger 2 and Mystic Gate — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative boss encounters, lighthearted but challenging gameplay and challenging. 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 The Walking Vegetables: It’s the 1980’s and an evil alien race has invaded Earth, turning all vegetables into crawling, bawling, mauling abominations. You are about to join Department Radical, the grooviest police force on Earth. Are you a rad enough dude (or dame) to smite these ravenous creatures?

2017ActionIndie9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Still Running
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Players who liked The Walking Vegetables also play

Steam players who put hours into The Walking Vegetables 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. Voidigo

    WHY THIS

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

    A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Space Scavenger 2

    WHY THIS

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

    A fast-paced, top-down action roguelite about building outlandish modular spaceships and discovering broken synergies. Scavenge resources, craft absurd builds, and hone your abilities in a paradoxical time loop.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Mystic Gate

    WHY THIS

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

    A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!

    2023ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Lefties' Righteous Arcade Emporium

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Walking Vegetables fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    1 Controller 2 Players 4 games and 16 Modes. Grab a Partner and share your Steam Deck or PC. Defeat your opponent in Tennis, Hockey or Squash. Engage in an old-fashioned Wild West Shoot Out. Race to your Spaceship before the planet explodes. Join forces and save your city from impending destruction.

    2024ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mega City Force

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Zombie Party

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Woodpunk

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Walking Vegetables

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. Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!

    2015ActionIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. METAL SLUG

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

    Reviewers of The Walking Vegetables cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Walking Vegetables.

    “METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

    2015Action1.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Enter the Gungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with The Walking Vegetables.

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

    Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    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 ~50% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Walking Vegetables.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Walking Vegetables on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Still Running

Other recommendable Steam games by Still Running, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Morbid: The Seven Acolytes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Walking Vegetables.

    Another title from Still Running, the studio behind The Walking Vegetables. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

    Another title from Still Running, the studio behind The Walking Vegetables. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Zombie Kill of the Week - Reborn is a challenging, fast paced, 2D survival shooter! Featuring a compelling single player survival mode and cooperative multiplayer for up-to four players, this is one zombie firefight you're not going to want to miss!

    2015ActionIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Morbid: The Lords of Ire

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Still Running, the studio behind The Walking Vegetables. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Risk insanity in the gruesome slash-em-up Morbid: The Lords of Ire, with brutal combat and souls-like elements. Defeat the five Lords of Ire as you fight for your life across tortured landscapes, rending the evil Gahars of their flesh-bound forms.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck 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. Voidigo

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mystic Gate

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    A Mystic Gate created by the gods suddenly appears in the human world. Adventurers challenge themselves with the tests that await them beyond the gate. In order to earn your wish you must defeat hordes & bosses in this roguelike dungeon exploration bullet hell!!

    2023ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lefties' Righteous Arcade Emporium

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    1 Controller 2 Players 4 games and 16 Modes. Grab a Partner and share your Steam Deck or PC. Defeat your opponent in Tennis, Hockey or Squash. Engage in an old-fashioned Wild West Shoot Out. Race to your Spaceship before the planet explodes. Join forces and save your city from impending destruction.

    2024ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Mega City Force

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting with The Walking Vegetables.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Zombie Party

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with The Walking Vegetables.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Walking Vegetables.

    Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Walking Vegetables

How much does The Walking Vegetables cost?
The Walking Vegetables is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Walking Vegetables have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Walking Vegetables supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to The Walking Vegetables?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Walking Vegetables are Voidigo, Space Scavenger 2, Mystic Gate.
Who developed The Walking Vegetables?
The Walking Vegetables was developed by Still Running and published by MG Publishing, Tagstar 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 The Walking Vegetables.

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