Games like X-Blades
If X-Blades is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blades of Time, Bayonetta and Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, cinematic and epic. 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 X-Blades: In X-Blades, the player takes on the role of the enchanting heroine Ayumi, who survives a breathtaking dance of blades through the Hordes of Darkness. The long-haired beautiful anime, with her pistol blades and mind-blowing leaps, whirls and swirls from one fantastic level to the next.
Players who liked X-Blades also play
Steam players who put hours into X-Blades 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.
Blades of Time
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Top pick for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.
Bayonetta
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with X-Blades.
Second-strongest match for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.
Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
Heartless and Dreadful is a character action game, made mostly by one person. It features complex and satisfying combat and a short story campaign with multiple, brutal difficulty options, allowing for quite a bit of replayability. And additional unlockable side content.
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Ranked #4 for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Ranked #5 for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with X-Blades.
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is the latest entry in the Onechanbara series. Two sets of buxom vampire sisters battle through over a dozen stages of high-octane real-time swordplay. Fight off the invasion in gruesome detail, occasionally transforming into a demon for short bursts of added power and speed.
Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Ranked #6 for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with X-Blades.
Dante's past is now revealed as Devil May Cry returns to its roots. Master Dante's multiple fighting styles while battling never before seen demons and new characters as you fight your way towards a brutal confrontation with Dante's mysterious twin brother, Vergil.
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Ranked #7 for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Dusk Diver 酉閃町
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with X-Blades.
Ranked #8 for X-Blades fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
Dusk Diver is an anime style beat-em-up action game. You will be playing as Yumo, an ordinary high school girl, to fight with the Guardians against those Phantoms who dare to enter the realm of men.
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Reviewers mention these as similar to X-Blades
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Blades of Time
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Reviewers of X-Blades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.
Bayonetta
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with X-Blades.
Reviewers of X-Blades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.
Devil May Cry HD Collection
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Reviewers of X-Blades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with X-Blades.
The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!
NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with X-Blades.
Reviewers of X-Blades cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below X-Blades at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with X-Blades.
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 ~46% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action with X-Blades.
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.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action with X-Blades.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action with X-Blades.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with X-Blades.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with X-Blades.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under X-Blades on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with X-Blades.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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 X-Blades.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with X-Blades.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with X-Blades.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Bayonetta
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with X-Blades.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with X-Blades.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!
Dusk Diver 酉閃町
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with X-Blades.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with X-Blades.
Dusk Diver is an anime style beat-em-up action game. You will be playing as Yumo, an ordinary high school girl, to fight with the Guardians against those Phantoms who dare to enter the realm of men.
Frequently asked about X-Blades
- Does X-Blades work on Steam Deck?
- X-Blades is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does X-Blades cost?
- X-Blades is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to X-Blades?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside X-Blades are Blades of Time, Bayonetta, Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
- Who developed X-Blades?
- X-Blades was developed by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Topware Interactive.
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 X-Blades.
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