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Games like Brutal Inventions

If Brutal Inventions is your kind of game, the closest matches are Force of Nature, Kenshi and Dig or Die — 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 Brutal Inventions: Brutal Inventions is a 3D tower defense and survival game. You are the king in a war between two castle.

2019ActionStrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDWindowsby Cankut Keskin
Brutal Inventions — Steam game cover

Players who liked Brutal Inventions also play

Steam players who put hours into Brutal Inventions 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. Force of Nature

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

    2016ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Kenshi

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dig or Die

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PixARK

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ROKH

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Have you got what it takes to survive on Mars? ROKH is a multiplayer survival game featuring scientific realism and extremely deep crafting and building. Make the red planet your sandbox and create a thriving colony.

    2017ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Colony Survival

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Brutal Inventions fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Brutal Inventions.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Brutal Inventions on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brutal Inventions.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Brutal Inventions.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Muck

    WHY THIS

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

    Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. SCP: Secret Laboratory

    WHY THIS

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

    Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.

    2017ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck 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. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Colony Survival

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Brutal Inventions.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Terraria

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Brutal Inventions

How much does Brutal Inventions cost?
Brutal Inventions is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Brutal Inventions?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Brutal Inventions are Force of Nature, Kenshi, Dig or Die.
Who developed Brutal Inventions?
Brutal Inventions was developed by Cankut Keskin.

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 Brutal Inventions.

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