Games like Varion
If Varion is your kind of game, the closest matches are BattleCap, Galacide and Overcooked! 2 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Varion: Blast your friends at the speed of light in this futuristic brawler where only bounce shots are lethal! Team up or fight for yourself, build dirty tactics and take advantage of ever-changing dangerous stages in up-to-4 player restless battles to become the supreme ruler of your living room!
Players who liked Varion also play
Steam players who put hours into Varion 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.
BattleCap
WHY THIS
Top pick for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Dive into an exhilarating maritime battle for 1 to 4 players! Assemble warships with a variety of bottle caps, allowing the warships to transform and break, experiencing flexible physics that brings a refreshing maritime battle! Fight monsters together, or engage in a battle with your friends.
Galacide
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
Overcooked! 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Overcooked
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
Unrailed!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
Move or Die
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
Laser League: World Arena
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Varion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Vaporize the opposition in the light-speed future of sport. An all new multiplayer experience - easy to pick up, but near impossible to put down, Laser League starts as a simple test of your reflexes, but soon becomes a strategic showdown with deep team tactics. Now it's free to join.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Varion at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Varion.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Varion.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Varion.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Varion.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Varion.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Varion.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Varion on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Varion.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Spiral Knights
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.
Goose Goose Duck
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Varion.
Goose Goose Duck is a game of social deduction for up to 16 players. Players are separated into different groups that are each assigned a different objective. Complete your team’s objective to win!
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Yet Another Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
BRAIN / OUT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
Totally Reliable Delivery Service Beta
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Welcome to Totally Reliable Open Beta! Totally Reliable is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to deliver packages...or try to at least!
Vecter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Get in your ship, push the throttle to max, and try not to die. Daily leaderboards where your name stays forever if you're good enough. Custom colors, custom music, YouTube in-game. It's free. What are you waiting for?
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Overcooked! 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
Cobalt
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Overcooked
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.
Unrailed!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
Move or Die
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Varion.
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
Frequently asked about Varion
- How much does Varion cost?
- Varion is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Varion have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Varion supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Varion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Varion are BattleCap, Galacide, Overcooked! 2.
- Who developed Varion?
- Varion was developed by Rundisc and published by Light Maze.
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 Varion.
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