Games like Swarmlake
If Swarmlake is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dextram, Void Daggers and Chippy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless replayability, minimalist mechanics and pure gaming essence. 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 Swarmlake: Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.
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Steam players who put hours into Swarmlake 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.
Dextram
WHY THIS
Top pick for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
This arcade shoot 'em up has no shooting and you can only turn right. Avoid waves of enemies and get points as they crash into each other. Pick up power-ups, such as a large laser or a force field to destroy the enemies. Die, get a score and repeat to get a higher score the next run.
Void Daggers
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
One touch kills you. Your timer is your score. Neon wireframe horrors swarm from infinite darkness. Shatter them, harvest their essence, forge your daggers through 5 tiers of devastation. Bunny hop the void. Dagger jump to survive. Prove your skill on Steam leaderboards. For fans of Devil Daggers.
Chippy
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Swarmlake.
Third-strongest match for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.
Space War: Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Swarmlake.
Ranked #4 for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Swarmlake.
Ranked #5 for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
ULTRABUGS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Vlambeer's ULTRABUGS is a fast-paced high-score game in which you fight endless space bugs that split up into MORE space bugs as you fight and defeat them.
Drunken Robot Pornography
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Bullet-hell, boss-battle, first-person shooter, with giant-robots, martinis and jetpacks. YES. Drink the cocktails. Fight the titans. Make your own Titans. Drink your friend's cocktails.
Waves
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Swarmlake.
Ranked #8 for Swarmlake fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Devil Daggers
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Swarmlake.
Reviewers of Swarmlake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Swarmlake.
Reviewers of Swarmlake cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Swarmlake at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Action with Swarmlake.
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 Swarmlake on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Swarmlake.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Swarmlake.
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 with Swarmlake.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swarmlake.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Swarmlake.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Swarmlake.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Swarmlake.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ODDCORE
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Swarmlake.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
You have only 5 minutes to stylishly explode your way through the hordes of corrupted entities in a retro FPS, roguelike liminal-nightmare... and Timmee is here to help!
Waves
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Swarmlake.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Swarmlake.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Frequently asked about Swarmlake
- Is Swarmlake verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Swarmlake is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Swarmlake cost?
- Swarmlake is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Swarmlake?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Swarmlake are Dextram, Void Daggers, Chippy.
- Who developed Swarmlake?
- Swarmlake was developed by Dominique Grieshofer.
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