Games like ZeroRanger
If ZeroRanger is your kind of game, the closest matches are Assault Android Cactus+, Blazing Chrome and Nex Machina — 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 →ZeroRanger is a 2018 indie action game developed by System Erasure. It is a bullet-hell shooter featuring pixel graphics and sci-fi theming, with hidden lore and multiple endings that encourage players to revisit its campaign. The game supports local co-op for two players and is classified as hard difficulty, designed for focused sit-down arcade sessions of medium length. It runs playably on Steam Deck. ZeroRanger currently holds a 96% positive rating from approximately 1,580 Steam reviews, with players highlighting the soundtrack and retro aesthetic. The game is available for $11.99 USD.
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Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Top pick for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Nex Machina
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
BLUE REVOLVER
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Radiant Silvergun
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
Set on the earth and in space on July 14, 2520 A.D., the film explores the mystery of mankind's extinction. Various terrains become battlefields. Enemies attack from all directions. There are 23 bosses in total. Aim for a high score by making full use of score bonuses and level-up weapons!
Super Hydorah
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ZeroRanger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
Reviewers mention these as similar to ZeroRanger
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Void Stranger
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ZeroRanger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
Place your faith and embrace the Void.
Mushihimesama
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ZeroRanger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ZeroRanger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
It's a fight for the future of the planet between the Ravagers, a merciless swarm of alien invaders, and the Earth Defense Force (EDF) in this third-person shooter.Play as four different classes in over 80 missions with a range of 800 weapons at your disposal.Co-op play supported.
The Guardian
WHY THIS
Reviewers of ZeroRanger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
The Guardian is a 2D platformer with a lot of interesting levels! Many different obstacles and opponents will be in the game, and you must overcome them and get The Element Stone.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ZeroRanger at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
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 ~42% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
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 ~63% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under ZeroRanger on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
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 ZeroRanger.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 ZeroRanger.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ZeroRanger.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with ZeroRanger.
‘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 Indie with ZeroRanger.
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.
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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.
Assault Android Cactus+
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
BLUE REVOLVER
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!
Super Hydorah
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with ZeroRanger.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
Frequently asked about ZeroRanger
- Does ZeroRanger run on Steam Deck?
- ZeroRanger is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does ZeroRanger cost?
- ZeroRanger is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ZeroRanger have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ZeroRanger supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to ZeroRanger?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ZeroRanger are Assault Android Cactus+, Blazing Chrome, Nex Machina.
- Who developed ZeroRanger?
- ZeroRanger was developed by System Erasure.
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 ZeroRanger.
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