Games like Barbearian
If Barbearian is your kind of game, the closest matches are PactSworn, Immortal Rebirth and Greyskin — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and intense. 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 Barbearian: Barbearian is a fast-paced hack'n'slash with massive battles in a colorful, hand-drawn world. Fight for your life, discover the secrets of the Arbitrators and find your way back home!
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PactSworn
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Top pick for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Barbearian.
Fight through hordes of eldritch monsters to purge the source of the corruption! Earn gold, buy weapons, and level up to create unique and powerful builds to cut through the chaos. Unlock different warlocks and weapon sets to explore all the different ways to play!
Immortal Rebirth
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Say goodbye to traditional equipment slots — your backpack is the battlefield! Freely arrange your items to trigger synergies, then craft and enhance your gear to create your own unique build. An action game that blends loot hunting, backpack-building, and light roguelite elements.
Greyskin
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Crawl through countless dungeons, fighting hordes of monsters in this unique, fast-paced Action RPG. Class-up, mutate, and survive as you loot, shoot, upgrade, and repeat. Descend into the depths of a strange and dark world filled with mysteries and uncover its secrets.
Diablo® IV
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Barbearian.
Ranked #4 for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Barbearian.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Kill the horde
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Ranked #5 for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Barbearian.
A dishonorable ninja third-person shooter. Mow down brainless zombies and dim soldiers with crazy guns. Survive waves, loot missions, and vanish. Kills drop gold and guns—a zero-dollar shopping spree in ninja disguise. The most absurd ninja life.
Murals
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Ranked #6 for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
These are not the tales you were told. Express yourself through stylized combat in the hand-painted worlds of Murals, a twisted isometric action-adventure where fairytales have gone spectacularly wrong.
Katuba's Poacher
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Choreographed Boss-Rush Action Rogue-Lite. Each boss's attack patterns play out to its own original swing jazz theme. With every run, collect traits, craft new weapons, then hunt again. There are massive bounties on the monster and on you.
Emberville
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Ranked #8 for Barbearian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Awaken with no memories inside the Vitromotus, a vast underground world created as a magical dungeon where death no longer lasts. Explore its depths, battle dangerous creatures, rescue survivors, and rebuild the ruined town of Emberville while uncovering the truth behind this prison.
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Myth
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Reviewers of Barbearian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Barbearian.
Myth is a puzzle horror multiplayer game that guarantees an intense and headache-inducing experience with friends. Why the headache, you ask? Well, let's just say the puzzles are so mind-bendingly hard, they should come with a complimentary bottle of aspirin!
Dead Cells
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Barbearian.
Reviewers of Barbearian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Diablo® IV
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Barbearian.
Reviewers of Barbearian cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Barbearian.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Barbearian at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
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 ~54% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~69% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
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
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Priced ~77% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
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 ~85% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Action with Barbearian.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Barbearian on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Barbearian.
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 Barbearian.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Barbearian.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Barbearian.
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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Frequently asked about Barbearian
- How much does Barbearian cost?
- Barbearian is listed on Steam at 6.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Barbearian?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Barbearian are PactSworn, Immortal Rebirth, Greyskin.
- Who developed Barbearian?
- Barbearian was developed by Kimmo Lahtinen and published by Kimmo Factor Oy.
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