Games like Bloodroots
If Bloodroots is your kind of game, the closest matches are APE OUT, Bad Business and 12 is Better Than 6 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its creative level design, atmospheric and hypnotic. 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 Bloodroots: One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
Players who liked Bloodroots also play
Steam players who put hours into Bloodroots 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.
APE OUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodroots.
Top pick for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Bad Business
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Bad Business is an extremely challenging top-down tactical shooter game where Mr. Bunny Rabbit, a hitman for the Mob, has been tasked to neutralize the rival Gang. A hard task for any organization, an impossible task for a hitman.
12 is Better Than 6
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodroots.
Third-strongest match for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
12 is Better Than 6 is a dynamic top-down shooter with stealth elements, presented in a Wild West theme. The story puts you in the shoes of escaped slave fleeing to the United States in 1873.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Bloodroots.
Ranked #4 for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
El Borracho
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
The fun Shoot ’em up and 2D platformer. Fight enemies, complete levels, and progress through the story to reach the end and save your village from the bandits. The revolver, machete, dynamite, and a bottle of tequila will help you along the way.
DooM in the Dark 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
The space station suffered an unknown infection from space, the previously unknown X virus mutates, almost the entire crew of the station is infected, you need to stop the army of mutants until they break through to Earth and the judgment day begins!
Suit for Hire
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Bloodroots.
Ranked #7 for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
Colt Canyon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Bloodroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Bloodroots
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Neon White
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Bloodroots.
Reviewers of Bloodroots cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Bloodroots.
Reviewers of Bloodroots cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Katana ZERO
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodroots.
Reviewers of Bloodroots cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bloodroots at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Bloodroots on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Bloodroots.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodroots on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodroots on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloodroots.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodroots on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloodroots on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloodroots.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 with Bloodroots.
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.
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 Bloodroots.
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 Bloodroots.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloodroots.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
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 Bloodroots.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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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.
APE OUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Bloodroots.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Bloodroots.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.
Suit for Hire
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Bloodroots.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.
Colt Canyon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Bloodroots.
Shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum! Colt Canyon is a stylish pixel art shooter with roguelike elements and real-time combat where you save your kidnapped partner from the ruthless bandits.
Frequently asked about Bloodroots
- Does Bloodroots run on Steam Deck?
- Bloodroots 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 Bloodroots cost?
- Bloodroots is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Bloodroots?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bloodroots are APE OUT, Bad Business, 12 is Better Than 6.
- Who developed Bloodroots?
- Bloodroots was developed by Paper Cult.
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 Bloodroots.
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