Games like Abacus
If Abacus is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shoot 'm Up, BallisticNG and Duck Game — 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 Abacus: Explore a mysterious and whimsical world in this retro 2D platformer-shooter, featuring cute pixel graphics, a catchy original soundtrack and swarms of explosive bees!
Players who liked Abacus also play
Steam players who put hours into Abacus 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.
Shoot 'm Up
WHY THIS
Top pick for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Tactical multiplayer chaos.That's what would describe this game in 3 words. It's fast, it's messy, it's challenging. Do you like blowing up zombies to bits together with your friends? Protecting your base from the enemy team? Grab your gear and start the chaos!
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
Duck Game
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Prodeus
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
BROKE PROTOCOL
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.
Murder Miners
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!
SONIC SUPERSTARS
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Abacus fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Abacus.
Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Abacus at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
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 ~50% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Abacus.
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 ~75% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Abacus.
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 ~83% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Abacus.
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 ~50% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
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 ~50% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Abacus on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Abacus.
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.
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 Abacus.
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 and Adventure with Abacus.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Abacus.
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 and Casual with Abacus.
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 Abacus.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Abacus.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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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.
BallisticNG
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.
DUSK
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Murder Miners
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Abacus.
The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!
SONIC SUPERSTARS
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Abacus.
Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming.
Frequently asked about Abacus
- How much does Abacus cost?
- Abacus is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Abacus have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Abacus supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Abacus?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abacus are Shoot 'm Up, BallisticNG, Duck Game.
- Who developed Abacus?
- Abacus was developed by Danjb.
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 Abacus.
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