Games like Dead End Job
If Dead End Job is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shwip, Goblins With Guns and Nom Nom Apocalypse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and funny. 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 Dead End Job: Dead End Job sends you into a madcap, Ren & Stimpy-esque world to bust up ghosts. It’s a procedurally generated, couch co-op, twin-stick shooter that straps a vacuum pack to your back and puts a plasma blaster in your hand. For you, it’s just another day in the office.
Players who liked Dead End Job also play
Steam players who put hours into Dead End Job 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.
Shwip
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Dominate global leaderboards as you face an unrelenting geometric force. Shwip blends twin-stick arcade action with tight controls, jaw-dropping pixel destruction, and devastating weapons and abilities. Evade, outlast, and play with style in four game modes, both solo and local multiplayer.
Goblins With Guns
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Goblins With Guns is a game where you fight in 4 player free for all battles as goblins who need to win in order to earn their freedom. There are several different maps, guns and perks that change the game and every battle is filled with bullet hell madness.
Nom Nom Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Nom Nom Apocalypse is a twinstick shooter set in a post-apocalyptic city plagued by mutant food monstrosities.Shoot! dodge and OUTLAST the plague of greasy beasts and candy creatures that lurk around every unknown corner.
Re-Loaded
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Ranked #4 for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead End Job.
Introducing the roll call of shame as Mamma, Bounca, Butch, Cap'n Hands, Sister Magpie and The Consumer blast their way through six huge blood soaked worlds to inflict brutal revenge on the supremely evil C.H.E.B.
Ostallian Core
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Ranked #5 for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
A modern omnidirectional space shooter with colorful retro-style ASCII art and light RPG elements, featuring optional permadeath.
KILL YOUR FRIENDS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
A frantic arena shooter for up to 6 players. Play solo, or battle your pals online. Grab a weapon, don your comically oversized hat & an absurdly mismatched outfit, and KILL YOUR FRIENDS!
Sleeper Agent
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Sleeper Agent is a top-down, couch co-op where you play as two mischievous aliens with unique abilities, JUMBO and SLIM, tethered together as they drag along the unconscious body of a secret agent! THRASH, STUMBLE, and SMASH your way through the levels! Oh! And be sure not to wake the agent..
Berzerk: Recharged
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dead End Job fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Blast your way through an endless maze inhabited by deadly robots and their invulnerable, menacing master Evil Otto. Tag in a friend in local co-op to help you survive this twin-stick revival of an arcade classic.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead End Job at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Dead End Job on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dead End Job.
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 ~41% under Dead End Job on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Dead End Job on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead End Job.
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 ~41% under Dead End Job on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Dead End Job on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead End Job.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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 Dead End Job.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead End Job.
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?
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 Dead End Job.
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 Dead End Job.
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.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dead End Job.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Ant Workshop Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Ant Workshop Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Into the Restless Ruins
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Dead End Job.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Dead End Job. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
A roguelike deckbuilder where you create the dungeon you fight through. Each night use your cards to expand the ruins then battle through them, harvesting Glimour from the lost souls and improving your deck. Can you reach The Warden and defeat it, so The Maiden will grant your heart’s desire?
Binaries
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Dead End Job.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Dead End Job. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
Test your reflexes and awareness as you simultaneously guide two lovable balls through over 100 brightly-coloured challenges in a controller-smashingly tough BAFTA nominated platformer.
Dungeon Golf
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Shares a funny mood with Dead End Job.
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Dead End Job. Shares Indie with Dead End Job.
It’s mini golf in a dungeon (duh). Whack your way through lava, traps and monsters using a lute, your fists, or your own skeletal leg. You can even score a hole-in-none! Compete with your friends online or together to be the true Dungeon Golf champion.
Ice Cream Wars
WHY THIS
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Dead End Job. Shares Indie with Dead End Job.
A madcap arcade driving game in the unexpectedly cut-throat world of the frozen confectionary distribution industry. Race against the clock (and Gelatoni's henchmen) to provide the residents of Rippleton with the sweet frozen treats they're craving.
Into the Slimy Mines
WHY THIS
Another title from Ant Workshop Ltd, the studio behind Dead End Job. Shares Action and Indie with Dead End Job.
A roguelike tower defense with a card-driven twist. Build your deck, carve out tunnels, and deploy defences directly into the path of the swarm. Rank up your chosen Guild and rescue your Dwarven crew to get off this frackin’ slime-infested moon!
Frequently asked about Dead End Job
- Does Dead End Job run on Steam Deck?
- Dead End Job 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 Dead End Job cost?
- Dead End Job is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dead End Job have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dead End Job supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Dead End Job?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead End Job are Shwip, Goblins With Guns, Nom Nom Apocalypse.
- Who developed Dead End Job?
- Dead End Job was developed by Ant Workshop Ltd and published by Headup.
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