Games like Hyper Simon X
If Hyper Simon X is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bighead Runner, Offendron Warrior and Polygoneer — 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 Hyper Simon X: Hyper Simon X is an Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Puzzle game that ingeniously blends SHMUP mechanics with the classic nostalgia of 'Simon Says' memory games. Prepare for a challenge like no other as you destroy the enemies in the exact order displayed!
Players who liked Hyper Simon X also play
Steam players who put hours into Hyper Simon X 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.
Bighead Runner
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Bighead Runner is an arcade endless runner that challenges you to collect coins and conquer the leaderboards! Dash, jump, and slide through procedurally generated stages, striving to beat your best score and unlock awesome skins.
Offendron Warrior
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Offendron Warrior is a retro arcade that combines shooting and defense. Your objective is saving Offendron civilians in the planets from the group of enemies, who are trying to spread a virus that turns Offendrons into mindless killing machines and eventually destroy the whole planet.
Polygoneer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
Spin Rhythm XD
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Super Hydorah
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Hyper Simon X fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hyper Simon X at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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 ~70% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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 ~80% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Simon X.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Simon X.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Simon X.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Hyper Simon X on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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 Hyper Simon X.
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 with Hyper Simon X.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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.
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More from NukGames
Other recommendable Steam games by NukGames, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rock 'N' Roll Defense
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action with Hyper Simon X.
Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!
Razortron 2000
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!
Planes, Bullets and Vodka
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.
Cyberhunt
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
Polygoneer
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?
Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Road Scars: Origins
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Ride day and night, taking on risky jobs for the Road Baron, avoiding traffic and other bikers on endless dangerous roads, all of that while you blast some original punk rock music!
Bighead Runner
WHY THIS
Another title from NukGames, the studio behind Hyper Simon X. Shares Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Bighead Runner is an arcade endless runner that challenges you to collect coins and conquer the leaderboards! Dash, jump, and slide through procedurally generated stages, striving to beat your best score and unlock awesome skins.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Spin Rhythm XD
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Enter the Rhythm Dimension. A homage to classic arcade rhythm games (Guitar Hero, DDR), with a modern aesthetic and soundtrack. Match colours and beats, spin, tap, flick and flow through the juiciest beats in the universe. Supports multiple control styles including MIDI DJ gear on Steam!
ONE BTN BOSSES
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
It's One Button Bosses, it's all in the name. You have one button. There are big bosses to beat. Push, tap, and bash in the handcrafted campaign or in the roguelike rifts.
Super Hydorah
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
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.
Downwell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Hyper Simon X.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
Frequently asked about Hyper Simon X
- How much does Hyper Simon X cost?
- Hyper Simon X is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Hyper Simon X?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hyper Simon X are Bighead Runner, Offendron Warrior, Polygoneer.
- Who developed Hyper Simon X?
- Hyper Simon X was developed by NukGames.
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 Hyper Simon X.
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