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Games like Devil Engine

If Devil Engine is your kind of game, the closest matches are BLACK BIRD, R-Type Dimensions EX and Hell is Other Demons — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its intense, stressful and tense. 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.

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About Devil Engine: A last ditch effort to destroy what was once to be our savior. A final mission to eliminate a disastrous future. A single ship against Earth’s entire military. The Andraste is the only hope to defeat...the Devil Engine.

2019Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Protoculture Games
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Steam players who put hours into Devil Engine 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.

  1. BLACK BIRD

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Become the Black Bird in this dark-fantasy shooting game with an operatic twist! This is the tale of a young girl who dies a pitiful death, but is reborn as the calamitous Black Bird whose destiny is to destroy the kingdom.

    2018ActionIndie18.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. R-Type Dimensions EX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Devil Engine.

    Second-strongest match for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!

    2018Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hell is Other Demons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Devil Engine.

    Third-strongest match for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.

    2019ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Devil Engine.

    Ranked #4 for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.

    2015Action12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. LUFTRAUSERS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    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.

    2014ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. BLUE REVOLVER

    WHY THIS

    Shares scoring multiplier system with Devil Engine.

    Ranked #8 for Devil Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Devil Engine

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. METAL SLUG

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Devil Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    “METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

    2015Action1.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mushihimesama

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Devil Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Battle huge "Koju" bugs in CAVE's beautiful fantasy shooter, Mushihimesama. Experience the thrill of bullet hell from the masters of the genre as you evade visually stunning shot patterns with thousands of bullets.

    2015Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ignition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Devil Engine.

    Reviewers of Devil Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    IGNITION is high-adrenaline action racing with seven unique race tracks, 11 unusual vehicles from monster trucks to jungle jeeps in a funky smooth-scrolling overhead race view.

    2017ActionSportsRacing14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Touhou Mystia's Izakaya

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Devil Engine cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!

    2021IndieSimulationRPG4.19 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Devil Engine at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Devil Engine on Steam right now. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. R-Type Dimensions EX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Devil Engine.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!

    2018Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blazing Chrome

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Devil Engine.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Deathsmiles

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

    2016ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. BLUE REVOLVER

    WHY THIS

    Shares scoring multiplier system with Devil Engine.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Devil Engine.

    Fight, fly, flourish! BLUE REVOLVER is a manic arcade-style shoot-em-up built for newcomers and psychos alike. Powerful special weapons cut through tough areas, while an adaptive difficulty system tailors the game to your skill level as you evade and counter a maniac environmental force!

    2016ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Devil Engine

Does Devil Engine run on Steam Deck?
Devil Engine 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 Devil Engine cost?
Devil Engine is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Devil Engine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Devil Engine are BLACK BIRD, R-Type Dimensions EX, Hell is Other Demons.
Who developed Devil Engine?
Devil Engine was developed by Protoculture Games and published by Poppy Works.

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 Devil Engine.

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