Games like DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
If DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Outmode, TENNISTRONIC and Retrowave — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgia enhances the experience, challenging and nostalgic. 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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Players who liked DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition also play
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Outmode
WHY THIS
Top pick for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
A Synthwave themed arcade racer featuring a retro-futuristic neon aesthetic of the beaches, cities and highways of the 1980s - do battle against legendary cars and let the good times roll.
TENNISTRONIC
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Increase your reflexes by hitting the ball that reaches higher speed with each bounce, and at the same time give it spin to score a goal to your opponent.
Retrowave
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Third-strongest match for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!
Super Video Golf
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Ranked #4 for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Super Video Golf is a turn based 90s themed golf game, with up to 8 players locally or 8 computers online allowing a total of 16 players in a single game. Challenge yourself in Career mode or others online and locally in Free Play.
Ultimate Racing 2D 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
The ultimate top-down racing game is back! Ultimate Racing 2D 2 includes new cars, new tracks, car/track editor, time-trial mode, improved online multiplayer and career mode, new settings and more.
Slipstream
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Ranked #6 for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Ranked #7 for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Parking Garage Rally Circuit
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Ranked #8 for DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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 ~57% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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 ~79% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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 ~86% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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 ~57% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Floating Point
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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More from Longbow Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Longbow Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Another title from Longbow Games, the studio behind DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Command armies, manage resources, and build an empire in this real-time strategy wargame from Longbow Games. Will Rome fulfil its destiny to rule the ancient world or will history be rewritten to forge a new Etruscan, Gallic, or Greek hegemony!
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Another title from Longbow Games, the studio behind DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...
Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Another title from Longbow Games, the studio behind DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Conquer the ancient Greek world in Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, an epic strategy wargame that expands and refines the award-winning Hegemony: Philip of Macedon with brand new content and features.
Golem
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Another title from Longbow Games, the studio behind DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
A heart-warming adventure about a young girl and a shape-shifting golem who must navigate the ruins of an ancient tower to solve its challenging puzzles and re-activate its long-dormant machines.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Super Video Golf
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Super Video Golf is a turn based 90s themed golf game, with up to 8 players locally or 8 computers online allowing a total of 16 players in a single game. Challenge yourself in Career mode or others online and locally in Free Play.
Slipstream
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.
Horizon Chase Turbo
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Thrilling arcade racing game, inspired by the super-fun-straight-to-the-point classic racing games from the 90s.
Parking Garage Rally Circuit
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
Retro Arcade Rally Racing... in Parking Garages?!? Precision driving with tight simple controls and arcade physics, all in a Sega Saturn style presentation
Frequently asked about DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
- Does DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition run on Steam Deck?
- DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition 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 DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition cost?
- DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition are Outmode, TENNISTRONIC, Retrowave.
- Who developed DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition?
- DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition was developed by Longbow Games.
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 DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition.
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