Games like Doughlings: Invasion
If Doughlings: Invasion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Swarmlake, Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender and Ikaruga — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and retro. 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 Doughlings: Invasion: Another tribute paid to yet another arcade classic from the Hero Concept team! Doughlings: Invasion promises a fun gaming experience to gamers of all ages with the innovations it brings to the shooting genre.
Players who liked Doughlings: Invasion also play
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Swarmlake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Top pick for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.
Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Second-strongest match for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Aqua Kitty is a fast paced retro styled submarine arcade shooter with optional 2 player local Co-op.Blast through hordes of mechanical sea monsters in your kitty sub and defend the deep sea milk mining kittens!THE MILK MUST FLOW!
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Third-strongest match for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Switch 'N' Shoot
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Ranked #4 for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Endless arcade action with just ONE button - Switch directions whenever you shoot!
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Ranked #5 for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Ranked #6 for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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!
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Ranked #7 for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Ranked #8 for Doughlings: Invasion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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!
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Space Invaders Extreme
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Reviewers of Doughlings: Invasion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Doughlings: Invasion.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Doughlings: Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Reviewers of Doughlings: Invasion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Doughlings brings unique gameplay mechanics through its interesting characters and the world while combining together the best that all known Arkanoid games have to offer, polished with a modern look and design.
Space Aliens Invaders
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Reviewers of Doughlings: Invasion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
modernized old time classic alien shooter game
Candy Arkanoid
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Doughlings: Invasion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Candy Arkanoid is more than just a simple arcade game - it also includes RPG and Rogue-like elements, allowing players to level up their Arkanoid and customize its abilities. So why wait? Satisfy your sweet tooth and soon blast your way through the candy cosmos!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Doughlings: Invasion at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Doughlings: Invasion.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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 ~70% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Doughlings: Invasion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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 Doughlings: Invasion.
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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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Swarmlake
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Swarmlake is an ultra-intense first-person shooter ballet about fighting a record-breaking swarm.
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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!
Deathsmiles
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Doughlings: Invasion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Doughlings: Invasion.
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!
Frequently asked about Doughlings: Invasion
- Is Doughlings: Invasion verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Doughlings: Invasion is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Doughlings: Invasion cost?
- Doughlings: Invasion is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Doughlings: Invasion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Doughlings: Invasion are Swarmlake, Aqua Kitty - Milk Mine Defender, Ikaruga.
- Who developed Doughlings: Invasion?
- Doughlings: Invasion was developed by Hero Concept.
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