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Binx Games, Croteam Incubator · 2018 · 75 % positive of 237

24 games that play like I Hate Running Backwards and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Voidigo, Serious Sam: Tormental and Earth Overclocked.

Player tags

  • Action Roguelike
  • Action
  • Indie
  • Rogue-lite
  • Local Co-Op
  • Difficult
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Runner

At a glance

What games like I Hate Running Backwards have in common

  • The tags they share most often with I Hate Running Backwards: Action Roguelike (23 of 24), Rogue-lite (21) and Rogue-like (9).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2025, 19 of them after I Hate Running Backwards (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Star of Providence (96 % positive of 2,877).
  • Orbital Bullet – The 360° Rogue-lite both plays and looks like I Hate Running Backwards.

By gameplay

Plays like I Hate Running Backwards

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike74 % positive of 362Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like
  2. Temp Zero94 % positive of 163Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Difficult
  3. Star of Providence96 % positive of 2,877Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Difficult
  4. NIMRODS85 % positive of 1,266Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Shoot 'Em Up
  5. Doomsday Hunters89 % positive of 767Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Difficult
  6. Woodpunk71 % positive of 170Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Local Co-Op
  7. Entropy Survivors83 % positive of 327Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like
  8. Destropolis87 % positive of 253Shared: Action Roguelike · Local Co-Op · Difficult
  9. Voids Vigil96 % positive of 306Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like
  10. Doomed to Hell84 % positive of 227Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Difficult
  11. Roboquest95 % positive of 21,689Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Rogue-like
  12. ATOMINE75 % positive of 355Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Difficult

By look

Looks like I Hate Running Backwards

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Outpost87 % positive of 758
  2. Uragun76 % positive of 215
  3. Castle Story64 % positive of 10,063
  4. You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition85 % positive of 712
  5. Madness Cubed77 % positive of 1,130
  6. River Towns96 % positive of 160
  7. Steambirds Alliance Beta88 % positive of 257
  8. Nex Machina87 % positive of 2,123
  9. AirMech Wastelands69 % positive of 402
  10. PixARK72 % positive of 12,512
  11. Clone Drone in the Danger Zone96 % positive of 33,067
  12. Gamecraft75 % positive of 850

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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