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Voidmaw · 2025 · Windows
Steam: 89 % positive of 502 reviews, as of Oct 28
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
24 games that play like Katanaut and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Dead Cells, ScourgeBringer and Katana ZERO.
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Plays and looks like Katanaut
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Katanaut
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Dead Cells
96 % positive of 157,224
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
ScourgeBringer
86 % positive of 2,661
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Fast-Paced
Katana ZERO
96 % positive of 66,629
Shared: Hack and Slash · Fast-Paced · Difficult
Blasphemous
90 % positive of 55,513
Shared: Difficult · Souls-like · Platformer
Trinity Fusion
85 % positive of 695
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
Axiom Verge
90 % positive of 5,874
Shared: Difficult · Cyberpunk · Platformer
Anomaly Agent
93 % positive of 9,511
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
Neon Abyss
86 % positive of 19,729
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
Ghost 1.0
90 % positive of 1,924
Shared: Rogue-like · Rogue-lite · Difficult
Skul: The Hero Slayer
92 % positive of 50,940
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
Soulstone Survivors
91 % positive of 25,878
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
A Robot Named Fight!
87 % positive of 799
Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
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- Returnal™78 % positive of 6,676Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
- EVERSPACE™76 % positive of 9,830Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
- Voids Vigil92 % positive of 380Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
- Foregone80 % positive of 1,341Shared: Rogue-like · Hack and Slash · Rogue-lite
- Mortal Sin92 % positive of 5,598Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Hack and Slash
- Voidigo96 % positive of 3,800Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
- GRIME85 % positive of 4,695Shared: Difficult · Souls-like · Platformer
- Hyper Light Drifter93 % positive of 15,658Shared: Hack and Slash · Difficult · Souls-like
- Picayune Dreams97 % positive of 4,234Shared: Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite
- Salt and Sanctuary88 % positive of 20,172Shared: Difficult · Souls-like · Platformer
- AWAKEN - Astral Blade81 % positive of 1,144Shared: Souls-like · Platformer · RPG
- Ultros79 % positive of 801Shared: Rogue-lite · Platformer · Action
By look
Looks like Katanaut
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Katana ZERO
96 % positive of 66,629
CARRION
93 % positive of 33,729
Nine Sols
94 % positive of 41,084
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
93 % positive of 2,712
SIGNALIS
96 % positive of 31,353
Akane
94 % positive of 2,754
Barotrauma
94 % positive of 62,517
Ghost 1.0
90 % positive of 1,924
Blade Assault
73 % positive of 1,822
Metal Unit
82 % positive of 2,067
Death Trash
91 % positive of 3,469
OVIS LOOP
88 % positive of 1,101
More matches
- Risk of Rain Returns89 % positive of 24,859
- Zombie Night Terror93 % positive of 3,372
- They Always Run77 % positive of 781
- Stealth Bastard Deluxe88 % positive of 728
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut88 % positive of 5,484
- BLADECHIMERA88 % positive of 1,384
- RUINER87 % positive of 10,407
- Dungeon Munchies96 % positive of 6,625
- Neon Abyss86 % positive of 19,729
- Kats Trigger88 % positive of 495
- Intravenous 3: Borderline94 % positive of 435
- Turbo Kid92 % positive of 403
At a glance
What games like Katanaut have in common
- The tags they share most often with Katanaut: Rogue-like (16 of 24), Action Roguelike (14) and Hack and Slash (10).
- They came out between 2015 and 2025, none of them after Katanaut (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: Picayune Dreams (97 % positive of 4,234).
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.