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Games like Ikaruga and Left 4 Dead 2

30 games that play like them, 3 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Ikaruga
Ikaruga
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2

Like more than one of them

3 games close to two or more of Ikaruga and Left 4 Dead 2

  1. 1

    Sven Co-op

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and retro

    Loved · 94%FPS · Team-BasedAlso like Ikaruga

  2. 2

    Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2

    Ikaruga, but a 2D platformer, and gorier

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Local Co-OpAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  3. 3

    Crimsonland

    Ikaruga, but top-down, and four times the hours

    Loved · 92%Shoot 'Em Up · Local Co-OpAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

More like Ikaruga

20 games closest to Ikaruga of your picks

  1. 4

    Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION

    Much the same as Ikaruga

    Loved · 93%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  2. 5

    ZeroRanger

    Ikaruga, but pixel art, and four times the hours

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  3. 6

    Revolution Ace

    Ikaruga, but top-down, and more divisive

    Mixed · 72%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  4. 7

    Platypus Reclayed

    Ikaruga, but even better loved

    Loved · 99%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  5. 8

    METAL SLUG X

    Ikaruga, but a 2D platformer, and side-scrolling

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  6. 9

    Enemy Mind

    Ikaruga, but pixel art, and side-scrolling

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  7. 10

    METAL SLUG 3

    Ikaruga, but a 2D platformer, and co-op

    Loved · 90%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  8. 11

    Jamestown

    Ikaruga, but steampunk

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  9. 12

    The Bug Butcher

    Ikaruga, but cartoony, and faster

    Loved · 91%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  10. 13

    Mushihimesama

    Ikaruga, but anime, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  11. 14

    Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved

    Ikaruga, but twice the hours

    Loved · 90%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  12. 15

    Really Big Sky

    Ikaruga, but side-scrolling, and more divisive

    Mixed · 75%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  13. 16

    Cuphead

    Ikaruga, but hand-drawn, and five times the hours

    Loved · 96%Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up

  14. 17

    DRAINUS

    Ikaruga, but pixel art

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  15. 18

    Sky Force Anniversary

    Ikaruga, but three times the hours

    Loved · 92%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  16. 19

    Ultratron

    Ikaruga, but with robots

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  17. 20

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    Ikaruga, but PvP

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  18. 21

    LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

    Ikaruga, but funny, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Sci-fi

  19. 22

    eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package

    Ikaruga, but cute, and anime

    Loved · 92%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  20. 23

    Broforce

    Ikaruga, but a 2D platformer, and four times the hours

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Arcade

More like Left 4 Dead 2

7 games closest to Left 4 Dead 2 of your picks

  1. 24

    Killing Floor 2

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  2. 25

    Killing Floor

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  3. 26

    GTFO

    Left 4 Dead 2, but harder, and half the hours

    Liked · 84%FPS · Zombies

  4. 27

    No More Room in Hell

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · Survival

  5. 28

    SCP: Secret Laboratory

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play

    Loved · 91%FPS · Survival Horror

  6. 29

    Back 4 Blood

    Left 4 Dead 2, but more divisive

    Mixed · 69%Zombies · FPS

  7. 30

    Resident Evil 5

    Left 4 Dead 2, but co-op

    Liked · 87%Zombies · Co-op

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

None of your picks is on the list, nor a second release of one, nor a game of their own series. Up to 30 games are shown. Under each name, the kinds it shares with the pick it is closest to, and how it differs from that pick.