Games like SteamWorld Heist
Closest overall match: SteamWorld Dig 2 (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Transistor at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: SteamWorld Dig at about 4 hours.
We compared SteamWorld Heist against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are 2D, Full controller support and controller support. Updated Oct 15, 2026.
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62%
1. SteamWorld Dig 2
Shares Steampunk, Female Protagonist, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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60%
2. SteamWorld Dig
Shares Steampunk, Robots, controller support, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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59%
3. Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Shares controller support, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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56%
4. Transistor
Shares role-playing, Turn-Based, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
5. Dust: An Elysian Tail
Shares controller support, role-playing, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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55%
6. This Is the Police 2
Shares Turn-Based, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 10, Indie
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55%
7. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares controller support, Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
8. Rogue Legacy
Shares controller support, role-playing, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie, 83
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54%
9. Teslagrad
Shares Steampunk, controller support, 2D, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
54%
10. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Shares controller support, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
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54%
11. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares controller support, role-playing, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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54%
12. Beholder
Shares Great Soundtrack, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like SteamWorld Heist?
On our similarity model, SteamWorld Dig 2 is the closest match to SteamWorld Heist — shares Steampunk, Female Protagonist, 2D, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
Which game like SteamWorld Heist is rated highest?
Transistor holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 1,474 players.
Are there games like SteamWorld Heist on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like SteamWorld Heist on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like SteamWorld Heist on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 9 games like SteamWorld Heist on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against SteamWorld Heist on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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