Games like SteamWorld Heist on PC
Closest overall match: SteamWorld Dig 2 (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Transistor at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: The Swindle at about 1 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 Great Soundtrack, 2D and role-playing. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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63%
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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61%
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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60%
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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59%
4. Hard West
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, controller support, role-playing, Turn-Based and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 3, RPG, 10, Indie
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59%
5. The Swindle
Shares Heist, Steampunk, controller support, role-playing and Great Soundtrack and 4 more tags; rated 1.1 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 17%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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58%
6. EARTHLOCK: Festival of Magic
Shares controller support, role-playing, Turn-Based, Great Soundtrack and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, 10, Indie
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58%
7. ICEY
Shares role-playing, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Full controller support and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
8. Cat Quest
Shares role-playing, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
9. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight
Shares controller support, role-playing, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 5 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie, 83
-
57%
10. 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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57%
11. RONIN
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 3 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, Indie, 83
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56%
12. 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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Questions people ask
What is the best game like SteamWorld Heist on PC?
On our similarity model, SteamWorld Dig 2 is the closest match to SteamWorld Heist on PC — 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.
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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