Games Like Awesomenauts

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Why similar: MOBA 71.1% ★, Multiplayer 14.5%, Competitive 9.2%, Action 2.6%, Great Soundtrack 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same emphasis on mastering unique heroes, cooldown-based fights, and tight team coordination, just in a top-down arena instead of a 2D lane map.

Play Smash Legends for free! Smash Legends is an exciting PVP action brawler where fairy tale Legends engage in a lively battle. Play solo or in a 3v3 team battle with your friends! Play now with Smashers from all over the world on Steam, iOS, and Android!

Why similar: MOBA 61.2% ★, Multiplayer 11.9%, Competitive 7.1%, Co-op 6.8%, Online Co-Op 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same quick, character-driven multiplayer energy with compact maps, distinct abilities, and strong emphasis on positioning.

Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!

Why similar: MOBA 72.9% ★, Multiplayer 10.3%, Co-op 4.7%, Action 4.7%, Strategy 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is one of the closest mood-and-structure matches, blending hero abilities, objective pushing, bots, and a colorful comedic sci-fi presentation.

It's either not for you or the best thing you ever played

Why similar: MOBA 43.9% ★, Multiplayer 21.6%, Online Co-Op 6.9%, Action 6.2%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Awesomenauts, it turns hero kits and teamwork into a fast objective-based PvP game where movement and ability timing are everything.

Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!

Why similar: Multiplayer 34.2%, Platformer 22.2%, 2D 11.5%, Co-op 9.4%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong 2D multiplayer match thanks to precise platforming, projectile combat, and teamwork-focused arena play.

An epic platform fighter for up to 8 players online or local. Try casual free-for-alls, ranked matches, or invite friends to a private room. And it's free! Play cross-platform with millions of players on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android & Steam! Frequent updates. Over sixty Legends.

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.4%, Local Co-Op 21%, Platformer 16.5%, Co-op 12.6%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more of a platform fighter than a MOBA, it scratches a very similar itch with readable 2D movement, varied characters, and nonstop multiplayer action.

Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!

Why similar: MOBA 75.7% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Competitive 4.8%, Co-op 4.2%, Action 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: If the hero roles, teamfights, and lane-based strategy were your main draw, SMITE is one of the best action-forward MOBA alternatives on Steam.

GO GIGANTIC! THE UNIQUE MOBA HERO SHOOTER RETURNS!

Why similar: MOBA 81.6% ★, Multiplayer 13.2%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers hero-based team battles with strong map awareness and objective play, making it a good fit if your favorite part of Awesomenauts was coordinated MOBA combat.

Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.

Why similar: Multiplayer 40%, Action 27.7%, Indie 18.9%, 2D 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its side-view combat, momentum-heavy movement, and skill-based shooting feel very close to Awesomenauts' 2D competitive action side.

The tactical depth of a hardcore MOBA meets the explosive verticality of a third-person shooter. Master unique heroes, dominate the lanes in 5v5 combat, and join over 2,000,000 players in the ultimate free-to-play battleground!

Why similar: MOBA 78.3% ★, Competitive 10.5%, Sci-fi 4%, Strategy 3.7%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This gives you a more modern third-person MOBA take on the same hero mastery, itemization, and coordinated push-and-defend flow.

Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

Why similar: MOBA 61.9% ★, Multiplayer 21.1%, Co-op 5.2%, Online Co-Op 4.6%, Action 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful style, distinct hero kits, and objective-centered matches echo the accessible-but-strategic feel that made Awesomenauts stand out.

Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

Why similar: Multiplayer 53.1%, Competitive 13.3%, Co-op 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8%, Action 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though class-based rather than MOBA-based, it shares the same cartoon attitude, readable roles, and high-skill team action.

Join the Galactic Tournament in this fast-paced comical action shooter. Level-up your Hero and unlock an arsenal of weapons. Lay waste to your friends and foes in local, LAN and online multiplayer matches, or hone your skills in single player and custom games.

Why similar: Multiplayer 48.7%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Action 18%, Indie 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its blocky style aside, this is a smart match because it mixes 2D shooting, competitive multiplayer, and class-like combat roles.

RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

Why similar: Multiplayer 26.2%, Platformer 16.8%, Great Soundtrack 15.5%, Competitive 14.1%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: This keeps the crisp 2D movement and expressive character design, with a much deeper focus on dueling and platform-fighter fundamentals.

Grab your team and tear it up in Bleeding Edge, an electrifying online brawler where every fighter comes mechanically enhanced for mayhem!

Why similar: MOBA 54.3% ★, Action 17.9%, Multiplayer 17.3%, Competitive 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on stylish hero-based team clashes with a lot of mobility and personality, which lines up well with Awesomenauts' arcade-like combat vibe.

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31%, Platformer 15.6%, Competitive 14.3%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%, Local Co-Op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The constant platform movement, split-second reactions, and competitive chaos make it a natural fit for Awesomenauts players who loved the mobility game.

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.9%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Competitive 15.3%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Action 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It nails the same stylish indie multiplayer energy and rewards precise timing, movement, and matchup knowledge in a 2D arena.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.4%, Local Co-Op 24%, Co-op 12%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Local Multiplayer 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its ability-combo chaos and physics-driven 2D fights echo the playful experimentation that made Awesomenauts' hero kits so memorable.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Multiplayer 35.9%, Local Co-Op 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.2%, Co-op 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This keeps the side-view multiplayer mayhem and improvisational combat, even if it is far more party-game chaotic than strategic.

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.4%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, Co-op 12.4%, 2D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends acrobatic movement and fast arena kills in a way that feels great if your favorite part of Awesomenauts was stylish mobility under pressure.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 16.8%, Platformer 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Co-op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its finely tuned arena-platform combat delivers the same immediate 2D readability and high-skill positioning that make Awesomenauts satisfying.

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Why similar: Platformer 20.8%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Local Co-Op 16.4%, Co-op 16.2%, Local Multiplayer 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is less of a direct PvP substitute, but its colorful 2D platforming, comedic style, and sharp movement make it a good tonal fallback for Awesomenauts fans.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.3%, Platformer 11.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its lethal 2D arenas and snappy cartoon action make it another strong pick for players who mainly want fast side-view multiplayer combat.

Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.

Why similar: Multiplayer 33.3%, Platformer 22.4%, Local Multiplayer 16%, 2D 9%, Side Scroller 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact matches, build-altering upgrades, and 2D dueling make it appealing if you enjoyed Awesomenauts' character-expression side.

Eternal Return is a free-to-play, 2.5D perspective Battle Royale game. Search, Craft, Hunt, and Fight using a variety of characters. Plan your strategy and become the last survivor on this eternal experiment.

Why similar: MOBA 77.7% ★, Multiplayer 12.9%, Strategy 3.6%, Action 3.4%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: Even though it mixes in survival elements, it still rewards hero mastery, team composition, and skill-shot heavy engagements in a way MOBA fans can appreciate.

Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.

Why similar: Multiplayer 31.7%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%, Platformer 10.4%, Local Co-Op 8.8%, Competitive 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is much lighter and sillier, but its frantic competitive platforming and constant adaptation hit a similar social-multiplayer nerve.

Lock in! Samurai GUNN 2 is a bloody and brutally fast platform fighter for players who like short rounds and intense action. Free Edition out now!

Why similar: Competitive 26.3%, Multiplayer 21.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.8%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, 2D 11%

Why You'll Like It: This offers razor-fast platform arena fighting where movement mastery and instantly readable abilities create the same kind of tense 2D exchanges.

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

Why similar: Multiplayer 27.5%, Local Multiplayer 25.4%, Platformer 11%, Great Soundtrack 10.5%, Action 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The lane-pushing tug-of-war and simple-but-deep side-view combat give it a surprising amount of overlap with Awesomenauts' back-and-forth map control.

AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!

Why similar: MOBA 67.2% ★, Multiplayer 14.5%, Strategy 4.6%, Co-op 4.5%, Online Co-Op 3.4%

Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

Why similar: Multiplayer 35.9%, Co-op 16.8%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Action 9.8%

BOMBERGROUNDS: Immerse in a free-to-play massive multiplayer action-packed arena inspired by classic bomber games. Dash, bomb, bat, and explode your way to victory. Your realm of relentless arcade action is just a click away—dive in and rule the grounds!

Why similar: Multiplayer 38.4%, Co-op 22.9%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Action 8.5%, Strategy 7.4%

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Why similar: Multiplayer 57%, Online Co-Op 26.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Funny 6.3%

Behold the clash of heroes! Iron League is a MOBA teamfight of the warriors named "Ironsides". The League does not care what their motives are, as long as they give a good fight. How about you? Do you wanna be the strongest Ironside? Then, take a bold step into the Iron League!

Why similar: MOBA 85.2% ★, Co-op 5.2%, Competitive 3.5%, Strategy 2.7%, Action 2.2%

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.4%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Co-op 18%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%

The Ultimatest Battle is a real-time, 2D platform game in which two teams compete in different game modes with an almost completely destructible environment. UB is a true Free-to-Play, absolutely no Pay-to-Win.

Why similar: Multiplayer 23.6%, Platformer 18.9%, Co-op 13.7%, 2D 11.1%, Action 11.1%

Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24.2%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Local Multiplayer 15.4%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Competitive 8.6%

A strategic fast-paced MOBA-styled game where you play as a team to complete objectives against the opposing team. Play as unique agents with a third-person view and use their abilities to change the outcomes of the chaotic battle arena with various game modes! No pay to win, just pure skill!

Why similar: MOBA 78.2% ★, Multiplayer 13.9%, Strategy 3.9%, Cartoon 2.6%, Action 1.5%

Jog! Jump! Switch! Coordinate the crazy conga line of alien athletes in this autorunner / puzzle platformer for 1-4 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.9%, Platformer 14.3%, Co-op 12%, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Multiplayer 9.5%

BATTLECREW™ Space Pirates is a fast-paced competitive multiplayer shooter. Choose your hero, call a few friends and join in on the fun! Meet in battle in this 2vs2 to 4vs4 action platformer.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.7%, Competitive 17.1%, Co-op 13.8%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Platformer 8.3%

Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.

Why similar: Co-op 27.1%, Multiplayer 24.2%, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Action 9.2%

Grab a friend, grab a gadget, grab a gun and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have in a co-op game!

Why similar: Co-op 22.7%, Multiplayer 20.8%, Local Co-Op 19%, Action 13%, Indie 9.8%

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40%, Competitive 13.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Co-op 9.2%, Action 8%

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.

Why similar: Co-op 30%, Local Co-Op 22.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Great Soundtrack 8%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Why similar: Platformer 22.8%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Co-op 10%, Multiplayer 9.2%

An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!

Why similar: Multiplayer 40.2%, Co-op 29.5%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Strategy 11.8%

Master the most intense platformer shooter ever created. Play in teams of up to 5v5 players across 8 game modes or make your own custom lobby. Collect & craft an arsenal of weapons to master your loadout. Play cross-platform for free on PC, Console, Mobile, and Web with full controller support.

Why similar: Platformer 33.6%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Action 9.7%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Co-op 9.6%

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Co-op 32.9%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Action 10.8%, Strategy 10.3%

Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

Why similar: Platformer 39.7%, Multiplayer 21.7%, 2D 12%, Action 9.6%, Indie 7.6%

Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet, or switch sides and fight as the Antagonist alongside the invading hordes!

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.3%, Action 22.7%, Co-op 20.3%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Strategy 6.5%

Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.

Why similar: Multiplayer 68.8%, Online Co-Op 31.2%

Formicide is a fast-paced 2D online platformer with a lineup of versatile classes. Think Worms meets Team Fortress 2. Face off with teammates against enemies in destructible environments with the weapons and abilities at your disposal.

Why similar: Multiplayer 46.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Action 15.1%, 2D 11.1%, Indie 9.9%

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: Co-op 30.2%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.7%