Boiling Steel similar games & best alternatives

Boiling Steel

SteamVR • 2020

Should you play it?

"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

What works

  • Immersive sci-fi story and setting
  • Unique weapon mechanics and upgrades
  • Good vr controls and movement options
  • Engaging combat with tactical depth
  • Solid graphics and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive level design and enemy types
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some bugs and control issues reported
  • Slow pacing and occasional frustration
  • No melee or single-handed weapon options

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Boiling Steel. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Boiling Steel. These titles are not in What to play next.

Boiling Steel: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 26/08/2026