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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

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Beyond Sunset

  • Luna Abyss

  • The Divine Invasion

  • STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™

  • Zortch

  • ADACA

  • Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

  • VOID/BREAKER

  • Deadlink

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Aliens vs. Ghosts

  • SCP: Fragmented Minds

  • The Devil Within: Satgat

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the game’s motivation profile. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • 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 out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

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: 25/07/2026