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Games like Airborn

If Airborn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Meteoric VR, Cosmic Overdrive and Warchasm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its enemies require unique strategies, epic and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Airborn: Soar through the air and decimate their fleet. Fight off a never-ending onslaught of robotic enemies by combining devastating firepower and unparalleled mobility.

2020ActionIndie12.99 USDWindowsby Still Not Sure
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Steam players who put hours into Airborn also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Meteoric VR

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Meteoric VR is a first-person shooter where your mission is to defend the Earth from dangerous meteors in space! The fate of the planet is now in your hands. Will you live up to the task?

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cosmic Overdrive

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Airborn.

    Cosmic Overdrive brings fast-paced rounds of a VR sci-fi runner that prioritizes comfort, immersion and engagement. Physically maneuver your spacecraft with interactive machinery. Fly cautiously to survive, but not so cautiously that the portal closes before you can make it through.

    2023ActionCasualRacing6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Warchasm

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Battle hordes of murderous mechs as you hurtle through the canyons, chasms and caves of an alien world in a desperate bid for survival.

    2020ActionIndieCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Megaton Rainfall

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Airborn.

    Ranked #4 for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Become an indestructible interdimensional superbeing in this first-person superhero game, and save Earth from an alien invasion. Be careful though - you are so powerful you can destroy entire skyscrapers (unintentionally) when you miss your otherworldly target...

    2017ActionIndie15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Superfly

    WHY THIS

    Shares enemy variety and an epic mood with Airborn.

    Ranked #5 for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Superfly is a virtual reality action game where you play as the superhero of your dreams. Mix and match twelve unique movement modes to fly through a massive open-world city full of challenges for your movement and combat skills.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crunch Element

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Airborn.

    Ranked #6 for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Raid destructible compounds using explosive gadgets and tactical weaponry in VR! Breach, clear, and dominate in high-intensity raids where destruction is your greatest weapon. Whether you're leading a squad or taking on the challenge solo, precision, strategy, and firepower will decide your victory.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Space Battle VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Space Battle VR is an action shooter set in space. It supports VR controllers to give you a real feel how it is to be a spaceship pilot. You can truly feel the cosmos with this game. Jump into an awesome adventure, help mankind, win a war, bring freedom and happiness to the universe. People need you!

    2018ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Space Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Airborn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Take control of a pair of hatchling space dragons and blast your way through the cosmos with our innovative move-and-warp system. Fight the robotic armadas that have enslaved the massive beasts of the galaxy! Destroy suns, battle epic bosses, and leap to new systems through mind-bending wormholes!

    2017ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Airborn at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Airborn.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Airborn.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Airborn on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Airborn.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Airborn.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Floating Point

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Airborn.

    Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.

    2014IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Airborn

How much does Airborn cost?
Airborn is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Airborn?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Airborn are Meteoric VR, Cosmic Overdrive, Warchasm.
Who developed Airborn?
Airborn was developed by Still Not Sure.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Airborn.

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