Games like Spaceman Defender
If Spaceman Defender is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth, Insectipede and Martian Invaders — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Spaceman Defender: Defend the Little Spaceman Dudes from aliens! Blast waves of Alien Abductors and UFOs across 50 challenging levels in this fast-paced ’80s-style arcade space shooter.
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Steam players who put hours into Spaceman Defender 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.
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
WHY THIS
Top pick for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Insectipede
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Martian Invaders
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
GANA FORCE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Defender.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
VERZEUS
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Defender.
Blast and weave your way through enemy fire while managing a wide variety of ship power-ups in this retro style horizontal shoot-'em-up!
REMOTE LIFE
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
SATAZIUS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Spaceman Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spaceman Defender at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Defender.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spaceman Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Defender.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Defender.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Other recommendable Steam games by LoadUpGames.com, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Ultimate Trivia Challenge
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
How well do you know your trivia? Choose from 9 popular categories and challenge friends and family in Party Mode (up to 4 players).
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Brick Breaker Premium
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
The classic brick-breaker game is back! 35 challenging levels to complete with that classic brick breaker feel, heroic storyline, and classic power-ups. Unlock the ending cutscenes—if you’ve got the skill to make it that far.
Brick Breaker Premium 3
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
The arcade classic returns with the trilogy finale. Blast through 50 new levels to wipe out The Evil Snarfers for good. Use classic power-ups and the new Multi-Shot Laser Paddle to save Earth—and unlock the final ending cutscenes.
Trivia King
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Challenge yourself in Trivia King or play Party Mode (up to 4 players). Includes 8 popular categories and thousands of multiple-choice questions.
The Movie Trivia Challenge
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
How well do you know your movies? Choose from 9 fan-favorite categories and challenge friends and family in Party Mode (up to 4 players).
Retro Racers 2
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Retro Racers 2 delivers top-down arcade racing with 12 tracks to unlock, four classic power-ups, and hazards that punish mistakes. Time gate openings for an edge, dodge sudden oil slicks, and race in smooth 60FPS HD.
Insectipede
WHY THIS
Another title from LoadUpGames.com, the studio behind Spaceman Defender. Shares Action and Indie with Spaceman Defender.
Time to bug out and blast back in this arcade shooter packed with waves of insects and UFOs. Fight through 50 challenging stages, grab power-ups, and chase the high score.
Frequently asked about Spaceman Defender
- How much does Spaceman Defender cost?
- Spaceman Defender is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spaceman Defender?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spaceman Defender are Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth, Insectipede, Martian Invaders.
- Who developed Spaceman Defender?
- Spaceman Defender was developed by LoadUpGames.com.
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