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Games like Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians

If Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unlanded, Mama Die and Retry and Code Arcturus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and relaxing. 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 Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians: A jetpack-based sci-fi platformer - boost, flip, and burn your way through hostile planets to fight a mind-bending cosmic evil!

2020Indie4.99 USDWindowsby dustinaux
Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians — Steam game cover
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Adaptive difficulty balances challenge and funControls feel tight and intuitiveMastery loop rewards patience with satisfying runsAtmosphericChallengingRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians 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. Unlanded

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    A hardcore space drifter with colourful visuals, diverse level design and short level cycle.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mama Die and Retry

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Mama Die and Retry is an old school action platformer that offers a challenging experience through 26 levels and 4 bosses. Fight with a working class hero and discover new horizons filled with a lot of aliens and threats. Use your broom against them. Each time you die, you will retry.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Code Arcturus

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Code Arcturus is a retro inspired arcade-style action platformer, with aliens, robots, spikes, explosions, and lots of coins. Blast your way through levels, compete for the fastest times on the leaderboards in Speedrun mode, or put your skills to the ultimate test in Nerfed mode

    2020ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Pogo Rocket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Pogo sticks and Rockets, how could it go wrong? In this space-themed 2D platformer, you control an experimental rocket ship and must stop aliens from taking the Earth's resources. Play through a variety of levels with dangerous obstacles and save the world!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lunar Lander Redux

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Explore a rough space landscape in a fragile capsule. Good for an hour of fun or frustration depending on skill. Physics mostly accurate.

    2024ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. 5hit Rocket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    A physics-based lander about precision flying and chaos. Explore Titan’s mines, land on the Moon, deliver kebabs across space and test your relationship in 2-player “Divorce Mode” with chain-linked spacecraft.

    IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Outpost Delta

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Professor Doctor Jetpack

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Professor Doctor Jetpack is a physics based lunar lander game, in which you embark on a dangerous journey to ... control your jetpack. Also to save the world.

    2024ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. 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 ↗

Frequently asked about Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians

How much does Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians cost?
Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians are Unlanded, Mama Die and Retry, Code Arcturus.
Who developed Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians?
Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians was developed by dustinaux.

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 Jetscout: Mystery of the Valunians.

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