Games like Space Bandit
If Space Bandit is your kind of game, the closest matches are CIPHER 61, Cosmo Riders and Blacksea Odyssey — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its polished small mechanics shine, challenging and intense. 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 Space Bandit: Brutal twin stick shooter with fun and clever enemies. Also has roguelite and Sci-Fi stuff.
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Steam players who put hours into Space Bandit 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.
CIPHER 61
WHY THIS
Top pick for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
CIPHER 61 is a fast-paced, action-packed top-down-shooter, with tons of temporary and permanent upgrades. Can you make it through all 61 rooms?
Cosmo Riders
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Physics based roguelite bullet-hell-and-heaven horde-survivor action game. Research and upgrade spaceship. Traverse procedurally generated galaxies with ability to alter its conditions and effects.
Blacksea Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Bandit.
Third-strongest match for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Survivor Mercs
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Ranked #4 for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Ranked #5 for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
SYNTHETIK 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Bandit.
Ranked #6 for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!
HyperParasite
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath and an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Ranked #7 for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Ranked #8 for Space Bandit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Bandit at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Action with Space Bandit.
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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Bandit.
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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
"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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Bandit.
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 Space Bandit on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Bandit.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Bandit.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Survivor Mercs
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
HyperParasite
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath and an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Space Bandit.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Space Bandit.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Frequently asked about Space Bandit
- How much does Space Bandit cost?
- Space Bandit is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Bandit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Bandit are CIPHER 61, Cosmo Riders, Blacksea Odyssey.
- Who developed Space Bandit?
- Space Bandit was developed by Sam Murray.
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 Space Bandit.
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