Games like Astro Fighters 2178
If Astro Fighters 2178 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Energy Fighters, Asteroid Blasters and Astro Fighters — 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 Astro Fighters 2178: Battle through 16 action-packed levels, defeat massive alien bosses, unlock powerful ship upgrades, and fight to save humanity in this retro-inspired side-scrolling arcade shooter. Play solo or team up with a friend in local co-op.
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Energy Fighters
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Top pick for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
A modern retro inspired side scrolling shooter with a deep upgrade system and the ability to absorb enemy fire and also deflect it back to your enemies. A fast paced shooter that can be played solo or local co-op with 12 difficulty modes and lots of boss battles.
Asteroid Blasters
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Second-strongest match for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Astro Fighters
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Third-strongest match for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Astro Fighters is a tough old school vertical scrolling bullet hell shooter designed to test your skills with non-stop arcade style action. Fight against large bosses at the end of every level and compete for the high score across 4 difficulty modes to be the best fighter pilot in the game.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
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Ranked #4 for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
GIBZ
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Ranked #5 for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Shoot, slice and surf on zombies by yourself or with friends. Fight overwhelming amounts of zombies and other monsters summoned by an evil wizard (ooOooOOOo spooky) in an early 1900s London.
HUNTDOWN
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Ranked #6 for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
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Ranked #7 for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
Blazing Chrome
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Ranked #8 for Astro Fighters 2178 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Astro Fighters 2178 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~86% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~57% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~86% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~57% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~64% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~43% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Superflight
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Priced ~57% under Astro Fighters 2178 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
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.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
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!
The Lab
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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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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More from Paul Connor
Other recommendable Steam games by Paul Connor, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Snowman Saves Christmas
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Snowman Saves Christmas is a 1980s Inspired 2D platformer. Featuring 250 Levels of retro inspired platforming fun split across 5 game modes and Multiple PowerUp items.
Power Ball 2021
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Power Ball 2021 is here to provide block busting, ball bouncing, gun shooting action for 1 or 2 players. Inspired by great bat and ball games of the past with powerups thrown in to help you defeat the increasingly challenging levels.
Retro Wars
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Take on an entire army in this 80s inspired retro top down vertical scrolling shooter. Be a one man war machine or take a friend into battle for some fun 2 player local co-op.
Asteroid Blasters
WHY THIS
Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Super Hot Potato
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
A self aware Super Hot Potato is on a quest to free his fellow potato kind from their imminent doom. Help Super Hot Potato navigate treacherous screens filled with obstacles, collecting potato's and finally making your way to each screens exit. Retro inspired 80s style grid movement gameplay
Freddy Frog
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Leap, climb, and survive in this endless arcade platformer. Collect flies, avoid dangerous wasps, conquer procedurally generated levels, and climb as high as possible while chasing the ultimate high score.
Wings Of WW2
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Take to the skies in this action-packed WWII arcade flight combat game. Engage enemy fighters, complete critical missions, and fight for control of the battlefield.
Space Waves
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2178. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Space Waves is a procedurally generated 2D arcade style shooter with multiple collectable power ups and varying enemy types. This game will casually draw you in and then increase the pace and difficulty as you progress through the never ending levels.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
HUNTDOWN
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
Blazing Chrome
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2178.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Frequently asked about Astro Fighters 2178
- How much does Astro Fighters 2178 cost?
- Astro Fighters 2178 is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Astro Fighters 2178 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Astro Fighters 2178 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Astro Fighters 2178?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Astro Fighters 2178 are Energy Fighters, Asteroid Blasters, Astro Fighters.
- Who developed Astro Fighters 2178?
- Astro Fighters 2178 was developed by Paul Connor.
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