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Games like Celestial Project

If Celestial Project is your kind of game, the closest matches are Into the Breach, Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics and Anomaly Collapse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, tense and challenge mode. 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 Celestial Project: "Celestial Project" is a Roguelike WarChess game. It is the first game of the story "Celestial". Command the special operations forces, resist and study unknown alien creatures from space, defend the five starship civilization spacecraft under construction on earth, and retain human kindling!

2022StrategyIndie9.99 USDWindows · macOSby KumaPaw
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Steam players who put hours into Celestial Project 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. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Top pick for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Celestial Project.

    Second-strongest match for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage! Unravel the galaxy’s story as you travel from node to node, improving your mechs, acquiring new pilots, and defeat the sentient A.I. overlord!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Anomaly Collapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Third-strongest match for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!

    2024StrategyIndie13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Super Robot Wars 30

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Celestial Project.

    30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.

    2021StrategySimulationRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Templar Battleforce

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Celestial Project.

    Ranked #5 for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Mech Armada

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Ranked #6 for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

    2022StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. SUPER ROBOT WARS Y

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Ranked #7 for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Celestial Project.

    Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that brings units and pilots from a variety of anime together to battle their mutual foes. Rise, Unite, and Triumph!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inkbound

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Ranked #8 for Celestial Project fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Celestial Project

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Overland

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Celestial Project.

    Reviewers of Celestial Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Celestial Project.

    Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Warriors of the Nile

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Reviewers of Celestial Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Choose skill tablets to build your unique squad. Show your tactics in fast-paced battles. Lead the warriors blessed by the Egyptian gods to challenge random levels and powerful bosses. Defeat the Serpent Apophis and bring back the sun.

    2020StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Reviewers of Celestial Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dread Nautical

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Celestial Project cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    Your cruise was so relaxing until the monsters from another dimension showed up to kill everyone. Fight them off, manage your resources effectively, and convince scattered survivors to join your efforts. A captivatingly eerie tactical turn-based RPG.

    2020IndieRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    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 ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Celestial Project.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Celestial Project on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Celestial Project.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Celestial Project.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Celestial Project.

    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. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mech Armada

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Celestial Project.

    Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

    2022StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. SUPER ROBOT WARS Y

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Celestial Project.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Celestial Project.

    Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that brings units and pilots from a variety of anime together to battle their mutual foes. Rise, Unite, and Triumph!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Celestial Project

How much does Celestial Project cost?
Celestial Project is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Celestial Project?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Celestial Project are Into the Breach, Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics, Anomaly Collapse.
Who developed Celestial Project?
Celestial Project was developed by KumaPaw.

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 Celestial Project.

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