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Games like Beat Invaders

If Beat Invaders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crush The Rebellion!, Galactic Vibes and Space Strider — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its addictive high score chasing, music enhances flow state and atmospheric. 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 Beat Invaders: Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.

2022ActionCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindows · Linuxby Raffaele Picca
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Steam players who put hours into Beat Invaders 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. Crush The Rebellion!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!

    2026ActionIndie4.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Galactic Vibes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Blast through waves of enemies, collect powerups and test your skills against challenging bosses. It is a modern take on classic space shooters, blending accessible gameplay with roguelite progression. Compete for the top spot on the global leaderboards in 15 minute runs.

    2025Indie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Space Strider

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Space Strider is a 2D Sidescroller Shoot 'em up with Roguelite elements, where you beat hordes of enemies and defeat unique bosses. Unlock, upgrade and level up your Spaceships to become the ultimate Space Strider!

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Solar Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares bullet hell and an intense mood with Beat Invaders.

    Ranked #4 for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Bullet hell meets bullet heaven. Build the ultimate space fighter as you uncover clever strategies and hidden synergies. Solar Survivors distills the deep strategy and progression of an RPG into quick, arcade-like sessions.

    2024ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Nebula Invasion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    Nebula Invasion was designed for those who enjoy the classic type arcade games, a spaceship shooter with great game play. Aliens attack many different ways from marching to dive bombing. You have the tools to fight back with a ship that can power-up with double, triple, rapid fire, or plasma cannon.

    2021ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Star Legion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    Star Legion is a local co-op top-down shooter where you battle rogue machines in intense missions. Craft gear, survive hostile incursions, and reclaim sectors to spread the glory of the intergalactic Roman Empire.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Nova Drift

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Beat Invaders.

    Ranked #7 for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

    2024ActionIndie17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Earthion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Beat Invaders.

    Ranked #8 for Beat Invaders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

    2025Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Beat Invaders

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. Tetris® Effect: Connected

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Beat Invaders.

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!

    2021IndieCasual39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Roche Fusion

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Roche Fusion is a retro, over the top space shooter. An all you can shoot buffet; fast paced and procedurally generated; with crazy waves of enemies, awesome upgrades and wicked boss-fights! Also: Explosions. Lots of explosions.

    2015ActionIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. AsteroidsHD

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Engage in space-warfare with your friends and foes! Dodge and destroy asteroids while trying to stay alive in multiplayer! Replay value is endless with massive combinations of in-game ship upgrades, modifications, and customization. Destroy Asteroids and Aliens to gain the edge!

    2016ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rez Infinite

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Beat Invaders.

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    The legendary action-shooter finally comes to PC, and in style! Blast your way through mind-melting visuals and amazing beats, all in your quest through cyberspace to save a world on the verge of collapse. Playable on your desktop or in fully immersive VR.

    2017ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Space Invaders Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Beat Invaders.

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Missile Command: Recharged (2020)

    WHY THIS

    Shares upgrade system with Beat Invaders.

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Fire missiles to protect your bases! A classic arcade game's back and recharged!

    2020ActionCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Space Aliens Invaders

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    modernized old time classic alien shooter game

    2020ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Beat Invaders.

    Reviewers of Beat Invaders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!

    2022ActionAdventureCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Beat Invaders.

    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 Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Beat Invaders.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Beat Invaders.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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 Beat Invaders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Beat Invaders.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Beat Invaders.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Beat Invaders.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Beat Invaders

Is Beat Invaders verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Beat Invaders is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Beat Invaders cost?
Beat Invaders is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Beat Invaders?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Beat Invaders are Crush The Rebellion!, Galactic Vibes, Space Strider.
Who developed Beat Invaders?
Beat Invaders was developed by Raffaele Picca.

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 Beat Invaders.

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