Games like Tameshi
If Tameshi is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chromacell, Earthion and Space War: Infinity — 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 Tameshi: In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!

Players who liked Tameshi also play
Steam players who put hours into Tameshi 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.
Chromacell
WHY THIS
Top pick for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Earthion
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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.
Space War: Infinity
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Akka Arrh
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Akka Arrh is a modern take on a scrapped project from the 1980s, providing players with a fast-paced, addictive, arcade shooter experience and psychedelic visuals. Protect your life rings as you chain together combos and go for a high score!
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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!
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tameshi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tameshi at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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.
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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!
Post Void
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tameshi on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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 with Tameshi.
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 with Tameshi.
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 with Tameshi.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from 171Dev
Other recommendable Steam games by 171Dev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trigger Dungeon
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Tameshi. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Rage inducing trap-filled precision platformer ideal for speedrunners and masochists alike. Navigate through nearly 200 hundred rooms filled with devious tricks and traps. Classic, easy to pick-up gameplay with colourful pixel art graphics.
Chromacell
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Tameshi. Shares Action with Tameshi.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Tiny Racing
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Tameshi. Shares Action with Tameshi.
A nostalgic top-down racing game with vibrant pixel art. Choose from unique vehicles, conquer constrasting tracks, and master different modes. With intuitive arcade controls, experience high-speed excitement and become the ultimate racing champion in this retro race adventure!
Extinction Zone
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Tameshi. Shares Action with Tameshi.
EXTINCTION ZONE is a zombie themed combat action survival game with 2D pixel art environments, puzzles to solve and a conspiracy to unravel.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Chromacell
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Tameshi.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Earthion
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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.
Astebreed: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Tameshi.
Climb into the cockpit of an otherworldly war machine and fly into battle against a horrifying alien race bent on eradicating humanity to preserve their own civilization.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Tameshi.
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!
Frequently asked about Tameshi
- How much does Tameshi cost?
- Tameshi is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tameshi?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tameshi are Chromacell, Earthion, Space War: Infinity.
- Who developed Tameshi?
- Tameshi was developed by 171Dev.
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 Tameshi.
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