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Games like Really Big Sky

If Really Big Sky is your kind of game, the closest matches are Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo and Guntech 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its constant strategy evolution required, hypnotic visuals and soundtrack 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 Really Big Sky: A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!

2012ActionIndie4.99 USDWindowsby Boss Baddie
Really Big Sky — Steam game cover
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Players who liked Really Big Sky also play

Steam players who put hours into Really Big Sky 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. Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, is a 2D, dual stick shoot em' up, bullet hell, arcade game. Tear up hordes of aliens with skill based game play, bombs & upgrades to obliterate everything!. Gun down 11 massive bosses, bank insane score on the leaderboards & overcome clouds of enemy fire.

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Guntech 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    Guntech 2 is a return of the good old “cave flyer” shoot ’em ups genre. It’s a twin-stick shooter influenced by such classics as Thrust, Oids, Geometry Wars, and Asteroids. You can play in single-player, or couch co-op with up to 4 players!

    2022Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Beat Hazard

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a hypnotic mood with Really Big Sky.

    Ranked #4 for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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.

    2010ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gunboat God

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Really Big Sky.

    Ranked #6 for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    Become the all-powerful Gunboat God in this fluid shoot 'em up. Carve the waves as you stylishly fight hordes of monsters in hundreds of quick-fire missions. Transform your Gunboat and upgrade your weapons, skills and abilities to take on giant, challenging, multi-stage bosses!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Enemy Mind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Really Big Sky.

    Ranked #7 for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Bartlow's Dread Machine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Really Big Sky.

    Ranked #8 for Really Big Sky fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.

    2020Action5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Really Big Sky at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Really Big Sky.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Really Big Sky.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Really Big Sky on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Really Big Sky.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 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 Really Big Sky.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Really Big Sky.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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 Really Big Sky.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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 Really Big Sky.

    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. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck 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. Guntech 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Really Big Sky.

    Guntech 2 is a return of the good old “cave flyer” shoot ’em ups genre. It’s a twin-stick shooter influenced by such classics as Thrust, Oids, Geometry Wars, and Asteroids. You can play in single-player, or couch co-op with up to 4 players!

    2022Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    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!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Gunboat God

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Really Big Sky.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    Become the all-powerful Gunboat God in this fluid shoot 'em up. Carve the waves as you stylishly fight hordes of monsters in hundreds of quick-fire missions. Transform your Gunboat and upgrade your weapons, skills and abilities to take on giant, challenging, multi-stage bosses!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Enemy Mind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Really Big Sky.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Really Big Sky.

    A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Really Big Sky

Does Really Big Sky work on Steam Deck?
Really Big Sky is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Really Big Sky cost?
Really Big Sky is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Really Big Sky have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Really Big Sky supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Really Big Sky?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Really Big Sky are Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo, Guntech 2.
Who developed Really Big Sky?
Really Big Sky was developed by Boss Baddie and published by Ripstone.

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 Really Big Sky.

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