Games like Dwarf Star
If Dwarf Star is your kind of game, the closest matches are Martian Invaders, Astro Fighters and Bryan's Indie Collection — 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 Dwarf Star: Dwarf Star: 16 bit inspired game where mercenary go shoot shoot on evil alien guys who were accidentally fabricated by the government. Top down space shooter with a mission based structure. However, you can do these missions in plenty of different orders with different amounts of upgrades.
Players who liked Dwarf Star also play
Steam players who put hours into Dwarf Star 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.
Martian Invaders
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.
Astro Fighters
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dwarf Star.
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.
Bryan's Indie Collection
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
Discover an indie anthology of creative games crafted during my undergrad journey. Explore multiple genres and themes in this personal collection, made solo or with small teams of up to five students. Each game tells a unique story and reflects the passion behind its creation.
Zenvader
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
Zenvader is a super retro shooter mixed with roguelite elements. Dodge the barrage of bullets, improve your unit, and try to defeat the Alien King!
Arcadia
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dwarf Star.
In this highly addictive top-down arcade shoot-em-up from 1982, originally for the ZX Spectrum, defend yourself from wave upon wave of deadly alien combatants using your Ion Thrust Drive and dual Plasma Disruptors.
METEOR COMMANDER
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Dwarf Star.
Retro-inspired arcade-style shooter. Save humanity from incoming waves of flaming hot meteors, alien ships hell-bent on destroying humanity, and the strangeness of space by shooting, blasting and nuking incoming waves of meteors and enemies.
StormBonk
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Ranked #7 for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
A fast, addictive space run where you weave through meteors, blast obstacles, collect numbers, and survive wave after wave of rising danger.
Gamma Zero
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dwarf Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
The earth is being attacked by creatures from deep space! Time to bring the fight back to them! Battle through multiple stages of heart pounding bullet hell action. Evade the onslaught of bullets, rack up massive multipliers, and get revenge for your planet!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dwarf Star at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dwarf Star.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dwarf Star.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Dwarf Star.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dwarf Star.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Dwarf Star.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dwarf Star.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Dwarf Star on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Dwarf Star.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dwarf Star.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
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 and Indie with Dwarf Star.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dwarf Star.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Dwarf Star.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dwarf Star.
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Frequently asked about Dwarf Star
- How much does Dwarf Star cost?
- Dwarf Star is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dwarf Star?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dwarf Star are Martian Invaders, Astro Fighters, Bryan's Indie Collection.
- Who developed Dwarf Star?
- Dwarf Star was developed by Calvin Williams, Player J and published by Robert Williams.
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 Dwarf Star.
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