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Games like The Outer Space Bugs

If The Outer Space Bugs is your kind of game, the closest matches are Night Poetry, Meow Legion and Peace Data — 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.

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About The Outer Space Bugs: Exterminate the bugs that are hidden on the dark side of the moon. A game based on space exploration, with a variety of items and monsters and a evil to be defeated. Adventure in this space experience and destroy them.

2023ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDWindowsby Jhozao, Sabitous
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Steam players who put hours into The Outer Space Bugs 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. Night Poetry

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Night Poetry is a story-driven rogue-lite RPG with an existential and subjective narrative! Face waves of enemies, collect XP, and experience your evolution by obtaining various power-ups, while uncovering the consequences of an uncertain past in an ancient and mysterious city...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Meow Legion

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Meow Legion is a game about assembling an army of cats to defend against waves of enemies.A top-down roguelite shooter game where you hire cats and level them up to fight mice from the evil Mousy Empire!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peace Data

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. REPLIKATOR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. NIMRODS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Outer Space Bugs fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Outer Space Bugs at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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 ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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 ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Outer Space Bugs.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Outer Space Bugs on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Outer Space Bugs.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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. 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 The Outer Space Bugs.

    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 ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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 ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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 ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

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

  1. Earl vs. the Mutants

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. REPLIKATOR

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Blazing Beaks

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. NIMRODS

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Assemble a limitless arsenal in this survive-em-up roguelite shooter. As a Gun Manufacturer's testing force, your mission is simple: test the latest gun tech and scavenge alien planets. Collect insane weapon parts to invent crazy guns that slay thousands. You may not survive, but your guns will!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nuclear Throne

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Space Bugs.

    Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Outer Space Bugs

How much does The Outer Space Bugs cost?
The Outer Space Bugs is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Outer Space Bugs?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Outer Space Bugs are Night Poetry, Meow Legion, Peace Data.
Who developed The Outer Space Bugs?
The Outer Space Bugs was developed by Jhozao, Sabitous and published by Jhozao.

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 The Outer Space Bugs.

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