Games like Solar Survivors
If Solar Survivors is your kind of game, the closest matches are SKY TOMB, HiveCorp and Radio Free Europa — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, intense and retro. 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 Solar Survivors: 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.
Players who liked Solar Survivors also play
Steam players who put hours into Solar Survivors 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.
SKY TOMB
WHY THIS
Top pick for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
Have you ever looked at a boss and felt "Damn, I wish I - the player - was that powerful." Look no further than the retro-styled dopamine-fueled time-deleting powertrip of SKY TOMB!
HiveCorp
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an intense mood with Solar Survivors.
Second-strongest match for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
Join the HiveCorp mercenaries in their fight against an onslaught of enemies in this action rogue-lite auto-shooter. Avoid enemies, level up and combine powerful weapons and equipment to survive.
Radio Free Europa
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
A top-down 2.5D Arcade Spaceship shooter Roguelike. Multiple playable ships, each with different characteristics and weapons. Salvage weapons and upgrades from defeated enemies. Each sector brings unique enemies, bosses, and upgrades. Can you make it all the way back to Earth?
Last Star
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Solar Survivors.
Last Star is a space shooter roguelite with tower defense elements. Pilot a spaceship to protect your solar core from endless waves of alien invaders. Upgrade both your core and spaceship to become unstoppable. Execute tactical counterattacks against alien motherships to slow down the invasion.
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell, meta progression and an intense mood with Solar Survivors.
Ranked #5 for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
Ketz: Galactic Overlords
WHY THIS
Shares meta progression and an intense mood with Solar Survivors.
Ranked #6 for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
Sci-fantasy themed roguelite horde survival game with RPG elements. Choose your character, collect various gear, and create game-breaking builds using powerful skills from the Galactic Leaders!
Beat Invaders
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell and an intense mood with Solar Survivors.
Ranked #7 for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Solar Survivors.
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.
Sharded World
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Solar Survivors.
Ranked #8 for Solar Survivors fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Solar Survivors at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Action with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Solar Survivors.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Solar Survivors.
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.
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 Solar Survivors.
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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solar Survivors.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Solar Survivors.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Survivors.
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 Solar Survivors.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Solar Survivors.
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.
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Frequently asked about Solar Survivors
- Does Solar Survivors run on Steam Deck?
- Solar Survivors is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Solar Survivors cost?
- Solar Survivors is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Solar Survivors?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solar Survivors are SKY TOMB, HiveCorp, Radio Free Europa.
- Who developed Solar Survivors?
- Solar Survivors was developed by BoxFox Studios.
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 Solar Survivors.
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