Games like Cosmic Guardians
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Cosmic Guardians for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Cosmic Guardians also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Cosmic Guardians: Become a Cosmic Guardian in this thrilling space shooter! Defend Earth from alien threats, battle colossal bosses, and save the universe. Play solo with A.I. or team up in co-op mode. Level up, unlock abilities, and collect power-ups for an epic adventure!

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race
Top pick for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
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.
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Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition
Second-strongest match for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
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Vortex Attack EX
Third-strongest match for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Galaxy is in danger with hostile ships swarming from the opening vortex. Blast enemies with huge variety of upgradeable ships. Frantic arcade shooter featuring world leaderboards and fun multiplayer mode will keep you playing until all ships are unlocked; galaxies saved. WARNING:VERY_ADDICTIVE
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Star Legion
Ranked #4 for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Star Legion is a local co-op top-down shooter where you battle rogue machines in intense missions. Craft gear, survive hostile incursions, and reclaim sectors to spread the glory of the intergalactic Roman Empire.
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Explosionade DX
Ranked #5 for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Pilot an experimental mech and shoot giant grenades to blow up sneaky aliens. Stomp their guts, destroy their base, and save the day!
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RagingBlasters
Ranked #6 for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Raging Blasters is a vertical scroll shmup featuring high speed scrolling and the exhilaration of destruction.
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Shoot 1UP DX
Ranked #7 for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Guardians.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
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G-Darius HD
Ranked #8 for Cosmic Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Guardians.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
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Frequently asked about Cosmic Guardians
- How much does Cosmic Guardians cost?
- Cosmic Guardians is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Cosmic Guardians have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Cosmic Guardians supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Cosmic Guardians?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cosmic Guardians are Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race, Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition, Vortex Attack EX.
- Who developed Cosmic Guardians?
- Cosmic Guardians was developed by Hackquarius Games Inc..
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