Games like MoonLess
If MoonLess is your kind of game, the closest matches are CrushBorgs, Captain Kalani Definitive Edition and GANA FORCE — 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 MoonLess: Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
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CrushBorgs
WHY THIS
Top pick for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.
Captain Kalani Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
Control the captain after receiving a distress call from the biggest Factory of robots of the world. Discover the utopian world that hide a big mystery, and find out who are the Robot's Syndicate behind the truoubles.
GANA FORCE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with MoonLess.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
Donald Jump
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
A brutally difficult one-button precision platformer. Leap, dodge, and survive through 50 deadly levels with only 10 lives. Simple controls, punishing design—can you conquer the chaos, or will you rage-quit like the rest?
Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
PostBear Tales
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
You are a bear, a PostBear, the best one! And you have an important mission, deliver a King's letter to the neighbor kingdom!
Freddy Farmer
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
Freddy's daughter has been kidnapped by an evil dragon. To rescue her, he must cross the entire kingdom taking some ingredients with which to make a magic potion, but it won't be easy, they must be collected in a specific order and Freddy will have to overcome the dangers he finds in his path.
Space Yugoslav 2D
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for MoonLess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
Horizontal old school 2D shooter where you play as a bounty hunter named Nada. Survive another night at your very risky job, save the space non-alignment colonies from police raid and get back home at one piece alive! 7 levels, loads of new-retro-feel SHMUP fun!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below MoonLess at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
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 ~50% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MoonLess.
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 ~63% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MoonLess.
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 ~75% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with MoonLess.
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 ~50% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with MoonLess.
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 ~75% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with MoonLess.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with MoonLess.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under MoonLess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with MoonLess.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
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 MoonLess.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with MoonLess.
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 MoonLess.
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 MoonLess.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with MoonLess.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about MoonLess
- How much does MoonLess cost?
- MoonLess is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to MoonLess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MoonLess are CrushBorgs, Captain Kalani Definitive Edition, GANA FORCE.
- Who developed MoonLess?
- MoonLess was developed by Silver Cat 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 MoonLess.
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