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Games like Astral Guardian

If Astral Guardian is your kind of game, the closest matches are friends world, Reforged TD - Tower Defense and Modiverse — 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 Astral Guardian: Build various towers to resist the large number of monsters coming from the wormhole, by extending their walking routes.

2023StrategyIndieCasualEarly Access9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Noahstar365
Astral Guardian — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Astral Guardian 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. friends world

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    This is a voxel style sandbox game that focuses on survival. You can do anything inside and destroy any block. and cooperatively survive and fight with friends in a world. If you like playing Minecraft, this is a game you must not miss.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Reforged TD - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Single or multiplayer tower defense with high replay value. Build and upgrade towers, use special items and discover the extensive talent tree for your characters and towers. Ideal for strategists!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Modiverse

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    An open multiplayer sandbox game; includes tools, props, levels, NPCs, character models, game-modes and much more! Make your own using our mod kit!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Attack on Toys

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Steel Graves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    A nervous Action / Strategy / Building game in multiplayer that oppose humans against aliens in huge battlefields. Build your base anywhere, upgrade your equipment, recruit hundreds of IA soldiers, and take part in the greatest intergalactic war.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

    2021StrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Night of the Dead

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Astral Guardian fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Astral Guardian at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Astral Guardian.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Astral Guardian.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Astral Guardian.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Astral Guardian.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Astral Guardian on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Astral Guardian.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    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 ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astral Guardian.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Astral Guardian

How much does Astral Guardian cost?
Astral Guardian is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Astral Guardian have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Astral Guardian supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, LAN PvP, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Astral Guardian?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Astral Guardian are friends world, Reforged TD - Tower Defense, Modiverse.
Who developed Astral Guardian?
Astral Guardian was developed by Noahstar365.

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 Astral Guardian.

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