Games like The Planetologist
If The Planetologist is your kind of game, the closest matches are ANIQUILATION, Ultra Mega Planet Battles and Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators — 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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ANIQUILATION
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Planetologist.
Twin Stick Shooter Multiplayer Action Game set in small planets that can be terraformed as you play! in which not only your shoots, but also the enemies and planet environment are your weapon!
Ultra Mega Planet Battles
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
Ultra Mega Planet Battles is an intense arcade-style, space-based, twin-stick shooter. Players can play by themselves, or with up to 3 friends local co-op or Steam Remote Play (total of 4 players). Select your character, select and modify your ship, then get shooting!
Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
Use Aileron Rolling or Evading your enemies' attacks while having a realistic damage system. Use different planes with upgradable parts and numerous weapons you can mount to your planes to destroy your enemies. Fly solo or play with your friends and enjoy local coop. A modern re-invented classic.
Clive vs Hives 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
Blast aliens to pieces and start a rebellion in this fast paced pixel art top down shooter where sprinting kills.
Spelp
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Ranked #5 for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
The SPELP program needs YOU to annihilate thousands of aliens with a variety of weapons, members and unique capacities. Unlock characters and make up your own team to fit your playstyle.
X-Morph: Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
ORE
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
ORE is a couch-cooperative twin stick shooter where you and up to three friends must fight through a handful of levels and navigate the planet's varied, alien surface to collect as much ORE as possible before the planet implodes. Defeat the planet’s corrupted Core Wurm, save the planet, and get rich before time runs out!
Solstice Chronicles: MIA
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Planetologist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Planetologist.
In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Planetologist.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Planetologist.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
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 The Planetologist.
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Planetologist.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Planetologist.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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Frequently asked about The Planetologist
- Does The Planetologist have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Planetologist 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 The Planetologist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Planetologist are ANIQUILATION, Ultra Mega Planet Battles, Airstrife: Assault of the Aviators.
- Who developed The Planetologist?
- The Planetologist was developed by James Chapp Fillmore.
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 Planetologist.
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