Games like Star Defence
If Star Defence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Galactic Defense: Automation, AsteroidTD and Epic Space Battles — 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 Star Defence: Star Defence is a unit-placement real-time tower defense game in which you can place any unit you like on a 2D free-form plane. All units in the game, including enemies, are composed of units you place. Place your units in a balance between enemies and allies to develop your civilization.
Players who liked Star Defence also play
Steam players who put hours into Star Defence 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.
Galactic Defense: Automation
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Top pick for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Defence.
"Galactic Defense: Automation" is a Placement, Automated Battle, Real-Time Strategy game. Players can place construction plans, observe automated construction, automated battles, and unlock new technologies. Players pass the level after collecting tech points through activities.
AsteroidTD
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Second-strongest match for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
Try to survive in infinite asteroid cloud as long as possible in reworked tower defence style. FInd your own playstyle and beat your own records or chillout with original ambient soundtracks. Build, explore, think - everything to create your own colony in this cold space.
Epic Space Battles
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
Shape massive fleet battles above Earth in this sci-fi strategy auto-battler. Build fighters, bombers and capital ships, expand production, choose upgrades and unleash commander abilities. Your fleet fights automatically. Keep the war going in Infinite Mode.
Galactic Conflict
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Ranked #4 for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Defence.
A real-time sci-fi 4X strategy game where you explore procedurally generated star systems, expand your empire, manage resources, build fleets, and wage war against multiple AI factions in a dynamic and evolving galaxy.
The Last Mission
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Ranked #5 for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
The Last Mission is an auto-battler and space battle simulation game where you command a fleet of spacecraft in vast, strategic battles. Equip, configure and upgrade your ships to be ready to battle the enemy.
Ship Regulus
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Ranked #6 for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
In the first year of the ephemeris, the warp engine was invented. Due to the initial engine being too large, it was installed on the space city Regulus. During engine testing, the jump signal attracted an alien fleet, and the Ship Regulus embarked on a flight path.
Space Team
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Ranked #7 for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
‘Space Squad’ is a top-down space shooting survival game. Protect your central circular base and aim at enemies with your mouse. Earn skill points by defeating enemies to unlock various abilities. Face waves of incoming enemies and do your best to survive.
Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet
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Ranked #8 for Star Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Defence.
Command Earth’s last fleet in an idle space-defense game where every wave, kill, upgrade, ship, and module pushes your defense further. Build fighters, drones, corvettes, heroes, turrets, and permanent upgrades as the alien hive grows stronger.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Defence at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Star Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Star Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Star Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Defence.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
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Priced ~51% under Star Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
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Priced ~51% under Star Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Star Defence.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Defence.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Star Defence.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Star Defence
- How much does Star Defence cost?
- Star Defence is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Star Defence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Defence are Galactic Defense: Automation, AsteroidTD, Epic Space Battles.
- Who developed Star Defence?
- Star Defence was developed by Stay.
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 Star Defence.
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