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Games like POLARIS™

If POLARIS™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Cyanide Space Girls and Project Mind — 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 POLARIS™: Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!

2025ActionAdventure19.99 USDWindowsby POLARIS™ Team, Variable State
POLARIS™ — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into POLARIS™ 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. HELLDIVERS™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

    2024Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Cyanide Space Girls

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    Join four elite C.A.T. pilots in explosive 4-player co-op action! Fly through procedurally generated galaxies, unlock devastating weapons, combos, and upgrades, and fight to rid the cosmos of an ancient alien scourge!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Project Mind

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    RAID hostile spaceships, BUILD powerful ships, and RECRUIT skilled crew members to expand your fleet! Jump into this action-packed shooter and fight to keep Project Mind from falling into the wrong hands...

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. STAR WARS™ Battlefront

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    The STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Ultimate Edition includes the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Deluxe Edition as well as the STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ Season Pass.

    2020ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ΔV: Rings of Saturn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    Be the hero in the ultimate STAR WARS™ battle fantasy with STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II: Celebration Edition!

    2020ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Star Control III

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for POLARIS™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    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 ↗
  8. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under POLARIS™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POLARIS™.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with POLARIS™.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 ↗
  8. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with POLARIS™.

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about POLARIS™

How much does POLARIS™ cost?
POLARIS™ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does POLARIS™ have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — POLARIS™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to POLARIS™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POLARIS™ are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Cyanide Space Girls, Project Mind.
Who developed POLARIS™?
POLARIS™ was developed by POLARIS™ Team, Variable State and published by Variable State.

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 POLARIS™.

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