Games like Star Overhead
If Star Overhead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dobo's Heroes, Thomas Was Alone and Mantle — 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 Overhead: Star Overhead is a short but challenging 2D platformer following a retired military chaplain turned pastor. On his deathbed, he uses his connection to music to process his journey into the great beyond.
Players who liked Star Overhead also play
Steam players who put hours into Star Overhead 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.
Dobo's Heroes
WHY THIS
Top pick for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Dobo’s Heroes is a puzzle platform game, where you need to help Dobo leave the depths of his world. For that to happen, use his grandchildren’s powers to get to the portal of each mission.
Thomas Was Alone
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
Perception: Heart and Mind
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Perception: Heart and Mind is an action-adventure game that emphasizes precision platforming, mental + physical combat, and decision-making driven by either your heart or mind. Navigate a dangerous-interconnected world and confront the unpredictable behavior of Rootbranch's residents. Try the Demo!
The Dream of Jacob
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Travel as Jacob through the most transcendent astral dream ever told. Discover heaven and hell, overcoming unexpected challenges and fighting your inner demons. Will you reach the top of the ladder?
Altero
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Altero is an atmospheric puzzle platformer game that will tease your brain! Control Adi the voodoo doll and accept to sacrifice yourself in order to team up with your past. Dive deep into the darkness of the Sorrow forest and rescue the lost souls to find your peace.
Repit
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Madness is the repetition of the same action over and over again, in the hope of a change. The challenge that Repit throws at your nerves is not everyone is ready to accept and only a few will be able to reach the end
Solacinity
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Star Overhead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Explore the strange digital lands of Solacinity! Take advantage of mechanics like Springs, Hammers, Climate Control and more along your journey! Plus, collect enough Stars throughout the main campaign to unlock a special extra campaign!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Overhead at current Steam store prices.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Star Overhead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Star Overhead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Star Overhead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Star Overhead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Shotgun Legend
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Star Overhead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
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.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Overhead.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Star Overhead
- How much does Star Overhead cost?
- Star Overhead is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Star Overhead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Overhead are Dobo's Heroes, Thomas Was Alone, Mantle.
- Who developed Star Overhead?
- Star Overhead was developed by Beam Dream Team and published by Beam Dream Team LLC.
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 Overhead.
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