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Games like Acid Planet

If Acid Planet is your kind of game, the closest matches are PESKY ORCS!, Saikyo Robots and BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its banger soundtrack, chaotic but adaptive gameplay and challenging. 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 Acid Planet: Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

2024ActionStrategyIndieEarly Access2.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Adam Travers
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Steam players who put hours into Acid Planet 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. PESKY ORCS!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    In "Pesky Orcs!" you take part in medieval fantasy battles between ancient foes: Orcs and humans. Dive into a unique mix of Autobattler, RTS and Roguelike in real retro pixelart fashion!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Saikyo Robots

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Feed your scrap hungry factory in this real time strategy roguelike. Command your army of robots through the wasteland to fight for scraps and upgrades. Are you ready to defend your base as the cloud king invades night after night? Or will you turn the tide and invade the cloud king?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    A military styled action tower-defence game filled with nukes, missiles and tanks. Improve your building, canons and tanks. Purchase stronger ammunition and survive the next wave. Highly replayable, tough and addictive.The fun never ends

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Grandma's In Hell

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Tower defense meets Pac-Man-like in this addictive and unique strategy game. Play as Grandma as she outwits waves of demons across 40 challenging levels. Build mazes that send demons to their doom. Spend countless hours on one of the best strategy games available.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Frontline Crisis

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat, arcade style and a tense mood with Acid Planet.

    Ranked #5 for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!

    2024Strategy1.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sky Fleet

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Sky Fleet is an online co-op action RTS. Work together to build a base and defend it from attacking drones. Mine resources to upgrade your ship and destroy the drone's base.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ooglians

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, base building and a stressful mood with Acid Planet.

    Ranked #7 for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Ooglians are coming! Nothing excites an ooglian more than smashing machinery. Protect your machinery with more machinery which attracts even more ooglians. How unfortunate.

    2022ActionStrategyEarly Access1.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Tower Factory

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat, indie and a challenging mood with Acid Planet.

    Ranked #8 for Acid Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Acid Planet

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Acid Planet.

    Reviewers of Acid Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    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 ↗
  2. Thronefall

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, resource management and an immersive mood with Acid Planet.

    Reviewers of Acid Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Acid Planet.

    A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pixel Tank

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Acid Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Pixel Tank is a really simple game. It's a pixelated fish tank! Use it to relax or as ambiance in the background of your work day or even while you sleep! Every minute in game you gain a coin. You can use those coins to unlock any fish you want in the game. It's like Pixelated ASMR!

    2023SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Red Planet Rampart

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat, survival and a stressful mood with Acid Planet.

    Reviewers of Acid Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Acid Planet.

    You are deployed to the desolate red planet to reforge humanity's hope. With no hospitable atmosphere, no nurturing water sources, only relentless storms, unknown alien creatures, you must use wit and determination to survive on this alien land and build a Mars base of your own.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rampart

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Acid Planet cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Build and upgrade towers, defend your fortress from the growing onslaught. With each wave, the challenges become more difficult, but a smart strategy and the right decisions will help you endure and prevail!

    2026StrategySteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    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 ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Acid Planet.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Action with Acid Planet.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Acid Planet.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Acid Planet.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Acid Planet.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Acid Planet on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Early Access with Acid Planet.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Adam Travers

Other recommendable Steam games by Adam Travers, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Journey to Incrementalia

    WHY THIS

    Shares boss fights, upgrade system, indie and a challenging mood with Acid Planet.

    Another title from Adam Travers, the studio behind Acid Planet. Shares Strategy with Acid Planet.

    Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Feed the Reactor

    WHY THIS

    Shares upgrade system, resource management, indie and a challenging mood with Acid Planet.

    Another title from Adam Travers, the studio behind Acid Planet. Shares Strategy with Acid Planet.

    An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Count of Monte Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based combat, upgrade system, indie and a funny mood with Acid Planet.

    Another title from Adam Travers, the studio behind Acid Planet.

    The Count of Monte Clicker is an incremental game about breaking out of prison and finding treasure. With the help of fellow prisoner Abbe Faria, you, Edmond Dantes must escape the notorious Chateau d'Idle and claim your destiny.

    2025Casual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Berserk Mode

    WHY THIS

    Shares upgrade system and an immersive mood with Acid Planet.

    Another title from Adam Travers, the studio behind Acid Planet. Shares Action and Indie with Acid Planet.

    Berserk Mode is a visceral time-attack fantasy rogue-lite. Become the Berserker and wade into a dungeon battlefield swarming with monsters. Unleash the absurd power of your Beast in a storm of blood and gibs. Prepare to enter Berserk Mode.

    2023ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Acid Planet

Does Acid Planet run on Steam Deck?
Acid Planet is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Acid Planet cost?
Acid Planet is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Acid Planet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Acid Planet are PESKY ORCS!, Saikyo Robots, BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes.
Who developed Acid Planet?
Acid Planet was developed by Adam Travers.

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 Acid Planet.

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