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Games like Acid Planet

Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to Acid Planet for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Acid Planet also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, more from Adam Travers. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

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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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    Saikyo Robots — Steam game cover

    Saikyo Robots

    Top pick 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 ↗
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    Frontline Crisis — Steam game cover

    Frontline Crisis

    Second-strongest match 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 ↗
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    BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes — Steam game cover

    BattleGrounds : War, Tanks And Nukes

    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 ↗
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    Grandma's In Hell — Steam game cover

    Grandma's In Hell

    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 ↗
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    Sky Fleet — Steam game cover

    Sky Fleet

    Ranked #5 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 ↗
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    Ignis Corruption — Steam game cover

    Ignis Corruption

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

    In this Procedural City-Building and Survival game, you must manage your resources, expand your village, assemble an army and destroy the source of evil, which changed the entire eco system of a land that was once prosperous and peaceful.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Urban War Defense — Steam game cover

    Urban War Defense

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

    Lead through an action-packed fast-paced tower defense game with a story of an invasion on your homeland by a large foreign force and as a newly appointed commander do what you can to help your country fight back and defend against this enemy force which is approaching from the coast.

    2017ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    Warlords Under Siege — Steam game cover

    Warlords Under Siege

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

    Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

    2025StrategySimulation5.99 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.

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    Vampire Survivors — Steam game cover

    Vampire Survivors

    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 ↗
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    Thronefall — Steam game cover

    Thronefall

    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 ↗
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    Pixel Tank — Steam game cover

    Pixel Tank

    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 USDSteam ↗

More from Adam Travers

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

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    Journey to Incrementalia — Steam game cover

    Journey to Incrementalia

    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 ↗
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    Feed the Reactor — Steam game cover

    Feed the Reactor

    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 ↗
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    The Count of Monte Clicker — Steam game cover

    The Count of Monte Clicker

    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 ↗
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    Berserk Mode — Steam game cover

    Berserk Mode

    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 Saikyo Robots, Frontline Crisis, 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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