Games like Lightspeed
If Lightspeed is your kind of game, the closest matches are STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition, Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star and Deep Space Exploitation — 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 Lightspeed: You're the only human in a huge, robotic space ship, flying at incredible speeds through deep space. Your mission: find and settle a new planet where humanity can thrive. Combat is inevitable, but you'll need more than flying skills to succeed.
Players who liked Lightspeed also play
Steam players who put hours into Lightspeed 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.
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion?
Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Dive into the ultimate experience of space combat with this first-person flight simulator! Take command and engage in thrilling battles across multiple difficulty levels, ensuring both novice and seasoned pilots can test their skills in the vast expanse of space. Are you ready for the challenge?
Deep Space Exploitation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
House of the Dying Sun
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
X3: Terran Conflict
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Starpoint Gemini 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Evochron Mercenary
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Strike Suit Zero
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Lightspeed fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lightspeed at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Lightspeed.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Lightspeed.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Lightspeed on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Lightspeed.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Lightspeed.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Lightspeed.
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!
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from MPS Labs
Other recommendable Steam games by MPS Labs, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Darklands
WHY THIS
Another title from MPS Labs, the studio behind Lightspeed.
Deep in the twilight of the Black Forest, you and your companions crouch before the robber-knight's tower. Hans, the alchemist, places his mysterious potion by the door. Ebhard the friar implores Saint Dunstan to bless your weapons and armor. And you and Gretchen grip naked long swords, praying your plate mail won't squeak.
Dragonsphere
WHY THIS
Another title from MPS Labs, the studio behind Lightspeed.
Newly-crowned King of Callahach! It's been twenty years since your father saved the world by entrapping the evil Sorcerer Sanwe. Now the spell is waning. Sanwe's malevolent force will soon consume the land, and only you can stop him!
M1 Tank Platoon
WHY THIS
Another title from MPS Labs, the studio behind Lightspeed. Shares Action and Simulation with Lightspeed.
US Tank Platoons have four M1s. Four soldiers operate each. That's four tanks, sixteen men. And you control the whole shooting match.
Return of the Phantom
WHY THIS
Another title from MPS Labs, the studio behind Lightspeed.
The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present in this point and click mystery.
Frequently asked about Lightspeed
- How much does Lightspeed cost?
- Lightspeed is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lightspeed?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lightspeed are STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition, Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star, Deep Space Exploitation.
- Who developed Lightspeed?
- Lightspeed was developed by MPS Labs, Big Boat Interactive and published by Atari.
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 Lightspeed.
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