Games like Astrum Vanguard
If Astrum Vanguard is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Bross, BALL x PIT and Destropolis — 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 Astrum Vanguard: In Astrum Vanguard, a 2D horde-survival with bullet hell components, you pilot and upgrade your spaceship to defeat countless alien creatures. Survive the endless onslaught in the cosmic battlefield!
Players who liked Astrum Vanguard also play
Steam players who put hours into Astrum Vanguard 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.
Space Bross
WHY THIS
Top pick for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Your chicken has been kidnapped, and that’s all it takes to send a retired astronaut into full galactic mayhem. Space Bross is a hand-drawn 2.5D tower defense & action roguelite where you’ll build bases, fend off alien hordes, and blast your way across planets to bring your feathery friend back.
BALL x PIT
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Demon Hunt
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Battle through demon-infested lands in this fast-paced rogue-lite bullet-heaven. Pick unique weapons with powerful evolutions, and hunt down ancient demons in intense boss fights. Loot, upgrade, and unlock new ways to grow stronger after every hunt!
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
20 Minutes Till Dawn
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Space War: Infinity
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
Star Survivor
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Astrum Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astrum Vanguard.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astrum Vanguard.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
BALL x PIT
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
Become an agent of vengeance in this bullet-heaven action roguelite! You are the lone survivor of your squad, on an alien planet with just your weapon, a jetpack, and the courage to keep fighting. Kill off alien swarms and transform their valuable guts into explosive upgrades and vital utilities.
20 Minutes Till Dawn
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Astrum Vanguard.
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Frequently asked about Astrum Vanguard
- What games are most similar to Astrum Vanguard?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Astrum Vanguard are Space Bross, BALL x PIT, Destropolis.
- Who developed Astrum Vanguard?
- Astrum Vanguard was developed by JCW.
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 Astrum Vanguard.
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