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Games like Cosmochoria

If Cosmochoria is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rustwing, CRYPTARK and Cthulhu Must Die — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. 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 Cosmochoria: A tiny, naked cosmonaut with a jetpack & laser blaster must revive a dying galaxy by planting one seed at a time. An innovative and addictive arcade adventure experience with mystery and intrigue in all the right places.

2015ActionStrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Nate Schmold
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Distinctive art style and soundtrack create a memorable atmosphereJetpack movement feels liberating and precariousPlanting seeds restores planets under constant threatChallengingContemplativeRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Cosmochoria 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. Rustwing

    WHY THIS

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

    Rustwing is a twin stick shooter roguelike, set in the distant future. Navigate from star to star, battle the scattered factions of humanity, discover strange anomalies, customize your weaponry, acquire powerful upgrades and become a legendary pilot!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. CRYPTARK

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cosmochoria.

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

    Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cthulhu Must Die

    WHY THIS

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

    Hunt down Cthulhu in an action-roguelike bullethell. Choose characters, weapons, and upgrades for unique builds. Survive hordes of minions and finish Cthulhu before the final ritual ends, save humanity!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Drifting in Space

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cosmochoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    Drifting in Space is an action Rogue-lite for those with a love for difficult games. Inspired by the uncertainty of space itself along with all the movies, literature and games that accompany it. Enjoy crossing this dark and dangerous rendition of the cosmos.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Juicy Realm

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Cosmochoria.

    Ranked #5 for Cosmochoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    Juicy Realm is a roguelike game in which players must square off against bizarre fruits all across the world. The line between the animal and the plant world has become blurred, and the food chain has been completely disrupted.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Survivors of the Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares upgrade system and a challenging mood with Cosmochoria.

    Ranked #6 for Cosmochoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.

    2023ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cast Out Colony

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Cosmochoria.

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

    Cast Out Colony combines roguelite and bullet-heaven action with robust town-building elements. Choose from various characters, fight hordes of foes, and grow your colony, which in return grows your stats, offering a unique twist on the survival genre.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Rush Rover

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Cosmochoria.

    Ranked #8 for Cosmochoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Cosmochoria

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. Rogue Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a contemplative mood with Cosmochoria.

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

    Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Risk of Rain (2013)

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Cosmochoria.

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

    Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Risk of Rain 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Cosmochoria.

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

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

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

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    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 ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmochoria.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

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

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Cosmochoria.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Cosmochoria on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmochoria.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Cosmochoria.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cosmochoria

Does Cosmochoria run on Steam Deck?
Cosmochoria 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 Cosmochoria cost?
Cosmochoria is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cosmochoria?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cosmochoria are Rustwing, CRYPTARK, Cthulhu Must Die.
Who developed Cosmochoria?
Cosmochoria was developed by Nate Schmold and published by 30/30.

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 Cosmochoria.

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