Games like Project X: Light Years
If Project X: Light Years is your kind of game, the closest matches are 空间大作战 Space Operation, Space Elite Force II and Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, epic and intense. 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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空间大作战 Space Operation
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Project X: Light Years.
In2XXX,alien civilizations gradually came to the earth's clouds and outer space began to invade the earth. In order to counterattack,mankind will launch two space combat spaceships that have been developed for many years. Can the two pilots driving the combat spacecraft repel the aliens civilization
Space Elite Force II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Project X: Light Years.
Second-strongest match for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Space Elite Force II is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!
Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Rescue your possible WAIFU from the evil magic. Elaborated yet EASY TO PLAY shmup action game! Remove the curse from the clothes to save the girls from the ageing spell!
CometStriker DX
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project X: Light Years.
Ranked #4 for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
CometStriker DX is a fast-paced arcade-style shooter where you boost through danger and blast everything in your way!
Operation Hardcore
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Operation Hardcore is an action-packed 2D side-scrolling shooter inspired by classic twitchy action games of yesteryear, but with modern touches and conveniences.
Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Project X: Light Years.
Ranked #6 for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Shoot 1UP DX
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Project X: Light Years.
Ranked #7 for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Why play shoot 'em ups one ship at a time? Launch them all at once! Unleash an entire armada of ships in Shoot 1UP!
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Project X: Light Years fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
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Alien Breed: Impact
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project X: Light Years.
Reviewers of Project X: Light Years cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project X: Light Years.
Reviewers of Project X: Light Years cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project X: Light Years at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Project X: Light Years on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project X: Light Years.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Project X: Light Years on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Project X: Light Years on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Project X: Light Years on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Project X: Light Years on Steam right now. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Project X: Light Years.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project X: Light Years.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project X: Light Years.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project X: Light Years.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Frequently asked about Project X: Light Years
- Is Project X: Light Years verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Project X: Light Years is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Project X: Light Years cost?
- Project X: Light Years is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Project X: Light Years have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Project X: Light Years supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Project X: Light Years?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project X: Light Years are 空间大作战 Space Operation, Space Elite Force II, Waifu Covered 2: Censored Edition.
- Who developed Project X: Light Years?
- Project X: Light Years was developed by MK_Games.
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 Project X: Light Years.
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