Games like ASTROSMASH 1981
If ASTROSMASH 1981 is your kind of game, the closest matches are ASTROSMASH, Viral Reload EX and CUBE-e 2 — 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 ASTROSMASH 1981: In this retro arcade hit, you control a laser gun and have to shoot asteroids, bombs and other objects to collect points and ensure your survival

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ASTROSMASH
WHY THIS
Top pick for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
ASTROSMASH® was originally a Shoot´em up game for the Intellivision® console in 1981. This reimagined version is based on the game’s original theme and gameplay but much more exciting and challenging. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music adds a lot of excitement.
Viral Reload EX
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
CUBE-e 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
CUBE-e 2 - 2D shooter about robots for one and two players, made in stylish hand-drawn graphics.
Asteroid Blasters
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Galactoids - Galactic Invaders
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Battle swarms of Galactic Invaders in this action-packed retro-inspired arcade shoot em up. May the Nerd be with you.
Penetrator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ASTROSMASH 1981.
In this addictive side-scrolling shoot-em-up from 1982, your mission is to penetrate through four defence rings, and blow up an illegal cache of neutron bombs - an almost impossible feat! Enemy missiles and radar bases track your movements, and the landscape is as treacherous as your enemies.
Videopac Collection 1
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Experience late 1970s gaming with this collection of 10 games for the Philips Videopac G7000 (aka the Magnavox Odyssey 2). From battling invading aliens in space, to leading your team to victory on the baseball field, to turning into a swarm of killer bees, this pack has it all.
STELLATUM
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for ASTROSMASH 1981 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ASTROSMASH 1981 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Action with ASTROSMASH 1981.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under ASTROSMASH 1981 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with ASTROSMASH 1981.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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 ASTROSMASH 1981.
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 ASTROSMASH 1981.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
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 ASTROSMASH 1981.
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 ASTROSMASH 1981.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Boulder Dash - 30th Anniversary
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Boulder Dash® - 30th Anniversary™ features classic retro-style gameplay with 220 exciting levels across 11 new, gorgeous and unique worlds, and 10 playable characters. The new level editor and Steam Workshop support offers potentially infinite replay with both user as well as community-created levels.
Boulder Dash Deluxe
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Casual with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Boulder Dash® Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game!
DYNABLASTER
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Having been a blockbuster, DYNABLASTER® is a game for the strategic thinker whose smart tactics will instill fear in his competitors – playing online or local against others or against the computer. In this captivating action game, destroy your enemies with cleverly placed bombs.
SHARK! SHARK!
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
Inspired by the legendary SHARK! SHARK!® game released in its original version for the Intellivision® home console in 1982, this reimagined version for up to four players offers you a modern and addictive gameplay, fantastic graphics, great sounds, lots of levels and many underwater characters.
ASTROSMASH
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
ASTROSMASH® was originally a Shoot´em up game for the Intellivision® console in 1981. This reimagined version is based on the game’s original theme and gameplay but much more exciting and challenging. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music adds a lot of excitement.
BOULDER DASH 40th Anniversary
WHY THIS
Another title from BBG Entertainment GmbH, the studio behind ASTROSMASH 1981. Shares Action and Indie with ASTROSMASH 1981.
BOULDER DASH® 40th Anniversary – A legend returns! Immerse yourself in 40 years of video game history and experience the classic BOULDER DASH® in an epic anniversary edition!
Frequently asked about ASTROSMASH 1981
- How much does ASTROSMASH 1981 cost?
- ASTROSMASH 1981 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ASTROSMASH 1981 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ASTROSMASH 1981 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to ASTROSMASH 1981?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ASTROSMASH 1981 are ASTROSMASH, Viral Reload EX, CUBE-e 2.
- Who developed ASTROSMASH 1981?
- ASTROSMASH 1981 was developed by BBG Entertainment GmbH.
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