Games like Solo Defender
If Solo Defender is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunfall '80, Crush The Rebellion! and Vector Seven — 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 Solo Defender: Solo Defender is a fast-paced vertical space shooter where you battle waves of enemies, unlock upgrades with Gems, and face epic bosses—including a drone-spawning Mothership. One life, multiple planets, and a secret level await. No ads—just pure arcade action.
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Sunfall '80
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Top pick for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
Pilot a lone ship across a stark, vector-style battlefield as the world steadily collapses into the sun. Combat focuses on precision: aim carefully, fire deliberately, and dodge incoming shots from autonomous enemy constructs that track and engage on sight.
Crush The Rebellion!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
The galactic empire is under siege from the rebel scum in all directions! Fight through endless waves of rebel ships using all of the weapons and resources at your disposal as you execute your sole orders: to Crush The Rebellion!
Vector Seven
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
High speed arcade shooter built in the style of a lost 1980s vector game. Fight across looping battlefields, defend ground installations and survive relentless waves of enemy attacks!
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-rich, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat, build out modular, upgradable ships, and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Stellar Courier
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Ranked #5 for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Solo Defender.
Arcade space shooter. You are a courier with one package to deliver across a broken galaxy. Plane-like flight, fights with pirates, the old army and aliens in a 20+ mission story campaign. Pick your ship and mods between missions. No grind, no filler.
Alexus 2040
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Ranked #6 for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
Relive that pure arcade thrill that you haven't experienced... in a long time! Load up on unique power-ups to create deadly combinations, unlock new ships with unique abilities, and defeat numerous bosses along the way.
Royal Odyssey
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Ranked #7 for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
Royal Odyssey is a retro-style arcade space shooter where you pilot Prince Zayven’s ship through a deadly asteroid storm, blasting your way to survival.
Nova Swarm
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Ranked #8 for Solo Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Solo Defender at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solo Defender.
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
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Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solo Defender.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Solo Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solo Defender.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
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 Solo Defender.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solo Defender.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solo Defender.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solo Defender.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solo Defender.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Solo Defender.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solo Defender.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about Solo Defender
- How much does Solo Defender cost?
- Solo Defender is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Solo Defender?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solo Defender are Sunfall '80, Crush The Rebellion!, Vector Seven.
- Who developed Solo Defender?
- Solo Defender was developed by JokerHeadOG.
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 Solo Defender.
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