Games like Astro Prospector
If Astro Prospector is your kind of game, the closest matches are Screen Survivors, Snapshot Survivor and Irradiant Skies — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its incremental upgrades feel meaningful, challenging and contemplative. 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 →Astro Prospector is a 2025 indie action-strategy game set in a sci-fi universe where players mine coffee while battling corporate forces through bullet-hell combat. The core gameplay loop combines boss-fights and bullet-hell dodging with incremental-progression and incremental-upgrades, creating a grind-based-progression system that reviewers highlight as particularly satisfying. Players describe it as challenging, intense, contemplative, and whimsical, with a coffee-themed narrative that drives the action-shooter experience. The game includes an endless-mode for post-story replayability and features reactive audio that reviewers praise for keeping players immersed. Priced at $4.99 USD and verified on Steam Deck, it holds a 95% positive rating from 1309 Steam reviews.
About Astro Prospector: Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Players who liked Astro Prospector also play
Steam players who put hours into Astro Prospector 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.
Screen Survivors
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Top pick for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
An idle survivor-like that sits in the corner of your screen.
Snapshot Survivor
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Second-strongest match for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
Snapshot Survivor is an action-focused take on Snapshot, inspired by games like Vampire Survivors with an extra dose of naughty story telling. Roam around in an outskirt of Tokyo trying to survive taking upskirt pictures for profit to unlock new weapons and cutscenes!
Irradiant Skies
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Third-strongest match for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Irradiant Skies is an arcade roguelite blending brick-breaking and bullet-parrying combat. Reflect enemy attacks, chain powerful upgrades, and master unique ships as you ascend through waves of enemies.
Soul Reaper: Endless Harvest
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Ranked #4 for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
Reap souls. Open the portal. Extract or risk it all. A skill-based bullet heaven where every battle is a short harvest. Souls reaped before the portal are safe, souls after are at risk. Spend them in a permanent skill tree, beat the level, push to the next.
Black Plague
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Ranked #5 for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
A fast roguelite survival chaos where you destroy endless plague hordes, stack insane upgrades, and break the rules of power.
Compadrone: Land Wars
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Shares action shooter and an intense mood with Astro Prospector.
Ranked #6 for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
Hover Point
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Ranked #7 for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.
Mine or Burn
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Ranked #8 for Astro Prospector fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Astro Prospector.
Mine asteroids, battle hostile miners, and grow a tiny mining rig into an industrial powerhouse in this bullet hell incremental roguelite. Unlock permanent upgrades and push your operation further with each new star system.
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Risk of Rain 2
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Shares an intense mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
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.
Nuclear Throne
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Shares an intense mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
TowerFall Ascension
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Shares an intense mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.
Slay the Spire
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Shares a challenging mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astro Prospector.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
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Shares a whimsical mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Vampire Survivors
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Shares a challenging mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
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!
The Binding of Isaac
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Shares boss fights and a challenging mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
Nodebuster
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Shares skill tree progression, meta progression, grind based progression and an intense mood with Astro Prospector.
Reviewers of Astro Prospector cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astro Prospector.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Astro Prospector at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Astro Prospector.
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
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Priced ~60% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
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
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Priced ~70% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Astro Prospector.
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 ~80% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Astro Prospector.
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
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Priced ~60% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Astro Prospector.
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
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Priced ~80% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Astro Prospector.
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™
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Priced ~50% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Prospector.
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
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Priced ~80% under Astro Prospector on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Astro Prospector.
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.
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 Astro Prospector.
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 Astro Prospector.
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?
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 Astro Prospector.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Astro Prospector.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Astro Prospector.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Astro Prospector.
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.
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Frequently asked about Astro Prospector
- Is Astro Prospector verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Astro Prospector 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 Astro Prospector cost?
- Astro Prospector is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Astro Prospector?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Astro Prospector are Screen Survivors, Snapshot Survivor, Irradiant Skies.
- Who developed Astro Prospector?
- Astro Prospector was developed by Incrementalist and published by Incrementalist, SpaceJazz.
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