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Games like Stellar Infestation

If Stellar Infestation is your kind of game, the closest matches are IDUN - Frontline Survival, Anno 2205™ and Reshaping Mars — 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.

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About Stellar Infestation: Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.

2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDWindowsby YogurtGames
Stellar Infestation — Steam game cover

Players who liked Stellar Infestation also play

Steam players who put hours into Stellar Infestation 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. IDUN - Frontline Survival

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Anno 2205™

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Reshaping Mars

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mars or Die!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Cliff Empire

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

    2016StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Spacebase Startopia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Stellar Infestation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Digseum

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

    2024SimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Stellar Infestation on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Stellar Infestation.

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. PlanetSide 2

    WHY THIS

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

    PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

    2012ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Supermarket Together

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Stellar Infestation.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Stellar Infestation

How much does Stellar Infestation cost?
Stellar Infestation is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Stellar Infestation?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stellar Infestation are IDUN - Frontline Survival, Anno 2205™, Reshaping Mars.
Who developed Stellar Infestation?
Stellar Infestation was developed by YogurtGames.

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 Stellar Infestation.

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