Games like Stargunner
If Stargunner is your kind of game, the closest matches are Major Stryker, Vektor Z and Meteor Storm — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hidden pickups reward exploration, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →About Stargunner: In the far distant future, an epic war for survival takes place... Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners.
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Steam players who put hours into Stargunner 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.
Major Stryker
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Top pick for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WWIII, was not nearly sufficient to repel the numerous Kreton attacks.
Vektor Z
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Vektor Z brings fast and furious retro space blasting action to Steam! Blast your way through endless waves of asteroids and enemies to write your name among the stars! Vektor Z offers a rogue-like arcade action game where you'll improve your progress every time you play!
Meteor Storm
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Third-strongest match for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!
Red Titans
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Ranked #4 for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
RED TITANS is a single player vertical shoot em up, use the resources available to stop the threat, you will have to be very skillful since there are no continues.
Space Dragons
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Ranked #5 for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Choose your spaceship and defeat the alien threat that comes from the Moon. Blast your way crushing, ripping apart and exploding hostile aliens that are taking control of powerful weapons and military technology from Earth. Find the entity that controls the threat and make it explode into blood.
GRADIUS ORIGINS
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stargunner.
Ranked #6 for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
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Ranked #7 for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Absolute Blue
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Ranked #8 for Stargunner fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
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Other recommendable Steam games by Apogee Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Quest Master
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stargunner.
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Quest Master is a dungeon maker inspired by the classics that first made us love dungeon crawling. Unleash your imagination, alone or in local co-op, to make dungeons full of puzzles, traps and monsters. Upload them for others to explore and challenge yourself with other players’ creations.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stargunner.
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
Paganitzu
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stargunner.
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Journey into an Aztec pyramid and survive the adventure of a lifetime! No other game forces you to die in order to complete it! That's just one of many incredible plot twists in this excellent puzzle-oriented arcade-adventure game. Guide Alabama Smith (Al) into a vast and dangerous Aztec pyramid.
Major Stryker
WHY THIS
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WWIII, was not nearly sufficient to repel the numerous Kreton attacks.
Realms of Chaos
WHY THIS
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
Realms of Chaos is an exciting side-scrolling platform game with an innovative mix of action, adventure, mysticism, and role-playing that's never been seen in this style of game. Set in the fantastic world of Mysteria, Realms of Chaos is the first of many adventures of Endrick and Elandra, a brother and sister duo who find themselves on...
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Stargunner.
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner. Shares Action with Stargunner.
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.
Vexlands
WHY THIS
Another title from Apogee Entertainment, the studio behind Stargunner.
Vexlands is a realm of surprises. Every newly opened space brings a surprise: loot, resources, dungeons, monsters and disasters! Build your village where you craft new equipment before you explore uncharted areas, and find relics that explain who came before and why these lands are cursed.
Frequently asked about Stargunner
- Is Stargunner free to play?
- Yes — Stargunner is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Stargunner?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stargunner are Major Stryker, Vektor Z, Meteor Storm.
- Who developed Stargunner?
- Stargunner was developed by Apogee Entertainment.
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