Games like Earthion
If Earthion is your kind of game, the closest matches are GRADIUS ORIGINS, Habroxia and R-Type Dimensions EX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its authentic genesis hardware emulation, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Earthion: Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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GRADIUS ORIGINS
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty modes, score chasing, arcade style and a retro mood with Earthion.
Top pick for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
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.
Habroxia
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
R-Type Dimensions EX
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and a nostalgic mood with Earthion.
Third-strongest match for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
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.
Batsugun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Ranked #5 for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Ranked #6 for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Starr Mazer: DSP
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Ranked #7 for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Beat Invaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Ranked #8 for Earthion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Earthion.
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
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Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
Steredenn: Binary Stars
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
The TakeOver
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
The Takeover is a side-scrolling beat'em up inspired by 90's classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. Battle solo or alongside a friend in local co-op while listening to awesome tunes from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and industry legend Yuzo Koshiro!
Strike Force: Desert Thunder
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
Strike Force: Desert Thunder is a small First-Person-Shooter game in the style of old, classic Delta Force games. You join 10 intense, large scale missions to prevent terrorist attacks. Customize your loadout, choose between 12 weapons and jump right into the action. Each Mission is large scale (2km²) and open to your tactical strategy.
Area 86
WHY THIS
Shares achievement hunting and a challenging mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
Area 86 is a physics-based escape room puzzle game. Control your robot in an interactive environment. Push, pick, throw, activate or destroy objects to escape.
R-Type Final 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.
Rolling Gunner
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty modes and an epic mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
March 18th, 2061 - "Operation Downfall" Commences With its reliance on BAC, humanity had forgotten how to operate even basic transportation, let alone weapons. After the attacks from BAC and the subsequent social chaos, the human population was reduced by half.
G-Darius HD
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Reviewers of Earthion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Earthion.
You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Earthion at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Earthion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Earthion.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthion.
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 with Earthion.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthion.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthion.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthion.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Earthion.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
GRADIUS ORIGINS
WHY THIS
Shares difficulty modes, score chasing, arcade style and a retro mood with Earthion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthion.
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.
Habroxia
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthion.
Blast your way through a myriad of extra-terrestrial incursions in this arcade-style scrolling shooter! Pilot the ship Habroxia through 15 levels featuring intense boss fights, rescue missions, shifting perspectives, and untold surprises.
R-Type Dimensions EX
WHY THIS
Shares checkpoint based progression and a nostalgic mood with Earthion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthion.
R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!
Batsugun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthion.
Experience the epic conclusion of Toaplan's legendary shooter series with Batsugun including the lauded Special version! Choose your favorite character and spaceship in this thrilling genre-defining bullet-hell action. Now on PC with modern enhancements!
Beat Invaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Earthion.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Earthion.
Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.
Frequently asked about Earthion
- Is Earthion verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Earthion 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 Earthion cost?
- Earthion is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Earthion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Earthion are GRADIUS ORIGINS, Habroxia, R-Type Dimensions EX.
- Who developed Earthion?
- Earthion was developed by Ancient Corporation, Bitwave Games and published by Limited Run Games, Inc..
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 Earthion.
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