Games like Starlight Squad
If Starlight Squad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arcade Classics, When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears and Bloopy & Droopy — 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 Starlight Squad: Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
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Arcade Classics
WHY THIS
Top pick for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
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.
Bloopy & Droopy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
A Game Boy style 8-bit platformer, giving you an old-school experience in which you can switch characters at any time and use your digging skills to make your way through the terrain!
GANA FORCE
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
Phrenetic Shooting Reunion
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
[CONTENTS] A playable shooting game "PHRENETIC SHOOTING REUNION" + All future updates/bug fixes. Phrenetic Shooting is a retro tasted shooting game. This game provides an exciting experience for retro 2D shooting game funs.
Dragenas
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
Dragonfly fairies of the Sacred Swamp rely on the full moon to earn their wings, and insect spirits for their power. With the help of mother sages to guide them, they must rid their world of magic-wielding monsters.
Christmas Blaster
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
Christmas Blaster: Christmas Blaster is an Arcade-type action video game. Santa needs to save Christmas and face creatures with a lot of explosion in this action-packed game.
Hexapoda
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Ranked #8 for Starlight Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starlight Squad at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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 ~63% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starlight Squad.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~75% under Starlight Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Starlight Squad.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Starlight Squad.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
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 and Indie with Starlight Squad.
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 and Indie with Starlight Squad.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starlight Squad.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Pixel vs Pixel, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Aleesha's Tower
WHY THIS
Another title from Pixel vs Pixel, the studio behind Starlight Squad. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
A young woman named Aleesha was hunted and killed accused of witchcraft. Years later she comes back to take revenge on all mankind and it's up to you to stop her.
How to Become a Ninja: Part 1
WHY THIS
Another title from Pixel vs Pixel, the studio behind Starlight Squad. Shares Action and Indie with Starlight Squad.
How to Become a Ninja: Part 1 is a very difficulty game that challenges the player's skills. In it you will have to go through 50 levels in order to become a Ninja.
Frequently asked about Starlight Squad
- How much does Starlight Squad cost?
- Starlight Squad is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Starlight Squad?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starlight Squad are Arcade Classics, When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears, Bloopy & Droopy.
- Who developed Starlight Squad?
- Starlight Squad was developed by Pixel vs Pixel.
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 Starlight Squad.
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