Games like GAZAR
If GAZAR is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shmup!, Space Mash and SynthEscape — 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 GAZAR: GAZAR is an intense vertical arcade space shooter where you fight against an alien fleet destroying the galaxy. Battle through Story Mode or test your skills in Infinity Mode with 5 difficulty levels and leaderboards. GAZAR delivers non-stop action, stunning visual effects, and dynamic combat.
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Steam players who put hours into GAZAR 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.
Shmup!
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Top pick for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Arcade-style bullet hell action! 3 ships, 5 special weapons, and screen-clearing bombs. Conquer 5 intense stages with dynamic difficulty—then compete for high scores on online leaderboards.
Space Mash
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GAZAR.
Space Mash is a bullet-hell shooter in the retro style of the earliest arcade games. To help beginners, older players and those with a motor impairment, there are five levels of slow-down that can be activated at any time during game play.
SynthEscape
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with GAZAR.
A Synthwave-themed shoot 'em up (heavy on the vibes) where grazing enemy fire charges your bullet-slowing field and builds your score. Play through 5 levels in solo or co-op with leaderboard support. '80s vibes meet precision shmup gameplay. Graze Bullets. Bend Time. Break the Future.
ActionSteam ↗Galactic Mecha GunSuit
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Ranked #4 for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.
Shin Sophstar
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Ranked #5 for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Shin Sophstar is an electrifying remix built for speed and scoring. With 30 ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.
FRCTL
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Ranked #6 for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
FRCTL is a fast-paced arcade shooter roguelike. Its got combos and other cool stuff like complex enemies. Good time waster! also its FREEE!!!!!
Waves
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Ranked #7 for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Iron Skies
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Ranked #8 for GAZAR fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with GAZAR.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with GAZAR.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with GAZAR.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with GAZAR.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Frequently asked about GAZAR
- What games are most similar to GAZAR?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside GAZAR are Shmup!, Space Mash, SynthEscape.
- Who developed GAZAR?
- GAZAR was developed by Arena Entertainment.
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 GAZAR.
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