Games like Spaceman Sparkles 2
If Spaceman Sparkles 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pixel Galaxy, Cuphead and Nuclear Throne — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and hypnotic. 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 Spaceman Sparkles 2: Spaceman Sparkles 2 is a frantic bullet-hell that takes place in a thumpin' disco universe, you'll be begging for mercy while bobbing your head to the beat.
Players who liked Spaceman Sparkles 2 also play
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Pixel Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Top pick for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares weapon swapping and an atmospheric mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Second-strongest match for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Third-strongest match for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Overture
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Ranked #4 for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Ranked #5 for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
LUFTRAUSERS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION
WHY THIS
Shares pattern recognition and an intense mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Ranked #7 for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Prepare yourself for an insatiable rain of bullets, bombs, and beams in Crimzon Clover. From Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, this retro top-down shooter is a wild ride you won't want to miss out on.
Nex Machina
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Ranked #8 for Spaceman Sparkles 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Spaceman Sparkles 2
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Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Reviewers of Spaceman Sparkles 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
PAC-MAN 256
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Reviewers of Spaceman Sparkles 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Spaceman Sparkles 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spaceman Sparkles 2 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
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.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
Toree 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
A bite-sized 3D Platformer sequel with more focus on the things people enjoyed in the first game like fast gameplay, flow focused levels and cute costumes (two this time).
UBERMOSH Vol.5
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spaceman Sparkles 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
The fifth volume of the arcade series UBERMOSH.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
Shooty Skies
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!
Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
This is a fan-made Touhou shmup with one single stage, similar to the extra stage of official Touhou games. This game has an auto dodging system, which gives you a choice to ignore all the danmaku and only focus on the story.
Clawface
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Clawface is an intense, arcade-styled twin stick shooter where you play as an adorable robot equipped with crazy weapons and a giant claw to fight an endless wave of alien monsters!
MSI Electric City: Core Assault
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Rediscover MSI Electric City as you pilot a fighter ship with the mission to defend the city. Maneuver and blast away the enemy swarm in this VR bullet hell arcade shoot ’em up.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from tjern
Other recommendable Steam games by tjern, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Spaceman Sparkles 3
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Sparkles wrecked a spaceship and got kidnapped by a mysterious Green Star, play as Magic in this new rescue adventure.
HOCKEY SPACE
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Fast button-based low rule local multiplayer hockey game. I think it's fun with friends, but most things are.
sunny-place
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
A game about cute girls and speedy cars! Race THE TRACKS OF THE ABYSS, socialize with online strangers (or friends), furnish your apartment and explore the new much improved hell city.
sunny-place-2
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Battle against chaotic bullet hell bosses with online strangers (or friends!) Customise your outfit or make and upload a boss for others to enjoy! :)
babe-lathe
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Climb and explore the Queen's tower-island in this grid-based 3D platformer filled with bonk-like random encounters, mischievous ghosts, tricky jumps and a horrible, horrible curse..
Tower of Ba*bel
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Our mistress has been kidnapped by a masked menace. But fear not!! The buds are on the case in this slightly frustrating roll up a tower, with a berrific ending.
hook-kick
WHY THIS
Another title from tjern, the studio behind Spaceman Sparkles 2. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
She ate me! The indignity of this has seemingly left you immortal. Stored for safekeeping (head being so pretty and all) you team up with a couple of bones from a slain wizard and a stretchy pirate-snake named hook in this kicking platformer filled with circles all the way up and down.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pixel Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
Cuphead
WHY THIS
Shares weapon swapping and an atmospheric mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
Nuclear Throne
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Ikaruga
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Spaceman Sparkles 2.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Frequently asked about Spaceman Sparkles 2
- How much does Spaceman Sparkles 2 cost?
- Spaceman Sparkles 2 is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spaceman Sparkles 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spaceman Sparkles 2 are Pixel Galaxy, Cuphead, Nuclear Throne.
- Who developed Spaceman Sparkles 2?
- Spaceman Sparkles 2 was developed by tjern.
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 Spaceman Sparkles 2.
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