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Games like Pixel Galaxy

If Pixel Galaxy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evorales, Red Zirion and ARKADIANAX — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, hypnotic 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.

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About Pixel Galaxy: A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.

2015ActionIndie1.01 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 68Windows · macOSby Serenity Forge
Pixel Galaxy — Steam game cover
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Absorb enemy pixels to fuel your shipAchievements add humor and replay valueBosses scale with your ship sizeChallengingHypnoticIntense

Players who liked Pixel Galaxy also play

Steam players who put hours into Pixel Galaxy 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.

  1. Evorales

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Top pick for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Defeat the gnu-demon and his army and save the day in this top-down bullet hell focused on slowdown and bullet time mechanics. Easy to play but hard to master, it requires great strategy if you aim for a hi-score while dodging bullets across 12 hand-drawn, steampunk aesthetic stages.

    2021ActionIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Red Zirion

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Red Zirion is a retro shooting game with upgradeable attributes in the roguelike style. Game inspired by groups of heroes and animated series from the 80s.

    2020ActionIndieCasual1.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. ARKADIANAX

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Shoot your way through hordes of enemy ships, tanks, mine fields, wind mills, lazer beams, massive boss fights and software bugs, all in a multidimensional shoot em up like never seen before!

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  4. Debris Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Be elusive! Be intense! Be constant! Put your reflexes to the limit, manipulating time itself to make impossible maneuvers, using an advance scoring system to rank your performance!

    2017ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Ranked #5 for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    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!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Bleed

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Ranked #6 for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams -- she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like!

    2013ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Bleed 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Ranked #7 for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Ranked #8 for Pixel Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Pixel Galaxy at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Mining Mechs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    2023IndieAdventureCasual0.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.

    2019ActionIndieMassively Multiplayer0.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Action with Pixel Galaxy.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Pixel Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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 and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    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).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Serenity Forge

Other recommendable Steam games by Serenity Forge, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...

    2014ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Neversong

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The King's Bird

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom. Run, jump, and fly through forgotten lost kingdoms with a uniquely momentum-based flying mechanic.

    2018ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Lifeless Moon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Half Past Fate

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Land of Screens

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy. Shares Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    When Holland’s social media is lit ablaze by a recent breakup, she embarks on a new mission to ditch the social media saturation and discover some real-world relationships among a Land of Screens.

    2022IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Return to Ash

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Serenity Forge, the studio behind Pixel Galaxy.

    “The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”

    2025Adventure4.49 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Shares a hypnotic mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    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!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Bleed 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Jamestown

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Pixel Galaxy.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Pixel Galaxy.

    Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

    2011ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pixel Galaxy

Is Pixel Galaxy verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Pixel Galaxy 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 Pixel Galaxy cost?
Pixel Galaxy is listed on Steam at 1.01 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Pixel Galaxy have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Pixel Galaxy supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Pixel Galaxy?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pixel Galaxy are Evorales, Red Zirion, ARKADIANAX.
Who developed Pixel Galaxy?
Pixel Galaxy was developed by Serenity Forge.

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 Pixel Galaxy.

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