Games like Captain Star
If Captain Star is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pigslaughter, The Catapult VR and One More Depth — 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 Captain Star: Pilot a high-tech UFO in Captain Star: thrilling space action! Dodge hostile aliens, collect glowing stars, unlock new stages and conquer the galaxy!
Players who liked Captain Star also play
Steam players who put hours into Captain Star 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.
Pigslaughter
WHY THIS
Top pick for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Captain Star.
Pigslaughter is a top-down shooter where you play as a Sigma Force special agent, trying to save human souls from Pig Primes. Explore a sprawling modern city, wield a variety of weapons, eliminate your enemies, and reclaim the stolen capital.
The Catapult VR
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Captain Star.
Game about hero in castle siege, vs stickmans with catapult and archers with bows and arrows.
One More Depth
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Captain Star.
A fast-paced, 4-player co-op action RPG. As an orphan, dive into twisted realms to retrieve the legendary "Precious." Don't let the cute art fool you—lethal threats await in the abyss. Dual-Class Builds: Mix and match classes with diverse loot to craft thousands of unique combat styles.
Squid Commando
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain Star.
Squid Commando is an action-packed, classic arcade run & gun game that can be played solo or in co-op.
Compadrone: Land Wars
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Star.
In this fast-paced roguelite arena shooter with tower-defense twists, control a drone capable of wielding multiple weapons and fight hordes of alien warbots. Collect resources and XP to unlock new weapons, towers, abilities, and drones.
Tiny Tank
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Captain Star.
The era of Tiny Tank begins! Tiny Tank is a Classic Hero Shooter, in this game you only have one objective and that is to… SURVIVE! Hold out and battle the hordes of enemies with each wave being harder than the last.
Shootvaders: The Beginning
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Captain Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Captain Star.
The Space mission center has ordered you to fly into space and find a new planet. New planet will bring a new possibilities to humankind. The flight won't be easy! The universe has many alien groups that want to stop you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Captain Star at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Star.
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 Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Captain Star.
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 Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Captain Star.
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
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Priced ~75% under Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Star.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Captain Star.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Captain Star.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Captain Star.
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 Captain Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Captain Star.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Captain Star.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Captain Star.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Captain Star.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Captain Star.
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!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Captain Star
- How much does Captain Star cost?
- Captain Star is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Captain Star?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Captain Star are Pigslaughter, The Catapult VR, One More Depth.
- Who developed Captain Star?
- Captain Star was developed by KIDA STUDIOS.
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 Captain Star.
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