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Games like RUST MOON

If RUST MOON is your kind of game, the closest matches are Factorized, Lethal Operation Episode 3 Lethal Arms of Justice and Super Roboy — 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.

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About RUST MOON: RUST MOON is a cyberpunk pixel side-scrolling action game. Play as ALPHA-7, whose memory has been rewritten, and cut through blockades with firearms, blades, and cyberware abilities — from the neon city all the way to a lunar base. Someone wrote your past for you. What comes next is up to you.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindowsby moonbell studio
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Players who liked RUST MOON also play

Steam players who put hours into RUST MOON 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. Factorized

    WHY THIS

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

    A 2D side-scroller about killing robots with janky guns as a morally questionable main character.

    2026ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Operation Episode 3 Lethal Arms of Justice

    WHY THIS

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

    キャラをじっくり育てながら広い世界を冒険する――。 そんなSTGの最終編。ショットを合成して、いいとこどりのショットも作れる! シリーズ最強の敵たちに最強の武器やスキルの組み合わせで対抗し、 この物語の真実に辿り着いてください―

    2023ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Super Roboy

    WHY THIS

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

    Delve into the world of Super Roboy, a hand-drawn Metroidvania in a post-apocalyptic setting! Learn enemy skills, explore an interconnected world, battle mutants and robots, and uncover the emotional story of a young robot searching for his father.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. ASCENXION

    WHY THIS

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

    ASCENXION is a 2D shoot 'em up game where you explore the field to progress. Players must overcome puzzles, traps, elite units, boss fights, and other various obstacles while navigating the field. Grow stronger through rewards earned, to uncover the truth of this world.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. PROJECT TACHYON

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for RUST MOON fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RUST MOON.

    An exhilarating run-and-gun action shooting game based on a Roguelite! Travel through time with Sigma to thwart the uprising of artificial intelligence and fight for the future!

    2025ActionAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STELLATUM

    WHY THIS

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

    Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. GRAND CROSS: ReNOVATION

    WHY THIS

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

    Slash through enemies with the Sun Blade, the most powerful weapon in Shmup's history! Overwhelm hordes of enemies with flashy on-screen effects in this super-aggressive vertical scrolling shump!

    2022ActionIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Good Robot

    WHY THIS

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

    Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?

    2016ActionIndieRPG8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 RUST MOON.

    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 RUST MOON.

    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. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 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 RUST MOON.

    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 ↗
  6. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with RUST MOON.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

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

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about RUST MOON

What games are most similar to RUST MOON?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RUST MOON are Factorized, Lethal Operation Episode 3 Lethal Arms of Justice, Super Roboy.
Who developed RUST MOON?
RUST MOON was developed by moonbell studio.

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 RUST MOON.

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