Games like Astro Fighters 2
If Astro Fighters 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Energy Fighters, Void Strike and Heliocide — 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 Astro Fighters 2: Blast through overwhelming bullet storms, graze enemy fire for massive score boosts, and bend time to survive impossible odds in this intense arcade-inspired vertical shmup. Master unique ships, conquer brutal bosses, and chase the perfect run.
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Steam players who put hours into Astro Fighters 2 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.
Energy Fighters
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Top pick for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
A modern retro inspired side scrolling shooter with a deep upgrade system and the ability to absorb enemy fire and also deflect it back to your enemies. A fast paced shooter that can be played solo or local co-op with 12 difficulty modes and lots of boss battles.
Void Strike
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Second-strongest match for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.
Heliocide
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Third-strongest match for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!
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Ranked #4 for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Take control and annihilate every invading enemy and stronghold! < STRECT > is a score-attack vertical shmup supporting 1-2 players. Featuring pure mechanics that emphasize destruction and dodging, satisfying explosion effects, and deep hidden secrets, the fight awaits you.
WING-IT
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Ranked #5 for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Adapt or crash! WING-IT is a 2.5D shooter where your arsenal is a slot machine. Shoot down drones to trigger the Toy Box Gacha and swap weapons on the fly. Fight through Medy's house, survive the bullet hell, and defeat the mechanical monstrosities ruling the house.
Eigengrau
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Ranked #6 for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.
Shootvaders: The Beginning
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Ranked #7 for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
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.
Beat Hazard
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Ranked #8 for Astro Fighters 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Astro Fighters 2 at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~90% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 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.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
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Priced ~50% under Astro Fighters 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Magic Archery
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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.
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More from Paul Connor
Other recommendable Steam games by Paul Connor, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Snowman Saves Christmas
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Snowman Saves Christmas is a 1980s Inspired 2D platformer. Featuring 250 Levels of retro inspired platforming fun split across 5 game modes and Multiple PowerUp items.
Power Ball 2021
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Power Ball 2021 is here to provide block busting, ball bouncing, gun shooting action for 1 or 2 players. Inspired by great bat and ball games of the past with powerups thrown in to help you defeat the increasingly challenging levels.
Retro Wars
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Take on an entire army in this 80s inspired retro top down vertical scrolling shooter. Be a one man war machine or take a friend into battle for some fun 2 player local co-op.
Astro Fighters 2178
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Battle through 16 action-packed levels, defeat massive alien bosses, unlock powerful ship upgrades, and fight to save humanity in this retro-inspired side-scrolling arcade shooter. Play solo or team up with a friend in local co-op.
Asteroid Blasters
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Asteroid Blasters is a non-stop action space shooter. Inspired by Asteroids, this game will see you choose between 6 different ships each with their own characteristics and utilize a variety of weapon powerups to eradicate your enemies. Play 2 players to increase your chance of survival.
Super Hot Potato
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
A self aware Super Hot Potato is on a quest to free his fellow potato kind from their imminent doom. Help Super Hot Potato navigate treacherous screens filled with obstacles, collecting potato's and finally making your way to each screens exit. Retro inspired 80s style grid movement gameplay
Freddy Frog
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Leap, climb, and survive in this endless arcade platformer. Collect flies, avoid dangerous wasps, conquer procedurally generated levels, and climb as high as possible while chasing the ultimate high score.
Wings Of WW2
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Another title from Paul Connor, the studio behind Astro Fighters 2. Shares Action with Astro Fighters 2.
Take to the skies in this action-packed WWII arcade flight combat game. Engage enemy fighters, complete critical missions, and fight for control of the battlefield.
Frequently asked about Astro Fighters 2
- How much does Astro Fighters 2 cost?
- Astro Fighters 2 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Astro Fighters 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Astro Fighters 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Astro Fighters 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Astro Fighters 2 are Energy Fighters, Void Strike, Heliocide.
- Who developed Astro Fighters 2?
- Astro Fighters 2 was developed by Paul Connor.
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