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Games like Mothership Down

If Mothership Down is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infinity Bounce, Star Haul Tycoon and Meow Defense War — 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 Mothership Down: Control a fleet of tiny, colorful lunar landers, piloting through puzzling moon caves. Scrape by with scrappy first flights, then re-engineer a perfect solution to earn bonus stars. 130+ unique goals to achieve in over 50 levels in this physics-based retro puzzle game!

2026StrategyIndieCasual7.99 USDWindows · Linuxby Hogwalker Games
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Steam players who put hours into Mothership Down 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. Infinity Bounce

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Turn the galaxy into a chaotic pinball machine to feed a voracious space cat in this physics-based incremental game. Expand and upgrade your arsenal of various celestial bodies and stuff the cat to the brink of a big bang.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Star Haul Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mothership Down.

    Star Haul Tycoon is a narrative logistics sim where efficiency is the only path to profit. Connect planets, manage a fleet of transport ships and optimize complex supply chains. In an economy where fuel equals money, you must pay off your massive corporate debt to a supervisor who's always watching.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Meow Defense War

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Build fortifications to withstand artillery fire! This is a physics-based strategy game where you use simple building materials to craft clever defenses, helping the meow survive the mice's‌ bombardment. Take on a variety of challenging levels, aim for higher scores, and climb the rankings!

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Fruit Factory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mothership Down.

    A silly physics-based puzzle game about sorting fruit with industrial machines!

    2020StrategySimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. KlikBee

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Build an automated bee empire with deep progression, layered prestige systems, research, mutations, dimensional exploration, and time manipulation. Start with a single flower and grow your hive into a universe-spanning production machine.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Marketfield Idle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Marketfield Idle is all about growing crops, selling goods, cooking recipes, automating production, and prestige into stronger runs in a cozy incremental farming game with 1200+ upgrades, strategy paths, and lots of synergies to discover.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Alchemy Master

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Run a Chinese xianxia alchemy chamber. Consume pills to gain Cultivation and ascend thirteen realms from Qi Refining to Dao Ancestor. Spend Spirit Stones on better alchemy rooms and furnaces, Cultivation on five talent paths, and saved pills on artifacts; reincarnate for permanent Fortune.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Gearplexed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mothership Down fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mothership Down.

    Enjoy playing with gears? Gearplexed is a constructive problem-solving game with a variety of gear-based puzzles ranging from opening gates to building factories. Build gears to get the right amount of speed or torque to the target gears and be careful not to lock up your gear train.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mothership Down.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Mothership Down on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mothership Down.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mothership Down.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mothership Down.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mothership Down

How much does Mothership Down cost?
Mothership Down is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mothership Down?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mothership Down are Infinity Bounce, Star Haul Tycoon, Meow Defense War.
Who developed Mothership Down?
Mothership Down was developed by Hogwalker Games.

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 Mothership Down.

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