Games like Space Pirates
If Space Pirates is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stars of Icarus, Aerosurge and Space Ballers — 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 Space Pirates: Arcade space shooter where you build a fleet by defeating enemy ships and using the credits you earn from it to upgrade your fleet to take on larger and deadlier battles.
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Stars of Icarus
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Top pick for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
From the devs of Guns of Icarus comes the ultimate spaceship PvP experience. Captain frigates, pilot fighters, and man the guns. In the forgotten arenas of space, communication with your crew is key. Victory or death, together.
Aerosurge
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Space Pirates.
Perform daring aerial stunts, destroy your enemies and weave through hazardous environments to complete your missions before the time runs out! Upgrade your weapons and abilities between objectives, before taking out enemies across a variety of landscapes and planets
ActionSteam ↗Space Ballers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Pirates.
Space Ballers it's a game between ships that aims to score the most number of goals in challenging arenas with many obstacles along the way.
Remnant Protocol
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Ranked #4 for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
The assassination of the Blessed Mother has plunged the galaxy in darkness. Usurpers rule with absolute authority, and blood flows in rivers of red across the stars. Only the Protocol can restore Her light.
Aster Force
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Ranked #5 for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
Aster Force is a 3D sci-fi spaceship shooter game set in the far reaches of space. Players may choose from multiple ships to pilot, as they patrol and protect Sector 7184 from the sinister space pirates known as Specter. Join the crew of SS Gallaway to bring peace and order to the stars.
Antithesis
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Ranked #6 for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
A top-down action arcade game where you control one spaceship with each hand at the same time, but they both have opposite goals: avoid or destroy.
Cosmo Tales
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Ranked #7 for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Space Pirates.
Cosmo Tales is a third person, action adventure inspired by the '70s retro sci-fi aesthetic mixed with modern looks and gameplay. Use the dimension shifting ability to change between realities as you fight your way through the outer space.
WingWhiz
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Ranked #8 for Space Pirates fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
You’re a combat aircraft fighting to survive in a chaos-ruled world where everything is against you. Upgrade your plane, secure power-ups, build combos, and tear apart anything in your way to unlock new worlds. Stay alive and show no mercy!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Pirates at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Pirates.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
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 Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Action with Space Pirates.
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.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Pirates.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Pirates.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
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 Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
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 Space Pirates on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Space Pirates.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Pirates.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Space Pirates.
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.
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 Space Pirates.
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.).
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Pirates.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Pirates.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Space Pirates
- How much does Space Pirates cost?
- Space Pirates is listed on Steam at 9.89 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Pirates?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Pirates are Stars of Icarus, Aerosurge, Space Ballers.
- Who developed Space Pirates?
- Space Pirates was developed by whynomakethings.
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 Space Pirates.
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