Games like Max Savage
If Max Savage is your kind of game, the closest matches are When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears, Solo Defender and Galactic Patrol — 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 Max Savage: Retro arcade space combat meets action-adventure exploration. Blast through a 90s-inspired sci-fi romp as Max Savage and fight to save the one person she can’t lose.
Players who liked Max Savage also play
Steam players who put hours into Max Savage 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.
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears
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Top pick for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears is a story-rich, retro space shooter inspired by DOS-era space games. Blast your way through fast-paced arcade combat, build out modular, upgradable ships, and explore a galaxy torn by war.
Solo Defender
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Solo Defender is a fast-paced vertical space shooter where you battle waves of enemies, unlock upgrades with Gems, and face epic bosses—including a drone-spawning Mothership. One life, multiple planets, and a secret level await. No ads—just pure arcade action.
Galactic Patrol
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
A lost 1998 arcade-style shooter returns! Fight through 25 levels and 300+ waves of alien attacks inspired by classic shoot-'em-ups like Space Invaders and Galaga, featuring top-down, side-scrolling, and rear-view gameplay.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
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Ranked #4 for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Lightspeed
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Ranked #5 for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
You're the only human in a huge, robotic space ship, flying at incredible speeds through deep space. Your mission: find and settle a new planet where humanity can thrive. Combat is inevitable, but you'll need more than flying skills to succeed.
Phantom Fury
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Ranked #6 for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back in this highly interactive mix of first person action and road movie adventure. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey around the USA. Use an enormous arsenal of weapons and skills to battle treacherous soldiers and vile mutants, all while trying to save mankind.
Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star
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Ranked #7 for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Dive into the ultimate experience of space combat with this first-person flight simulator! Take command and engage in thrilling battles across multiple difficulty levels, ensuring both novice and seasoned pilots can test their skills in the vast expanse of space. Are you ready for the challenge?
Void Crew
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Ranked #8 for Max Savage fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Max Savage at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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.
How to Fish
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Priced ~45% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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 ~67% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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 ~44% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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 ~44% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Max Savage on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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 Max Savage.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Savage.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Savage.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Savage.
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!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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More from Tim Rachor
Other recommendable Steam games by Tim Rachor, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Arkham Nightmares
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
Arkham Nightmares is an adventure game with rogue-like elements. You play Prof. Liebwerk the head physician of the Lovecraftian Arkham Sanatorium. Your task is to complete your journal with all the stories from the crazy inmates. But before they will tell you anything you have to win their trust.
Curse of the Old Gods
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
A mystery adventure game set in a present-day Lovecraftian universe.
World Peace Simulator 2019
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
It's World War III. Can your country survive the apocalypse?
Movie Tycoon Simulator 2020
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
Manage movie theatres and make your very own Hollywood Pictures!
Eternal Pinball RPG
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage. Shares Action with Max Savage.
Level up and equip your hero in this unique Pinball-RPG mashup. Beat everybody on the online leaderboards and unlock the dungeon table to find rare artifacts to complete your collection.
It Returned To The Desert
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
Unique mix of turn-based tactics and adventure game. Defend the town of Glint Rock against radioactive giant ants! Convince the townsfolk to join your party in a non-linear campaign with high replay value. Discover all the little secrets and stories in the lively town of Glint Rock.
Jolly Putt - Mini Golf & Arcade
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
The jolliest Mini Golf & Arcade Tycoon game! Design and Play your own courses. Manage arcade ticket prizes, food stalls, staff and much more to satisfy your park guest's every need. Customize, decorate and explore your park in first-person.
Cantaloupe Chronicle
WHY THIS
Another title from Tim Rachor, the studio behind Max Savage.
Today marks the beginning of your internship at the Cantaloupe Chronicle! Step into the shoes of a young reporter in a classic Point & Click Adventure as you uncover the mysteries of the small town. Write compelling articles, snap intriguing photos, and talk to the quirky townsfolk.
Frequently asked about Max Savage
- How much does Max Savage cost?
- Max Savage is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Max Savage?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max Savage are When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears, Solo Defender, Galactic Patrol.
- Who developed Max Savage?
- Max Savage was developed by Tim Rachor.
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