Games like Mayday
If Mayday is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Astrovade, HyperShot and INSPACE 2980 — 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 Mayday: Take to space in this action-packed shmup, where every wave of enemies is rewarded with a buff and debuff. Play through the intense story and arcade modes to become an ace pilot. What stats will you increase? Which ones are worth the sacrifice? The battle begins!
Players who liked Mayday also play
Steam players who put hours into Mayday 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.
Super Astrovade
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Top pick for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
Master the difficult art of dodging bullets while blasting thruster flame in the face of your enemies. No guns, no upgrades, no level-ups. Just your reflexes against an endless bullet hell maze of death. How long will you survive?
HyperShot
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Second-strongest match for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Mayday.
In this Bullet Hell shooter, the more enemies you shoot, the more enemies spawn! Keep moving so you don't get surrounded, and shoot enough enemies to clear each level.
INSPACE 2980
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Third-strongest match for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
INSPACE 2980 is a stylish and dynamic SHMUP from the 16-bit era of games consoles and arcade machines. Take part in an exciting adventure and save the galaxy! Once again!
👾 Foreign Frugglers
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Ranked #4 for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
The Fruggle is real! Four brave survivors need to protect mother earth from spacey invaders in this pixelated arcade style 2d shoot 'm up.
ASTRONAVE
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Ranked #5 for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
Dodge the assault of spheres in circular moves, while destroying celestial bodies and fighting only one boss that will push your abilities and focus to the limit.
Lazer Rush Reloaded
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Ranked #6 for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
SHOOT, CLIMB, SLASH, DASH, JUMP, SLIDE, AND RIDE the most intense rollercoaster of a MOVEMENT SHOOTER-PLATFORMER you’ve ever played. Experience challenging chaotic combat and high stakes platforming at the same time. Fight at top speed in Lazer Rush.
Shadow Wake
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Ranked #7 for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
Shadow Wake is a classic retro-arcade game with an 80s vibe. Lasers. Neon. Space. Battle hordes of aliens in fast-paced combat, manage your ship’s energy, and upgrade your gear.
Syder Arcade
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Ranked #8 for Mayday fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mayday.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
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Frequently asked about Mayday
- Is Mayday free to play?
- Yes — Mayday is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Mayday?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mayday are Super Astrovade, HyperShot, INSPACE 2980.
- Who developed Mayday?
- Mayday was developed by Skyward Studios.
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 Mayday.
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