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Games like Shatterswarm

If Shatterswarm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Get Off My Space!, Acid Planet and CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense — 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 Shatterswarm: Command Captain Hope's ship in this strategic 2D space game. Build structures, deploy fleets, and manage resources to defend the Citadel against waves of enemies. Combine direct ship combat, tower defense, and base building as you face epic boss battles.

2027ActionStrategyIndieWindows · macOS · Linuxby Iron Fin Games
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Players who liked Shatterswarm also play

Steam players who put hours into Shatterswarm 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. Get Off My Space!

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    Get Off My Space! is a tower defense game where you rely on skillful tower placement and resource management to beat upcoming dangers of the galaxy. Combining strategy and micro-managing fire groups, you will overcome the hardest level objectives.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Acid Planet

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Swarm Queen

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shatterswarm.

    A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Here Comes The Swarm

    WHY THIS

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

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Armed to the Gears

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. X-Morph: Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Shatterswarm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Shatterswarm.

    Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

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

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

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

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Shatterswarm

What games are most similar to Shatterswarm?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shatterswarm are Get Off My Space!, Acid Planet, CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense.
Who developed Shatterswarm?
Shatterswarm was developed by Iron Fin 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 Shatterswarm.

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