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Games like Alive as a Service

If Alive as a Service is your kind of game, the closest matches are VALDIS, MannyTD and Management In Space — 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 Alive as a Service: Bob hired an AI to look after his house. You are that AI. Pilot a combat ship, survive waves, deploy defenses, and turn a world-hopping planet into an orbital fortress in this planetary-defense action roguelite.

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasualWindowsby koby
Alive as a Service — Steam game cover

Players who liked Alive as a Service also play

Steam players who put hours into Alive as a Service 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. VALDIS

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Valdis est un hybride dynamique tower defense et third-person shooter en univers sci-fi. Défendez le noyau énergétique d’une station spatiale contre des vagues de zombies, combinez tourelles et éléments, déclenchez des réactions dévastatrices et survivez avec votre fusil à pompe !

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. MannyTD

    WHY THIS

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

    Manny TD is a hybrid tower defense and third-person shooter with random in game elements. Join and get your personal high score!

    2022ActionStrategyEarly Access2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Management In Space

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Management In Space is a gritty sci-fi strategy roguelite where you find yourself in debt. Build, mine, trade, date, and defend using stations across the galaxy, all while wars swells, aliens devastate sectors, and cults rip the galaxy apart & release demons upon the cosmos.

    StrategyEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. Cosmic Robots

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.

    2026ActionStrategySimulation5.09 USDSteam ↗
  5. AGE OF ALIENS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    On an alien world, you must defend yourself in this unique base-building tower-defense game. Build a base by placing blocks, turrets and traps in order to survive the hoards of aliens.

    ActionStrategyCasualSteam ↗
  6. Silverwing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    Silverwing is an action flight game where you build an array of powerful spaceships to combat enemies across space and a diverse array of planet landscapes. Play through a fully voiced 20+ mission campaign with multiple endings based on your mission choices.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Abda Redeemer: Space alien invasion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    Our brave hero Abda lost his father. After his death, he remained the only one of his kind. Everyone he loved died. After the funeral, he inherited his father's old starship. After fixing the flying saucer he had inherited, Abda got ready to go. Thus began the story of Abda Redeemer.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Parallax Blue

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Alive as a Service fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    A strategy tower defence where you create the towers! Gather resources, build towers, defeat bugs, and survive. Unlock new weapons, create towers, gather resources, and die. Don't fall short of the Company's expectations... these resources are worth more than any life, including yours.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Alive as a Service.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Alive as a Service.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Alive as a Service.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alive as a Service.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alive as a Service.

    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 ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alive as a Service.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Alive as a Service

What games are most similar to Alive as a Service?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alive as a Service are VALDIS, MannyTD, Management In Space.
Who developed Alive as a Service?
Alive as a Service was developed by koby and published by Unread Terms.

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 Alive as a Service.

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