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Games like ASTRIDER

If ASTRIDER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944, DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE and Kamikaze Strike: FPV Drone — 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 ASTRIDER: Arcade air combat set in an alt-history Cold War gone hot in 1967, in a world where the strangest conspiracy theories turned out real. Fly three twelve-mission campaigns, one per faction, against targets on land, at sea, and in the air, with fully-voiced visual-novel scenes between sorties.

ActionIndieSimulationWindows · Linuxby Sanguine Horse Studio
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Steam players who put hours into ASTRIDER 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. Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944

    WHY THIS

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

    Take control of an advanced aircraft as you navigate unstable skies, battling waves of enemy forces and mastering upgrades in a fractured, interdimensional warzone. Let me know if that works better!

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.00 USDSteam ↗
  2. DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE

    WHY THIS

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

    High speed Acelike Roguelike with SSSTYLE. Cut across cel-shaded, action-packed, arcade-paced dogfights as you fly, fight, and upgrade your roster of kickass planes. Every battle is massive, every location is procedural, and every fight is a spectacle- whether it's aircraft, blimps, dragons or mechs

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Kamikaze Strike: FPV Drone

    WHY THIS

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

    Fly a kamikaze drone through fast-paced FPV missions. Dodge bullets, sneak past jammers and radars, and crash into tanks, troops, and enemy bases. Discover diffferent drones and face tougher challenges in every level.

    2025ActionSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Drone Warfare

    WHY THIS

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

    Drone Warfare is an action flight sim and tower defense hybrid shoot-em-up. Research upgrades and deploy your tiny honey bee military drone as you attempt to save the last remaining bees from extinction.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Alien Dark Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ASTRIDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ASTRIDER.

    A third-person helicopter action shooter featuring realistic physics-based flight enhanced by alien technology. Extract stranded soldiers before hostile alien forces capture them across open maps set in three distinct biomes, with optional first-person gameplay and four selectable camera views.

    2027ActionSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Korea. IL-2 Series

    WHY THIS

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

    Korea. IL-2 Series is a next-generation flight simulator set during the Korean War. Climb into the cockpit of early jet fighters and shape the outcome of legendary aerial battles.

    2026ActionSimulation79.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Airship Combat

    WHY THIS

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

    Airship Combat is a 3d simulator with realistic physics and challenging opponents. Fire guided missiles, flying torpedoes and of course guns. After the battle, swap turrets and upgrade your ship with exotic weapons to fight even more effectively.

    ActionSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races

    WHY THIS

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

    Sky Combat is a fast-paced WWII aviation game where you race to the finish in iconic fighter planes. Use powerups like machine guns, missiles, and boosters to outmaneuver opponents in thrilling air battles. Speed and strategy will decide the winner!

    2025ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗

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 with ASTRIDER.

    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 with ASTRIDER.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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 ASTRIDER.

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ASTRIDER

What games are most similar to ASTRIDER?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ASTRIDER are Cosmic Rift: Zero-G Experiment – Rift War 1944, DELIVERY MUST COMPLETE, Kamikaze Strike: FPV Drone.
Who developed ASTRIDER?
ASTRIDER was developed by Sanguine Horse Studio.

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 ASTRIDER.

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