Games like Laika's Space Defence
If Laika's Space Defence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Football Cup Survivor, SteelFall and XENOFLEKT — 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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Players who liked Laika's Space Defence also play
Steam players who put hours into Laika's Space Defence 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.
Football Cup Survivor
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Top pick for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
Survive the Football Cup: one player, one nation, seven unforgiving matches. A football auto-shooter roguelite where your only weapon is a ball and every enemy wants to take you down. 60 countries, 46 maps, 63 achievements. Score goals to make history. Will you be the one to lift the trophy?
SteelFall
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Second-strongest match for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
Pilot a heavily armed mech against relentless hordes. Fly, blast, and burn your way through swarms, draft powerful items to create game-changing builds, and take down titanic bosses in this fast-paced action roguelite.
XENOFLEKT
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
XENOFLEKT is a roguelite space shooter where you will turn enemy bullets into armory: dash into enemy fire to parry and deflect shots, heal your ship, and trigger devastating counter-attacks. Unlock parts, plug-in unique perks with satellites, and get ready to master hundreds of deadly synergies.
Ballwark: Pinball Siege
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Ranked #4 for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
Pinball meets Vampire Survivors in this dopamine-packed arcade roguelite! Launch enchanted balls, build deadly machines, and forge powerful synergies to crush relentless hordes.
Go Next!
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Ranked #5 for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
Grow exponentially stronger as you survive hordes of monsters across 9 different worlds. Gather resources, level up, build your skill tree, and parkour your way out of chaos!
Iron Frame
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Ranked #6 for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
A bullet-heaven roguelite fought in a single ship. Nine frames, each one rewriting a rule of the run rather than its numbers. Ten guns across forty tiers, ten bosses to break, and a hull that visibly grows with every level. Survive long enough and the swarm stops being the problem.
Lone Survivors
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Ranked #7 for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
An objective-driven bullet heaven where twelve classes build absurd weapon synergies across shifting fantasy biomes. Raise the dead as a Necromancer, plow through enemies as a Knight, and more! Survive events, bosses, and campaign objectives, then chase endless leaderboard runs.
HIRUN
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Ranked #8 for Laika's Space Defence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
HIRUN is an absolute banger of cyberpunk action roguelite where you blast, dash, and drift through neon-drenched hordes. Stack insane upgrades, unlock dope characters, and slash through deadly bosses. The OVERLORD awaits you. Die, rewire, and dive right back into the grid. Can you survive the rave?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Laika's Space Defence at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~50% under Laika's Space Defence on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Laika's Space Defence.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Laika's Space Defence.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Laika's Space Defence.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Laika's Space Defence.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Laika's Space Defence
- How much does Laika's Space Defence cost?
- Laika's Space Defence is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Laika's Space Defence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Laika's Space Defence are Football Cup Survivor, SteelFall, XENOFLEKT.
- Who developed Laika's Space Defence?
- Laika's Space Defence was developed by Para Fauna Studios.
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