Games like Project Starship
If Project Starship is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Neon, Rutabaga Desert Storm and PuPaiPo Space Deluxe — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and hypnotic. 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 Project Starship also play
Steam players who put hours into Project Starship 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.
Project Neon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Blast through enemy defenses in this intense 16-bit shoot ‘em up (or shmup), dismantling interplanetary shields to bring humanity’s last hope back from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse.
Rutabaga Desert Storm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Lead the vegetable revolution alone or with a friend in the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Rutabaga Desert Storm! Take down wave after wave of enemies, dodge their projectiles, and grab power-ups to boost your destruction! Can you defeat the oppressive humans and free the proletariat vegetable masses?
PuPaiPo Space Deluxe
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Hop into your spaceship and battle waves of opponents in your journey to find the legendary space pizza! Now 100% more Deluxe than ever!
Pixel Descent
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell dodging and a retro mood with Project Starship.
Ranked #4 for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Pixel Descent is an action rogue-lite in which you navigate a series of complex dungeons packed to the brim with monsters that want you dead. Sign the contract and descend into the deepest depths of the abyss knowing full well that you will definitely die there, it's just a matter of when.
Bleed 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Starship.
Ranked #6 for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Beat Hazard
WHY THIS
Shares a hypnotic mood with Project Starship.
Ranked #7 for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Super Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Starship.
Ranked #8 for Project Starship fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Starship at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Starship.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Project Starship.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Starship.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Starship.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
"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
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Project Starship on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Starship.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Starship.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Starship.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Starship.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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More from Panda Indie Studio
Other recommendable Steam games by Panda Indie Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Reset 1-1
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Starship.
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Indie with Project Starship.
The world has ended, Demons have risen to conquer the uninhabited and flourishing nature outside. It's your turn, with your unknown identity, to find your path for a new beginning. Let's not beat about the bush here. Reset 1-1 is everything you loved about the late 80's/early 90's. It's a blast from the past, with a fresh spin.
Null Drifter
WHY THIS
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Null Drifter is a 1BIT LO-FI shooter, a journey into the void inside a computer simulation! Lose yourself in this frenetic yet chill experience!
Project Starship X
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Project Starship.
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
The Rogue-Lite shooter where you CRASH-KILL comical abominations! Pilot your spaceship as Swagthulhu in this original and wacky "Lovecraftian Parody"!
Pity Pit
WHY THIS
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Dig Dug meets Downwell! Dig your doom, save Gwendoline from the Devil Johnson! 2D platforming, digging, ores, crafting, bombs!!
Pixel Survivor - Pixel Up!
WHY THIS
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
A pixel SURVIVOR ROGUE-LITE that will give you a hypnotic addiction! You do all the usual "Survivor" stuff, but this time you'll have to hire a therapist in order to stop playing!
Z-Warp
WHY THIS
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.
Feeble Light
WHY THIS
Another title from Panda Indie Studio, the studio behind Project Starship. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Blast off as a little star trying to rid the cosmos of angry celestial beings in Feeble Light, a 3-tone pixel art shoot’em up where minimalistic presentation makes way for precision controls and fluid animation!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Bleed 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Bleed 2 is a relentless arcade action game featuring air-dodging, bullet-reflecting, and tons of bosses. Now with randomly-generated levels and daily challenges, too!
Jamestown
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Starship.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Super Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Project Starship.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Project Starship.
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
Frequently asked about Project Starship
- How much does Project Starship cost?
- Project Starship is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Project Starship have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Project Starship supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Project Starship?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Starship are Project Neon, Rutabaga Desert Storm, PuPaiPo Space Deluxe.
- Who developed Project Starship?
- Project Starship was developed by Panda Indie Studio.
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