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Games like Starbase Starlight

If Starbase Starlight is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dyeversion, Ironfront Express and Warriors of the End — 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 Starbase Starlight: Defend your Starbase in a vibrant roguelite shooter. Upgrade your weapons mid-run, unlock permanent rewards, and survive the endless onslaught.

2026ActionStrategy9.99 USDWindowsby Tiny Witch Games
Starbase Starlight — Steam game cover

Players who liked Starbase Starlight also play

Steam players who put hours into Starbase Starlight 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. Dyeversion

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Starbase Starlight.

    Dyeversion is a color-routing tower defense. Drag liquid hoses from color sources to your towers, mix colors to forge powerful COMBO towers, and route your pipes around the enemy path. Battle dozens of levels, earn tokens, and unlock a deep skill tree.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Ironfront Express

    WHY THIS

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

    Upgrade your engine’s arsenal in this bullet hell, tower defense roguelite featuring the most heavily armored locomotive in existence. Engineer and command the Ironfront Express in a unique take on lane defense where you upgrade with specialized turrets, drones, and tactical abilities.

    ActionStrategySteam ↗
  3. Warriors of the End

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!

    ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  4. SinSiege

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starbase Starlight.

    SinSiege is a action rogue-like/tower defense hybrid set in Hell, where humanity's embassies is under siege. Play as legendary heroes, build divine defenses, and face off against waves of demons corrupted by the Seven Sins in a battle to protect mankind’s final haven in hell.

    ActionStrategySteam ↗
  5. WaveBorn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    WaveBorn is a frenetic co-op wave-based survival FPS roguelite. Battle massive hordes of hundreds of enemies solo or with a friend. Forge a devastating arsenal, unleash elemental synergies, and dominate the arena before the swarm consumes you.

    ActionSteam ↗
  6. Genome Guardian 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    COMBINE WEAPONS in the microscopic shooter with macroscopic depth. BUILD YOUR NANOBOT from hundreds of parts. SURVIVE the microbial onslaught once more in this psychedelic dive to the Abyss, full of mutations, minerals, anomalies and powerup polyps. SHMUP mode turns it into a vertical shoot 'em up!

    2026ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deep Breach

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Deploy orbital defenses, fuse experimental turret technologies, and engineer devastating weapon builds in a tactical sci-fi horde survival roguelike. Break shields, shred armor, and adapt to evolving bio-corrupted swarms alongside a damaged tactical AI.

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  8. Neon Armada - Solar Storm

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Starbase Starlight fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    A top-down arena roguelite you can learn in one wave and spend a hundred hours mastering. Waves close in from every edge; the shop between them decides what you become. 32 ships, 28 weapons, 115 mods to combine — then endless mode, where the caps come off.

    2026ActionSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starbase Starlight at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Starbase Starlight.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Starbase Starlight.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starbase Starlight on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starbase Starlight.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Starbase Starlight

How much does Starbase Starlight cost?
Starbase Starlight is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Starbase Starlight?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starbase Starlight are Dyeversion, Ironfront Express, Warriors of the End.
Who developed Starbase Starlight?
Starbase Starlight was developed by Tiny Witch 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 Starbase Starlight.

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