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Games like Lonely Planet

If Lonely Planet is your kind of game, the closest matches are Otpisani: Nightingale, Retrovolver and BULLETARIUM — 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 Lonely Planet: A Sci fi looter shooter. You have crashed on a strange planet, your spaceship parts scattered across the mystical world. Collect weapons, explore the world, clear dungeons, interact with NPCs and fight bosses to save the planet's inhabitants and repair your ship!

ActionAdventureWindowsby 98 Redd Games
Lonely Planet — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Lonely Planet 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. Otpisani: Nightingale

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    A retro shooter game inspired by an old TV show. You play as a part of the resistance movement fighting the German occupation in a set of explosive missions while experiencing an exciting story.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Retrovolver

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    Retro roguelite shooter set in the Wild West. Raid towns, upgrade your stats, survive as long as possible.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. BULLETARIUM

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    Bulletarium is a fast-paced, retro-style FPS packed with pixelated carnage, relentless demon-slaying, and old-school attitude. Take on the role of a nameless rookie resistance fighter and do battle with hordes of alien invaders and demons. Uncover a terrible secret that plagues the planet!

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. The War Machine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Lonely Planet.

    A roguelike FPS blending arcade action with dark corporate satire. Deploy as a remote operator for Corperal, master seven characters and weapons, build synergies from 80+ items, conquer five hostile regions through endless escalating waves and regional bosses, and balance the Corperal stock ticker.

    ActionIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  5. Tale of the Bullet Knight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    Enter the world of Bullet Knight, a fast and brutal boomer shooter that combines roguelite randomness with hand-crafted levels. Each run offers unique challenges filled with relentless action. This game is a tale of love and hate, of nature and humanity.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. Second Sun

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Lonely Planet fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    Second Sun is a Hi-octane FPS with RPG elements, set in an open world, filled with intriguing landmarks, procedurally generated dungeons and tons of loot! Explore a vast, picturesque map and use your abilities to save the Empire from devastation and prevent the world from falling into darkness.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Battle Shapers

    WHY THIS

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

    Battle Shapers is an action-packed, sci-fi FPS roguelite in which you shoot and smash your way through swarms of corrupt robots. Wield powerful weapons, abilities, and game-changing new powers stolen from ruthless Overlords.

    2024Action24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. UNYIELDER

    WHY THIS

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

    UNYIELDER is an intense Boss-rush Movement-FPS. Assemble your arsenal of destruction, smash your way through waves of bosses, face your own Final-Boss.

    2025ActionIndieRPG12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Lonely Planet.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Lonely Planet.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Lonely Planet.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Lonely Planet

What games are most similar to Lonely Planet?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lonely Planet are Otpisani: Nightingale, Retrovolver, BULLETARIUM.
Who developed Lonely Planet?
Lonely Planet was developed by 98 Redd 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 Lonely Planet.

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