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Games like Starr Mazer: DSP

If Starr Mazer: DSP is your kind of game, the closest matches are DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours, Syder Arcade and Enemy Mind — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Starr Mazer: DSP: The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.

2016ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOS · Linuxby Imagos Softworks, Subpixel Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Starr Mazer: DSP 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. DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Top pick for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours is the latest installment in Taito's DARIUS series of arcade-style shooting games. Blast hordes of alien sea-monsters, and blaze your own trail through branching environments.

    2015Action12.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Syder Arcade

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

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

    Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.

    2013ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Enemy Mind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Third-strongest match for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. DRAINUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Ranked #4 for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. R-Type Dimensions EX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Ranked #5 for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!

    2018Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. SATAZIUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Ranked #6 for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

    2011ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Jets'n'Guns Gold

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Ranked #7 for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.

    2014ActionIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Drifting Lands

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Ranked #8 for Starr Mazer: DSP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Drifting Lands is an hybrid of classical horizontal shoot'em'up with a lot of strong gameplay elements coming straight from the action-RPG genre. If you want an original diablo-like game or you want a different kind of shoot'em'up, you're in the right place!

    2017ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Starr Mazer: DSP

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Sine Mora

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Starr Mazer: DSP cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Sine Mora is a horizontal shoot'em up that provides a unique take on challenge, where time is the ultimate factor.

    2012ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. ALLTYNEX Second

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Reviewers of Starr Mazer: DSP cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    The year is 2192AD. 40 years ago, the Stellar-class All-purpose Administrative Computer ALLTYNEX suddenly attempted to enact genocide upon mankind. Commandeering armies of unmanned weapons, ALLTYNEX enacted a massacre so terrible that within only 72 hours of the start of the incident, approximately 85% of the world's population had...

    2014ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. R-Type Final 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Reviewers of Starr Mazer: DSP cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.

    2021Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starr Mazer: DSP at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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 ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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 ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Starr Mazer: DSP on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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 Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Enemy Mind

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    A retro shooter with a new power: the power to become any ship.Lost in the depths of space, you are a being of pure psychic energy with the uncanny power to take over and control anything you see in order to survive.Built for PC, Enemy Mind lets you battle your way through 70+ waves of challenging enemies.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. DRAINUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R-Type Dimensions EX

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Starr Mazer: DSP.

    R-Type and R-Type II, the legendary coin-op space shooters, are now together on Steam!

    2018Action14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Starr Mazer: DSP

Does Starr Mazer: DSP run on Steam Deck?
Starr Mazer: DSP is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Starr Mazer: DSP cost?
Starr Mazer: DSP is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Starr Mazer: DSP?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starr Mazer: DSP are DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours, Syder Arcade, Enemy Mind.
Who developed Starr Mazer: DSP?
Starr Mazer: DSP was developed by Imagos Softworks, Subpixel Studios and published by Digital Tribe.

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 Starr Mazer: DSP.

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