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Same retro mood as Cosmic Dust & Rust.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
- Deck Playable
- 2011
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- 14 games
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The closest matches to Cosmic Dust & Rust: Revenge of the Titans, METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, Repel The Rifts, Sanctum, and Dig or Die. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares tower defense and wave based combat with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
Rank 03- $12.99 (Price checked Oct 17)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
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Sanctum
Why this: Shares tower defense with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
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Space Run
Why this: Same challenging mood as Cosmic Dust & Rust.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Cosmic Dust & Rust
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Shares tower defense and wave based combat with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
- 71% of 416 reviews
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Shares ship upgrades with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
- 86% of 423 reviews
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: 16bit Nights
- Price: $1.99checked Oct 17
- 53% of 129 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Deep turret customization
- Nostalgic tower defense feel
- Retro pixel art aesthetic
- Challenging
- Grim
- Nostalgic
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About Cosmic Dust & Rust
The closest matches to Cosmic Dust & Rust: Revenge of the Titans, METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, Repel The Rifts, Sanctum, and Dig or Die. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Cosmic Dust & Rust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Revenge of the Titans, METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED and Repel The Rifts — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, grim and nostalgic, and single out its resource grinding and ship upgrades. 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.
About Cosmic Dust & Rust: Cosmic Dust & Rust is a tower defence game set in space. Upgrade your ship, build turrets and defence systems, undergo side missions and take control of your ship manually and use its cannons and super weapons to destroy your enemies.
Is Cosmic Dust & Rust worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 54% of 129 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $1.99 (checked Oct 17).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deep turret customization
- Nostalgic tower defense feel
- Satisfying combat pacing
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The first few minutes are fun.. and then it gets tedious fast. Not enough explanation of what the turrets or upgrades do. The difficulty curve is very jagged from level to level. Have to grind it out to get upgrades (that you are not sure…”
People who play it also play: Revenge of the Titans, METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, Repel The Rifts
Frequently asked about Cosmic Dust & Rust
Can I run it?
How much does Cosmic Dust & Rust cost?
Cosmic Dust & Rust is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cosmic Dust & Rust?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cosmic Dust & Rust are Revenge of the Titans, METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED, Repel The Rifts.
Who developed Cosmic Dust & Rust?
Cosmic Dust & Rust was developed by 16bit Nights and published by Back To Basics Gaming.