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Games like Karma Cannon

If Karma Cannon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Syder Arcade, Earthion and Space War: Infinity — 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 Karma Cannon: Clear hordes of cosmic critters in this simple 2D shooter but be carefully, bullets that exit the arena will warp behind you and become dangerous to you ship. Whatever goes around comes around.

ActionIndieCasualWindowsby Video Galaxy
Karma Cannon — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Karma Cannon 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. Syder Arcade

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    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 ↗
  2. Earthion

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Karma Cannon.

    Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.

    2025Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Space War: Infinity

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.

    2019ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Space Elite Force

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    Gear up for an intergalactic thrill ride! Space Elite Force is a frenzied space-shooter packed with weapon customization and epic boss battles. Take command of your ship and fight for the survival of humanity!

    2018ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Beat Hazard

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    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.

    2010ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Jets'n'Guns Gold

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    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 ↗
  7. Starr Mazer: DSP

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    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 PlayableSteam ↗
  8. REMOTE LIFE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Karma Cannon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.

    2019ActionIndieSteam ↗

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 Karma Cannon.

    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 and Indie with Karma Cannon.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Karma Cannon.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Karma Cannon.

    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 Karma Cannon.

    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. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Karma Cannon.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Karma Cannon.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Karma Cannon

What games are most similar to Karma Cannon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Karma Cannon are Syder Arcade, Earthion, Space War: Infinity.
Who developed Karma Cannon?
Karma Cannon was developed by Video Galaxy.

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 Karma Cannon.

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