Games like Iron Skies
If Iron Skies is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nova Swarm, GOD CORE and Metal Crisis — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Iron Skies: Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Players who liked Iron Skies also play
Steam players who put hours into Iron Skies 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.
Nova Swarm
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Top pick for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
GOD CORE
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Second-strongest match for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
A hardcore shoot 'em up that takes you back to the golden age of arcades. As the rogue Martian fleet brings the chill of doomsday, the GOD CORE plunges into battle alone. One striker. One chance. Unleash everything. Hold nothing back.
Metal Crisis
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Third-strongest match for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
METAL CRISIS is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up inspired by 3D space shooters of the 90s. Pilot the most advanced ship Earth has created capable of acquiring enemy weapons as you battle through hordes of fighters and hulking bosses in it's war against the space colonies rebellion.
The Last Sideran
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Ranked #4 for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
A hand-drawn 2D arcade shoot 'em up following Zenia, the last Sideran. Dodge the Spikes, gather star essence, unlock ships with distinct weapons, and chase high scores through escalating runs.
Raiders 1941
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Ranked #5 for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
A hardcore challenging Shoot 'Em Up set during WWII - battle, shoot, bomb and weave your way accross the European Theatre.
Wrathflame
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Ranked #6 for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
A dark fantasy themed 2D top down real-time bullet hell shooter featuring retro Pico8 pixel graphics and chiptunes
Plasma Sky
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Ranked #7 for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
This week, every pilot on Earth flies the same new seeded run: identical enemies, identical drops, pure skill. Flow through alien formations, arm your wingmen, and power up when you can. Out-score your friends in Plasma Sky, an arcade shmup with over 100 handcrafted levels. Blast into the neon sky!
Shin Sophstar
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Ranked #8 for Iron Skies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
Shin Sophstar is an electrifying remix built for speed and scoring. With 30 ship variants, mid-run ship switching, and an aggressive, deeply layered scoring system, it delivers a faster, sharper arcade experience for all skill levels.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Iron Skies.
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?
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Iron Skies.
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.
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More from 171Dev
Other recommendable Steam games by 171Dev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trigger Dungeon
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Iron Skies. Shares Action and Indie with Iron Skies.
Rage inducing trap-filled precision platformer ideal for speedrunners and masochists alike. Navigate through nearly 200 hundred rooms filled with devious tricks and traps. Classic, easy to pick-up gameplay with colourful pixel art graphics.
Tameshi
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Iron Skies. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!
Chromacell
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Iron Skies. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Tiny Racing
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Iron Skies. Shares Action with Iron Skies.
A nostalgic top-down racing game with vibrant pixel art. Choose from unique vehicles, conquer constrasting tracks, and master different modes. With intuitive arcade controls, experience high-speed excitement and become the ultimate racing champion in this retro race adventure!
Frequently asked about Iron Skies
- What games are most similar to Iron Skies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Iron Skies are Nova Swarm, GOD CORE, Metal Crisis.
- Who developed Iron Skies?
- Iron Skies was developed by 171Dev.
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 Iron Skies.
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