Games like The Last Sideran
If The Last Sideran is your kind of game, the closest matches are VectaGuard, Blitloop and Iron Skies — 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 The Last Sideran: The Last Sideran is a hand-drawn 2D arcade shoot ’em up with select stylized 3D elements, following Zenia, the last Sideran. Dodge the Spikes, gather star essence, unlock ships with distinct weapons, and chase high scores through escalating runs.
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VectaGuard
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Top pick for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Arcade-inspired shmup action where neon vector caverns explode with modern visuals, dynamic music, weapon upgrades and intense score chasing.
Blitloop
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Second-strongest match for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
A fast-paced, side-scrolling retro shooter where you play as “Blit" on a mission to rescue orb pods. Blast enemy swarms and face off against bosses in this bullet-hell shoot 'em up. Earn power-ups and get ready for fluid arcade action in a stylish world with an 80s synthwave soundtrack.
Iron Skies
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Third-strongest match for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Five Arcade
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Ranked #4 for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Shoot to move through the Five Arcade! A fast-paced twin stick 2D arcade physics platformer celebrating Five decades of gaming. Glide, fly, fall and blast through 60 pixel-perfect stages using a cracking selection of guns; from machine guns and flamethrowers to rocket launchers and high-five guns.
Gravitaws
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Ranked #5 for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Gravitaws is a retro-style stage shooter inspired by Jaws (NES). Explore a dynamic overworld map. Collect research materials and upgrades, while evading an Alien invader. The story is delivered in classic style cutscenes. Fight bosses, survive, collect, fish, and bomb your way to victory.
Imminence
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Ranked #6 for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
A brutal 16-bit sci-fi shoot-’em-up inspired by the golden age of the Sega Genesis. Fight across multiple worlds, upgrade your ship, and confront the forces behind the Augmentation Program.
DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite
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Ranked #7 for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
CAVE's arcade bullet hell shooter returns as DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite. New stages, a new character, new music, and other new elements set the stage for a new challenge.
Nebula Live: Galactic trials
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Ranked #8 for The Last Sideran fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Nebula Live is a 2D side-scrolling space shooter set in a galactic TV show where the audience controls the chaos. Fight through 13 levels as viewers vote for unpredictable events, send power-up drops, and influence your chances of survival before unlocking Endless Mode.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Sideran.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Last Sideran.
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 The Last Sideran.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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 The Last Sideran.
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 The Last Sideran.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Last Sideran.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Last Sideran.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Frequently asked about The Last Sideran
- What games are most similar to The Last Sideran?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Last Sideran are VectaGuard, Blitloop, Iron Skies.
- Who developed The Last Sideran?
- The Last Sideran was developed by PixelDoGames, LLC.
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 The Last Sideran.
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