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Games like Neon Tyrant

If Neon Tyrant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project AsteroidZ, Eigengrau and Heli-Cats — 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 Neon Tyrant: Neon Tyrant is a co-op vertical shmup where togetherness is a mechanic: fly close to bond shields, rescue downed wingmates under fire, draft run-defining perks. Campaign, endless, daily runs, boss rush — 1-4 pilots, local or online. Flying solo? Hire an AI wingman that learns. Everything glows.

2026ActionIndieEarly AccessWindowsby One Mind Games
Neon Tyrant — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Neon Tyrant 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. Project AsteroidZ

    WHY THIS

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

    Project AsteroidZ is a high-octane arcade shooter forged for the Score-Chasers. Take the stick of The Viper and tear through relentless waves of asteroids and enemy interceptors. Chain your kills, stack combo multipliers, and push your limits with every run.

    ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Eigengrau

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Neon Tyrant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Neon Tyrant.

    A twist at every turn! Explore a colorful shoot 'em up with varied and diverse gameplay beyond the familiar shooting and dodging. Every situation, every enemy, and every boss offers a different handcrafted experience.

    2023ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Heli-Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Dual elevation horizontal 2D arcade shoot 'em up co-op helicopter action!

    2023ActionIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Void Strike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Neon Tyrant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Neon Tyrant.

    Shred endless waves of hostile spaceships in a 1-bit arcade survival roguelite. Build absurd weapon combos, unlock pilots, upgrade your fighter, and survive escalating dogfights against swarms, elite enemies, and colossal bosses.

    2026ActionSteam ↗
  5. < STRECT >

    WHY THIS

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

    Take control and annihilate every invading enemy and stronghold! < STRECT > is a score-attack vertical shmup supporting 1-2 players. Featuring pure mechanics that emphasize destruction and dodging, satisfying explosion effects, and deep hidden secrets, the fight awaits you.

    2027ActionIndieSteam ↗
  6. Heliocide

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Neon Tyrant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Neon Tyrant.

    Heliocide is a relentless top-down scrolling action! Arm your shields, lasers, guns, bombs and missiles to defend the solar system from a massive invasion!

    ActionSteam ↗
  7. Mooncall

    WHY THIS

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

    A retro vector arcade rescue game. Fly your ship to save stranded foragers from a crater-scarred moon, then walk the surface to build beacon networks while the asteroid storms close in. Don't ask about the red mushrooms as officially, they aren't there.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Meteor Storm

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome back to 1996! This shared screen space shooter is the perfect 4-player competitive game for some casual fun!

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Neon Tyrant.

    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 ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

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

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Neon Tyrant

Does Neon Tyrant have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Neon Tyrant supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Neon Tyrant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Neon Tyrant are Project AsteroidZ, Eigengrau, Heli-Cats.
Who developed Neon Tyrant?
Neon Tyrant was developed by One Mind Games.

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 Neon Tyrant.

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