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Games like Star Surge

If Star Surge is your kind of game, the closest matches are PERFECT SNAP: Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles, Anton and Going Dark — 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 Star Surge: Throw, merge, and create the legendary giant planet in the depths of space! Blend classic "Suika" puzzle mechanics with special powers, asteroid hazards, crystal energy, and an adaptive AI that gets tougher as you progress. Aim for the highest score in Star Surge!

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventureCasual2.24 USDWindowsby Typhoon
Star Surge — Steam game cover

Players who liked Star Surge also play

Steam players who put hours into Star Surge 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. PERFECT SNAP: Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Surge.

    Turn any image into a 3D jigsaw puzzle! Solve solo or with friends (co-op & PvP), display your masterpieces in a customizable 3D museum, and visit everyone else's. Personalize your character and take on the 100-level campaign, from easy puzzles all the way to 1000 pieces.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Anton

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Surge.

    Help a sentient robot escape an oppressive society through your abilities to hack and reprogram devices & automatons in the world

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Going Dark

    WHY THIS

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

    Going Dark is a Stealth Infiltration Game fully coated in the Green Shades of Night Vision.

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Daemon: Lost in Memory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Surge.

    You are an anomaly. A single, sentient data bit trapped deep within a collapsing, corrupted memory space.

  5. Morphing Blocks

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Surge.

    Forty-two mini-games in different styles. Morphing Blocks is a colorful block game collection: preview and launch from a central Hub—casual, arcade, versus, tower defense, match-3, and all kinds of puzzles, with a huge catalog of levels and layouts.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Panin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Surge.

    "Panin" is a single-player puzzle game where you control two characters simultaneously with a single key. They must each clear their own unique map.Can they reach the flags and meet their shared destiny?It's up to you to guide them to the goal!"

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Type: Turbo

    WHY THIS

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

    Combines platforming and typing mechanics into a high demanding skillset from you to beat whatever comes along the way. Different typing commands will be key to overcome challenges! Type smart, Type creative, Type turbo!

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. Dimension Defenders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Star Surge fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Star Surge.

    Compete in ranked PvP tower defense, survive infinite dimension loops, or defend alongside a friend in online co-op. Build powerful turret combinations, adapt to ever-changing enemy paths, and climb a global ELO ladder.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Surge at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Surge.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Surge.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Star Surge.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Star Surge.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Surge.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Star Surge.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Star Surge.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Star Surge on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Star Surge.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 and Adventure with Star Surge.

    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. 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 Star Surge.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Surge.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

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

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Surge.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Star Surge

How much does Star Surge cost?
Star Surge is listed on Steam at 2.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Star Surge?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Surge are PERFECT SNAP: Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles, Anton, Going Dark.
Who developed Star Surge?
Star Surge was developed by Typhoon and published by Sert Production.

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 Star Surge.

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