Games like Spacewar
If Spacewar is your kind of game, the closest matches are ROUTE16R, Beetle Sumo and Wizzo PopOut — 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 Spacewar: The space duel that started it all, reinvented. Vector ships, a planet that pulls you in, torpedoes, phaser and hyperspace. An adaptation of the 1980s MS-DOS version of the legendary Spacewar! (PDP-1, 1962). 1 to 4 players, local and online, friends or bots. CRT neon, pure inertia.
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Steam players who put hours into Spacewar 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.
ROUTE16R
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Top pick for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spacewar.
A brand-new entry in the classic high-octane car chase action series, Route16, originally released in the 1980s. Take down the revived Kanharoo Gang with the evolved MAD X-R!
Beetle Sumo
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Spacewar.
Beetle Sumo turns Japanese rhinoceros beetle wrestling into a fast couch-party battle. Charge, shove, scramble, and survive as up to 8 beetles fight to be the last one on the table.
Wizzo PopOut
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Wizzo Popout is a fast-paced, 3D top-down arena shooter for up to 4 players. Play as an arcane wizzo riding a bouncing magic bubble! Cast cool spells, dodge enemy blasts, and knock your rivals out of the arena in hilariously chaotic battles.
Strike and Pop
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Explosive arcade fighting game where you control a puppet with a balloon head. Pop your rival's balloon using sharp weapons, play in duels or survival mode against the AI, unlock new weapons, and climb the online leaderboard!
Meet Me In The Well
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Ranked #5 for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Spacewar.
Meet Me in the Well is a frantic arena shooter for up to 4 players. Play locally or online with Steam Remote Play Together. Drop in with a revolver loaded with 6 bullets from a huge arsenal of effects, spin the chamber, and fire. Every shot pulls a random round so be ready for chaos.
Galactic Mecha GunSuit
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Ranked #6 for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
A linear danmaku shoot-em-up with some visual novel elements. Clear 6 stages across 4 difficult settings, each with unique enemy spawns, bullet patterns and boss phases. The game is structured to have each difficulty cleared in sequence, with the full plot unfolding across each one.
Battle Marine Advance!
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Ranked #7 for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Jump, shoot, and unleash an invincible laser in this unique single-screen score-attack shooter. Keep every shot on target, build huge HIT combos, collect medals, and climb the online leaderboards—then watch replays from the world's best players.
Retrobot: 2085
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Ranked #8 for Spacewar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Retrobot: 2085 is a fast, frantic twin-stick arcade shooter with endless robot hordes, survivor rescues, high-score chasing, extra lives, and chaotic 4-player local multiplayer.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spacewar at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spacewar.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spacewar.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spacewar.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
"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!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~67% under Spacewar on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spacewar.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spacewar.
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?
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 Spacewar.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Spacewar.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spacewar.
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.
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Frequently asked about Spacewar
- How much does Spacewar cost?
- Spacewar is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Spacewar have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Spacewar supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Spacewar?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spacewar are ROUTE16R, Beetle Sumo, Wizzo PopOut.
- Who developed Spacewar?
- Spacewar was developed by Lemoine Yann and published by Cognitys.
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 Spacewar.
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