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- $0.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2016
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: IR Studio
- Price: $0.99checked Nov 7
- 69% of 54 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Boss fights are punishing but fair
- Retro aesthetic nails the arcade feel
- Temporary power ups add strategic depth
- Challenging
- Nostalgic
- Retro
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About Starship Annihilator
The closest matches to Starship Annihilator: Distant Space, Stargunner, Super Star Path, Syder Arcade, and 1982. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Starship Annihilator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Distant Space, Stargunner and Super Star Path — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, nostalgic and retro, and single out its boss fight mechanics and difficulty settings. 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.
About Starship Annihilator: A classic style vertical scrolling-shooter. Includes 10 levels and 10 boss enemies. You will have several power-ups for weapon modification. Within each level, you will face different enemies, among which will vary from low to extreme levels of threat!
Is Starship Annihilator worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 68% of 54 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $0.99 (checked Nov 7).
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Boss fights are punishing but fair
- Retro aesthetic nails the arcade feel
- Temporary power ups add strategic depth
- Wave based enemy spawning feels relentless
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Well... another spacecraft game that appear in Steam. Well, it's not a problem to develop a spacecraft shoot'em up game, but at least make something different that make players find this game interesting. +5 Steam Trading Cards are…”
“I actually wanted to recommend this game, because the gameplay isn’t bad at all – it’s fun, challenging, and honestly worth the price. [b] BUT… the game is basically impossible to finish. [/b] When you beat level 8, it crashes with this…”
People who play it also play: Distant Space, Stargunner, Super Star Path
Frequently asked about Starship Annihilator
Can I run it?
How much does Starship Annihilator cost?
Starship Annihilator is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Starship Annihilator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starship Annihilator are Distant Space, Stargunner, Super Star Path.
Who developed Starship Annihilator?
Starship Annihilator was developed by IR Studio.