Games like Distant Space
If Distant Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Minimalist Space War, Distant Space 2 and Defender's Squad: The Last Ride — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its boss battles add variety, checkpoint progression replaces permadeath and chill. 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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Steam players who put hours into Distant Space 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.
Minimalist Space War
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Top pick for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
A minimalist retro space shooter. Challenging, fast, and fun game play
Distant Space 2
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Shares a hypnotic mood with Distant Space.
Second-strongest match for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Distant Space 2 - is an indirect continuation of the first part, in which you will find more dynamic gameplay. Your task is to destroy enemy ships on each level to go to the next of 26 available. In addition to conventional ships, you will have to wait for the boss ships, the battle with which will not be easy.
Defender's Squad: The Last Ride
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Third-strongest match for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Defender's Squad is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter 2D that combines 7 different levels. Play Solo and pick one of the 3 ships to kill enemies and save the earth from aliens.
VectorSmash!
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Ranked #4 for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
VectorSmash is a fast-paced retro arcade space shooter. Pilot your artillery battery to defend the planet, blasting waves of incoming meteorites and using warps to survive. Classic 80s action with crisp vector visuals, simple controls, and addictive high-score chasing!
Viral Reload EX
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Ranked #5 for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Viral Reload EX is a shoot-em-up with a dash mechanic where you shrink down to fight infections at a microscopic scale! Can you defeat the evil Kyle Kaboom before he destroys the moon?
Bit Blaster XL
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Shares a retro mood with Distant Space.
Ranked #6 for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
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!
1982
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Shares wave based enemy spawning, boss battles and a retro mood with Distant Space.
Ranked #8 for Distant Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
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Space Invaders Extreme
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Shares boss battles and a hypnotic mood with Distant Space.
Reviewers of Distant Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Distant Space.
The critically acclaimed update to the Space Invaders franchise has arrived to invade Steam with greatly improved graphics and audio! Packed with pulsing, vibrant visuals enhanced further by interactive sound. The invaders have evolved, the question is: can you keep up?
Space Aliens Invaders
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Reviewers of Distant Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
modernized old time classic alien shooter game
King of Ping Pong: MEGAMIX
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Reviewers of Distant Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Table tennis meets arcade fighter in this fast-paced action-packed journey to become the best in the world. Defeat a series quirky characters utilizing quick wit and precise timing to secure victory in increasingly challenging matches!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Distant Space at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
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Priced ~51% under Distant Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Distant Space.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Distant Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Distant Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Distant Space.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Distant Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
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Priced ~51% under Distant Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Distant Space.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Distant Space.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Distant Space.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Distant Space.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Distant Space.
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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distant Space.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Distant Space
- How much does Distant Space cost?
- Distant Space is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Distant Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Distant Space are Minimalist Space War, Distant Space 2, Defender's Squad: The Last Ride.
- Who developed Distant Space?
- Distant Space was developed by PixelMouse.
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