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Games like Solaroids

If Solaroids is your kind of game, the closest matches are Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo, Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain and Trigger Fever — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric 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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About Solaroids: Classic Asteroids® updated with modern gameplay and perfected controls. Explore hazardous environments and sneak around asteroids to surprise attack giant bosses. Upgrade your ship to use additional power-ups. Single player or fight with up to 3 friends with intense local coop.

2017ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Chad Yates
Solaroids — Steam game cover
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Destructible ship components add strategyHypnotic soundtrack enhances immersionPhysics lend feel of momentum and controlled driftingAtmosphericChillHypnotic

Players who liked Solaroids also play

Steam players who put hours into Solaroids 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. Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo

    WHY THIS

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

    The definitive 'Turbo Edition' of the easy to play hard to master space blaster. Bringing more game modes, ships, challenges, upgradable power-ups and frantic retro space blasting fun than ever before. Alone or in co-op you’ll keep coming back to unlock ships, upgrade weapons and beat your high-score.

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain

    WHY THIS

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

    The iconic stuck-it-to-the-man party game receives an EPIC FREE STORY MODE UPDATE! Rise to the challenge of the evil Shogun Han Gorou!

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Trigger Fever

    WHY THIS

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

    Engage in chaotic multiplayer battles in Trigger Fever, a top-down shooter party game. Crush foes solo or with friends, wielding 50+ unique weapons. Show off skills, tactically dominate, and embrace the crazy onslaught!

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Shwip

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Solaroids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    Dominate global leaderboards as you face an unrelenting geometric force. Shwip blends twin-stick arcade action with tight controls, jaw-dropping pixel destruction, and devastating weapons and abilities. Evade, outlast, and play with style in four game modes, both solo and local multiplayer.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Super Mega Space Blaster Special

    WHY THIS

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

    A modern take on the retro arcade shooter. Super Mega Space Blaster Special is a fast-paced frantic blast of a shoot 'em up (shmup). Played alone or in local coop the game is addictive and will keep you coming back to unlock the next ship or beat your high-score.

    2019ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Art Of Flight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Solaroids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    Play solo or with your friends in this fast-paced space shooter. Pilot multiple ships at the same time while taking on waves of enemies, finding power-ups, and gaining additional episodes along the way. Who will make it to the top of the leaderboard?

    2025ActionIndie2.49 USDSteam ↗
  7. Tesla vs Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting with Solaroids.

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

    Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

    2018ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Circuit Breakers

    WHY THIS

    Shares twin stick shooting and a retro mood with Solaroids.

    Ranked #8 for Solaroids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solaroids.

    Talented and ferocious weapon experts needed to eliminate a dangerous mechanical menace that threatens the existence of humanity. Up to six positions available. Benefits include traveling the world to eliminate robots.

    2015Action6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solaroids.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Action with Solaroids.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solaroids.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solaroids.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Solaroids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solaroids.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    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 Solaroids.

    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 Solaroids.

    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 Solaroids.

    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 Solaroids.

    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 Solaroids

How much does Solaroids cost?
Solaroids is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Solaroids have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Solaroids supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Solaroids?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solaroids are Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo, Inverse Ninjas VS. The Public Domain, Trigger Fever.
Who developed Solaroids?
Solaroids was developed by Chad Yates and published by DynF/X Digital LLC.

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 Solaroids.

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