Games like Solar Core
If Solar Core is your kind of game, the closest matches are Soundsaber, StreetSync and Waves 2: Notorious — 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 Solar Core: Survive to the end of each track in fast, rhythm-driven combat in this top down twin-stick roguelike.
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Steam players who put hours into Solar Core 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.
Soundsaber
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Top pick for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
A twin-stick shooter where your music is your weapon. Whichever track you choose will power your engines and your lasers, but beware: your enemies are also driven by the music.
StreetSync
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Second-strongest match for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Dive into a rhythm-action FPS rogue-like where every shot must sync with the beat. Slide, wall-run, and harness the rhythm using your own custom music. One missed note leads to your demise. Collect powerful cards to remix the gameplay and keep the beat alive!
Waves 2: Notorious
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solar Core.
Waves 2: Notorious is an arcade twin-stick shooter set in Cyberspace. Build Combos, earn Adrenaline and unleash powerful Burst attacks as you Dive into the Net and do battle against an AI that adapts to your weaknesses!
Beat Hazard
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Ranked #4 for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Beat Hazard 2
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Ranked #5 for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Experience your music collection as never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.
Drones, The Human Condition
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Ranked #7 for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
An addictive fast paced twin stick arena shooter with banging electronic sound track, nostalgic nods and a barrage of flashing lights and bullets. Your task is simple, kill drones, free humans, don't die!
City of Beats
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Ranked #8 for Solar Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Shoot. Groove. Loot. Repeat. Cross an ever-changing city skyline, flowing through encounters in tune with the cityscape’s beat. From the weapons you fire, to the enemies you shoot, to the zen-like flow, the only way to win is to become one with the beat.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Solar Core.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
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!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Wheelchair Wizards
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Core.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Frequently asked about Solar Core
- What games are most similar to Solar Core?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solar Core are Soundsaber, StreetSync, Waves 2: Notorious.
- Who developed Solar Core?
- Solar Core was developed by Aileron Interactive and published by Mangos For Hire.
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 Solar Core.
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