Games like Space Scumbags
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to Space Scumbags for fans of action, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Space Scumbags also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Space Scumbags: Space Scumbags is a space shooter inspired by old school space shooter games like Galactix. Fight your way through waves of enemies and battle powerful bosses.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Scumbags at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
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Priced ~51% under Space Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Space Scumbags.
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 Space Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Space Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Space Scumbags.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Space Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
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 Space Scumbags on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
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.
BEEP
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scumbags.
A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.
Shooty Skies
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
The creators of Crossy Road present Shooty Skies! Shoot, dodge, duck, goose and weave. Take to the skies!
SQUIDS FROM SPACE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
SQUIDS FROM SPACE is an 8v8, team-based PvP top-down shooter where humans and the sinister Squid aliens wage war for the future of the Earth!
MSI Electric City: Core Assault
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
Rediscover MSI Electric City as you pilot a fighter ship with the mission to defend the city. Maneuver and blast away the enemy swarm in this VR bullet hell arcade shoot ’em up.
Gal-X-E
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
Gal-X-E aims to revive the old-school shoot em up genre, and adds modern elements to it! Fight your way through endless waves of randomly generated madness! Collect spaceships and show the enemy who's boss!
Darwin's Demons
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
Darwin’s Demons is an arcade style space shooter in which you battle a population of evolving aliens. The alien’s morphology, fire type, and behaviors are all encoded by a digital genome. The aliens that are best able to shoot or evade you reproduce to make the next generation.
System Invaders
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Scumbags.
Experience waves upon waves of viruses that have infected your computer. 5 Chapters with over 125 Waves of enemies! Play with your friends in local or online co-op! Can you destroy all the viruses?
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Frequently asked about Space Scumbags
- How much does Space Scumbags cost?
- Space Scumbags is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Space Scumbags?
- Space Scumbags was developed by AlcoholEnthusiast and published by Back To Basics Gaming.
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