Games like Scrap Galaxy
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Scrap Galaxy for fans of action, indie, 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 Scrap Galaxy 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, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Scrap Galaxy: Scrap Galaxy is a local build-and-destroy deathmatch game for up to 4 players. It is a 2D top-down shooter taking place out in space in a galactic junkyard. In this setting, the players are trying to survive by constructing space ships.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Shwip
Top pick for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
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.
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Rocket Wars
Second-strongest match for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!
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Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック
Third-strongest match for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Vortex Attack is a frenetic arcade space shooter featuring worldwide tournaments and an intense local multiplayer mode.A worthy successor to Galaga for the XXI century.WARNING: Highly addictive.
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Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Ranked #4 for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
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Galacide
Ranked #5 for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!
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PARTICLE MACE
Ranked #6 for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
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Beat Hazard 2
Ranked #7 for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
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.
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Jamestown
Ranked #8 for Scrap Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!
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PARTICLE MACE
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
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Jamestown
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Scrap Galaxy.
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
Frequently asked about Scrap Galaxy
- How much does Scrap Galaxy cost?
- Scrap Galaxy is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Scrap Galaxy have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Scrap Galaxy 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 Scrap Galaxy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scrap Galaxy are Shwip, Rocket Wars, Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック.
- Who developed Scrap Galaxy?
- Scrap Galaxy was developed by Catalope Games.
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 Scrap Galaxy.
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