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Games like Catastronauts

If Catastronauts is your kind of game, the closest matches are Moving Out, Tools Up! and Overcooked — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its escalating chaos feels rewarding, challenging and funny. 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 Catastronauts: Can you deal with unrelenting disaster and hold your ship together long enough to destroy the enemy invaders? Repair systems, extinguish fires, arm the torpedoes, avoid deadly solar flares, destroy your friends and clone them back again; it's all in the life of a Catastronaut!

2018ActionIndieCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Inertia Game Studios
Catastronauts — Steam game cover
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Escalating chaos feels rewardingNew mechanics introduced per levelSurvival based goals replace pure speedChallengingFunnyIntense

Players who liked Catastronauts also play

Steam players who put hours into Catastronauts 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. Moving Out

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Tools Up!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares team coordination and a funny mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Out of Space

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Overcooked! 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Unrailed!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

    2020ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Cannibal Cuisine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Catastronauts.

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

    The god Hoochooboo is hungry… for you. But serving is better than being served in this co-op cook 'em up! Chop up vegetables, fruits and tourists and serve your divine delicacies in arcade style with up to 4 chefs!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

    WHY THIS

    Shares team coordination and an intense mood with Catastronauts.

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

    Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Catastronauts

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares team coordination and a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Reviewers of Catastronauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Moving Out

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Reviewers of Catastronauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Tools Up!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Reviewers of Catastronauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. PlateUp!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Catastronauts.

    Reviewers of Catastronauts cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Catastronauts.

    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 ~69% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Catastronauts.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

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

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Action with Catastronauts.

    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 ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Catastronauts.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

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

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Catastronauts on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Catastronauts.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. DYO

    WHY THIS

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

    DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.

    2018IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Unturned

    WHY THIS

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

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stumble Guys

    WHY THIS

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

    Ready for the chaos? Stumble Guys is a 32-player, fast-paced multiplayer party royale where players dash, jump, and fall across hilarious obstacle courses in a fun race to be the last one standing.

    2021ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bloons TD Battles

    WHY THIS

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

    Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

    2016ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Super Animal Royale

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the coziest way to kill your friends. Super Animal Royale is a 64-player, top-down 2D battle royale where adorably murderous animals fight tooth, claw, and machine gun. Then, relax in Super Animal World with fishing, hamsterball races, and story quests before the next fight to the death.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Spiral Knights

    WHY THIS

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

    Join the ranks of the Spiral Knights. Stranded on an alien world, you must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface.

    2011ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Moving Out

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Tools Up!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Overcooked

    WHY THIS

    Shares team coordination and a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Overcooked! 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Unrailed!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

    2020ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cannibal Cuisine

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    The god Hoochooboo is hungry… for you. But serving is better than being served in this co-op cook 'em up! Chop up vegetables, fruits and tourists and serve your divine delicacies in arcade style with up to 4 chefs!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

    WHY THIS

    Shares team coordination and an intense mood with Catastronauts.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Catastronauts.

    Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

    2015ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Catastronauts

Does Catastronauts run on Steam Deck?
Catastronauts is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Catastronauts cost?
Catastronauts is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Catastronauts have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Catastronauts supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Catastronauts?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Catastronauts are Moving Out, Tools Up!, Overcooked.
Who developed Catastronauts?
Catastronauts was developed by Inertia Game Studios and published by Inertia Game Studios.

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 Catastronauts.

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