Games like Solar Wind
If Solar Wind is your kind of game, the closest matches are Jets'n'Guns Gold, SATAZIUS and Syder Arcade — 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 Wind: Blast your way through a galaxy of planets in this fast paced, side scrolling shoot 'em up. Fight in deep space, fly through asteroid belts, and battle across moons as you take on the alien menace.
Players who liked Solar Wind also play
Steam players who put hours into Solar Wind 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.
Jets'n'Guns Gold
WHY THIS
Top pick for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Jets'n'Guns is a heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action with graphics and special effects that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy yourself in almost-insane action adventure of saving the universe from the deadly threat of more than 270 unique monsters in the campaign of 43 levels.
SATAZIUS
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...
Syder Arcade
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.
REMOTE LIFE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Remote Life is a 2D Side scrolling space shooter (shmup) for PC. Experience a fast paced action game with insane scary graphics, and hyper jump into a brutal-frenetic-techno-alien world. Free the world from this dreadful nightmare before its nauseating breath of horror destroys mankind.
Starr Mazer: DSP
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The UNFP's been kicked in the teeth by a G'ell invasion force and their last and only hope is a planetary outpost and its fleet of experimental DSP MkI Forward Assault Fighters and anyone marshal enough to strap into one and forcefully accept some apologies.
Really Big Sky
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Ranked #7 for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!
ARMED SEVEN
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Ranked #8 for Solar Wind fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The year is 1989. 12 years have passed since the Gogoh Army’s invasion of Earth. Exposure to alien technology during the war enabled Earth’s own technologies to take massive leaps forward. International conflict that was previously rife in the history of mankind fell to an all-time low, and the Earth Federation was established as a...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Solar Wind at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Solar Wind on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
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).
Waves
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Sven Co-op
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.
Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!
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More from JimJams Games
Other recommendable Steam games by JimJams Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fungoids - Steam version
WHY THIS
Another title from JimJams Games, the studio behind Solar Wind. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Fungoids is a classic styled, retro themed plant bomber, inspired by the games of the 1980's. Play in 2 modes, Classic, for the original experience, or Alpha for extended game play.
Firebird - Steam version
WHY THIS
Another title from JimJams Games, the studio behind Solar Wind. Shares Action and Indie with Solar Wind.
Love retro shooters? Firebird is a blend of some of our teams favourite games from the space invasion genre. Battle aliens, giant space birds, tractor beams, air burst weapons, robot terrorists and massive motherships in a fight for domination.
The Eye of Borrack
WHY THIS
Another title from JimJams Games, the studio behind Solar Wind. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination led text adventure.
Stranded 2
WHY THIS
Another title from JimJams Games, the studio behind Solar Wind. Shares Indie with Solar Wind.
Following a not highly unexpected crash landing (which seems to happen to you a lot), you find yourself stranded on a hostile alien world full of humour, mystery and quite a bit of walking - Your task is clear, find a way off of this planet and get home. - Should be simple!
Zannon
WHY THIS
Another title from JimJams Games, the studio behind Solar Wind. Shares Action with Solar Wind.
Zannon is our take on the classic shooters of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Blast your way through 10 challanging levels, collect awesome power-ups, battle numereous different enemies, base and gun platforms. - Love retro and you'll love Zannon.
Frequently asked about Solar Wind
- How much does Solar Wind cost?
- Solar Wind is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Solar Wind?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solar Wind are Jets'n'Guns Gold, SATAZIUS, Syder Arcade.
- Who developed Solar Wind?
- Solar Wind was developed by JimJams 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 Solar Wind.
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