Games like Cosmic Ray
If Cosmic Ray is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orbital Invaders, HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition and HyperParasite — 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 Cosmic Ray: A game about exploring space in search of hospitable planets for colonization. Casual gameplay and short rounds make it a great option for killing a few minutes.
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Steam players who put hours into Cosmic Ray 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.
Orbital Invaders
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Top pick for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
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Second-strongest match for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Ray.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
HyperParasite
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Third-strongest match for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.
Survivors of the Dawn
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Ranked #4 for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
Alien Breed: Impact
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Ranked #5 for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Ray.
Experience the explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise in an epic single player and co-op multiplayer campaign.
Alien Breed 3: Descent
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Ranked #6 for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Ray.
Experience the final explosive chapter in the Alien Breed series and uncover the horrifying truth surrounding the existence of the Breed. Launch discount good thru Nov. 24 10am PST.
Beat Hazard 2
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Ranked #7 for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
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.
Space War: Infinity
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Ranked #8 for Cosmic Ray fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Cosmocat, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Operation Hardcore
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Another title from Cosmocat, the studio behind Cosmic Ray. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
Operation Hardcore is an action-packed 2D side-scrolling shooter inspired by classic twitchy action games of yesteryear, but with modern touches and conveniences.
Brainmelter Deluxe
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Another title from Cosmocat, the studio behind Cosmic Ray. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
Melt your brain with this twisted take on the platform genre!
Super Rocket Ride
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Another title from Cosmocat, the studio behind Cosmic Ray. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
Hardcore retro action. Rocket go boom!
Astral Flux
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Another title from Cosmocat, the studio behind Cosmic Ray. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Ray.
Astral Flux is an action-platformer with roguelite elements where each run is different. Traverse hostile alien planets, discover dark secrets, and face powerful foes in combat.
Frequently asked about Cosmic Ray
- Is Cosmic Ray free to play?
- Yes — Cosmic Ray is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Cosmic Ray?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cosmic Ray are Orbital Invaders, HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition, HyperParasite.
- Who developed Cosmic Ray?
- Cosmic Ray was developed by Cosmocat.
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 Cosmic Ray.
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