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Games like Spider Lander

If Spider Lander is your kind of game, the closest matches are Power Ball 2022, Bricks Frenzy and Orbital Decay — 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.

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About Spider Lander: A loving echo of games from the 80's and familiar to those who loved classics such as Lunar Rescue and Lunar Lander. Swing on a thread from your mothership and thrust safely down to rescue some of those poor guys on the planet, then try to escape safely.

2018ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Lee Fuller
Spider Lander — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Spider Lander 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. Power Ball 2022

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Spider Lander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Spider Lander.

    Power Ball 2022 continues the Bat / Ball and Brick Breaking excitement of its predecessor but with newer graphics and a polished space environmental back drop. Take on 50 levels in this beautiful modern retro take on the brick breaking genre and impress your friends with your best high scores.

    2022ActionCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bricks Frenzy

    WHY THIS

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

    Bricks Frenzy is an arcade brick game developed to be both competitive and fun at the same time. Do your best with all the power ups available and gain mastery over them to defeat your opponents.

    2020ActionSportsIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Orbital Decay

    WHY THIS

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

    A catastrophic orbital decay threatens the station, and your math skills are the only defense. Solve rapid-fire math problems to calculate thrust vectors, stabilize the orbit, and climb the global leaderboards in this high-stakes educational simulation.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Boot & Shoot

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Spider Lander fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    stranded in space with nothing but a gun, hostiles start showing up out of nowhere... what now? you can't escape, but you can boot and shoot

    2023ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Throst

    WHY THIS

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

    Throst is a 2D-retro-arcade-action adventure about precision flying under constant gravity. Dive through tight tunnels, outmaneuver and destroy defenses. Grab the enemy’s energy orbs, and blast your way back to orbit before you’re crushed or shot down.

    2026ActionIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. VectorSmash!

    WHY THIS

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

    VectorSmash is a fast-paced retro arcade space shooter. Pilot your artillery battery to defend the planet, blasting waves of incoming meteorites and using warps to survive. Classic 80s action with crisp vector visuals, simple controls, and addictive high-score chasing!

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Phrenetic Shooting Reunion

    WHY THIS

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

    [CONTENTS] A playable shooting game "PHRENETIC SHOOTING REUNION" + All future updates/bug fixes. Phrenetic Shooting is a retro tasted shooting game. This game provides an exciting experience for retro 2D shooting game funs.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Astro Attack

    WHY THIS

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

    A single-stick arcade shoot 'em up inspired by the golden years of retro gaming. Blast to the synthwave beat to combine powerups and destroy waves of invaders. Complete missions, compete on leaderboards, discover secrets, and unlock over 80 unique ships from every era of gaming.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Spider Lander.

    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:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spider Lander.

    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!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Spider Lander.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    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?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Spider Lander on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spider Lander.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Spider Lander

How much does Spider Lander cost?
Spider Lander is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Spider Lander?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spider Lander are Power Ball 2022, Bricks Frenzy, Orbital Decay.
Who developed Spider Lander?
Spider Lander was developed by Lee Fuller.

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 Spider Lander.

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