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Games like Distant Space

30 games alike in Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell and Arcade, with 1982, ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA and Bit Blaster XL closest.

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Closest1982

Distant Space, but free to play

45 minutesLoved · 94%Its page

Shoot 'Em UpArcade

8 games that share both with Distant Space

  1. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Loved · 91%

  2. 5

    Ikaruga

    Distant Space, but couch co-op, and three times the hours

    Loved · 95%

  3. 8

    Cyberhunt

    Distant Space, but five times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  4. 14Shortest

    Polygoneer

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Liked · 80%

  5. 18

    LUFTRAUSERS

    Distant Space, but faster, and five times the hours

    Loved · 91%

  6. 21

    Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP

    Distant Space, but anime, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%

  7. 28

    Shooty Skies

    Distant Space, but free to play, and made of voxels

    Loved · 91%

  8. 30

    PARTICLE MACE

    Distant Space, but couch co-op, and three times the hours

    Liked · 88%

Shoot 'Em UpBullet Hell

13 games that share both with Distant Space

  1. 3

    Bit Blaster XL

    Distant Space, but twice the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  2. 4

    Neptunia Shooter

    Distant Space, but anime, and cute

    Liked · 88%

  3. 6

    ZeroRanger

    Distant Space, but 13 times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  4. 7

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    Distant Space, but PvP, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%

  5. 11

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

    Distant Space, but top-down, and five times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  6. 12

    DRAINUS

    Distant Space, but side-scrolling, and four times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  7. 17

    Revolution Ace

    Distant Space, but top-down, and three times the hours

    Mixed · 72%

  8. 19

    eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package

    Distant Space, but anime, and cute

    Loved · 92%

  9. 20

    Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION

    Distant Space, but couch co-op, and four times the hours

    Loved · 93%

  10. 23Hidden gem

    Mirage Feathers

    Distant Space, but funny, and cute

    Loved · 98%

  11. 24

    Nova Drift

    Distant Space, but an action roguelike, and 20 times the hours

    Loved · 96%

  12. 27

    Syder Arcade

    Distant Space, but about survival

    Liked · 84%

  13. 29

    Princess Remedy In A Heap of Trouble

    Distant Space, but cute, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%

Shoot 'Em UpSpace

6 games that share both with Distant Space

  1. 9

    Really Big Sky

    Distant Space, but side-scrolling, and twice the hours

    Mixed · 75%

  2. 13

    Enemy Mind

    Distant Space, but couch co-op, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  3. 16

    ShipLord

    Distant Space, but four times the hours, and more divisive

    Divisive · 55%

  4. 22

    Chicken Invaders 2

    Distant Space, but four times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  5. 25

    Out There Somewhere

    Distant Space, but a puzzle platformer

    Loved · 93%

  6. 26

    Waveform

    Distant Space, but a puzzle game

    Liked · 83%

And more like Distant Space

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 1Closest

    1982

    Distant Space, but free to play

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

  2. 10

    198X

    Distant Space, but a beat 'em up

    Mixed · 76%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  3. 15

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Loved · 90%1980s · Arcade

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How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Distant Space's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Distant Space's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Distant Space stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Distant Space: a kind of game it is that Distant Space is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Distant Space's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Distant Space, and how its reviewers feel beside Distant Space's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.