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Games like Distant Space

30 games that play like it. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Distant Space
Distant Space

Like Distant Space

30 games, the closest first

  1. 1

    1982

    Distant Space, but free to play

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

  2. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Loved · 91%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  3. 3

    Bit Blaster XL

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

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  4. 4

    Neptunia Shooter

    Distant Space, but anime, and cute

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  5. 5

    Ikaruga

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

    Loved · 95%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  6. 6

    ZeroRanger

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

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  7. 7

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    Distant Space, but PvP, and twice the hours

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  8. 8

    Cyberhunt

    Distant Space, but five times the hours

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  9. 9

    Really Big Sky

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

    Mixed · 75%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  10. 10

    198X

    Distant Space, but a beat 'em up

    Mixed · 76%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  11. 11

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

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

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  12. 12

    DRAINUS

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

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  13. 13

    Enemy Mind

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

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  14. 14

    Polygoneer

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Liked · 80%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  15. 15

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as Distant Space

    Loved · 90%1980s · Arcade

  16. 16

    ShipLord

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

    Divisive · 55%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  17. 17

    Revolution Ace

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

    Mixed · 72%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  18. 18

    LUFTRAUSERS

    Distant Space, but faster, and five times the hours

    Loved · 91%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  19. 19

    eXceed 3rd - Jade Penetrate Black Package

    Distant Space, but anime, and cute

    Loved · 92%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  20. 20

    Crimzon Clover WORLD IGNITION

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

    Loved · 93%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  21. 21

    Dimension Tripper Neptune: TOP NEP

    Distant Space, but anime, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  22. 22

    Chicken Invaders 2

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

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  23. 23

    Mirage Feathers

    Distant Space, but funny, and cute

    Loved · 98%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  24. 24

    Nova Drift

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

    Loved · 96%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  25. 25

    Out There Somewhere

    Distant Space, but a puzzle platformer

    Loved · 93%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  26. 26

    Waveform

    Distant Space, but a puzzle game

    Liked · 83%Shoot 'Em Up · Space

  27. 27

    Syder Arcade

    Distant Space, but about survival

    Liked · 84%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  28. 28

    Shooty Skies

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

    Loved · 91%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  29. 29

    Princess Remedy In A Heap of Trouble

    Distant Space, but cute, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%Shoot 'Em Up · Bullet Hell

  30. 30

    PARTICLE MACE

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

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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