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16bit Nights · 2016 · 58 % positive of 473

24 games that play like Cosmic Dust & Rust and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Space Cycle, Stellar Initiative and Space Run.

Player tags

  • Casual
  • Strategy
  • Tower Defense
  • Indie
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Action
  • Difficult

At a glance

What games like Cosmic Dust & Rust have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Cosmic Dust & Rust: Strategy (23 of 24), Tower Defense (19) and Indie (9).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2025, 14 of them after Cosmic Dust & Rust (2016).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Particle Fleet: Emergence (92 % positive of 1,223).
  • Particle Fleet: Emergence both plays and looks like Cosmic Dust & Rust.

By gameplay

Plays like Cosmic Dust & Rust

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. IDUN - Frontline Survival78 % positive of 536Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Action
  2. Siege of Centauri65 % positive of 438Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Action
  3. Unstoppable Gorg78 % positive of 300Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Casual
  4. Ancient Planet Tower Defense82 % positive of 1,129Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Difficult
  5. Istrolid87 % positive of 2,662Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Indie
  6. 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival87 % positive of 402Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Action
  7. Outpost75 % positive of 180Shared: Tower Defense · Casual
  8. Planets Under Attack72 % positive of 1,119Shared: Strategy · Indie
  9. Deep Space Cache93 % positive of 696Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Casual
  10. Desperate Place75 % positive of 206Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
  11. Stellar Warfare85 % positive of 367Shared: Strategy · Indie
  12. Refactor85 % positive of 450Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Pixel Graphics

By look

Looks like Cosmic Dust & Rust

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command82 % positive of 3,536
  2. Battlevoid: Harbinger79 % positive of 1,020
  3. PULSAR: Lost Colony89 % positive of 5,578
  4. Starcom: Nexus90 % positive of 2,132
  5. Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect56 % positive of 192
  6. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy74 % positive of 158
  7. Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623
  8. Space Commander: War and Trade67 % positive of 656
  9. Star Valor89 % positive of 2,784
  10. Pixel Starships73 % positive of 2,732
  11. Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls69 % positive of 513
  12. STELLATUM62 % positive of 164

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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