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Games like Forbidden Planet
Faton · 2016 · 52 % positive of 355
24 games that play like Forbidden Planet and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Space Cycle, Desperate Place and Planets Under Attack.
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At a glance
What games like Forbidden Planet have in common
- The tags they share most often with Forbidden Planet: Strategy (24 of 24), Space (18) and Tower Defense (13).
- They came out between 2010 and 2025, 8 of them after Forbidden Planet (2016).
- Best rated by Steam players: Istrolid (87 % positive of 2,662).
- Unstoppable Gorg and Starion Tactics both play and look like Forbidden Planet.
By gameplay
Plays like Forbidden Planet
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Space Cycle
94 % positive of 205
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
Desperate Place
75 % positive of 206
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
Planets Under Attack
72 % positive of 1,119
Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
Ancient Planet Tower Defense
82 % positive of 1,129
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
rymdkapsel
82 % positive of 269
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
Stellar Initiative
79 % positive of 351
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
ROD: Revolt Of Defense
79 % positive of 548
Shared: Strategy · Indie
Space Run Galaxy
63 % positive of 997
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
StarDrive
44 % positive of 1,473
Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
Space Run
85 % positive of 2,086
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
Star Ruler
82 % positive of 335
Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
Unstoppable Gorg
78 % positive of 300
Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
More matches
- Siege of Centauri65 % positive of 438Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense
- Planet TD63 % positive of 254Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense
- Starion Tactics40 % positive of 176Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- StarFringe: Adversus66 % positive of 208Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- Revenge of the Titans81 % positive of 1,227Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- Cosmic Dust & Rust58 % positive of 473Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- StarDrive 255 % positive of 2,084Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- Istrolid87 % positive of 2,662Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- Broken Universe - Tower Defense90 % positive of 300Shared: Strategy · Space · Tower Defense
- Galaxy Control: 3D Strategy58 % positive of 517Shared: Strategy · Space
- Farlight Explorers55 % positive of 205Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- Galaxy Reavers69 % positive of 201Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
By look
Looks like Forbidden Planet
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Hades' Star
72 % positive of 2,577
Event Horizon
81 % positive of 182
Out There: Ω Edition
75 % positive of 1,690
Unstoppable Gorg
78 % positive of 300
Battlevoid: Sector Siege
58 % positive of 191
Sid Meier's Starships
50 % positive of 2,406
VEGA Conflict
58 % positive of 4,885
Drifter
54 % positive of 207
Starblast
81 % positive of 999
Gaia Beyond
75 % positive of 243
Gravity Badgers
61 % positive of 439
Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
65 % positive of 238
More matches
- Starion Tactics40 % positive of 176
- Starpoint Gemini 269 % positive of 4,093
- Astro Lords65 % positive of 216
- Darkstar One82 % positive of 578
- Asteroid Bounty Hunter65 % positive of 785
- Stellar 2D40 % positive of 968
- Lazy Galaxy80 % positive of 191
- Fly and Destroy60 % positive of 310
- Heckabomb63 % positive of 310
- Polaris Sector71 % positive of 455
- Space Commander: War and Trade67 % positive of 656
- Puzzle Galaxies59 % positive of 168
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.