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Games like Stargunner
Apogee Entertainment · 2014 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 82 % positive of 156 reviews, as of Oct 28
In the far distant future, an epic war for survival takes place... Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners.
24 games that play like Stargunner and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Sun Blast: Star Fighter, Bit Blaster XL and Space Elite Force.
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Plays and looks like Stargunner
Close to it by gameplay and by look, so it appears in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Stargunner
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Sun Blast: Star Fighter
59 % positive of 579
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Classic
Bit Blaster XL
95 % positive of 5,496
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
Space Elite Force
87 % positive of 158
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
Titan Attacks!
92 % positive of 655
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · 2D
Subspace Continuum
87 % positive of 639
Shared: Space · Action · Free to Play
Project X: Light Years
93 % positive of 150
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · 1990's
Steredenn: Binary Stars
87 % positive of 619
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · 1990's
Mobile Astro
71 % positive of 185
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
Starblast
79 % positive of 1,058
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
Jets'n'Guns 2
89 % positive of 1,168
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Action · 2D
Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo
83 % positive of 416
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · 1990's
Polygon Attack
89 % positive of 240
Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
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- Nebula85 % positive of 174Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Space
- CYGNI: All Guns Blazing60 % positive of 448Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
- Star Saviors80 % positive of 1,535Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
- Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters93 % positive of 414Shared: Sci-fi · Action · 2D
- Distant Space 287 % positive of 323Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
- ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA91 % positive of 845Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Classic
- SpaceShot83 % positive of 220Shared: Action
- Sky Force Anniversary91 % positive of 2,098Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Classic
- Sky Force Reloaded91 % positive of 2,709Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Action
- Syder Arcade84 % positive of 451Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
- Cyberhunt84 % positive of 2,752Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Sci-fi
- GUNFIELD96 % positive of 253Shared: Shoot 'Em Up · Action · 2D
By look
Looks like Stargunner
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Descent
96 % positive of 462
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
92 % positive of 193
Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition
75 % positive of 501
1993 Space Machine
73 % positive of 118
Super Hydorah
85 % positive of 290
KAMUI
91 % positive of 157
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
64 % positive of 339
Blaster Master Zero 2
88 % positive of 553
The Apogee Throwback Pack
91 % positive of 286
Tachyon: The Fringe
88 % positive of 229
Gunlocked
87 % positive of 464
Descent 2
92 % positive of 166
More matches
- State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)88 % positive of 670
- Blaster Master Zero93 % positive of 1,044
- Andro Dunos II94 % positive of 158
- GRADIUS ORIGINS91 % positive of 246
- R-Type Dimensions EX86 % positive of 322
- Classic Marathon 292 % positive of 428
- Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters93 % positive of 414
- Total Annihilation95 % positive of 3,619
- Classic Marathon Infinity88 % positive of 288
- Earthion95 % positive of 483
- STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)88 % positive of 3,103
- Master of Orion 188 % positive of 443
At a glance
What games like Stargunner have in common
- The tags they share most often with Stargunner: Shoot 'Em Up (21 of 24), Arcade (19) and Sci-fi (10).
- They came out between 2012 and 2025, 22 of them after Stargunner (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Bit Blaster XL (95 % positive of 5,496).
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.