Games Like Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Can you deal with unrelenting disaster and hold your ship together long enough to destroy the enemy invaders? Repair systems, extinguish fires, arm the torpedoes, avoid deadly solar flares, destroy your friends and clone them back again; it's all in the life of a Catastronaut!

Why similar: Action 43.4%, Indie 28.9%, Casual 27.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the ship-management chaos of the seed title, requiring players to work together to repair systems and fight off invaders.

It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 26% ★, 4 Player Local 17.9%, Local Multiplayer 15.6%, Co-op 12.8%, Space 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor in terms of gameplay, focusing on managing a spaceship crew through procedurally generated space encounters.

Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you fool enough to stop the Aquapocalypse?

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.3%, Co-op 22.4%, Local Multiplayer 15.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Cute 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative roguelite where players must manage cannons and ship repairs while defending their vessel from sea monsters.

Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 33%, Co-op 19.6%, Multiplayer 13.1%, 4 Player Local 10.6%, Space 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game set in space where players must work together to clean and maintain a ship while fending off alien infestations.

Fueled Up is a chaotic couch co-op spaceship recovery game for up to four players. You and your crewmates must fuel, fix and rescue damaged spaceships before the evil space octopus gets its tentacles on them!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 21.9%, 4 Player Local 17.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, Co-op Campaign 10.5% ★, Co-op 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic cooperative game about keeping spaceships running and fueled while navigating dangerous cosmic hazards.

D-Corp is a couch multiplayer game for up to 4 players. Co-operate on tasks such as turret maintenance and harvesting natural resources while being under continuous attack by alien cacti! Whack your friends in the versus mode.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 22.1% ★, Local Co-Op 20.4%, 4 Player Local 13.7%, Local Multiplayer 12%, Co-op 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features cooperative base management and ship operation that requires intense communication to succeed.

Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.3%, 4 Player Local 16.7%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for chaotic cooperative coordination, forcing players to manage multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.8%, 4 Player Local 18.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.7%, Co-op 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Requires constant communication and role delegation to keep a train moving, much like operating a ship's stations.

An absurd couch co-op gas station builder for 1-4 players! Manage a servo (that's Aussie for "gas station") as impatient space travellers demand service. Wrangle wobbly pipes, set up refineries, and mix the right fuels to build space gas stations with peak efficiency.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 22.7%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 14.6%, Co-op 11.2%, Space 9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative game where players must manage complex machinery together to complete tasks.

Cook and serve your dishes, design and decorate your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with new unlocks, abilities and dishes in procedurally-generated locations. Classic cooking action with permanent roguelite progression. Hire your friends - or do it all yourself!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.4%, Co-op 27.5%, 4 Player Local 23.7%, Cute 5.4%, Casual 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines restaurant management with strategic planning and high-intensity cooperative action.

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30%, 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based cooperative chaos that demands players coordinate their movements to succeed.

Assault Android Cactus is an intense arcade style twin stick shooter - pick from one of nine unique synthetic heroines and blast your way through overwhelming robots hordes to save the ship from its own workforce. Supports single player and local co-op game modes.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 21.5%, Local Co-Op 21.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 11.1%, Co-op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, fast-paced cooperative twin-stick shooting action that captures the arcade feel of the seed game.

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28.4%, 4 Player Local 23.9%, Local Multiplayer 16.8%, Co-op 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based cooperative game where players must use their bodies to swing and climb, creating hilarious and chaotic teamwork moments.

CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 20.6%, 4 Player Local 18.5%, Co-op Campaign 17.6% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Co-op 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling space shooter that supports cooperative play and features deep ship customization.

Fight fires for fun and profit in this unpredictable and frantic multiplayer game. Team up with friends, take on daily challenges and climb to the top of the corporate firefighting ladder. More than one way to become a hero!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 42.2% ★, Co-op 18.9%, Multiplayer 12%, Cartoony 6.4%, Stylized 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic cooperative firefighting game that emphasizes teamwork and quick decision-making under pressure.

Command destructive spaceships to obliterate hordes of enemy vessels, while quickly solving puzzles to weave through networks of vibrantly colorful, adversarial machines!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.2%, 4 Player Local 18.2%, Space 13.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.5%, Local Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of shoot-em-up and puzzle mechanics that requires cooperative focus to navigate through levels.

Biped is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration between 2 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 49.6%, Co-op 24.7%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Action 4.7%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-platformer that relies heavily on synchronized movement and communication between two players.

Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27%, 4 Player Local 22.5%, Local Multiplayer 17.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A local cooperative action game that focuses on fast-paced combat and team coordination.

BFF or Die is a cozy/crazy couch co-op puzzle-action game for one to four players. As time traveling aliens you’re sent on a risky rescue mission to Earth! Use your gadgets collaboratively to overcome danger and survive as a team.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.9%, Co-op Campaign 19.8% ★, 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, Co-op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative puzzle-action game that requires players to manage resources and coordinate movements to survive.

Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 36.9%, 4 Player Local 29.9%, Space 12.4%, Cute 5.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based space exploration game that captures the whimsical and dangerous nature of space travel.

Shütshimi is a randomized shoot'em up about a muscle-bound fish with memory problems defending the seven seas. Defeat or navigate through waves of enemies, collecting new upgrades every 10 seconds that change up the gameplay as you battle your way through each of the game's bosses.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 36%, Local Co-Op 34.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.2%, Action 5.5%, Cute 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, humorous shoot-em-up that supports cooperative play and features chaotic power-up mechanics.

Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax is a fast-paced couch co-op action shooter with SHMUP/Brawler gameplay and RPG elements. Choose your mechs, weapons & upgrades then soar through space, defeat evil & save the future... from itself!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.5%, 4 Player Local 23%, Co-op Campaign 15.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 11.2%, Space 9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative space shooter that blends arcade action with light RPG elements and customizable mechs.

Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 19.3%, 4 Player Local 18.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.9%, Co-op 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic cooperative shoot-em-up that focuses on team-based survival and intense bullet-hell action.

Rubber Bandits is a criminally fun multiplayer party game for up to 4 players. With 8 action-packed game modes, players steal, brawl, and dash to the finish line with the most loot to win!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.4%, 4 Player Local 22.2%, Local Multiplayer 17.2%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic cooperative party game that emphasizes physics-based combat and shared objectives.

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 28.1% ★, Local Co-Op 25.5%, Co-op 15.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative game where two birds must manage a post office, requiring constant communication and synchronized actions.

Grab your best bud for help in this new co-op challenge to help two adorable penguins, Bread and Fred, reach the top of the snowy summit. Time your jumps, cling to walls and swing across gaps to see how far you can make it before you tumble all the way back down the mountain.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.3%, Co-op 23.2%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Cute 6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging cooperative platformer that requires perfect synchronization and trust between players.

Grab a friend, grab a gadget, grab a gun and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have in a co-op game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.4%, Co-op 25.4%, Space 17.7%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative action game set in space that emphasizes working together to overcome bizarre challenges.

Paper Planet is a planet-defender, arcade roguelike with a doodley, Flash-inspired artstyle. Battle through waves of unique enemies and bosses. Combine items with strange and wacky effects for insanely overpowered runs. Play with 1-4 players, for some chaotic co-op fun!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 42%, Local Multiplayer 15.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 13.9%, Space 11.4%, Co-op 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike with arcade sensibilities that supports cooperative play and features intense wave-based combat.

Play alone or with your friends in this cooperative adventure for 1 to 4 players. Make the right moves, and coordinate with your team to rescue people in danger. Have fun, and act fast! The success of your team depends on your choices. Save as many lives as possible in a frantic race against time!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.4%, 4 Player Local 22.3%, Co-op 18.4%, Local Multiplayer 7.7%, Colorful 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative game focused on time-sensitive rescue missions that require efficient teamwork.

Cosmo’s Quickstop simulates the fast-paced thrill of managing a gas station… IN SPACE! Upgrade your services, please alien customers, and complete your daily chores through simple minigames that add up to a hilariously frantic experience with solo or couch co-op play.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 23.1% ★, Local Co-Op 21.6%, Space 13%, Local Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A time-management game set in space that requires players to juggle multiple tasks to keep a station running.

Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.1%, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Co-op Campaign 13.7% ★, Co-op 10.6%

Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.9%, Co-op Campaign 13.8% ★, 4 Player Local 13.2%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Local Multiplayer 9.3%

Trash Sailors is a hand-drawn co-op sailing adventure for one to four players. Create the trashiest team in history, in online or local co-op and find your way in the aftermath of a great trash tsunami.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.3%, Local Co-Op 25.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.6%, Co-op 10.7%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Hot Shot Burn is the hilariously violent party brawler that lets you compete in the galaxy's ultimate televised blood sport. Experience crazy couch battles full of ridiculous flukes and insane skill shots for up to 4 players.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.1%, Local Co-Op 24.7%, Local Multiplayer 17.1%, Co-op 11.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%

ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.6%, Local Multiplayer 21.9%, 4 Player Local 20.5%, Space 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Set sail for 17th-century British Colonial Mars in Jamestown+: a cooperative shoot-em-up for 1-4 brave souls, designed to be exciting for players of all skill levels.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34%, 4 Player Local 31.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Co-op 7.8%, Local Multiplayer 5.3%

The party co-op shoot ’em up! Become the king of the night club! Go alone or group your friends! Shoot the party crashers down!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 27.5% ★, 4 Player Local 21.2%, Local Co-Op 18.1%, Local Multiplayer 7.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.6%

From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.7%, 4 Player Local 27%, Co-op 22.7%, Local Multiplayer 5.6%, Action 4.8%

A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 26.5%, 4 Player Local 18.6%, Local Multiplayer 15.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 8%, Multiplayer 7.7%

Raiders of the Lost Island is a LOCAL co-op party game where up to 4 players compete in looting treasures from a sinking island, while building a boat to survive the final wave.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 23.3% ★, Local Co-Op 21.4%, 4 Player Local 19.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Co-op 10.2%

Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 34.3%, Local Multiplayer 16%, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Co-op 13.1%, Shooter 6.2%

Witchtastic is a challenging 2-4 player coop game about brewing and delivering magic potions as fast as possible. Take on the role of aspiring witches and experience charming adventures. Need a break from all the yelling of your friends? You can practice in a single player campaign as well!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 29.9%, 4 Player Local 21.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Co-op 13.6%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Embark on the 19th century's most unreliable spaceship in this 2 player couch co-op adventure. 39 Days to Mars is a unique game designed to be played with a friend, where both players have important roles in the expedition. Solo players are aided by the computer-controlled ship's cat.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 28%, Co-op Campaign 25.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 15%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.5%

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 30.7%, Local Multiplayer 27.3%, 4 Player Local 21%, Co-op 7.1%, Multiplayer 6%

Shakes on a Plane is a chaotic co-op shaking game for one to four players. Flying on various planes with your flight crew, serve up a variety of tasty shakes, burgers, fries and many more dishes before the plane lands on the airport and your passengers rate your services.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.7%, 4 Player Local 30%, Local Multiplayer 19.4%, Co-op 4.4%, Action 3.5%

DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.

Why similar: Co-op 54.3%, Multiplayer 28.3%, Action 8.7%, 2D 8.6%

Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 28.3%, Local Co-Op 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 15.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.9%, Space 9.3%

Dive into an exhilarating maritime battle for 1 to 4 players! Assemble warships with a variety of bottle caps, allowing the warships to transform and break, experiencing flexible physics that brings a refreshing maritime battle! Fight monsters together, or engage in a battle with your friends.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 31.4%, 4 Player Local 28.6%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Co-op 8.8%, Multiplayer 5%

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 26.8%, Local Co-Op 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Co-op 10%

DuneCrawl is an open world action-adventure game, where you take to the sandy seas atop a gigantic crustacean festooned with black powder cannons. Play as a solo Crab Keeper, or with a crew of up to three other friends in local and online coop.

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 24.8% ★, Local Co-Op 22.1%, 4 Player Local 18.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.2%, Co-op 10.4%

Run your own 60s-inspired space-age alien airlines in this randomly-generated chaotic 1-to-4-player local and online co-op game!

Why similar: Local Co-Op 40.6%, Co-op 23.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Cute 6.2%

Build your team of mechanics and work together to repair and deliver as many cars as possible before the time runs out! Playable with up to 4 players, locally or online, Mechanic Heroes will make you love mechanics or simply hate your friends.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 24.3%, Co-op Campaign 20.2% ★, 4 Player Local 19.3%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Co-op 9%

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.

Why similar: Co-op 33.7%, Space 27.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Shooter 7%

A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.

Why similar: Space 28.3%, Cute 17.3%, Stylized 11.7%, Sci-fi 11%, Colorful 10.1%

Fast-paced local multi-player game packed with action. Destroy your friends with all sorts of different weapons and power-ups across multiple game modes!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 29.1%, Local Multiplayer 19.2%, Local Co-Op 18.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 10%, Space 9.6%

Astervoid 2000 is a 1 to 4 player local-multiplayer​ space brawler, combining classic arcade action with modern gameplay. Explosive, indestructible, and icy asteroids will slam against your ship, or can be weaponized against your opponents. Perfect support for gamepads & keyboard and mouse.

Why similar: 4 Player Local 33.3%, Local Co-Op 28.9%, Local Multiplayer 20.5%, Action 7.5%, Indie 5.3%

"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative action puzzler that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 43.9%, 4 Player Local 23%, Co-op 15.2%, Local Multiplayer 8.4%, Action 3.8%

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.7%, Co-op 19.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%, 4 Player Local 4.8%

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

Why similar: Co-op 34.7%, Space 23.2%, Multiplayer 21%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Action-Adventure 4.8%