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Games like Asteroids

1979

An arcade classic where you pilot an inertia-driven spaceship through an asteroid field, blasting rocks and flying saucers. Minimalist vector graphics and pure score chasing define the experience.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat

In short: Games like Asteroids

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Asteroids special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Astrokill

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2016PC65 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Asteroids: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and vast, open spaces.

A space combat shooter where you fly ships from nimble interceptors to heavy gunships. You fight with machine guns, missiles and rail guns, and use a gravity shield that can turn enemy fire back on them.

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Strikers 1945

Fast pace

You fly a plane through waves of enemies and bullets in an alternate postwar world full of mechs and rockets. It rewards quick reflexes, dodging and collecting power-ups.

Terminal Velocity

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast-paced 1995 arcade flight combat shooter that favors simple controls and intense dogfights over realistic flight simulation. You blast through futuristic landscapes in sci-fi jets, shooting down everything in your path.

Happy Room

Vast, open spaces

You run weapon tests in an absurd laboratory on sturdy human clones, aiming to get through each test. The blend of simulation and dark humor is what makes it stand out.

Air Buster

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic arcade side-scrolling shoot-'em-up in the vein of R-Type and Gradius, blasting through sci-fi stages with power-ups. Its standout feature is simultaneous two-player play.

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