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Games like Luminosity

2015PC84 % positive

A fast-paced Qix-style arcade game where you pilot a spaceship, cut off areas of the map with your laser and claim a set percentage while increasingly tough enemies and hazards close in. Power-ups and permanent ship upgrades add variety.

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

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In short: Games like Luminosity

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

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Fly and Destroy

82 %Match

2016PC, Steam Deck playable64 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Luminosity: a sci-fi setting, a fast pace and combat with precise timing.

A space arcade shooter in the bullet hell style that demands quick reflexes and blends elements from various indie genres.

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Artificial Defense

Linear, curated structure

You play as a powerful computer system defending your servers in real time against waves of intruders. It blends tower defense with orbital shooter action in a neon virtual world.

Rover Rescue

Sci-fi setting

A small, frantic indie game where you race three ships across the solar system, rescuing people from ten planets while dodging meteors. You also try to grab as much salvage as you can along the way.

Evil Star

Sci-fi setting

You steer a spaceship with just left and right, dodging asteroids and collecting energy orbs. A simple arcade game with a leaderboard for competing with friends on high scores.

Biology Battle

Sci-fi setting

A classic arcade-style shooter set inside a living cell, where you pilot a medical nanobot, dodge the cell's defenses and try to survive as long as you can.

Drone Swarm

Vast, open spaces

You command a swarm of around 32,000 drones that overwhelm alien ships, slam them into each other and block incoming fire. Hopping from star system to star system, you outmaneuver defenses with clever swarm tactics.

Galaxis Wars

Sci-fi setting

You fight wave after wave of simulated Galaxis fighters in a training chamber, earning upgrades and new ships along the way. A compact indie space combat game built around wave-based action and ship progression.

Solar Flux

Sci-fi setting

A challenging space puzzle-action game where you pilot a nimble ship to gather plasma and revive dying suns while dodging flares, asteroids and supernovae. Over 80 missions ramp up the difficulty gradually.

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