Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Awesomenauts (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Awesomenauts on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, which both science fiction and strategy.
- Awesomenauts is tagged MOBA, Multiplayer, 2D, Platformer, Action, Indie, Local Co-Op, Co-op by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 4 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Local Co-Op, Funny and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2011).
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will allow fans to explore endlessly and laugh their way through the Star Wars galaxy in the most humorous, accessible and action-packed LEGO game to date.
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars at a glance Released 2011 Studio Traveller's Tales Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,285 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpFunnySci-fiStrategySpaceControllerOnline Co-OpGreat Soundtrack
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Gunpoint
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, 2D and Strategy; released around the same time (2013).
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Gunpoint at a glance Released 2013 Studio Suspicious Developments Player sentiment 98% positive of 13,326 Price $9.99 Indie2DStrategyPlatformerGreat SoundtrackFunnySci-fi
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Teeworlds
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including Free to Play, 2D and Platformer; released around the same time (2015).
Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!
Teeworlds at a glance Released 2015 Studio Teeworlds Team Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,365 Price Free Free to Play2DPlatformerIndieSide ScrollerFunnyOnline Co-OpStrategy
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Atlas Reactor
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Free to Play, Strategy and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2016).
SEASON 6 NOW LIVE! The battle for Atlas continues as a hot (some might even say fiery) new freelancer enters the scene.
Atlas Reactor at a glance Released 2016 Studio Trion Worlds Player sentiment 84% positive of 5,291 Price Not listed Free to PlayStrategyOnline Co-OpMOBACompetitiveSci-fiFunny
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Polarity
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Local Co-Op and Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
Polarity takes it to the next level, demanding all of your wits and reflexes. Full-featured local co-op campaign.
Polarity at a glance Released 2016 Studio Bluebutton Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 4,668 Price $12.99 IndieLocal Co-OpStrategyPlatformerSci-fiGreat SoundtrackSpace
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Cortex Command
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2012).
Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!
Cortex Command at a glance Released 2012 Studio Data Realms Player sentiment 72% positive of 6,034 Price $19.99 StrategyIndie2DLocal Co-OpSci-fiLocal MultiplayerPlatformer
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Indie, Local Co-Op and Strategy; released around the same time (2013).
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine at a glance Released 2013 Studio Pocketwatch Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 8,521 Price $14.99 IndieLocal Co-OpStrategyOnline Co-OpGreat SoundtrackLocal MultiplayerController2D
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Worms Reloaded
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, 2D and Local Multiplayer; released around the same time (2010).
Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based comic mayhem continues in Worms™ Reloaded, an all-new edition available for PC through Steam.
Worms Reloaded at a glance Released 2010 Studio Team17 Digital Ltd Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,097 Price $4.99 Strategy2DLocal MultiplayerFunnyOnline Co-OpLocal Co-OpCompetitiveSide Scroller
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Stick Fight: The Game
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 9 player tags including Funny, Local Multiplayer and 2D.
Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.
Stick Fight: The Game at a glance Released 2017 Studio Landfall West Player sentiment 93% positive of 125,325 Price $1.99 FunnyLocal Multiplayer2DOnline Co-OpLocal Co-OpIndieControllerGreat Soundtrack
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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Competitive; released around the same time (2011).
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance at a glance Released 2011 Studio Gas Powered Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 14,353 Price $12.99 StrategySci-fiCompetitiveOnline Co-OpGreat SoundtrackSpace
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LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including Local Co-Op, Funny and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2009).
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga at a glance Released 2009 Studio Traveller's Tales Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,469 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpFunnySci-fiLocal MultiplayerGreat SoundtrackSpaceControllerOnline Co-Op
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Sanctum 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Indie; released around the same time (2013).
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Sanctum 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Coffee Stain Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 14,389 Price $14.99 StrategySci-fiIndieOnline Co-OpFunnyGreat Soundtrack
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Natural Selection 2
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Sci-fi and Indie; released around the same time (2012).
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Natural Selection 2 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Unknown Worlds Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 13,363 Price $4.99 StrategySci-fiIndieCompetitiveSpaceOnline Co-Op
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King Arthur's Gold
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including 2D, Indie and Platformer; released around the same time (2013).
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION?
King Arthur's Gold at a glance Released 2013 Studio Transhuman Design Player sentiment 84% positive of 5,228 Price Free 2DIndiePlatformerCompetitiveFree to PlayStrategySide ScrollerFunny
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Worms Armageddon
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Funny and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
The iconic intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the fan-favourite classic Worms™ Armageddon. Relive their glory days once again as you blast your way into enemy territory, sweep their fields and remain the last worm standing.
Worms Armageddon at a glance Released 2013 Studio Team17 Digital Ltd Player sentiment 94% positive of 10,914 Price $2.99 StrategyFunny2DLocal MultiplayerLocal Co-OpPlatformerOnline Co-Op
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Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Strategy and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! at a glance Released 2013 Studio Vertigo Gaming Inc. Player sentiment 94% positive of 5,711 Price $3.24 IndieStrategy2DFunnyControllerLocal Co-OpLocal Multiplayer
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SpaceChem
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Sci-fi and Great Soundtrack; released around the same time (2011).
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
SpaceChem at a glance Released 2011 Studio Zachtronics Player sentiment 92% positive of 5,085 Price $9.99 IndieSci-fiGreat Soundtrack2DSpaceStrategy
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Endless Sky
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Space, Free to Play and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2015).
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Endless Sky at a glance Released 2015 Studio Michael Zahniser Player sentiment 92% positive of 7,092 Price Free SpaceFree to PlaySci-fi2DIndieStrategy
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HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Sci-fi; released around the same time (2015).
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Arrowhead Game Studios Player sentiment 90% positive of 33,376 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpSci-fiFunnySpaceStrategy
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ibb & obb
Why it matched: shares 9 player tags including Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op and Platformer; released around the same time (2014).
ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.
ibb & obb at a glance Released 2014 Studio Sparpweed Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,830 Price $11.99 Online Co-OpLocal Co-OpPlatformerIndie2DGreat SoundtrackLocal MultiplayerController
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Just Shapes & Beats
Why it matched: both strategy; shares 8 player tags including Great Soundtrack, 2D and Indie.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
Just Shapes & Beats at a glance Released 2018 Studio Berzerk Studio Player sentiment 98% positive of 26,015 Price $11.99 Great Soundtrack2DIndieLocal MultiplayerOnline Co-OpLocal Co-OpFunnyStrategy
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Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including Local Co-Op, Funny and Sci-fi.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga at a glance Released 2007 Studio Feral Interactive Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,467 Price $19.99 Local Co-OpFunnySci-fiLocal MultiplayerGreat SoundtrackSpaceControllerOnline Co-Op
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Ikaruga
Why it matched: both science fiction; shares 8 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Sci-fi and Indie.
Shoot! Dodge! and... Get Hit!? "Ikaruga" is a vertical shoot 'em up that features an unique polarity-switching gameplay. Switch the ship's polarity and "get hit and absorb" enemy bullets! Achieve High Score with the chain bonus!
Ikaruga at a glance Released 2001 Studio Treasure Player sentiment 95% positive of 2,364 Price $9.99 Great SoundtrackSci-fiIndieLocal Co-Op2DSpaceControllerLocal Multiplayer
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AirMech Strike
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Free to Play, Strategy and MOBA.
AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!
AirMech Strike at a glance Released 2018 Studio Carbon Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 10,862 Price Free Free to PlayStrategyMOBAOnline Co-OpIndieSci-fi
Common questions
What game is most like Awesomenauts?
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, on the evidence we have. It both science fiction and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Awesomenauts" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Awesomenauts. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.