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Games like Starminer

30 games alike in Space Sim, Space and Sci-fi, with Avorion, Endless Sky and X4: Foundations closest.

ClosestAvorion

Starminer, but 3D, and nine times the hours

71 hoursLoved · 90%Its page

Space SimSpace

19 games that share both with Starminer

  1. 1Closest

    Avorion

    Starminer, but 3D, and nine times the hours

    Loved · 90%

  2. 2

    Endless Sky

    Starminer, but free to play, and twice the hours

    Loved · 92%

  3. 3

    X4: Foundations

    Starminer, but nine times the hours

    Liked · 80%

  4. 5

    X3: Reunion

    Much the same as Starminer

    Mixed · 72%

  5. 8

    Rebel Galaxy

    Starminer, but three times the hours

    Liked · 85%

  6. 10

    Starpoint Gemini Warlords

    Starminer, but a 4X game, and twice the hours

    Mixed · 73%

  7. 11

    Elite Dangerous

    Starminer, but an MMO, and in VR

    Mixed · 77%

  8. 14Best loved

    SpaceEngine

    Starminer, but realistic, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  9. 15

    Space Engineers

    Starminer, but a survival crafting game, and six times the hours

    Liked · 89%

  10. 18

    Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

    Starminer, but harder, and three times the hours

    Loved · 94%

  11. 19

    Astrox Imperium

    Much the same as Starminer

    Liked · 84%

  12. 20

    Between the Stars

    Starminer, but an action RPG

    Mixed · 74%

  13. 21Shortest

    Rodina

    Starminer, but first-person

    Loved · 93%

  14. 23

    Universe Sandbox

    Starminer, but relaxing, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  15. 24

    Kerbal Space Program

    Starminer, but six times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%

  16. 25

    Dyson Sphere Program

    Starminer, but an automation game, and five times the hours

    Loved · 97%

  17. 26

    Oxygen Not Included

    Starminer, but a colony sim, and six times the hours

    Loved · 97%

  18. 27

    Kerbal Space Program 2

    Starminer, but funny, and more divisive

    Disliked · 26%

  19. 28

    HELLION

    Starminer, but an MMO, and more divisive

    Divisive · 55%

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Space SimTrading

3 games that share both with Starminer

  1. 4

    EVE Online

    Starminer, but free to play, and an MMORPG

    Mixed · 73%

  2. 12

    Star Conflict

    Starminer, but free to play, and co-op

    Mixed · 73%

  3. 29

    Cosmonautica

    Starminer, but your choices matter, and more divisive

    Divisive · 48%

Space SimSpaceships

4 games that share both with Starminer

  1. 6Hidden gem

    Spaceflight Simulator

    Starminer, but 2D, and with crafting

    Loved · 97%

  2. 7

    Starpoint Gemini 2

    Much the same as Starminer

    Mixed · 69%

  3. 9

    Chorus

    Starminer, but third-person

    Liked · 82%

  4. 16

    PULSAR: Lost Colony

    Starminer, but co-op, and first-person

    Loved · 90%

And more like Starminer

Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.

  1. 13

    SpaceBourne 2

    Starminer, but an action RPG, and first-person

    Mixed · 76%Space Sim · Flight

  2. 17

    STAR WARS: Squadrons

    Starminer, but PvP, and in VR

    Mixed · 65%Spaceships · Flight

  3. 22

    Jump Space

    Starminer, but a first-person shooter, and co-op

    Liked · 85%Spaceships · Space

  4. 30

    Space Engineers 2

    Starminer, but with destruction, and half the hours

    Mixed · 75%Space · Sandbox

How this list is made

A game is here when it shares the strongest of Starminer's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Starminer's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. Games that share the same kinds with Starminer stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.

Under each name, how it differs from Starminer: a kind of game it is that Starminer is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Starminer's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Starminer, and how its reviewers feel beside Starminer's.

The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.