Games like Starmancer
If Starmancer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Haven, The Crust and Stardeus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its colony expansion feels rewarding, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Starmancer: From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Players who liked Starmancer also play
Steam players who put hours into Starmancer also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Top pick for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
The Crust
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Second-strongest match for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Starmancer.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Stardeus
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Starmancer.
Third-strongest match for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Starmancer.
Ranked #4 for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and a contemplative mood with Starmancer.
Ranked #5 for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Starmancer.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and an atmospheric mood with Starmancer.
Ranked #6 for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
WorldBox - God Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Ranked #8 for Starmancer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Starmancer
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RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Reviewers of Starmancer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Reviewers of Starmancer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starmancer.
Reviewers of Starmancer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Reviewers of Starmancer cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starmancer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Starmancer.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Starmancer.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Starmancer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Starmancer.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Stardeus
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Starmancer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Starmancer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
WorldBox - God Simulator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starmancer.
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Starmancer.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starmancer.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Frequently asked about Starmancer
- Does Starmancer run on Steam Deck?
- Starmancer is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Starmancer cost?
- Starmancer is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Starmancer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starmancer are Space Haven, The Crust, Stardeus.
- Who developed Starmancer?
- Starmancer was developed by Ominux Games and published by Chucklefish.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Starmancer.
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