Games like Starminer
If Starminer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evochron Mercenary, Avorion and Rank: Warmaster — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →Starminer is an interstellar fleet-building sandbox released in 2026, currently in Early Access, built around designing ships, mining space for minerals, and defending an operation from an alien threat. As an action-strategy simulation RPG, it features deep base-building and real-time space combat, set in a sci-fi sandbox of trading, exploration, and spaceships across an open world. It costs 26.99 USD and currently lists no Steam Deck rating. Around 75% of 1,353 Steam reviews are positive. The build emphasizes stripping space for profit while greed draws the alien, pushing the fleet toward warships and fortified bases as the empire expands across the open, mineral-rich frontier.
About Starminer: Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Players who liked Starminer also play
Steam players who put hours into Starminer 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.
Evochron Mercenary
WHY THIS
Top pick for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Avorion
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Rank: Warmaster
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
X4: Foundations
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
X3: Terran Conflict
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Starpoint Gemini 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Starminer.
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Capital Command
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Starminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starminer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~82% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starminer.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starminer.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Starminer.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Starminer.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Starminer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Starminer.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Starminer.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Starminer.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
PlanetSide 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Starminer.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Supermarket Together
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Starminer.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
RuneScape ®
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Starminer.
RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.
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Frequently asked about Starminer
- How much does Starminer cost?
- Starminer is listed on Steam at 26.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Starminer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starminer are Evochron Mercenary, Avorion, Rank: Warmaster.
- Who developed Starminer?
- Starminer was developed by CoolAndGoodGames.
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