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Games like Orbitect

If Orbitect is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Station Continuum, Galactic Crew and Space Station Tycoon — 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.

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About Orbitect: Space debris is out of control! Craft a station to take out the trash in this construction roguelite mashup.

2023ActionStrategyIndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Propulsion Games
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Players who liked Orbitect also play

Steam players who put hours into Orbitect 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.

  1. Space Station Continuum

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.

    Space Station Continuum is a building & management sim inspired by the past, present, and future of humans in space.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Galactic Crew

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orbitect.

    Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. You and your valorous crew members will explore a galaxy with all its dangers and riches. Explore and colonize planets, customize your spaceship, raid underground dungeons, mine, trade and craft!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Space Station Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.

    Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Stronghold HD (2012)

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Orbitect.

    The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

    2013StrategySimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Solargene

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Project Of Cooling The Earth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.

    Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Galactic Mining Corp

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Orbitect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Orbitect at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Orbitect.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Action with Orbitect.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orbitect.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Orbitect.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Orbitect.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Orbitect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Orbitect.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Orbitect.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Orbitect.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Orbitect.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Propulsion Games

Other recommendable Steam games by Propulsion Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Rockets Are Super Hard

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Propulsion Games, the studio behind Orbitect. Shares Indie with Orbitect.

    Armed with nothing but a guide book, you and your teammates must collaborate and tackle intricate puzzles to launch rockets in this exhilaratingly stressful co-operative game. Not for the faint of heart, teamwork and communication are your keys to success!

    2020Indie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Mars Agenda

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Propulsion Games, the studio behind Orbitect. Shares Indie with Orbitect.

    A lone astronaut with nothing but a guide book must complete various missions on Mars to get the planet ready for future habitation.

    2020Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Close Contact

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Propulsion Games, the studio behind Orbitect. Shares Action and Indie with Orbitect.

    Close Contact is a narrative-driven, sci-fi horror game where you must navigate an advanced underground base whilst avoiding the alien creature that stalks you.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Twisted Logic: Abbotsfield

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Propulsion Games, the studio behind Orbitect. Shares Indie with Orbitect.

    As an Exorcist from the Office of Unexplained Phenomena, your task is to solve intricate logic puzzles - both in reality and in-game - in order to exorcise a demonic force. You have one hour.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Orbitect

Does Orbitect run on Steam Deck?
Orbitect 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 Orbitect cost?
Orbitect is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Orbitect?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Orbitect are Space Station Continuum, Galactic Crew, Space Station Tycoon.
Who developed Orbitect?
Orbitect was developed by Propulsion Games.

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 Orbitect.

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