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Games like stardust

If stardust is your kind of game, the closest matches are Celestial Routes, Aery - A Journey Beyond Time and Voyager 2 — 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 stardust: stardust lets you travel through space, collect colorful sparkles and paint the canvas that is the universe with your trails of stellar dust.

2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Pidibidi Games
stardust — Steam game cover

Players who liked stardust also play

Steam players who put hours into stardust 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. Celestial Routes

    WHY THIS

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

    A sci-fi space flight, exploration, and survival game in third person. Survival is important in this universe, both physically and economically. Exploring different planets, spacestations, and debris areas, and surface facilities is the key part for scavenging and collecting materials and tools.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Aery - A Journey Beyond Time

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for stardust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    In Aery – A Journey Beyond Time you are in the role of a flying god-like creature which observes the world and their inhabitants while they grow and evolve through time. Are you ready to explore time itself?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Voyager 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Launch the Voyager space probe to the furthest depths of the Solar System! Use gravity to slingshot around planets and scan, orbit, or land on targets to earn stunning replays of your accomplishments.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Univoyager

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for stardust fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    Experience a 1:1 scale, procedurally generated universe with seamless exploration from planets to stars. Journey across the cosmos with zero loading screens and realistic Newtonian physics. Trade, fight, and survive in a post-apocalyptic galaxy where gravity is your only boundary.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Silverwing

    WHY THIS

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

    Silverwing is an action flight game where you build an array of powerful spaceships to combat enemies across space and a diverse array of planet landscapes. Play through a fully voiced 20+ mission campaign with multiple endings based on your mission choices.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Orbital Invaders

    WHY THIS

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

    3D Sci-Fi arcade Shoot'em up game. Destroy asteroids and aliens. Shoot them all!3D arena shooter with multiple worlds. Spaceship simulator and shmup arcade style game.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD

    WHY THIS

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

    A hyperdrive malfunction sends Keith T. Maxwell tumbling through space and time to fight for his life against a mysterious alien armada that is wreaking havoc.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Frontier Pilot Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with stardust.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Casual with stardust.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Casual with stardust.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with stardust.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under stardust on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with stardust.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Adventure with stardust.

    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. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about stardust

How much does stardust cost?
stardust is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to stardust?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside stardust are Celestial Routes, Aery - A Journey Beyond Time, Voyager 2.
Who developed stardust?
stardust was developed by Pidibidi 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 stardust.

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