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Games like Star Trek: Infinite

If Star Trek: Infinite is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion, Stellaris and Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional 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.

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Star Trek: Infinite is a 4X space strategy game released in 2023 by Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive. Set in the iconic Star Trek universe, the game offers players the chance to lead one of four major factions across the galaxy, navigating diplomacy systems and event-driven storytelling as they expand their territory. Players describe the experience as challenging, with tactical positioning matters proving central to success. The game supports solo play only on Steam Deck at a price of $14.99 USD, delivering a medium-length grand strategy experience with a normal difficulty curve. According to Steam reviews, the title holds a 39% positive rating from over 2,300 players.

About Star Trek: Infinite: Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.

2023StrategyAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Nimble Giant Entertainment
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Players who liked Star Trek: Infinite also play

Steam players who put hours into Star Trek: Infinite 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. Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion

    WHY THIS

    Shares 4x strategy and a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Top pick for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Stellaris

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Second-strongest match for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.

    2011StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Ranked #4 for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

    2022StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hollow Stars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  6. Outscape

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Ranked #6 for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.

    2019StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  7. Galactic Civilizations IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Ranked #7 for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.

    2023StrategySimulation39.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Europa Universalis IV

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Ranked #8 for Star Trek: Infinite fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.

    2013StrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Trek: Infinite

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Stellaris

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Reviewers of Star Trek: Infinite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Star Control III

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Trek: Infinite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    The universe is on the brink of destruction. It’s up to you to embark on an epic adventure of strategy and diplomacy to save thousands of worlds from total annihilation. But no pressure, right?

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Trek: Infinite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?

    2009AdventureRPG2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Star Chart

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Trek: Infinite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Star Chart is the ultimate Virtual Reality experience: your very own Planetarium! Explore the solar system and night sky in a beautiful and accurate real-time simulation. Support for non-VR devices included

    2016Simulation9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Elven Rivers 2: New Horizons Collector's Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Trek: Infinite cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Celene and her brave teammates have already earn a reputation for themselves: this is why they were chosen to be the first group to explore the neighbouring continent of beastmen.

    2023StrategyCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Trek: Infinite at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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 ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Star Trek: Infinite on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

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

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Star Trek: Infinite.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Dota 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.

    2013ActionStrategyFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Nimble Giant Entertainment

Other recommendable Steam games by Nimble Giant Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Quantum League

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Nimble Giant Entertainment, the studio behind Star Trek: Infinite. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Quantum League is a revolutionary Time-Paradox Shooter: a competitive online FPS where you are battling within a time loop, tactically teaming up with your past and future selves in mind-blowing 1v1 and 2v2 matches.

    2021ActionSportsStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bunch of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Another title from Nimble Giant Entertainment, the studio behind Star Trek: Infinite.

    Pick up the Horror Pack for free during the Steam Halloween Sale! Offer ends November 1st at 10AM Pacific.

    2011ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Champions of Regnum

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Another title from Nimble Giant Entertainment, the studio behind Star Trek: Infinite.

    Choose your Realm and engage in the most dynamic player driven battlefield available on any MMO. Fight for the Alsius Empire, protect the woods of Syrtis or avenge the Brotherhood of Ignis.

    2013IndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeSteam ↗
  4. Quantum League - Free Open Beta

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Another title from Nimble Giant Entertainment, the studio behind Star Trek: Infinite. Shares Strategy with Star Trek: Infinite.

    Quantum League is a revolutionary Time-Paradox Shooter: a competitive online FPS where you are battling within a time loop, tactically teaming up with your past and future selves in mind-blowing 1v1 and 2v2 matches. FREE BETA PERIOD ENDED. WISHLIST THE FULL GAME!

    2020ActionSportsStrategyFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Star Trek: Infinite

Does Star Trek: Infinite run on Steam Deck?
Star Trek: Infinite 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 Star Trek: Infinite cost?
Star Trek: Infinite is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Star Trek: Infinite have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Star Trek: Infinite supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Star Trek: Infinite?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Trek: Infinite are Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion, Stellaris, Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®.
Who developed Star Trek: Infinite?
Star Trek: Infinite was developed by Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive.

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 Star Trek: Infinite.

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