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Games like StarRupture

If StarRupture is your kind of game, the closest matches are Satisfactory, Green Hell and The Planet Crafter — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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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StarRupture is a first-person open-world factory-building survival game set on an alien planet, developed by Creepy Jar and currently in Early Access. Players extract and manage resources while constructing complex industrial automation systems, combining light combat against alien creatures with procedural exploration across the changing landscape. The title supports online cooperative multiplayer for those preferring to tackle its systems together. Reviewers highlight that automation feels satisfying and natural, and that lore is pieced together through environmental storytelling. The defining periodic star ruptures force strategic planning as the world regenerates dynamically afterward, creating a challenging yet contemplative experience. The game runs as Playable on Steam Deck, currently priced at $19.99 USD, and holds an 82% positive rating from over 6000 Steam reviews.

About StarRupture: StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

2026ActionIndieAdventureSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Creepy Jar
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Automation feels satisfying and naturalLore is pieced together through environmental storytellingStar ruptures force strategic planningAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked StarRupture also play

Steam players who put hours into StarRupture 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. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

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

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with StarRupture.

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

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Planet Crafter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for StarRupture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with StarRupture.

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    2024Adventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Eden Crafters

    WHY THIS

    Shares automation, survival management and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

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

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Dune: Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for StarRupture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Last Caretaker

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with StarRupture.

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

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Windrose

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with StarRupture.

    Ranked #7 for StarRupture fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Palworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

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

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to StarRupture

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. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

    Reviewers of StarRupture cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Subnautica

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with StarRupture.

    Reviewers of StarRupture cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

    2018IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. ICARUS

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

    Reviewers of StarRupture cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with StarRupture.

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

    2021ActionAdventureSimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under StarRupture on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with StarRupture.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

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

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under StarRupture on Steam right now. Shares Action with StarRupture.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

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

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under StarRupture on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with StarRupture.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under StarRupture on Steam right now. Shares Action with StarRupture.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under StarRupture on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarRupture.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  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 StarRupture.

    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. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    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. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with StarRupture.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with StarRupture.

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Planet Crafter

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with StarRupture.

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    2024Adventure23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dune: Awakening

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with StarRupture.

    Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

    2025ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Palworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an immersive mood with StarRupture.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with StarRupture.

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about StarRupture

Does StarRupture run on Steam Deck?
StarRupture 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 StarRupture cost?
StarRupture is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does StarRupture have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — StarRupture supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to StarRupture?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside StarRupture are Satisfactory, Green Hell, The Planet Crafter.
Who developed StarRupture?
StarRupture was developed by Creepy Jar.

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 StarRupture.

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