Games like Starfield
If Starfield is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, The Outer Worlds and Hogwarts Legacy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its modding expands the experience, atmospheric 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.
Get personalized picks →Starfield is a 2023 RPG from Bethesda Game Studios set across the settled systems of the Milky Way. Players manage companions, build outposts, design custom spacecraft, and navigate faction politics as they progress through the main questline and New Game Plus mode. Reviewers describe the scope of exploration as epic and immersive, with players noting how faction choices meaningfully reshape the galaxy's political landscape. Outpost systems and ship customization evolve alongside character progression. Resource management and inventory sorting feature prominently throughout. Bethesda's largest single-player effort currently holds 58% positive across over 84,000 Steam reviews at $49.99, though it is not supported on Steam Deck.
About Starfield: Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Players who liked Starfield also play
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Top pick for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Second-strongest match for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Hogwarts Legacy
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Ranked #4 for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Starfield.
Ranked #5 for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.
The Outer Worlds 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Ranked #7 for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Starfield fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Starfield
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Starfield.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
X4: Foundations
WHY THIS
Shares ship customization and an epic mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
No Man's Sky
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Baldur's Gate 3
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Reviewers of Starfield cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Starfield.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Starfield at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Starfield on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Starfield.
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?
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Priced ~80% under Starfield on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Starfield on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Starfield.
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!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Starfield on Steam right now.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
DELTARUNE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Starfield on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from Bethesda Game Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Bethesda Game Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Fallout 76
WHY THIS
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Another title from Bethesda Game Studios, the studio behind Starfield. Shares RPG with Starfield.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
Hogwarts Legacy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Starfield.
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.
The Outer Worlds 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Starfield.
The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Starfield.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Starfield.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Frequently asked about Starfield
- Does Starfield work on Steam Deck?
- Starfield is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Starfield cost?
- Starfield is listed on Steam at 49.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Starfield?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starfield are The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, The Outer Worlds, Hogwarts Legacy.
- Who developed Starfield?
- Starfield was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
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