Games like Stellar Orphans
If Stellar Orphans is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarVaders, Zero Division and For The Warp — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crew dynamics dictate survival, deckbuilding adapts to unpredictability 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.
Get personalized picks →About Stellar Orphans: "Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"
Players who liked Stellar Orphans also play
Steam players who put hours into Stellar Orphans 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.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Top pick for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Zero Division
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Second-strongest match for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.
For The Warp
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Stellar Orphans.
Third-strongest match for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!
Deep Sky Derelicts
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Ranked #4 for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Circadian Dice
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Ranked #5 for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Stellar Orphans.
Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Orphans.
Ranked #6 for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Orphans.
Ranked #7 for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Stellar Orphans.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Ranked #8 for Stellar Orphans fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stellar Orphans at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~74% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~61% under Stellar Orphans on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
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.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Samorost 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Orphans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
For The Warp
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Stellar Orphans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Orphans.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Orphans.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Frequently asked about Stellar Orphans
- Does Stellar Orphans run on Steam Deck?
- Stellar Orphans 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 Stellar Orphans cost?
- Stellar Orphans is listed on Steam at 7.64 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stellar Orphans?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stellar Orphans are StarVaders, Zero Division, For The Warp.
- Who developed Stellar Orphans?
- Stellar Orphans was developed by Artifex Parvus.
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