Games like Solar System Simulator
If Solar System Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarbaseSim, Space Crash Simulator and Starship Simulator — 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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Steam players who put hours into Solar System Simulator 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.
StarbaseSim
WHY THIS
Top pick for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Space Crash Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Real-time planetary collision sandbox powered by SPH physics: smash planets together and watch the destruction and its aftermath!
Starship Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Explore a scientifically accurate Milky Way galaxy and discover distant uncharted worlds, while having unrestricted access to every deck of your Magellan Class deep space exploration vessel. Interact with numerous fully simulated ship systems, or simply relax in the bar and watch the stars drift by.
Lunar Odyssey
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Don your xEMU Spacesuit, explore the Orontius Crater, and Lunar Module in an immersive first-person VR experience with out of this world accuracy and interaction. Follow real-life procedures, launch the Apollo-era Lunar Module, play Space Golf, and experience the moon like never before.
Rocket Science
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Space Travellers
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
World Climate Lab
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
World Climate Lab is a real-time planetary climate simulator. Import your own terrain or sculpt a world in the topography editor, then watch a living climate emerge from physics: winds, oceans, cloud bands and ice. Every climate is calculated, not painted.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Solar System Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Solar System Simulator at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
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 ~63% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
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 ~75% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
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 ~81% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Solar System Simulator.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
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 ~50% under Solar System Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
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?
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
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.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
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.
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!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solar System Simulator.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
OnlyCans: Thirst Date
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solar System Simulator.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
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Frequently asked about Solar System Simulator
- How much does Solar System Simulator cost?
- Solar System Simulator is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Solar System Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solar System Simulator are StarbaseSim, Space Crash Simulator, Starship Simulator.
- Who developed Solar System Simulator?
- Solar System Simulator was developed by WPC.
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 Solar System Simulator.
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