Games like Star Trucker
If Star Trucker is your kind of game, the closest matches are American Truck Simulator, sfsim and Hardspace: Shipbreaker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, cozy and immersive. 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 →Star Trucker is a space simulation game released in 2024 by Monster and Monster, published by Raw Fury. Players haul cargo across procedurally generated sectors of space while managing resources and completing missions through a checkpoint-based progression system. The core gameplay loop centers on truck preparation, space travel, and docking, with players navigating between missions in a chill, medium-length experience designed for solo play. Reviewers note the atmospheric CB radio communication with other truckers, while players describe the hauling gameplay as a relaxing loop enhanced by good soundtrack and voice acting. The game is marked as playable on Steam Deck and costs $24.99, currently holding a 79% positive rating from over 3000 Steam reviews.
About Star Trucker: Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Players who liked Star Trucker also play
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American Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Top pick for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
sfsim
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
sfsim is a realistic 3D space flight simulator.Use an advanced single-stage-to-orbit space craft to take off, orbit the planet, perform reentry, and land back on Earth.sfsim features a true to scale Earth planet using NOAA elevation data and procedurally generated volumetric clouds.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Third-strongest match for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Star Trucker.
Ranked #4 for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Ranked #5 for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Dedicate your life to saving others. As soon as you receive the emergency call, speed off to the site of the accident in your ambulance, sirens wailing. Apply first aid and transport the seriously injured to hospital. Every second counts!
Train Sim World® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Ranked #6 for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
The evolution of train simulation! Master iconic locomotives on high-speed services, long freight hauls or precise commuter traffic, and get creative with customisation tools in this advanced sequel. Climb into the cab in Train Sim World 2.
Train Sim World® 4
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization, mission based progression, transportation and an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Ranked #7 for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Feel the power of simulation in your hands. Experience immense velocity and express unrivalled creativity with Train Sim World 4! Expand your rail hobby and discover the raw emotion of driving a diverse array of iconic routes and trains. From training center to mountain pass, this is your journey.
RoadCraft
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Star Trucker fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Trucker
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X4: Foundations
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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 procedural generation, exploration and an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker 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.
Starfield
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
SnowRunner
WHY THIS
Shares vehicle customization and procedural generation with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Rebel Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Reviewers of Star Trucker cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Star Trucker at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
PowerWash Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Star Trucker on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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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!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
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!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
American Truck Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Trucker.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Star Trucker.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
RoadCraft
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Star Trucker.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Frequently asked about Star Trucker
- Does Star Trucker run on Steam Deck?
- Star Trucker 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 Trucker cost?
- Star Trucker is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Star Trucker?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Trucker are American Truck Simulator, sfsim, Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
- Who developed Star Trucker?
- Star Trucker was developed by Monster and Monster and published by Raw Fury.
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