Games like Edge of Space
If Edge of Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Signs of Life, Starbound and GRAV — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crafting depth is satisfying, research system feels rewarding and atmospheric. 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 →Edge of Space is a 2D action-adventure RPG released in 2015 by Handyman Studios, set in a procedurally generated universe where players explore hostile worlds as operatives of a corporation seeking habitable planets. The game features crafting, combat, NPC interactions, and a research system within an open-world sandbox framework, supporting online co-op. Reviewers describe the crafting depth as satisfying, with the research system providing a rewarding sense of progression, and they note that NPC interactions create cozy moments amid the challenging survival gameplay. Players highlight the space exploration as immersive, describing the atmosphere as both nostalgic and unsettling. The game runs as playable on Steam Deck and is currently priced at $14.99 USD. Based on 1565 Steam reviews, the title holds a 30% positive rating.
About Edge of Space: Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Players who liked Edge of Space also play
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Signs of Life
WHY THIS
Shares combat, crafting and an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Top pick for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Second-strongest match for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
GRAV
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Third-strongest match for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.
Crashlands
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Edge of Space.
Ranked #4 for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
Windforge
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Ranked #5 for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Crea
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Ranked #6 for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!
Boundless
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Edge of Space.
Ranked #7 for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.
Planet Explorers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Ranked #8 for Edge of Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Edge of Space
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Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Edge of Space.
Reviewers of Edge of Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares crafting, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Edge of Space.
Reviewers of Edge of Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and procedural generation with Edge of Space.
Reviewers of Edge of Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Edge of Space.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Edge of Space at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Edge of Space.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Action with Edge of Space.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Action with Edge of Space.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Edge of Space.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Edge of Space.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Edge of Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Edge of Space.
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.
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 with Edge of Space.
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?
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 Edge of Space.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Edge of Space.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Edge of Space.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Edge of Space.
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.
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Frequently asked about Edge of Space
- Does Edge of Space run on Steam Deck?
- Edge of Space 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 Edge of Space cost?
- Edge of Space is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Edge of Space have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Edge of Space supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Edge of Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Edge of Space are Signs of Life, Starbound, GRAV.
- Who developed Edge of Space?
- Edge of Space was developed by Handyman Studios and published by Reverb Triple XP.
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 Edge of Space.
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