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Games like Black Jackal

If Black Jackal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Expedition Astra, Blackstar Ranger and Verse Project — 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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About Black Jackal: Pilot your way through the deadly remains of derelict spacecraft, solve their mysteries, and get out with everything that isn't nailed down.

ActionAdventureWindowsby Bad Galaxy Games LLC
Black Jackal — Steam game cover

Players who liked Black Jackal also play

Steam players who put hours into Black Jackal 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.

  1. Expedition Astra

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    Old machines guard silent asteroid sites across the outer solar system. Pilot a 6DoF spacecraft, fight around the rock, dock with old vessels, and touch the asteroid to extract rare materials.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Blackstar Ranger

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    Blackstar Ranger is a high-octane and immersive first-person space shooter. From the seat of your advanced fighter, you will complete contracts for BLACKSTAR, the most esteemed Private Military Faction in the solar system. With 6DOF capability, you will battle threats throughout the system.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Verse Project

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    In this multiplayer game you have to explore the Solar System in real scale. Control spaceships of the near future, explore planets, moons and asteroids, mine resources, fight for space domination and build the future of the universe.

    2026ActionAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Project Mind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    RAID hostile spaceships, BUILD powerful ships, and RECRUIT skilled crew members to expand your fleet! Jump into this action-packed shooter and fight to keep Project Mind from falling into the wrong hands...

    ActionAdventureEarly AccessSteam ↗
  5. Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    Pilot your starship in Starship Fighters, a realistic space combat simulator. Engage in intense battles, explore vast galaxies, and unleash destruction with an arsenal of powerful weapons in a universe teeming with enemies!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Instarion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    PvE co-op space-sim shooter. Seamless landings on huge spherical planets. Interplanetary flights with explorable ship interiors. Boarding vessels anywhere in combat, space or surface. Massive ground and space battles.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Zero-G Guns

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    Zero-G Guns offers a new physics based way of moving in VR. Push against the environment, grab objects, and shoot yourself around using the recoil of your guns. Use your movement to stay alive while fighting enemy drones and find a way back home.

    ActionIndieSteam ↗
  8. Chronicles of Deeps

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Black Jackal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    Chronicles of Deeps is Sci-fi FPS where you need to control submarines to get through story. In 2070, an event happened which left the whole world under the ocean. People separated on fractions and started to fight for resources. In 2112, some things happened which you should discover in this game.

    2021ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Black Jackal.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Black Jackal.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Black Jackal.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Black Jackal

What games are most similar to Black Jackal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Black Jackal are Expedition Astra, Blackstar Ranger, Verse Project.
Who developed Black Jackal?
Black Jackal was developed by Bad Galaxy Games LLC.

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 Black Jackal.

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