Games like StarDrive 2
If StarDrive 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pax Nova, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition and StarDrive — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, punishing and planet building and management. 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 →StarDrive 2 is a strategy and indie game released in 2015, developed by Zero Sum Games and published by Iceberg Interactive. It combines turn-based strategic planning with real-time ship combat in a space setting, featuring planet management and colonization alongside research progression and detailed ship customization. Players design and outfit their vessels before engaging in battles where tactical positioning matters in combat, according to reviewers. The game offers a solo-only experience lasting approximately medium length with challenging and punishing difficulty, as described by players. StarDrive 2 costs $29.99 USD and holds a 55% positive rating from 1,412 Steam reviews, with a Metacritic score of 70.
About StarDrive 2: StarDrive 2 is an exciting and evolutionary step forward for the StarDrive franchise. In this eagerly anticipated sequel, the core mechanics have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring spectacular realtime battles.
Players who liked StarDrive 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into StarDrive 2 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.
Pax Nova
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with StarDrive 2.
Top pick for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with StarDrive 2.
Second-strongest match for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!
StarDrive
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with StarDrive 2.
Third-strongest match for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Stars in Shadow
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with StarDrive 2.
Ranked #5 for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Lords of the Black Sun
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.
Master of Orion
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with StarDrive 2.
Ranked #8 for StarDrive 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
Reviewers mention these as similar to StarDrive 2
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Master of Orion
WHY THIS
Reviewers of StarDrive 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.
ENDLESS™ Space 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of StarDrive 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?
Master of Orion 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of StarDrive 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below StarDrive 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with StarDrive 2.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under StarDrive 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with StarDrive 2.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Toribash
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with StarDrive 2.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
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Frequently asked about StarDrive 2
- How much does StarDrive 2 cost?
- StarDrive 2 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to StarDrive 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside StarDrive 2 are Pax Nova, Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition, StarDrive.
- Who developed StarDrive 2?
- StarDrive 2 was developed by Zero Sum Games and published by Iceberg Interactive.
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