Games like Project Coreward
If Project Coreward is your kind of game, the closest matches are Genotype, Starship Simulator and Battlecruiser Generations — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Project Coreward: Embark on an open world journey across the stars while encountering foes, friends and forgotten stories. Build your ship. Recruit and train your crew. Most of all, explore and confront the unknown to reveal the true, vast nature of choice and consequence.
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Genotype
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Top pick for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Project Coreward.
Your weapons are alive! Print creatures and use them as weapons and tools as you explore this Metroidvania FPS adventure. Morph yourself tiny, upgrade, and locate collectibles to advance to the next boss. Explore large non-linear maps and explore an environment woven together with a complex story.
Starship Simulator
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Second-strongest match for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with Project Coreward.
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.
Battlecruiser Generations
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Third-strongest match for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Project Coreward.
In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996.
OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)
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Ranked #4 for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Coreward.
Overview is a mind-changing experience about our position in the Universe. With a narrative and an interactive mode, it features realistic imagery and accurate data to leave you in awe and wonder at the vastness of the Cosmos.
B3
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Ranked #5 for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
B3 will be a first-person VR shooter where you have to defend your base from waves of attacking monsters.
Startenders: Intergalactic Bartending
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Ranked #6 for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Project Coreward.
Prepare for your unexpected enrollment into the Startenders Academy. Your goal is to create bizarre beverages for colourful customers in the hope that no one notices you haven’t the slightest clue what’s going on.
Cosmic Awakening VR
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Ranked #7 for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Cosmic Awakening VR is a first person VR survival exploration horror game. A game about immersion, exploration, and terror. It is a collection of horror scenarios set on a sci-fi stage. Explore the mysteries in a short linear experience, or try to survive as long as you can against unknown horrors.
Interkosmos 2000
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Ranked #8 for Project Coreward fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Go to space. Save the Future. Try not to Die. Welcome (back) to the world of Interkosmos for an even wilder, weirder and more wondrous adventure.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Project Coreward at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
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
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Priced ~50% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Coreward.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
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
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Priced ~75% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
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
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Priced ~83% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Project Coreward.
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
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Priced ~50% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Project Coreward.
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!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Project Coreward.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~67% under Project Coreward on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Project Coreward.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Project Coreward.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
The Lab
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
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.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Coreward.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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Frequently asked about Project Coreward
- Does Project Coreward work on Steam Deck?
- Project Coreward is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Project Coreward cost?
- Project Coreward is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Project Coreward?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Project Coreward are Genotype, Starship Simulator, Battlecruiser Generations.
- Who developed Project Coreward?
- Project Coreward was developed by ExoElement Games.
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 Project Coreward.
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