Games like Jumpdrive
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Jumpdrive for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Jumpdrive also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Jumpdrive: Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Elite Dangerous
Top pick for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Jumpdrive.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
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Rebel Galaxy
Second-strongest match for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
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.
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Starship EVO
Third-strongest match for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
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Drifter
Ranked #4 for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
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3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
Ranked #5 for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.
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Rodina
Ranked #6 for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!
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Kerbal Space Program
Ranked #7 for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumpdrive.
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.
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Void Destroyer 2
Ranked #8 for Jumpdrive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jumpdrive.
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Jumpdrive
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Evochron Legacy SE
Reviewers of Jumpdrive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jumpdrive.
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
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Pioneerz
Reviewers of Jumpdrive cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Jumpdrive.
Pioneerz make you a pioneer in a fantasy world, it's a sandbox RPG focus on town protection. Help your town, improve your ability, expand your kingdom! The road is harsh to make a peaceful empire!
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Frequently asked about Jumpdrive
- How much does Jumpdrive cost?
- Jumpdrive is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Jumpdrive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jumpdrive are Elite Dangerous, Rebel Galaxy, Starship EVO.
- Who developed Jumpdrive?
- Jumpdrive was developed by Meteoric 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 Jumpdrive.
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