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Games like Starfall

If Starfall is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kholin Echo, The Abandoned Planet and The Dig® — 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 Starfall: A space adventure with retro gfx from the golden age of quest gaming with real type-in commands, puzzles to solve and challenging minigames.

AdventureWindowsby Solarm
Starfall — Steam game cover

Players who liked Starfall also play

Steam players who put hours into Starfall 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. Kholin Echo

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    Kholin Echo is an space action rogue like. Find a way to stop the Oblivion wave, liftoff with your ship, explore procedurally generated planets, fight enemies and collect energy to improve your abilities and weapons, while discovering the secrets of an ancient civilization

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Abandoned Planet

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

    2024IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Dig®

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.

    2009Adventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Unsafe Express

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. The Longest Journey

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

    2007ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Technobabylon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dead Space™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Starfall fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

    2011ActionAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 Adventure with Starfall.

    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.

    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 Starfall.

    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 Adventure with Starfall.

    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. 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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.

    2024IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Longest Journey

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

    2007ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Technobabylon

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Starfall.

    A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

    2015IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Starfall

What games are most similar to Starfall?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Starfall are Kholin Echo, The Abandoned Planet, The Dig®.
Who developed Starfall?
Starfall was developed by Solarm and published by Solhenge.

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 Starfall.

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