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Games like Star Patrol Nova

If Star Patrol Nova is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hunt of the Reptorians, Dream Team Supreme and Topdeck Automat — 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 Star Patrol Nova: Star Patrol Nova is a sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder. Take control of a team of four Star Rangers with customisable skills, and a deck of cards you can modify between battles.

StrategyWindowsby Southfog Games
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  1. Hunt of the Reptorians

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    Lock up your loved ones - the Reptorians are coming! A sci-fi deckbuilding roguelike where your ship is your strategy. Build your ship, build your deck: every crew member, turret, shield and module adds cards to your arsenal. Projectiles close in real time and placement is everything.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Dream Team Supreme

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    Battle the monster invasion in exciting deckbuilding battles straight out of a comic book! Control your robot with specialized cartridges, enhance it and your deck, and collaborate on strategic combinations alongside your team of scientists - it’s up to you to save the world!

    StrategySteam ↗
  3. Topdeck Automat

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    The roguelike auto-battler where your deck prints itself! Supply a brave worker droid with synergistic blueprints to defend the planet against hordes of alien invaders. Combine hundreds of cards with custom upgrades and infinitely stackable modules to discover broken builds.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Contested Space

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    Build your own fleet in this space roguelike deckbuilder. Pick your faction, draft cards mid-combat from a rotating market, and fight your way through hostile sectors one run at a time. Can you carve a path to victory through Contested Space?

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. ACE Strategy: Mecha Nova

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    A tactical roguelike deck building game. Recruit elite mecha pilots, deploy drones and cast commands. Master your ACE mechas while collecting unique cards and chips in battles, and form your own build for total battlefield dominance.

    2026StrategyIndie12.89 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Brawl To The West

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    "Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"

    2025StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Roulette Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    Roulette Hero is a strategic roguelike deckbuilder where you assemble animal companions to defeat towering mechanical beasts. Line up the perfect squad on your roulette wheel, spin to activate your animals' abilities, trigger game-changing synergies, and turn the tide of battle!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. As We Descend

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Star Patrol Nova fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Star Patrol Nova.

    The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG13.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

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

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Star Patrol Nova

What games are most similar to Star Patrol Nova?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Patrol Nova are Hunt of the Reptorians, Dream Team Supreme, Topdeck Automat.
Who developed Star Patrol Nova?
Star Patrol Nova was developed by Southfog 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 Star Patrol Nova.

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