Games like Second Stellar
If Second Stellar is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legendary Survivors, Yark Survivors and Renegade Rush — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and competitive. 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 Second Stellar: Join the enigmatic Starfarers as they traverse the cosmos in this unique dual-character action roguelite, unraveling the mysteries of their galaxy and beyond in pursuit of the Voyager.
Players who liked Second Stellar also play
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Legendary Survivors
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Top pick for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Survive against hordes of monsters.
Yark Survivors
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Second-strongest match for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Yark Survivors is a small and casual action roguelike where you play the role of a small kobold trying to survive against the minions of the Proginator, a cosmic entity set on testing the limits of mortality. Pick up various skills and spells to fight your way and prove your yipping worth!
Renegade Rush
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Third-strongest match for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Renegade Rush is a survivor-style roguelike featuring deep upgrade systems, strategic exploration, and dynamic weapon builds. Stay aware of your position in the universe—venture out to hunt and discover, but don’t stray too far from home unless you're prepared for the dangers ahead.
Lockey
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Ranked #4 for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Seal your enemies with the power of a mystical key. Wield your key as a weapon to build Seal Power. Seal enemies, absorb their power, and unleash devastating Engraving abilities. Fight through the Lock Kingdom, defeat the mighty Lock King.
异界之门 D-World Gate
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Ranked #5 for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
A roguelite game where the player controls the actions and the character automatically attacks. Control the brave with different talents, survive the fight with monsters and enrich their own profession composition, become a master of all profession, defeat the Kings of the undead in this world.
Necro Rumble
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Ranked #6 for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Master the dark art of necromancy in a 2D top-down strategy game. Unleash and lead your undead legions to defeat and dominate enemy waves in this action-packed adventure.
Castle Fractal
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Ranked #7 for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Second Stellar.
A high-score based roguelite with streamlined action RPG mechanics. It features in-depth inventory management, customizable passives, character upgrades, and high-score-based gameplay.
Healer
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Ranked #8 for Second Stellar fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
Heal your party as you defeat the leaders of the demon lord army. Find your unique playstyle by combining upgrades. As you die, you will learn the patterns and mechanics. Maybe one day you won't have to come back to life to save the world!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Second Stellar
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Terraria
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Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Second Stellar.
Reviewers of Second Stellar cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Above the Stars
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Shares a whimsical mood with Second Stellar.
Reviewers of Second Stellar cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
Discover new worlds and build up mighty defences as you find your new home Above the Stars!
Vampire Survivors
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Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Second Stellar.
Reviewers of Second Stellar cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
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Shares a whimsical mood with Second Stellar.
Reviewers of Second Stellar cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Second Stellar at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
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?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
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 ~70% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
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 ~80% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
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Priced ~50% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Second Stellar on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Second Stellar.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
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.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
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.
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Second Stellar.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Second Stellar.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Second Stellar
- Does Second Stellar run on Steam Deck?
- Second Stellar is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Second Stellar cost?
- Second Stellar is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Second Stellar?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Second Stellar are Legendary Survivors, Yark Survivors, Renegade Rush.
- Who developed Second Stellar?
- Second Stellar was developed by Pepperlog.
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 Second Stellar.
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