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Games like Cosmic Miners

If Cosmic Miners is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gravity in Space, Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator and Chorus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill exploration loop, atmospheric and chill. 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 Cosmic Miners: Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.

2025ActionAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby bitByte Games
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Atmospheric cosmic setting with colorful visualsChill exploration loopMix of chill exploration and optional combat encountersAtmosphericChillCozy

Players who liked Cosmic Miners also play

Steam players who put hours into Cosmic Miners 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. Gravity in Space

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Cosmic Miners.

    Gravity in Space is an acurate-physics-based spacecraft flight and combat simulation. Learn how to use gravitational forces to navigate through surreal worlds, while you outplay your enemies and shoot them.

    2021ActionIndieSimulation13.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    Pilot your starship in Starship Fighters, a realistic space combat simulator. Engage in intense battles, explore vast galaxies, and unleash destruction with an arsenal of powerful weapons in a universe teeming with enemies!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Chorus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Cosmic Miners.

    Third-strongest match for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.

    2021ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Evochron Mercenary

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Cosmic Miners.

    Ranked #4 for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.

    2012ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. X3: Terran Conflict

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!

    2008ActionStrategySimulation3.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. SpaceEngine

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Cosmic Miners.

    Ranked #6 for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Cosmic Miners.

    The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual20.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. QANGA

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource mining and an atmospheric mood with Cosmic Miners.

    Ranked #7 for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. SPACERIFT: Arcanum System

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Cosmic Miners.

    Ranked #8 for Cosmic Miners fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    At the sunset of human life on planet Earth, you are a military pilot controlling a space ship, and you find yourself at the very epicenter of the battle in the solar system. You are forced to retreat into the unknown, distant Arcanum system through hyper-jumping.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cosmic Miners at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Cosmic Miners on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmic Miners.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 ↗
  6. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

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

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cosmic Miners.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cosmic Miners

Does Cosmic Miners run on Steam Deck?
Cosmic Miners 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 Cosmic Miners cost?
Cosmic Miners is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cosmic Miners?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cosmic Miners are Gravity in Space, Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator, Chorus.
Who developed Cosmic Miners?
Cosmic Miners was developed by bitByte 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 Cosmic Miners.

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