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Games like Gates of Horizon

If Gates of Horizon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Foundation: Galactic Frontier, Stardust Exile and Periphery Online — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep skill customization, chill and contemplative. 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 Gates of Horizon: Gates of Horizon is a space conquest online game.During your space journey you will gain power over the universe leading fleets, improving and managing crew and assets, taking control of entire sectors with your corporation and fighting the alien menace that threatens the human race.

2014StrategyIndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerWindows · macOS · Linuxby Hex Keep
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Automate agents for mining and combatDeep skill customizationDevs actively improve the gameChillContemplativeImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into Gates of Horizon 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. Foundation: Galactic Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gates of Horizon.

    Command Asimov's OFFICIAL Foundation universe! Live the life as an interstellar trader to exploit your trade routes! Build your starship home, crush enemies in explosive shootouts & outsmart rivals with fleet strategies in epic space wars - with new content expanding your saga!

    StrategyAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  2. Stardust Exile

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Gates of Horizon.

    Second-strongest match for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Periphery Online

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Gates of Horizon.

    Third-strongest match for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.

    2026StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Veyrasol

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with Gates of Horizon.

    Veyrasol is a real-time MMO strategy game set in the Veyra Spiral galaxy. Build colonies, command fleets, forge alliances, and battle for dominance across ~120-day seasons in this free-to-play browser-born strategy experience.

    StrategyMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Gods and Idols

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Gates of Horizon.

    Ranked #5 for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Take the role of a newly ascended deity in Gods and Idols. Carve your place among the stars in an open, dynamic, and massive MMORTS universe. Command the powers of the cosmos, form alliances, and use your worshipers as instruments to further your goals.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  6. Nexus Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Rebuild civilization from a single planet in Nexus Legacy, a persistent sci-fi 4X MMO. Colonize worlds, manage resources, research technologies, command fleets, forge alliances, and fight for control of a living galaxy.

    2026StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeSteam ↗
  7. Nova: Space Armada

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with Gates of Horizon.

    An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.

    2024StrategyMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Pixel Starships

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Gates of Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PlanetSide 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Gates of Horizon.

    PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

    2012ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Gates of Horizon.

    The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

    2021SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Moonbase Alpha

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gates of Horizon.

    NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.

    2010StrategyAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. MechWarrior Online™ Legends

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gates of Horizon.

    MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.

    2015ActionStrategySimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Learn to Fly 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gates of Horizon.

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gates of Horizon

What games are most similar to Gates of Horizon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gates of Horizon are Foundation: Galactic Frontier, Stardust Exile, Periphery Online.
Who developed Gates of Horizon?
Gates of Horizon was developed by Hex Keep.

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 Gates of Horizon.

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