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Games like Star Horizon

If Star Horizon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Travellers, 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey and Rebel Galaxy — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its fully voiced dialogue, challenging and cinematic. 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 Horizon: Experience fast action, thrilling levels, spectacular explosions and lots of pew-pew-pew. Star Horizon is a reboot for the on-rails space shooter genre.

2015ActionIndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Orbital Knight
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Steam players who put hours into Star 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. Space Travellers

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Star Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

    Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship upgrades and a retro mood with Star Horizon.

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

    3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Rebel Galaxy

    WHY THIS

    Shares ship upgrades and a retro mood with Star Horizon.

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

    Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. X Rebirth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Star Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Star Horizon.

    In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.

    2013ActionSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. X3: Terran Conflict

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Horizon.

    Ranked #5 for Star Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Star Horizon.

    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. No Man's Sky

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Star Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. QANGA

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Horizon.

    Ranked #7 for Star Horizon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

    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. Elite Dangerous

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Horizon.

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

    Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

    2015ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Horizon

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Strike Suit Zero

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cinematic mood with Star Horizon.

    Reviewers of Star Horizon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

    Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills decide Earth's fate. Fast, frantic space combat with capital ship destruction, multiple endings, and a universe that's anything but empty. This is space combat reborn.

    2013ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Panzer Dragoon: Remake

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cinematic mood with Star Horizon.

    Reviewers of Star Horizon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    A new, remade version of the Panzer Dragoon game – true to the original, with improved graphics and controls, that suit modern gaming standards!

    2020ActionAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. STAR WARS™: Rebel Assault I + II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cinematic mood with Star Horizon.

    Reviewers of Star Horizon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Star Horizon.

    ake your T16 through Beggar's Canyon...Then dodge asteroids and blast TIE fighters in a deep space rumble... tackle a fleet of menacing AT-ATs on the icy tundra of Hoth...and ultimately annihilate Vader and the evil Empire with a kamikaze trench run on the infamous Death Star.

    2016ActionSimulation2.49 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

    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 ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    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 ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    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 ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Star Horizon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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 Action and Adventure with Star Horizon.

    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. Shares Action and Indie with Star Horizon.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Star Horizon

How much does Star Horizon cost?
Star Horizon is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Star Horizon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Horizon are Space Travellers, 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey, Rebel Galaxy.
Who developed Star Horizon?
Star Horizon was developed by Orbital Knight.

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 Horizon.

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