Games like Derelict Star
Below are 33 hand-picked alternatives to Derelict Star for fans of action, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Derelict Star also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Derelict Star: A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
Players who liked Derelict Star also play
Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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InOut
Top pick for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
A minimalist puzzle platformer where each level is more than they seem. Change your perspective on levels to discover new areas. Explore the world to unearth its hidden secrets.
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Trash Quest
Second-strongest match for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Trash Quest is a compact metroidvania with a single spawn point, run and gun action and tight platforming. Navigate an interwoven maze of rooms through this space station, destroying robots, collecting power ups and unlocking shortcuts.
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Quarion
Third-strongest match for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
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Leap Year
Ranked #4 for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
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BLADECHIMERA
Ranked #5 for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Ranked #6 for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Primal Planet
Ranked #7 for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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Constance
Ranked #8 for Derelict Star fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Derelict Star
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Rain World
Reviewers of Derelict Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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Sylvio
Reviewers of Derelict Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
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Super Meat Boy Forever
Reviewers of Derelict Star cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Derelict Star at current Steam store prices.
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Vampire Survivors
Priced ~50% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
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!
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Titanfall® 2
Priced ~55% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
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.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~90% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~70% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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Brotato
Priced ~50% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
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.
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Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
Priced ~50% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
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.
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GRIS
Priced ~63% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
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.
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The Test
Priced ~80% under Derelict Star on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
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.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
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.).
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Derelict Star.
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!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Leap Year
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
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BLADECHIMERA
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Derelict Star.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Primal Planet
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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Constance
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Derelict Star.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
Frequently asked about Derelict Star
- How much does Derelict Star cost?
- Derelict Star is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Derelict Star?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Derelict Star are InOut, Trash Quest, Quarion.
- Who developed Derelict Star?
- Derelict Star was developed by gate and published by Luminous Tree Games.
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