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Games like Stellar Overload

If Stellar Overload is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarMade, Boundless and FortressCraft Evolved! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and mysterious. 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 Stellar Overload: Robots invaded the peaceful planet Merx. Go on an adventure to free your world from them. Stellar Overload is a 3D open-world, blocks-based, FPS, adventure game.

2016IndieAdventureRPGEarly AccessWindows · macOS · Linuxby Cubical Drift
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Steam players who put hours into Stellar Overload 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. StarMade

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Overload.

    Top pick for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Boundless

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Stellar Overload.

    Second-strongest match for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. FortressCraft Evolved!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Overload.

    Third-strongest match for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Rising World

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Ranked #4 for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Signs of Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Ranked #5 for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, Mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Rust

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource scarcity with Stellar Overload.

    Ranked #6 for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Osiris: New Dawn

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Ranked #7 for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.

    2023ActionIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Creativerse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Stellar Overload.

    Ranked #8 for Stellar Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Stellar Overload

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. No Man's Sky

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Stellar Overload.

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

    2016ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Scrap Mechanic

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Stellar Overload.

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ASTRONEER

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

    2019IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Minecraft Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Stellar Overload.

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cubic Odyssey

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Stellar Overload.

    Reviewers of Stellar Overload cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Stellar Overload.

    Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!

    2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. 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 ↗
  4. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

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

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Stellar Overload

Does Stellar Overload have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Stellar Overload supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Stellar Overload?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stellar Overload are StarMade, Boundless, FortressCraft Evolved!.
Who developed Stellar Overload?
Stellar Overload was developed by Cubical Drift.

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