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Games like ExoTrain

If ExoTrain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ars Notoria, Whisper of the Swallows and Shamania — picked from the ranked list below. 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 ExoTrain: Build your base on the train. Explore the exoplanet, fight dangerous wildlife, and discover what happened to the human colony on this planet. Upgrade your train and combine gear modules for perfect survival. Play solo or co-op with friends!

2026ActionRPGWindowsby Harpoon Games
ExoTrain — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into ExoTrain 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. Ars Notoria

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ExoTrain.

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Whisper of the Swallows

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ExoTrain.

    Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Shamania

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ExoTrain.

    Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker

    WHY THIS

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

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Beyond the Map

    WHY THIS

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

    Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. StarRupture

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ExoTrain.

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Windrose

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with ExoTrain.

    Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark secrets. Master soulslite combat and take on challenging bosses, command your ship and plunder unspoken treasures!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grounded 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ExoTrain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ExoTrain.

    Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

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

    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. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

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

    『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 ↗
  5. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about ExoTrain

Does ExoTrain have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — ExoTrain supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to ExoTrain?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ExoTrain are Ars Notoria, Whisper of the Swallows, Shamania.
Who developed ExoTrain?
ExoTrain was developed by Harpoon 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 ExoTrain.

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16 Games Like ExoTrain — Ranked for 2026 · imho.run