Games like Explore the Universe 2175
If Explore the Universe 2175 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ironfront Express, Fortified Space and Spacefleet: Heat Death — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Explore the Universe 2175: Open-world space survival with real-time strategy combat and emergent progression. Build and defend evolving space-station networks, unlock new abilities, and upgrade systems as you explore a vast galaxy shaped by alliances, rivalries, and god-like AI.
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Steam players who put hours into Explore the Universe 2175 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.
Ironfront Express
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Top pick for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
Upgrade your engine’s arsenal in this bullet hell, tower defense roguelite featuring the most heavily armored locomotive in existence. Engineer and command the Ironfront Express in a unique take on lane defense where you upgrade with specialized turrets, drones, and tactical abilities.
Fortified Space
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Second-strongest match for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
Seize control of hostile planets in this nostalgic space sim and tower defense hybrid inspired by classic Flash games. Fight for orbital supremacy in starship combat, then land on the surface to build bases, deploy defenses, and shred enemies. Relax aboard your ship with farming, mining, and more.
Spacefleet: Heat Death
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Third-strongest match for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Explore the Universe 2175.
In the 23rd century, Earth orbit is flooded with debris from constant warfare. Countries, megacorporations, and mercenaries are fighting for control. Take contracts, build your warfleets, and dominate the Earth-Luna system in this realism-focused strategy RPG!
Sins of a Solar Empire II
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Ranked #4 for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Aliens: Dark Descent
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Ranked #5 for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
The Scouring
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Ranked #6 for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Star Vortex
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Ranked #7 for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Explore the Universe 2175.
Star Vortex is a fast paced Action-RPG inspired by classics of the genre. Design your ship, fight your way through hostile alien sectors, upgrade as you salvage rare weapons and experiment with different builds until nothing can stand against you.
Homeworld 3
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Ranked #8 for Explore the Universe 2175 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Explore the Universe 2175.
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Explore the Universe 2175.
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The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Explore the Universe 2175.
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Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Explore the Universe 2175.
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Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Explore the Universe 2175.
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Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Explore the Universe 2175.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Explore the Universe 2175.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Frequently asked about Explore the Universe 2175
- What games are most similar to Explore the Universe 2175?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Explore the Universe 2175 are Ironfront Express, Fortified Space, Spacefleet: Heat Death.
- Who developed Explore the Universe 2175?
- Explore the Universe 2175 was developed by Elliot Telford and published by Explore the Universe.
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 Explore the Universe 2175.
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