Games like 9.8
If 9.8 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Universal Combat CE, Kerbal Space Program and Rocket Science — 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 9.8: A 2D space agency simulator where every object follows the same orbital physics. Land on moons, build colonies, deploy satellites, and reshape entire planetary systems. Deorbit a moon if you want.
Players who liked 9.8 also play
Steam players who put hours into 9.8 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.
Universal Combat CE
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Top pick for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 9.8.
The ultimate space capital ship combat compendium is the evolution of hard core space combat sims. The only game of its kind currently in existence.
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 9.8.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Rocket Science
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 9.8.
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
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Ranked #4 for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 9.8.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Kerbal Space Program 2
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Ranked #5 for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with 9.8.
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
X3: Terran Conflict
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Ranked #6 for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 9.8.
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!
X: Beyond the Frontier
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Ranked #7 for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 9.8.
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Celestial Command
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Ranked #8 for 9.8 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 9.8.
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9.8.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 9.8.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 9.8.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9.8.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 9.8.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with 9.8.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Frequently asked about 9.8
- What games are most similar to 9.8?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 9.8 are Universal Combat CE, Kerbal Space Program, Rocket Science.
- Who developed 9.8?
- 9.8 was developed by Tremoço 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 9.8.
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