Games like Avorion
If Avorion is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rank: Warmaster, Stellar Shipyard and Droneboi: Conquest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 →Avorion is a space sandbox simulation developed by Boxelware and released in 2020. Players build ships from dynamically scalable blocks, with functional systems including crew quarters, power, and cargo integrated into designs. The game features procedural galaxy generation alongside captain hiring, specialization, and fleet management mechanics. Players can automate mining and trade operations while exploring a massive galaxy. Reviewers describe the experience as atmospheric, immersive, and contemplative with a challenging edge. The game supports modding through workshop integration and supports online co-op play. It is priced at $24.99 and runs on Steam Deck. The title holds an 89% positive rating from 7,884 Steam reviews.
About Avorion: A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Players who liked Avorion also play
Steam players who put hours into Avorion 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.
Rank: Warmaster
WHY THIS
Top pick for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
Stellar Shipyard
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Avorion.
Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.
Droneboi: Conquest
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Avorion.
Third-strongest match for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Build, fly, and battle in Droneboi: Conquest - the ultimate space sandbox game! Explore Conquest, engage in combat, and upgrade your ship. Start your space journey today!
Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Ranked #4 for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Avorion.
Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Ranked #5 for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Avorion.
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!
PULSAR: Lost Colony
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Ranked #6 for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
EVE Online
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Avorion.
Ranked #7 for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Avorion.
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Avorion.
Ranked #8 for Avorion fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Avorion.
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Avorion
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X4: Foundations
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with Avorion.
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Avorion.
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Starvector
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Space Engineers
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Avorion.
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!
From the Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Starbound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Robocraft
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Avorion.
Reviewers of Avorion cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Build insane, fully customisable robot battle vehicles that drive, hover, walk and fly in the free-to-play action game Robocraft. Add weapons from the future and jump in the driving seat as you take your creation into battle against other players online!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Avorion at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Avorion on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Avorion.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Avorion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Avorion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Avorion.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Avorion on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Avorion on Steam right now. Shares Action with Avorion.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
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!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avorion.
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.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Avorion.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avorion.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Where Winds Meet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Avorion.
Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
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Frequently asked about Avorion
- Does Avorion run on Steam Deck?
- Avorion is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Avorion cost?
- Avorion is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Avorion have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Avorion supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Avorion?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Avorion are Rank: Warmaster, Stellar Shipyard, Droneboi: Conquest.
- Who developed Avorion?
- Avorion was developed by Boxelware.
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