Games like Stellar Tactics
If Stellar Tactics is your kind of game, the closest matches are Wasteland 3, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint and The Iron Oath — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its emergent storytelling feels reactive, contemplative and epic. 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 →Stellar Tactics is a solo sci-fi RPG set in a procedurally generated universe of thousands of star systems, developed by Don Wilkins and published by Maverick Games. The game combines open-world space exploration with squad-based tactical ground combat, offering deep character customization, crafting, loot management, mining drones, ship upgrades, and reputation systems across a massive campaign. Players describe the galaxy as feeling vast and alive, with tactical positioning mattering greatly in combat encounters. Reviewers highlight the progression loop as deeply satisfying and note that emergent storytelling creates a reactive narrative experience. The single developer's dedication is evident in ongoing updates. Stellar Tactics runs Playable on Steam Deck, costs $19.99, and holds an 80% positive rating from over 1,200 Steam reviews.
About Stellar Tactics: A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
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Wasteland 3
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Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Top pick for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Stellar Tactics.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
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Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Second-strongest match for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
The Iron Oath
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Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Third-strongest match for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Stellar Tactics.
Ranked #4 for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
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Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Ranked #5 for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Knights of the Chalice 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Ranked #6 for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
Knights of the Chalice 2 is a 2D RPG with turn-based combat. Create six Adventurers and set forth on an epic adventure against Evil. Overcome the odds with superior tactics. Enjoy a whole new dimension of complexity and variety based on the 3.5 ruleset! Includes a Module Editor.
AntharioN
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Shares a contemplative mood with Stellar Tactics.
Ranked #7 for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Antharion is an epic old-school fantasy RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with the freedom of a huge living-breathing open world.
UnderRail
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Shares procedural generation with Stellar Tactics.
Ranked #8 for Stellar Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Stellar Tactics.
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
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Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an epic mood with Stellar Tactics.
Reviewers of Stellar Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares an epic mood with Stellar Tactics.
Reviewers of Stellar Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Dress-up Traveller
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Reviewers of Stellar Tactics cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
"Dress-Up Traveler" is a pixel style side scroll dress-up action game! Defeat enemies and collect materials to create equipment!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stellar Tactics at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Stellar Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Tactics.
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
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Priced ~50% under Stellar Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Stellar Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Stellar Tactics on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Stellar Tactics on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Stellar Tactics.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Tactics.
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The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stellar Tactics.
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NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
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The Lab
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stellar Tactics.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Stellar Tactics.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Tactics.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stellar Tactics.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Stellar Tactics.
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Frequently asked about Stellar Tactics
- Does Stellar Tactics run on Steam Deck?
- Stellar Tactics 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 Stellar Tactics cost?
- Stellar Tactics is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Stellar Tactics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stellar Tactics are Wasteland 3, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, The Iron Oath.
- Who developed Stellar Tactics?
- Stellar Tactics was developed by Don Wilkins and published by Maverick Games.
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