Games like Hollow Stars
If Hollow Stars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Driftland: The Magic Revival, Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion and Old World — 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 Hollow Stars: A deep 2D strategy of cosmic trade and faction warfare. Build trading empires, refine asteroids, lead fleets into battle and run faction politics — solo or in four-player co-op
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Steam players who put hours into Hollow Stars 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.
Driftland: The Magic Revival
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Top pick for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
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Second-strongest match for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Old World
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Third-strongest match for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Songs of Silence
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Ranked #4 for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
AI War 2
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Ranked #5 for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
Cataclismo
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Ranked #6 for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
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Ranked #7 for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
Galactic Civilizations III
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Ranked #8 for Hollow Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hollow Stars.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hollow Stars at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
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.
How to Fish
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hollow Stars.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
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Priced ~50% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hollow Stars.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Hollow Stars on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
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 Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
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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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Hollow Stars.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Hollow Stars.
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!
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Frequently asked about Hollow Stars
- How much does Hollow Stars cost?
- Hollow Stars is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Hollow Stars have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hollow Stars supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Hollow Stars?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hollow Stars are Driftland: The Magic Revival, Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion, Old World.
- Who developed Hollow Stars?
- Hollow Stars was developed by AppGX.
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 Hollow Stars.
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