Games like Space Nomads
If Space Nomads is your kind of game, the closest matches are NGC-404, Octopus Goulash and Starminer — 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 Space Nomads: Build your own story in this procedurally generated galaxy, recruit specialized crew, design modular ships, take on contracts. Every choice shapes your ship, your crew, and your future.
Players who liked Space Nomads also play
Steam players who put hours into Space Nomads 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.
NGC-404
WHY THIS
Top pick for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Early Access with Space Nomads.
Lead a small fleet in a cut-off 2D space sector where trade, colonies, fuel, supplies and battles decide who survives. Build your faction, explore unknown systems, develop colonies, fit ships and shape a living simulated galaxy alone or with friends.
Octopus Goulash
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
Octopus Goulash is not a videogame. It is a living organism. Enter an urban simulation set in a synthetic and decaying world where reality is slowly slipping into vast datacenters. Explore the last city on Earth, live all possible lives, and find your path toward the Question.
Starminer
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Ostranauts
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Space Nomads.
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
In memory of TITAN
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Ranked #5 for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
IMOT is a Roguelite, Tactical, Turn-Based, Real-time Strategy Action Packed Space Opera. Battle your way across the solar system, customize your fleet to master your enemies and fight for the survival of the human race... There is no quarter, no port to hide, only the cold emptiness of space...
MareQuest: An Interactive Tail
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Ranked #6 for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Nomads.
A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
Astrobuilder
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Early Access with Space Nomads.
Navigate a living, AI-driven universe spanning 150+ planets and 600+ intelligent NPCs. Rise from a rookie trader to a galactic tycoon: manage storefronts, forge a Commerce Guild, and become the nexus between Factions, steering the fate of the Galaxy.
Cosmonautica
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Ranked #8 for Space Nomads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Nomads.
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Space Nomads.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Nomads.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Nomads.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Nomads.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Nomads.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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More from Red Phoenix Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Red Phoenix Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Poly Towns
WHY THIS
Another title from Red Phoenix Studios, the studio behind Space Nomads. Shares Indie with Space Nomads.
Casual town builder that takes place on floating islands in a fantasy world. Grow your town and manage your resources in this challenging builder.
A New World: Kingdoms
WHY THIS
Another title from Red Phoenix Studios, the studio behind Space Nomads. Shares Indie with Space Nomads.
A New World: Kingdoms is a turn-based strategic 4X game. Carefully expand your kingdom by constructing buildings and managing your resources. Building your own empire is not easy; there will be challenges along the way, from mountains to navigate to your rival and his warriors.
LASERVASION
WHY THIS
Another title from Red Phoenix Studios, the studio behind Space Nomads. Shares Action and Indie with Space Nomads.
Retro arcade inspired shoot 'em up with addictive combat.
Poly Skies
WHY THIS
Another title from Red Phoenix Studios, the studio behind Space Nomads. Shares Indie with Space Nomads.
Poly Skies is an introductory city builder designed to help you relax. Take care of your villagers, expand to new islands, unlock secrets and defend from sky-high threats.
Frequently asked about Space Nomads
- What games are most similar to Space Nomads?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Nomads are NGC-404, Octopus Goulash, Starminer.
- Who developed Space Nomads?
- Space Nomads was developed by Red Phoenix Studios.
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 Space Nomads.
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