Games like DarkHelm
If DarkHelm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Avorion, Rank: Warmaster and Stellar Shipyard — 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 DarkHelm: A co-op starship bridge sim for 6–25 players. Man a station — helm, weapons, sensors, engineering, comms or command — and no one can fly the ship alone. Communicate, coordinate, and survive together.
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Avorion
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Top pick for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
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.
Rank: Warmaster
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Second-strongest match for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
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
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Third-strongest match for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
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.
Starship EVO
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Ranked #4 for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Arvoch Alliance SE
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Ranked #5 for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
Advanced First Person Space Flight Combat Simulation.
Archean
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Ranked #6 for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with DarkHelm.
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
QANGA
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Ranked #7 for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
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Ranked #8 for DarkHelm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with DarkHelm.
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!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
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SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with DarkHelm.
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!
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
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Frequently asked about DarkHelm
- Does DarkHelm have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DarkHelm supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to DarkHelm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DarkHelm are Avorion, Rank: Warmaster, Stellar Shipyard.
- Who developed DarkHelm?
- DarkHelm was developed by Kai-Uwe Rathjen.
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 DarkHelm.
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