Games like Within the Cosmos
If Within the Cosmos is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Outer Worlds, Humanity Lost and The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its skill checks feel meaningful, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Within the Cosmos: Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.
Players who liked Within the Cosmos also play
Steam players who put hours into Within the Cosmos 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.
The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Top pick for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Within the Cosmos.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Second-strongest match for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Within the Cosmos.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Within the Cosmos.
The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.
Deep Space
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
You are entrusted with the role of one of the elite captains, put on a high-tech mech suit suitable for travel into space and go on an exciting journey.
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Within the Cosmos.
The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Within the Cosmos.
Infinite Warfare delivers three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies.
Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Within the Cosmos.
Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.
Terminator: Resistance
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Ranked #8 for Within the Cosmos fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Within the Cosmos.
Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Within the Cosmos
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The Outer Worlds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Reviewers of Within the Cosmos cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Within the Cosmos.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Shares skill based progression and an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Reviewers of Within the Cosmos cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Within the Cosmos.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Reviewers of Within the Cosmos cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Within the Cosmos.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Within the Cosmos.
Reviewers of Within the Cosmos cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Within the Cosmos.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Within the Cosmos at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Within the Cosmos.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Action with Within the Cosmos.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Within the Cosmos.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Within the Cosmos.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Within the Cosmos on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Within the Cosmos.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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 Within the Cosmos.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Within the Cosmos.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Within the Cosmos.
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 Within the Cosmos.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Within the Cosmos.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Within the Cosmos.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Within the Cosmos.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Within the Cosmos
- How much does Within the Cosmos cost?
- Within the Cosmos is listed on Steam at 9.89 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Within the Cosmos?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Within the Cosmos are The Outer Worlds, Humanity Lost, The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition.
- Who developed Within the Cosmos?
- Within the Cosmos was developed by debdev.
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 Within the Cosmos.
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