Games like Stars End
If Stars End is your kind of game, the closest matches are Out of Reach, Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite and XERA: Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community hoped for completion, 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 Stars End: Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Players who liked Stars End also play
Steam players who put hours into Stars End 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.
Out of Reach
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Stars End.
Top pick for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stars End.
Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite is a first-person, sci-fi survival RPG set in a breathtaking, hand-crafted alien world. With zero firearms to rely on, your survival depends entirely on movement, knowledge, strength and adaptation.
XERA: Survival
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Third-strongest match for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
SCUM
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Stars End.
Ranked #4 for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stars End.
Ranked #5 for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Stars End.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Stars End.
Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.
Hide & Hold Out - H2o
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Ranked #7 for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Hide & Hold Out is a multiplayer survival game taking place in a devastated water world. Gather, build, team up with your friends and establish the foundations of your future floating empire utilizing the heavy guns of your battle ships!
Lost Rift
WHY THIS
Shares base building, crafting and an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Ranked #8 for Stars End fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Lost Rift is a first person survival adventure shooter that blends cooperative base building with multiplayer PvE or PvP extraction expeditions. Journey solo or in teams of up to 5 players across a vast archipelago, craft gear, build bases, defeat raiders, and become legendary.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stars End at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Stars End on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stars End on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stars End on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stars End.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stars End on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Stars End on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stars End.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
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?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Stars End.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
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!
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Stars End.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
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!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Simulation with Stars End.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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More from Reverie World Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Reverie World Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Medieval Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
Kingdom Wars is a free to play 3D MMORTS with real-time siege combat, without the pay to win element so common in the genre. Kingdom Wars offers beautiful 3D online world, where players construct strongholds, direct citizens, complete quests and eventually manage a global empire.
Kingdom Wars 2: Battles
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
Battle to survive through brutal siege combat, fighting each other, and hordes of Zombies. Engage in complex crafting, castle construction and city building. Fight on beautiful, yet gory, battlefields in the epic story campaign, multiplayer skirmish and coop modes.
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Kingdom Wars 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Knights of the Crusades
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stars End.
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Renaissance Kingdom Wars
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Stars End.
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
The year is 1510. As wars rage across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, it is the age of gunpowder and mercenaries - that changed the course of history. You can do it as well, going from a leader of men to the ruler of an empire in this unique mix of RTS and grand strategy.
Renaissance Kingdom Wars - Prologue
WHY THIS
Another title from Reverie World Studios, the studio behind Stars End. Shares Action and Indie with Stars End.
The year is 1510. In this grand strategy & RTS hybrid you play as one of a dozen characters across medieval Europe, Africa and Middle East. Start as a landless mercenary captain. Fight your way to become a minor lord. Rise up through Kingdoms hierarchy and be crowned, then expand your Kingdom.
Frequently asked about Stars End
- Does Stars End run on Steam Deck?
- Stars End 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 Stars End cost?
- Stars End is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Stars End have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Stars End supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Stars End?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stars End are Out of Reach, Starnded: Gardens of the Rubellite, XERA: Survival.
- Who developed Stars End?
- Stars End was developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io.
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