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Games like StellarHub

If StellarHub is your kind of game, the closest matches are Oxygen Not Included, Surviving Mars and Spacebase Startopia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and cozy. 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.

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About StellarHub: StellarHub is a starbase management game where your job is to build a safe and functional space station. Deal with the challenges of managing a station crew while taking care of everyone’s needs. Your tasks include construction, extraction of resources, defense, trade, and more.

2017Simulation6.99 USDWindowsby Casualogic
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Balance crew needs and disastersDeep space visuals are breathtakingExpand station with limited resourcesAtmosphericChallengingCozy

Players who liked StellarHub also play

Steam players who put hours into StellarHub 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.

  1. Oxygen Not Included

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Top pick for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    2019IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Spacebase Startopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Third-strongest match for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Spacebase DF-9

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Ranked #4 for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dyson Sphere Program

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Planetbase

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with StellarHub.

    Ranked #6 for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Ranked #7 for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Crust

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Ranked #8 for StellarHub fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access19.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below StellarHub at current Steam store prices.

  1. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Digseum

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

    2024SimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under StellarHub on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Fallout Shelter

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    2017SimulationRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom: Classic

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Upload Labs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

    2025SimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Plasma

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Oxygen: First Breath

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Sunset Motel: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Sunset Motel: Prologue is a free motel management game. Ensure customer satisfaction, renovate interiors, design entertainment spaces! Manage your motel in your own style and provide travelers with unforgettable experiences!

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Oxygen Not Included

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    2019IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Spacebase Startopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with StellarHub.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with StellarHub.

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about StellarHub

How much does StellarHub cost?
StellarHub is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to StellarHub?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside StellarHub are Oxygen Not Included, Surviving Mars, Spacebase Startopia.
Who developed StellarHub?
StellarHub was developed by Casualogic and published by Valkyrie Initiative.

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 StellarHub.

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