Games like Between the Stars
If Between the Stars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rebel Galaxy, Starpoint Gemini Warlords and Celestial Command — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and emotional. 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 →Between the Stars is a space-set RPG that blends branching narrative choices with ship combat and crew management. Released in 2024 by Isolated Games at $29.99 USD, the game tasks players with commanding an interstellar cruiser through dice-rolling combat encounters, random events, and text-based decisions that alter the story's trajectory. Reviewers note that choices meaningfully alter the story's direction, and players describe the experience as atmospheric, contemplative, and melancholic. Crew members develop distinct personalities while ship management and upgrades add tactical depth to the journey. The game runs in a playable state on Steam Deck and holds a 77% positive rating based on over 1,100 Steam reviews.
About Between the Stars: Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Players who liked Between the Stars also play
Steam players who put hours into Between the Stars 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.
Rebel Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares ship upgrades and an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Top pick for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Second-strongest match for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Between the Stars.
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Celestial Command
WHY THIS
Shares crew management and an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Third-strongest match for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Between the Stars.
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Star Nomad 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Between the Stars.
Ranked #4 for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Between the Stars.
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Objects in Space
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Ranked #5 for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Between the Stars.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
WHY THIS
Shares crew management with Between the Stars.
Ranked #6 for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Elite Dangerous
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Ranked #7 for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Between the Stars.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Between the Stars.
Ranked #8 for Between the Stars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Between the Stars at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Between the Stars.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Between the Stars.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Between the Stars.
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.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Between the Stars.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Between the Stars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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 Between the Stars.
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 Between the Stars.
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 Between the Stars.
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 Between the Stars.
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 Between the Stars.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Between the Stars.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Between the Stars.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Between the Stars.
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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Frequently asked about Between the Stars
- Does Between the Stars run on Steam Deck?
- Between the Stars 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 Between the Stars cost?
- Between the Stars is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Between the Stars?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Between the Stars are Rebel Galaxy, Starpoint Gemini Warlords, Celestial Command.
- Who developed Between the Stars?
- Between the Stars was developed by Isolated Games.
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 Between the Stars.
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