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Games like Star Valor

If Star Valor is your kind of game, the closest matches are Planet Miners, Moon Rocks and Slimes and Astrox Imperium — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Star Valor: Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

2022ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Rafael Burgos
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Players who liked Star Valor also play

Steam players who put hours into Star Valor 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. Planet Miners

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Control a mining robot and dig for mineral resources on various planets. Transport the valuable ores with your spaceship. Buy or craft upgrades to improve your tools. Defend yourself against the dangers of each planet to mine even the most valuable treasures!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Moon Rocks and Slimes

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    A sci-fi, base-building adventure where you build a 'ship' on an asteroid; explore space, battle slimes, raiders, space rhinos, and more. A story that includes following orders from a mysterious AI, shooting fish with a space grappling hook, invading space stations, fixing the exploded moon, etc.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Astrox Imperium

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Valor.

    Third-strongest match for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Warspace 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Valor.

    Ranked #4 for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.

    2025ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Drox Operative 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Star Valor.

    Ranked #5 for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.

    2021ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Drifter

    WHY THIS

    Shares asteroid mining with Star Valor.

    Ranked #6 for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.

    2014ActionIndieSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Void Destroyer 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Valor.

    Ranked #7 for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Planet Centauri

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Valor.

    Ranked #8 for Star Valor fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Star Valor

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Starlight

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    This is a simple casual game.You only need to do is clicking the right stars.

    2019IndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Starvector

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Starpoint Gemini 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Star Valor.

    Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.

    2014ActionSimulationRPG34.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Stellaris

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Star Control I and II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. X4: Foundations

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Star Valor.

    Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.

    2018ActionStrategySimulation12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Starpoint Gemini Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Star Valor.

    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!

    2017ActionStrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Mount & Blade

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Star Valor.

    Reviewers of Star Valor cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Valor.

    Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.

    2008IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Valor.

    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.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action with Star Valor.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Star Valor.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Star Valor on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Valor.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Star Valor.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Star Valor.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Star Valor.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Star Valor.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Star Valor.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Star Valor

Does Star Valor run on Steam Deck?
Star Valor 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 Star Valor cost?
Star Valor is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Star Valor?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Star Valor are Planet Miners, Moon Rocks and Slimes, Astrox Imperium.
Who developed Star Valor?
Star Valor was developed by Rafael Burgos.

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 Star Valor.

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