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Games like Derelict Star
gate · 2026 · Windows, macOS
Steam: 93 % positive of 166 reviews, as of Oct 28
A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict freighter. Be careful: getting in is often easier than getting out!
24 games that play like Derelict Star and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Out There Somewhere, Space Expedition and Xeodrifter.
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Best matches
Plays and looks like Derelict Star
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
Xeodrifter
74 % positive of 739
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
VVVVVV
96 % positive of 6,703
Shared: Precision Platformer · Exploration · Metroidvania
Hargrave
92 % positive of 267
Shared: Precision Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
FEZ
92 % positive of 11,738
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
By gameplay
Plays like Derelict Star
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Out There Somewhere
91 % positive of 6,157
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Space Expedition
93 % positive of 192
Shared: Exploration · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Xeodrifter
74 % positive of 739
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
VVVVVV
96 % positive of 6,703
Shared: Precision Platformer · Exploration · Metroidvania
Quarion
94 % positive of 172
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
MO:Astray
91 % positive of 4,061
Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Sci-fi
Axiom Verge
90 % positive of 5,874
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
Xanthiom Zero
94 % positive of 154
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
Capsized
81 % positive of 595
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Sci-fi
Ascent DX
98 % positive of 318
Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
Astronite
69 % positive of 166
Shared: Precision Platformer · Exploration · Metroidvania
Hargrave
92 % positive of 267
Shared: Precision Platformer · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer
More matches
- Beyond Gravity87 % positive of 789Shared: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- Zexion89 % positive of 559Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Nonlinear
- Astronite - Landing on Neplea83 % positive of 187Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
- FEZ92 % positive of 11,738Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- Environmental Station Alpha81 % positive of 1,512Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- Auridia97 % positive of 180Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- 1 Screen Platformer: Prologue88 % positive of 229Shared: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- MIO: Memories in Orbit82 % positive of 4,752
- Journey To The Savage Planet86 % positive of 5,681Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Sci-fi
- Gato Roboto94 % positive of 4,404Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Platformer
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet88 % positive of 585Shared: Exploration · Metroidvania · Sci-fi
- Exo One89 % positive of 5,086Shared: Exploration · Sci-fi · Space
By look
Looks like Derelict Star
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Environmental Station Alpha
81 % positive of 1,512
Will You Snail?
97 % positive of 2,514
Slider
96 % positive of 650
Öoo
98 % positive of 6,776
LOVE
92 % positive of 828
Time Thief
96 % positive of 219
Gato Roboto
94 % positive of 4,404
OneShot
98 % positive of 59,865
Nuclear Blaze
96 % positive of 781
Pinkman
96 % positive of 666
Baba Is You
96 % positive of 21,133
VVVVVV
96 % positive of 6,703
More matches
- OneShot: World Machine Edition98 % positive of 5,505
- FEZ92 % positive of 11,738
- Atomik: RunGunJumpGun85 % positive of 290
- LOVE 2: kuso96 % positive of 178
- MotionRec99 % positive of 442
- There Is No Game: Jam Edition 201596 % positive of 7,576
- Magicube99 % positive of 204
- Hargrave92 % positive of 267
- qomp97 % positive of 440
- Xeodrifter74 % positive of 739
- Squirm95 % positive of 163
- EMUUROM88 % positive of 323
At a glance
What games like Derelict Star have in common
- The tags they share most often with Derelict Star: Metroidvania (18 of 24), Exploration (16) and Platformer (14).
- They came out between 2010 and 2026, none of them after Derelict Star (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: VVVVVV (96 % positive of 6,703).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.