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Games like Drifter
Celsius Game Studios · 2014 · 54 % positive of 207
24 games that play like Drifter and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Jumpdrive, Cosmonautica and Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Drifter have in common
- The tags they share most often with Drifter: Space (22 of 24), Simulation (21) and Sandbox (21).
- They came out between 2011 and 2026, 20 of them after Drifter (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Rodina (93 % positive of 1,327).
- Jumpdrive, Star Valor and SpaceBourne both play and look like Drifter.
By gameplay
Plays like Drifter
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Jumpdrive
39 % positive of 164
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Cosmonautica
48 % positive of 1,166
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
84 % positive of 451
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Star Valor
89 % positive of 2,784
Shared: Space · Sandbox · Open World
Rebel Galaxy
85 % positive of 8,060
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Astrox Imperium
86 % positive of 1,159
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
VoidExpanse
71 % positive of 748
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Elite Dangerous
77 % positive of 100,024
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
Endless Sky
92 % positive of 6,651
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
StarMade
67 % positive of 2,969
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
SpaceCraft
63 % positive of 2,822
Star Explorers
84 % positive of 226
Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
More matches
- Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Open World
- Space Trash Scavenger86 % positive of 470Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- SpaceBourne76 % positive of 773Shared: Simulation · Space · Open World
- Rodina93 % positive of 1,327Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Interstellar Rift69 % positive of 1,627Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Ostranauts79 % positive of 1,886Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Solar 291 % positive of 2,138Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- SPACERIFT: Arcanum System78 % positive of 431Shared: Simulation · Space · Open World
- Evochron Mercenary77 % positive of 432Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Stardeus87 % positive of 1,343Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Space Rogue64 % positive of 448Shared: Simulation · Space · Sandbox
- Starbound92 % positive of 164,906Shared: Space · Sandbox · Open World
By look
Looks like Drifter
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Infinity: Battlescape
80 % positive of 724
Jumpdrive
39 % positive of 164
PULSAR: Lost Colony
89 % positive of 5,578
Star Valor
89 % positive of 2,784
Kinetic Void
17 % positive of 1,553
Interstellar Transport Company
67 % positive of 397
Space Commander: War and Trade
67 % positive of 656
Helium Rain
78 % positive of 298
CSC | Space MMO
61 % positive of 481
Starcom: Nexus
90 % positive of 2,132
Space Wars: Interstellar Empires
65 % positive of 238
Gaia Beyond
75 % positive of 243
More matches
- Nomad Fleet66 % positive of 209
- Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy74 % positive of 158
- Sid Meier's Starships50 % positive of 2,406
- Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect56 % positive of 192
- Gratuitous Space Battles 239 % positive of 301
- Starblast81 % positive of 999
- Cannons Lasers Rockets25 % positive of 526
- SpaceBourne76 % positive of 773
- BattleGroupVR92 % positive of 902
- Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages82 % positive of 811
- Transcendence87 % positive of 213
- StarDrive 255 % positive of 2,084
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.