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Games like Elite Dangerous
Frontier Developments · 2015 · 77 % positive of 100,024
24 games that play like Elite Dangerous and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: EVE Online, The Infinite Black 2 and Rebel Galaxy.
Player tags
At a glance
What games like Elite Dangerous have in common
- The tags they share most often with Elite Dangerous: Open World (21 of 24), Space (20) and Space Sim (19).
- They came out between 2009 and 2026, 17 of them after Elite Dangerous (2015).
- Best rated by Steam players: Starcom: Unknown Space (92 % positive of 3,168).
- 6 games both play and look like Elite Dangerous, among them EVE Online, Evochron Legacy SE and SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.
By gameplay
Plays like Elite Dangerous
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
EVE Online
73 % positive of 36,388
Shared: Space · Open World · Exploration
The Infinite Black 2
85 % positive of 221
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
Rebel Galaxy
85 % positive of 8,060
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
StarMade
67 % positive of 2,969
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
89 % positive of 7,230
Shared: Space · Open World · Exploration
SpaceCraft
63 % positive of 2,822
VoidExpanse
71 % positive of 748
Shared: Space · Open World · Sci-fi
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
64 % positive of 274
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
Starcom: Nexus
90 % positive of 2,132
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
Evochron Legacy SE
82 % positive of 421
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
Interstellar Rift
69 % positive of 1,627
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
Space Commander: War and Trade
67 % positive of 656
Shared: Space Sim · Space · Exploration
More matches
- SPACERIFT: Arcanum System78 % positive of 431Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Star Conflict73 % positive of 14,853Shared: Space Sim · Open World · Sci-fi
- SpaceBourne 278 % positive of 4,117Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Jumpdrive39 % positive of 164Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Starfield56 % positive of 165,527Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Between the Stars74 % positive of 2,301Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Starcom: Unknown Space92 % positive of 3,168Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- X4: Foundations79 % positive of 23,847Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623Shared: Space Sim · Open World · Sci-fi
- Starminer73 % positive of 1,917
- Endless Sky92 % positive of 6,651Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
- Starship EVO85 % positive of 1,079Shared: Space Sim · Space · Open World
By look
Looks like Elite Dangerous
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
73 % positive of 3,532
X4: Foundations
79 % positive of 23,847
EVE Online
73 % positive of 36,388
Star Conflict
73 % positive of 14,853
Homeworld 3
40 % positive of 8,029
Chorus
82 % positive of 4,042
SpaceBourne 2
78 % positive of 4,117
Sins of a Solar Empire II
85 % positive of 6,946
Beyond Space Remastered Edition
31 % positive of 179
Evochron Mercenary
77 % positive of 432
Detached
56 % positive of 367
Evochron Legacy SE
82 % positive of 421
More matches
- Dreadnought68 % positive of 6,540
- X3: Reunion72 % positive of 685
- Infinity: Battlescape80 % positive of 724
- Space Pirates And Zombies 278 % positive of 2,802
- Celestial Command65 % positive of 690
- SPACERIFT: Arcanum System78 % positive of 431
- Starpoint Gemini 269 % positive of 4,093
- Void Crew88 % positive of 6,713
- Evolvation67 % positive of 948
- EVE: Valkyrie – Warzone56 % positive of 413
- Underspace80 % positive of 348
- X Rebirth VR Edition57 % positive of 286
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.