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Games like Smugglers 5
Niels Bauer Games · 2014 · 57 % positive of 159
24 games that play like Smugglers 5 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Star Merchant, StarDrive 2 and Star Traders: Frontiers.
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What games like Smugglers 5 have in common
- The tags they share most often with Smugglers 5: Strategy (22 of 24), Space (21) and Turn-Based Strategy (10).
- They came out between 2006 and 2026, 17 of them after Smugglers 5 (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
- 4 games both play and look like Smugglers 5, among them Space Empires V, Space Empires IV Deluxe and Master of Orion 2.
By gameplay
Plays like Smugglers 5
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Star Merchant
63 % positive of 166
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Space

StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084
Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based

Star Traders: Frontiers
84 % positive of 3,623
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · RPG

Space Commander: War and Trade
67 % positive of 656
Shared: RPG · Space · Sci-fi

Sid Meier's Starships
50 % positive of 2,406
Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy

Flotilla
83 % positive of 232
Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy

Starion Tactics
40 % positive of 176
Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie

Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 772
Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy

Horizon
59 % positive of 475
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Space

Stellar Tactics
80 % positive of 1,430
Shared: Strategy · RPG · Space

Breachway
76 % positive of 1,014
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Space

Star Nomad 2
71 % positive of 158
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · RPG
More matches
- Interstellaria55 % positive of 408Shared: Strategy · Space · Trading
- Stars in Shadow78 % positive of 787Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- Space Empires V72 % positive of 453Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- Space Wars: Interstellar Empires65 % positive of 238Shared: Strategy · Space · Indie
- Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- Space Rogue64 % positive of 448Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Space
- Lords of the Black Sun19 % positive of 394Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- Master of Orion 296 % positive of 1,569Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- Starminer73 % positive of 1,917
- Final Theory80 % positive of 378Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
- StarDrive44 % positive of 1,473Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi
- Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398Shared: Strategy · Space · Turn-Based Strategy
By look
Looks like Smugglers 5
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
76 % positive of 1,650

UFO: Afterlight
65 % positive of 517

Freespace 2
78 % positive of 305

Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
77 % positive of 235

Gratuitous Space Battles
71 % positive of 848

Master of Orion 3
52 % positive of 171

Space Empires V
72 % positive of 453

Master of Orion 2
96 % positive of 1,569

Star Wolves
84 % positive of 422

Star Ruler
82 % positive of 335

StarDrive
44 % positive of 1,473

UFO: Aftermath
78 % positive of 306
More matches
- Space Empires IV Deluxe85 % positive of 270
- Imperium Galactica II87 % positive of 591
- UFO: Aftershock74 % positive of 233
- Salvation Prophecy66 % positive of 226
- Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising76 % positive of 455
- Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator90 % positive of 463
- Parkan 272 % positive of 369
- Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition48 % positive of 287
- Approaching Infinity95 % positive of 486
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 793
- Gemini Wars32 % positive of 162
- Space Rangers HD: A War Apart94 % positive of 6,666
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.