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CoolAndGoodGames · 2026 · Windows

Steam: 73 % positive of 1,917 reviews, as of Oct 18

Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.

24 games that play like Starminer and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Elite Dangerous, Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander and X4: Foundations.

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Plays and looks like Starminer

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Starminer

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

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  1. Void Destroyer 280 % positive of 647
  2. Stellar Warfare85 % positive of 367
  3. Helium Rain78 % positive of 298
  4. SpaceCraft63 % positive of 2,822
  5. Space Commander: War and Trade67 % positive of 656
  6. Reassembly94 % positive of 3,960
  7. Starship EVO85 % positive of 1,079
  8. Outworld Station89 % positive of 274
  9. SpaceBourne 278 % positive of 4,117
  10. Avorion90 % positive of 13,614
  11. StarMade67 % positive of 2,969
  12. Empyrion - Galactic Survival78 % positive of 33,247

By look

Looks like Starminer

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. IXION78 % positive of 15,689
  2. Star Conflict73 % positive of 14,853
  3. Astrox Imperium86 % positive of 1,159
  4. Empyrion - Galactic Survival78 % positive of 33,247
  5. Star Valor89 % positive of 2,784
  6. PULSAR: Lost Colony89 % positive of 5,578
  7. Void Crew88 % positive of 6,713
  8. BATTLETECH83 % positive of 31,563
  9. Hardspace: Shipbreaker89 % positive of 20,422
  10. SpaceCraft63 % positive of 2,822
  11. Infinity: Battlescape80 % positive of 724
  12. EVERSPACE™ 286 % positive of 11,628

At a glance

What games like Starminer have in common

  • They came out between 2014 and 2026, none of them after Starminer (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Dyson Sphere Program (97 % positive of 85,088).

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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.

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