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Ashdar Games · 2017 · 78 % positive of 787

24 games that play like Stars in Shadow and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Interstellar Space: Genesis, StarDrive 2 and Lords of the Black Sun.

Player tags

  • Strategy
  • Indie
  • 4X
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Space
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • Sci-fi
  • Turn-Based

At a glance

What games like Stars in Shadow have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Stars in Shadow: Strategy (24 of 24), 4X (21) and Turn-Based Strategy (19).
  • They came out between 2012 and 2026, 9 of them after Stars in Shadow (2017).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Master of Orion 2 (96 % positive of 1,569).
  • 7 games both play and look like Stars in Shadow, among them Interstellar Space: Genesis, StarDrive 2 and Sid Meier's Starships.

By gameplay

Plays like Stars in Shadow

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

More matches

  1. Master of Orion 190 % positive of 398Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  2. Galactic Civilizations IV73 % positive of 1,887Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  3. Master of Orion 296 % positive of 1,569Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  4. Galactic Civilizations III76 % positive of 10,282Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  5. Master of Orion 352 % positive of 171Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  6. StarDrive44 % positive of 1,473Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  7. Dawn of Andromeda43 % positive of 239Shared: Strategy · 4X · Space
  8. Final Theory80 % positive of 378Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  9. Shadow Empire87 % positive of 1,471Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  10. Stellar Monarch79 % positive of 224Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  11. The Pegasus Expedition61 % positive of 313Shared: Strategy · 4X · Turn-Based Strategy
  12. Star Dynasties73 % positive of 456Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Space

By look

Looks like Stars in Shadow

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

More matches

  1. Battlevoid: Sector Siege58 % positive of 191
  2. Down with the Ship92 % positive of 875
  3. Particle Fleet: Emergence92 % positive of 1,223
  4. Outscape75 % positive of 419
  5. Polaris Sector71 % positive of 455
  6. Gangs of Space75 % positive of 424
  7. Space Wars: Interstellar Empires65 % positive of 238
  8. Stellar Impact38 % positive of 568
  9. The Last Starship79 % positive of 593
  10. The Infinite Black 285 % positive of 221
  11. BossConstructor73 % positive of 214
  12. Endless Sky92 % positive of 6,651

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.

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