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Games like The Captain
Sysiac Games · 2021 · 92 % positive of 293
24 games that play like The Captain and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Between the Stars, Star Story: The Horizon Escape and Dark Scavenger.
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At a glance
What games like The Captain have in common
- The tags they share most often with The Captain: Sci-fi (17 of 24), RPG (14) and Story Rich (12).
- They came out between 2014 and 2025, 11 of them after The Captain (2021).
- Best rated by Steam players: Starcom: Unknown Space (92 % positive of 3,168).
By gameplay
Plays like The Captain
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Between the Stars
74 % positive of 2,301
Shared: RPG · Sci-fi · Exploration
Star Story: The Horizon Escape
82 % positive of 184
Shared: Point & Click · RPG · Multiple Endings
Dark Scavenger
86 % positive of 243
Shared: Point & Click · RPG · Multiple Endings
Trigon: Space Story
70 % positive of 1,487
Shared: Story Rich · Sci-fi · Exploration
Orion Trail
70 % positive of 202
Shared: Comedy · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics
Beyond Galaxyland
87 % positive of 251
Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
Out There: Oceans of Time
54 % positive of 216
Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
Rebel Galaxy
85 % positive of 8,060
Shared: RPG · Third Person · Sci-fi
Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri
88 % positive of 1,250
Shared: Point & Click · RPG · Comedy
The Long Journey Home
59 % positive of 1,884
Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
Starstruck Vagabond
88 % positive of 515
Shared: Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Sci-fi
Void War
91 % positive of 409
Shared: Sci-fi · Choices Matter · Pixel Graphics
More matches
- Star Control®: Origins73 % positive of 2,617Shared: Third Person · Multiple Endings · Story Rich
- Star Trek: Resurgence90 % positive of 2,026Shared: Point & Click · Third Person · Multiple Endings
- Space Wreck90 % positive of 171Shared: RPG · Multiple Endings · Story Rich
- Space Rogue64 % positive of 448Shared: Sci-fi · Exploration · Space
- Starcom: Nexus90 % positive of 2,132Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
- Tardy90 % positive of 218Shared: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics
- Star Traders: Frontiers84 % positive of 3,623Shared: RPG · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Combat
- Star Command Galaxies44 % positive of 484Shared: Story Rich · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics
- Starcom: Unknown Space92 % positive of 3,168Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
- Out There: Ω Edition75 % positive of 1,690Shared: RPG · Story Rich · Sci-fi
- Interstellaria55 % positive of 408Shared: Point & Click · Sci-fi · Exploration
- Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game87 % positive of 3,230Shared: RPG · Multiple Endings · Story Rich
By look
Looks like The Captain
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Overloop
93 % positive of 220
Katana ZERO
98 % positive of 71,069
The Way
83 % positive of 1,265
Super Mining Mechs
90 % positive of 585
Olija
90 % positive of 874
Mining Merchant
87 % positive of 437
Crossing Souls
78 % positive of 1,480
Vox Populi Vox Dei 2
85 % positive of 485
Zombie Night Terror
93 % positive of 3,680
Risk of Rain Returns
90 % positive of 27,823
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
83 % positive of 1,308
Dome Keeper
92 % positive of 16,212
More matches
- Nohra96 % positive of 317
- Omega Strike80 % positive of 359
- The Final Station87 % positive of 8,838
- Prison Run and Gun90 % positive of 529
- Ghost 1.090 % positive of 2,076
- Risk of Rain (2013)93 % positive of 29,626
- OPUS: Rocket of Whispers92 % positive of 1,574
- Portal Dungeon87 % positive of 1,169
- Red Ronin88 % positive of 169
- Manyland87 % positive of 325
- Chronicles of Teddy69 % positive of 317
- Verne: The Shape of Fantasy83 % positive of 240
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.