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Games Like Cosmic Miners

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sci-fi, Space, Action, Space Sim.

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Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.

Reviews: Mixed — 58% — of 60 reviews
Released: 2025-06-21
Developer: bitByte Games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.

    Why similar: Space 25.6%, Destruction 14.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Action 8.6%, Futuristic 7.8%

  57. #57 Star Crafter
    66% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

    Why similar: Space 31.3%, Open World 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Survival 13%, Exploration 11.3%

  58. #58 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 1,148 reviews2017
    Dev: Bird in SkyPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.

    Why similar: Space Sim 27.1%, Space 24.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Open World 11.8%, Simulation 7.9%

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