
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
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A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.

Star Valor
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.

Starcom: Nexus
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Mining 34.9% ★, Space 24.1%, RPG 11%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Top-Down 9.5%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 37.8%, Sci-fi 16.8%, RPG 14.4%, Top-Down 9.8%, Exploration 6.8%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Space 26.2%, Sci-fi 21%, Resource Management 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 2D 8.2%
Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.
Why similar: Space 31.6%, Top-Down 19.8%, Time Management 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Exploration 8.4%
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Why similar: Space 38.5%, Sci-fi 15%, Action RPG 13.7%, RPG 13.1%, Exploration 8.7%
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Why similar: Mining 40% ★, Space 20.3%, Crafting 20.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Exploration 6.2%
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Why similar: Space 34.9%, Action RPG 16.5%, Sci-fi 16.1%, RPG 14.8%, Exploration 9.1%
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Why similar: Space 19%, Crafting 18.8%, Top-Down 12.4%, RPG 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%
Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Why similar: Space 34%, Top-Down 28.5%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, 2D 13.3%, Indie 3.1%
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Why similar: Inventory Management 29.1%, RPG 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Futuristic 11.7%, Time Management 11.2%
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Why similar: Mining 42.4% ★, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Resource Management 8.6%
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Why similar: Crafting 43.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, RPG 11%, Resource Management 10.9%, 2D 7%
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Why similar: Mining 32.5% ★, Space 16.5%, Top-Down 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, RPG 8.9%
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Why similar: RPG 27.3%, Crafting 17.5%, Top-Down 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Space 9%
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Why similar: Mining 57.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Resource Management 8.2%, Exploration 6.2%
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Why similar: Space 54.3%, RPG 17.7%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 2.6%
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 31%, RPG 24.1%, Top-Down 10.6%, Futuristic 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%
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Why similar: Mining 31.8% ★, Top-Down 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Action RPG 10.9%
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Why similar: Mining 24.9% ★, Pixel Graphics 23%, RPG 20.5%, Top-Down 16%, 2D 5.7%
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Crafting 24%, Space 18.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, RPG 10.3%
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: Mining 36.1% ★, Crafting 22%, Space 16.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Sci-fi 6.7%
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Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Inventory Management 25%, Space 20.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
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Why similar: Crafting 29.4%, Space 22.6%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Action RPG 13.5%, RPG 12.9%
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 45.5% ★, Crafting 21.2%, Resource Management 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 5.7%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Space 21%, RPG 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Top-Down 11.3%, Crafting 10.9%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Action RPG 33.8%, RPG 27%, Exploration 18.5%, 2D 14.8%, Indie 3.2%
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Why similar: Mining 34.7% ★, Space 22.2%, Top-Down 13.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
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Why similar: Space 44.7%, RPG 24.4%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Adventure 5.7%, Exploration 2.6%
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Why similar: Space 29.2%, Action RPG 14.6%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Top-Down 13.5%, RPG 11.3%
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Why similar: Mining 66.8% ★, Action RPG 16%, 2D 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Action 1%
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Why similar: Space 28.6%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Top-Down 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, 2D 8.1%
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Why similar: Mining 44.7% ★, Time Management 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, 2D 6.6%
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Why similar: Mining 32% ★, Crafting 19%, Space 13.3%, Top-Down 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%
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Why similar: Crafting 39.2%, Space 31.6%, Sci-fi 15%, Exploration 7%, Adventure 4.6%
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Why similar: Mining 31.4% ★, Crafting 18.8%, Space 15.9%, RPG 14.5%, Resource Management 8.5%
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Why similar: Mining 54.8% ★, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Top-Down 10.2%, 2D 4.5%
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Why similar: Mining 33.1% ★, Inventory Management 28.2%, Crafting 18.8%, Resource Management 8.5%, RPG 7.3%
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Why similar: Space 44.1%, Top-Down 29.1%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Action 1.6%
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Why similar: Mining 73.1% ★, 2D 6.6%, Adventure 5.4%, Sci-fi 4.9%, Exploration 3.8%
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Why similar: Mining 66.5% ★, 2D 13.8%, Space 8.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 2.5%
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Why similar: Mining 42.3% ★, Crafting 18.1%, RPG 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Resource Management 6.7%
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Why similar: Mining 33.3% ★, Crafting 21.8%, Space 16.3%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Resource Management 8.5%
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Why similar: Mining 48.1% ★, Sci-fi 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Exploration 6.1%
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Why similar: Space 40.6%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Resource Management 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, 2D 6.7%
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Why similar: Mining 35.1% ★, Crafting 17.1%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Puzzle 8.3%
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Why similar: Space 51.3%, Sci-fi 16%, RPG 10.1%, 2D 6.2%, Top-Down 5.6%
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Why similar: Space 40.4%, RPG 24.5%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Adventure 8.3%, Futuristic 4.6%
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Why similar: Space 43.2%, RPG 19.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Top-Down 16.3%, Indie 1.7%
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Why similar: Mining 34.6% ★, Space 17.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Puzzle 11%, Sci-fi 10.7%
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Why similar: Space 38.6%, Sci-fi 26.7%, Futuristic 19.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Indie 3.3%
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Why similar: Inventory Management 45%, Space 21.9%, Sci-fi 16.5%, RPG 11.9%, Adventure 3.8%
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Why similar: Space 45.2%, RPG 28.7%, 2D 9.9%, Sci-fi 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
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Why similar: Space 30.1%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Exploration 17%, 2D 15.4%, Resource Management 12.4%
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Why similar: Inventory Management 55.3%, RPG 19.6%, Action RPG 11.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Adventure 3.8%
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Why similar: Space 51.6%, Top-Down 15.1%, 2D 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Exploration 4.9%
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Why similar: Space 32.3%, Top-Down 19.3%, RPG 16.3%, Action RPG 15.5%, 2D 8.3%
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space 31.4%, Futuristic 27.8%, Adventure 22.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Indie 2.4%
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Why similar: Crafting 22.6%, Space 20.9%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, RPG 11.1%
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Why similar: Space 33.9%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Resource Management 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Exploration 8.9%