Games Like Starborne: Frontiers

A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.

Why similar: Space 36.5%, Strategy 15.6%, PvP 12.7%, PvE 11.3%, Tactical 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A premier space strategy game that focuses on long-term fleet management and tactical coordination in a persistent universe.

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.6%, Space Sim 28.6% ★, Management 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Space 9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, complex space RPG experience with tactical combat and extensive ship customization options.

In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.

Why similar: Space 47.4%, Strategy 30.6%, Sci-fi 15.8%, 2D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a highly similar ship-design system where you build custom fleets to engage in tactical, physics-based auto-battles.

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Why similar: Space Sim 48.8% ★, Space 18.5%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Strategy 9.7%, RPG 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy space game where you design your ship's layout and manage crew to win tactical battles.

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Strategy 23.3%, Tactical 22.8%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Space 13.8%, Management 10%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the same sense of tactical squad management and deep unit customization, albeit with mechs instead of starships.

Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.4%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Space 12.5%, Tactical 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical space game that mirrors the fleet-building and combat style of the seed game.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.7% ★, Space 28.9%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive space management game that requires careful tactical decision-making and fleet-like system control.

Auto Brawl Chess is a balanced blend of Auto Chess, Idle RPG, and CCG mechanics given form on an epic battlefield! Build your unique band of heroes, level them up, and set out on a thrilling Journey into the mythical world of Pangea waiting to be saved!

Why similar: Auto Battler 43.2%, Tactical RPG 23.2%, PvP 16.8%, Tactical 7.3%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the core auto-battler mechanics of the seed game with a focus on positioning and unit synergy.

Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

Why similar: Space 41.4%, Strategy 23.8%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Tactical 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on tactical fleet combat with a strong emphasis on ship positioning and weapon management.

Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.

Why similar: Space 42.8%, Strategy 18.8%, RPG 13%, Space Sim 12.8% ★, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines fleet building with tactical combat in a sandbox environment that feels very similar to the core loop of Starborne.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Tactical 41%, Management 34.2%, Strategy 24.8%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy title that features deep space fleet management and tactical combat against extraterrestrial threats.

This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.

Why similar: Auto Battler 48.3%, PvP 19.1%, Tactical RPG 11.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Strategy RPG 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical auto-battler that emphasizes strategic team composition and turn-based combat.

Stake your claim, command your fleets, and wage epic war in space.

Why similar: Space 27.6%, PvP 19.4%, PvE 17.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play space strategy game centered on fleet building and massive PvP territorial control.

Craft explosive combos of units and powers to use in head-to-head auto battler combat against friends, other players or challenging AI. Outplay your opponent with strategic maneuvers and watch the battle unfold on a tabletop arena.

Why similar: Auto Battler 54.7%, PvP 18.5%, Tactical 16.5%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive strategy game that utilizes auto-battler mechanics and tactical unit placement.

An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.9% ★, PvP 15.4%, PvE 10.9%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game that focuses on building fleets and managing resources to conquer the galaxy.

Gear up for tactical mech action in War Robots: Frontiers, a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter. Construct and customize, squad up with Pilots online, and fire up your engines in massive intergalactic battles.

Why similar: PvP 83.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers tactical, team-based combat with heavy customization, similar to the fleet-building feel of the seed.

Second Galaxy is an open world sci-fi game that combines RPG and SLG elements. You can navigate hundreds of different space ships, team up with players to form alliances, and engage in intergalactic battles with other players around the world.

Why similar: Space 41.7%, RPG 21.8%, Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world space MMO that features deep ship customization and strategic fleet-based combat.

Iron Armada is a multiplayer, space-faring combat game where players must team up to build a fleet of ships in order to survive the perils of space and defeat the opposing player faction. Build ships of all shapes and sizes, mine resources, and scavenge parts with friends to conquer the universe!

Why similar: Strategy 73%, Space 23.7%, 2D 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed strategy game that emphasizes fleet construction and tactical engagement.

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: Space Sim 58.1% ★, Space 19.4%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends space simulation with fleet command, allowing players to scale from a single ship to a massive armada.

Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!

Why similar: Auto Battler 57.7%, Tactical 16.4%, Strategy 12%, PvE 11.4%, 2D 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that emphasizes unit positioning and strategic combat planning.

A sci-fi roguelike auto-battler. Build a powerful intergalactic starship by interlocking different technologies, then battle through a galaxy populated with other players' creations.

Why similar: Auto Battler 48.6%, Inventory Management 20.8%, PvP 18.5%, Strategy 8.4%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An asynchronous strategy game that utilizes auto-battler mechanics and inventory management.

Player bases are located on asteroids, which travel within the Oort Cloud. Once they’ve acquired the appropriate skills, players can control their asteroid’s movements. Mass-combat enthusiasts will love the Arena: here, players can battle it out against alien races or other Astro Lord players.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.3% ★, Space 14.8%, PvP 14.1%, PvE 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based MMO that combines base building with tactical fleet combat and RPG elements.

Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.

Why similar: Space Sim 52.4% ★, Space 12.6%, RPG 12.2%, Exploration 7.7%, Story Rich 6%

Why You'll Like It: A space sim that includes tactical fleet management and exploration elements.

Space MMORPG where players can fly on different ships, collecting devices, subsystems and navigations or finding new weapons that will serve in battles. Take part in battles, explore the world, mine ore, trade, fight and build your own clan with a station.

Why similar: PvP 23.9%, Space 20.2%, PvE 17.6%, Inventory Management 12.7%, Tactical 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based MMO that focuses on fleet management and free-to-play progression.

Craft. Battle. Grow. Join thousands of players in the ultimate tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you — and every fight tests your strategy.

Why similar: Auto Battler 29.6%, Tactical RPG 26.8%, Strategy RPG 19.8%, Tactical 10%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep tactical RPG combat and crafting systems that mirror the progression of fleet-based games.

Design unique spaceships and build the ultimate space mining fleet as you team up to battle for resources and glory in this massively multiplayer action strategy set in an alien wasteland.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.9% ★, Resource Management 15.8%, Space 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on resource management and ship customization within a large-scale space environment.

Forge your own destiny! Choose your character, equip your best spells and sail from island to island in quest of fortune and glory. Level up your hero and your strategy in this free-to-play tactical multiplayer RPG with unique colorful graphics.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 37.6%, Strategy RPG 22.1%, PvP 16.2%, PvE 15.5%, RPG 6.7%

Fly through Subspace, build your own ship, and engage in epic battles. Mine asteroids and research new technologies. Uncover the origins of the alien homeworld by solving weekly events in this Co-op PvE MMO.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 30.9%, Space 16.6%, PvE 15.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Tactical 8.2%

Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.5%, Tactical RPG 23.9%, Strategy RPG 19.3%, Space 6.5%, Strategy 6.4%

Welcome, commander, to Project Entropy- an ultimate Sci-Fi and role-playing game with battles in space. In this immersive MMO experience, you will command alien civilizations, conquer uncharted planets, and build Hero fleets.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 37.2%, PvP 20.4%, PvE 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 12%

Aetherspace is a game about turn-based battles between outlaw gangs. In space. With starships.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game that emphasizes tactical fleet movement and resource management.

Helm your own ship, battle for supremacy in a multi-faction war, and conquer the cosmos in this science fiction turn-based strategy game. Select from more than 100+ diverse star ships and fight for territory across a 2D hex-based grid.

Why similar: Tactical 64.5%, Strategy 35.5%

Build a unique team, where each character has a random weapon, race and class. Strong combinations of heroes, enhanced by the ballad creation system and jelly dwarfs, will capture your adventure in history!

Why similar: Auto Battler 41.6%, Strategy RPG 23.6%, Inventory Management 11.5%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 6.2%

Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

Why similar: Auto Battler 33%, Space 27.9%, Resource Management 21%, Sci-fi 12.4%, 2D 5.7%

Warborne is a top-down PvP loot-and-extract MMO. Every choice in the Abyss is a high-stakes gamble. Pick your gear wisely, employ cunning tactics, and plunder every treasure you can from a battlefield teeming with deception. And pray you make it out alive. Trade your spoils to grow your might.

Why similar: PvP 45.9%, Sci-fi 21.3%, Strategy 18.2%, RPG 14.5%

Create and manage your own shipping empire. Control every aspect from route creation to marketing to staff handling and beat other managers to top the leaderboards.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 37.1%, Tactical 17.8%, Management 15.7%, Resource Management 14.7%, Strategy 10.8%

First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)

Why similar: Auto Battler 35.9%, Space Sim 30.2% ★, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%

In a remote corner of the Milky Way, you, a star hunter, will control a fleet, take on a wide variety of bounty contracts and missions, and venture into the vastness of space. You will hunt for mysterious items for your employers and explore specific targets in uncharted territory.

Why similar: Space Sim 47% ★, Space 29.7%, Strategy 23.2%

Star Crusade: War for the Expanse is a free-to-play, online, digital collectible card game (CCG) based in a richly styled sci-fi universe, where each player takes command of one of the six factions vying for supremacy in an unclaimed exotic sector of space.

Why similar: Strategy 57.2%, Space 30.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%

A free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the 41st millennium, Warpforge brings together the major factions of the Warhammer 40,000 universe as digital cards for players to collect and do battle with in brutal and fast-paced skirmishes.

Why similar: PvP 27.8%, PvE 21.9%, Lore-Rich 20.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Strategy 12.1%

A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.

Why similar: Auto Battler 52.8%, Inventory Management 19.9%, PvP 13.1%, Strategy 6.6%, Tactical 6.4%

Mist Legacy gives you a new way to experience the thrills and adventures of an MMORPG. Handcrafted by a small team of passionate developers, the game features an easy to play top-down world, turn-based combat and a skill-based progression system. Try our game for free. We hope you like it!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.4%, Inventory Management 17.8%, PvP 15.6%, PvE 12.5%, Resource Management 12.2%

Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!

Why similar: Space Sim 38.1% ★, Space 22.3%, Resource Management 18.8%, Management 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Explore the Final Frontier in the ultimate sci-fi strategy RPG, Star Trek Timelines! Join Starfleet and overcome challenges as you boldly go where no game has gone before – across the entire history of Star Trek.

Why similar: Space 38.4%, Strategy 23.4%, Sci-fi 21.1%, RPG 17.1%

Star Sonata 2 is a space sandbox MMO that combines elements of action, RPG, and empire creation into a truly unique MMO. Explore the sandbox style universe, build persistent bases, construct trade ships, and even fight your way to the top and claim the Emperor’s Throne!

Why similar: Space Sim 39.5% ★, Space 19.4%, PvP 17.1%, PvE 14.9%, RPG 9.1%

Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!

Why similar: Space Sim 42.9% ★, PvP 19.2%, Space 15.7%, PvE 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Alpha League HD is a free-to-play, hero based Autobattler. In Alpha League, simply pick and build your favorite hero in a Roguelike fashion with 12 different combat genres, and then battle the other 7 Bots or Players to be the winner.

Why similar: Auto Battler 55.8%, Strategy RPG 21.1%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%, PvP 3.8%

Hero Pack lets you build a powerful team from a diverse roster of heroes. Equip them with items, conquer levels, and compete in tournaments. Enjoy idle gameplay, collect new heroes and items, and earn free tournament tickets every hour. Prove your strategy and emerge victorious!

Why similar: Auto Battler 36.1%, Creature Collector 31.2%, Inventory Management 10.8%, PvP 9.1%, Strategy 5.2%

Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!

Why similar: Space 21.4%, PvP 20.5%, PvE 17.8%, Management 16.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%

Build up a Space Empire and establish control of the Galaxy and the Universe! Nova Empire is a multiplayer space game in which the aim is to build your empire and conquer the galaxy in epic space battles against your rivals with other allies worldwide!

Why similar: Space Sim 35.8% ★, PvP 17.4%, PvE 16%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 50.9%, Space 12.4%, Tactical 11.7%, RPG 9%, Exploration 8%

The Lost Glitches is a tactical card battler designed for instant action. Jump into short, clean PvP battles with 5 free complete starter decks. It’s easy to start, but deep when you want it, master the 5-slot battlefield, unlock skills, and go deeper at your own pace.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 42.1%, Strategy RPG 26.7%, PvP 17.5%, RPG 7.8%, Story Rich 5.9%

Fleet up with thousands of players in The Infinite Black -- The wildly popular online space combat and adventure game! Command massive spaceships, form powerful corporations, and battle it out in never-ending intergalactic warfare!

Why similar: Space 38.8%, Strategy 32.1%, RPG 29.1%

Pirate Ships is a PvP game about shipbuilding and naval battles. Embark on an epic journey together with other players and fight monsters, pirates and thieves to become the greatest pirate in all of the Caribbean!

Why similar: Auto Battler 62.7%, PvP 15.4%, Tactical 10.9%, Strategy 5.7%, RPG 5.4%

Dark Orbit is a free-2-play space MMO where three companies battle for galactic domination. Customize ships, trade resources, fight aliens and uncover a grand conspiracy on your epic cosmic journey. Thrilling PvP and PvE missions await! Will you lead your faction beyond the final frontier?

Why similar: Space Sim 59.1% ★, RPG 17.7%, Space 12.7%, Sci-fi 6%, 2D 4.5%

Fantasy Tactical RPG revitalizing the beloved Japanese turn-based & pixel art genre. Collect & train a roster of mercenaries, customize your squad, and use your own strategy to save the nation of Iria. Journey through a world of plot twists where every choice you make will reshape your destiny.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 54.3%, Lore-Rich 19.6%, Strategy 9.9%, RPG 9.2%, Story Rich 6.9%