Games Like Starfield

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

Why similar: Open World 20.3%, Space 16.3%, Action RPG 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Starfield's spacefaring quest structure with first-person combat, companions, dialogue choices, and planet-hopping exploration in a tighter Bethesda-like RPG format.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Open World 32.2%, RPG 10.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Action RPG 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the post-apocalyptic setting, it shares Starfield's exact Bethesda DNA: open-ended questing, loot-driven exploration, first-person combat, base building, and character customization.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Space 31.6%, Open World 24.6%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Space Sim 9.9% ★, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the best fit if your favorite part of Starfield was scanning planets, flying through space, landing anywhere, and getting lost in endless sci-fi exploration.

Return to the Mass Effect universe & lead the first humans in Andromeda on a desperate search for our new home.

Why similar: Space 20.6%, Open World 17.1%, Character Customization 15.6%, Sci-fi 14%, RPG 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on exploring new worlds, building your character, recruiting companions, and tackling sci-fi storylines makes it one of the closest non-Bethesda parallels.

Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.

Why similar: Open World 32.4%, Moddable 15% ★, RPG 13.9%, Character Customization 12.4%, Story Rich 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: If what you love most is Bethesda's freeform exploration and quest discovery loop, Skyrim remains one of the purest versions of the formula behind Starfield.

The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.

Why similar: Space 25.9%, Sci-fi 16.8%, RPG 13.3%, Character Customization 12.6%, Story Rich 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more mission-based than open-world, it delivers the same appeal of a customizable space hero, memorable crew, interstellar travel, and story-driven sci-fi adventure.

Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.

Why similar: Space 24.8%, Space Sim 24.7% ★, Open World 20.8%, RPG 12.4%, Third Person 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is an indie but very direct match for Starfield's fantasy, blending spaceflight, on-foot shooting, quests, factions, and a huge sandbox galaxy.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Open World 27.8%, Moddable 16.8% ★, RPG 13.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Character Customization 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on faction politics, role-playing choices, exploration, and player-driven quest outcomes lines up well with Starfield's RPG side.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Open World 26.7%, Sci-fi 14.1%, RPG 10.9%, Story Rich 7.1%, First-Person 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches a similar itch through first-person RPG progression, story-heavy questlines, character builds, and immersive world exploration in a dense sci-fi setting.

Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.

Why similar: Space 22.2%, Open World 19.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Third Person 8.4%, RPG 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a modern single-player sci-fi adventure built around open-world traversal, space travel, underworld factions, and cinematic exploration.

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Space 25.6%, Open World 17.2%, Action RPG 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Exploration 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It trades deep role-playing for stronger spaceflight, but still delivers satisfying exploration, loot progression, and a colorful single-player sci-fi universe.

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

Why similar: Space 25.3%, Space Sim 20.6% ★, Open World 13.3%, Moddable 12.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: For players who most enjoyed the ship side of Starfield, it offers a massive sandbox of piloting, trading, fighting, and building your place in space.

Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

Why similar: Space 29.8%, Space Sim 23.5% ★, Open World 19.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is a strong pick if Starfield made you want a more simulation-heavy version of piloting a ship, charting systems, and living in a vast galaxy.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Space 32.5%, Open World 16%, Exploration 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Great Soundtrack 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more into mystery than RPG systems, but few games match Starfield's sense of wonder, discovery, and curiosity-driven space exploration this well.

Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG set in the world of Eora, where your choices carve a path through war, intrigue, and ancient mysteries. Navigate a land in turmoil, forge powerful alliances or deadly rivalries, and wield magic and steel to shape the fate of the Living Lands—and your own destiny.

Why similar: Open World 19.3%, Character Customization 18.1%, RPG 14.1%, Action RPG 11.2%, First-Person 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Though fantasy rather than sci-fi, its first-person combat, dialogue-heavy questing, and modern RPG structure make it appealing to players who liked Starfield's Bethesda-style adventuring.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Open World 36.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, RPG 9.4%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world survival-FPS structure, atmospheric exploration, and emergent encounters will appeal to players who liked Starfield's harsher frontier feel.

Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.

Why similar: Open World 30.1%, Moddable 17.7% ★, RPG 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, First-Person 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers another Bethesda open-world built around exploration, looting, first-person combat, and environmental storytelling, just in a wasteland instead of space.

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Why similar: Space 27.9%, Open World 15.6%, Space Sim 14.3% ★, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action RPG 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration, ship progression, and uncovering a mysterious galaxy, making it a strong pick for players who loved Starfield's frontier vibe.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 42.7%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Open World 7.1%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It narrows in on the tactile sci-fi labor fantasy of living among ships and salvage, which makes it a neat companion piece to Starfield's space setting.

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Why similar: Space 29.6%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Open World 9.9%, First-Person 7.1%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person sci-fi exploration, immersive-sim problem solving, and strong environmental storytelling aboard a space station that feels richly lived in.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.

Why similar: Open World 28%, Moddable 16.1% ★, RPG 15.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.5%, Character Customization 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is older and less accessible, but its alien worldbuilding and pure exploration-driven Bethesda RPG design will resonate with Starfield fans willing to go classic.

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Why similar: Space 31.5%, Open World 22.2%, Space Sim 20.8% ★, Sci-fi 13.5%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: This is a good fit if Starfield's outposts, planets, crafting, and ship fantasy were more important to you than traditional story-driven RPG quests.

"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!

Why similar: Exploration 24.9%, Action-Adventure 21.8%, First-Person 17.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person planetary exploration, scanning, platforming, and playful sci-fi tone make it a lighter but very recognizable cousin to Starfield's exploration loop.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Space 32%, Open World 23.8%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Exploration 9.7%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on first-person planetary survival, base building, and terraforming, making it a good choice if Starfield's outpost and environmental exploration systems hooked you.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Space 41.8%, Sci-fi 26.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is best for players who wanted more grounded retro-futurist sci-fi exploration, mystery, and narrative immersion from Starfield's planetary side.

In this sequel to the vintage Open World RPG ELEX, Jax must once again unite the free people of the Science-Fantasy world of Magalan against a new threat - the Skyands, who want to change the face of the planet forever.

Why similar: Open World 29%, RPG 13.3%, Action RPG 12.6%, Third Person 10.1%, Exploration 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world questing, jetpack traversal, faction role-playing, and rough-edged sandbox design feel surprisingly close to Starfield from a systems perspective.

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Space 25.4%, Moddable 19.4% ★, Space Sim 18.9% ★, Open World 18.5%, Exploration 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: If building ships, bases, and your own space sandbox was the dream, this gives you far more freedom with engineering and exploration systems.

Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.

Why similar: Space 22%, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Open World 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action RPG 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends a story-driven space adventure with ship combat, exploration, and RPG-lite progression in a way that overlaps with Starfield's broader space-opera tone.

Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.

Why similar: Open World 23.9%, RPG 14.5%, Character Customization 12.4%, Action RPG 8.8%, Exploration 7.6%

The Outer Worlds 2 is the sequel to the award-winning first-person sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment.

Why similar: Open World 19.5%, RPG 16.3%, Action RPG 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Character Customization 8.2%

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Space 39.6%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Open World 15.3%, First-Person 8.5%, Exploration 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person space survival, crafting, and wandering-through-the-void structure make it a solid lower-ranked pick for players who mainly want more sci-fi atmosphere.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way to play the award-winning RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. Including the base game and all DLC, this remastered masterpiece is the absolute best version of The Outer Worlds.

Why similar: Space 23%, RPG 13.9%, Action RPG 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Character Customization 10.9%

Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world.

Why similar: Open World 28.1%, Character Customization 14.4%, RPG 11.3%, Exploration 7.1%, Action RPG 6.9%

The story of Cal Kestis continues in STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™, a galaxy-spanning, third-person, action-adventure game.

Why similar: Open World 19.6%, Space 18.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Third Person 8.8%, Action-Adventure 6.8%

Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.

Why similar: Open World 51.3%, RPG 22.6%, Exploration 8%, Character Customization 6.9%, Great Soundtrack 5%

PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Why similar: Open World 28.3%, Moddable 17.3% ★, RPG 14.9%, Character Customization 7%, First-Person 5.2%

Fire up a wild ride across the cosmos with a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. In this action-adventure game, you are Star-Lord leading the unpredictable Guardians from one explosion of chaos to the next. You got this. Probably.

Why similar: Space 23.5%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%, Cinematic 8.4%

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a third and first-person action-adventure game set in the Western Frontier. Reconnect with your lost heritage and discover what it means to be Na'vi.

Why similar: Open World 31.5%, Character Customization 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 8.8%, First-Person 8.3%

A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.

Why similar: Open World 35.3%, RPG 16%, Moddable 12.6% ★, Character Customization 7.4%, First-Person 6.7%

Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.

Why similar: Space 27.2%, Open World 16%, Space Sim 15.7% ★, Moddable 13% ★, Sci-fi 9.6%

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

Why similar: Space 29.1%, Open World 25.1%, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Sci-fi 16.7%, Realistic 4.9%

From one of gaming's most iconic sagas, Halo is bigger than ever. Featuring an expansive open-world campaign and a dynamic free to play multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Space 24.2%, Open World 22.8%, Sci-fi 15.9%, First-Person 9.2%, Cinematic 8.5%

Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.

Why similar: Space 23%, Space Sim 17.4% ★, Open World 16.4%, Moddable 14.3% ★, Sci-fi 11.7%

Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.

Why similar: Open World 44.9%, RPG 18.5%, First-Person 8.5%, Character Customization 8.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.

Why similar: Space 24.9%, Moddable 18.1% ★, Open World 16.7%, Space Sim 13.6% ★, Sci-fi 12.9%

A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Why similar: Space 36.3%, Open World 20.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space Sim 9.6% ★, Exploration 9.3%

In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.

Why similar: Space 49.3%, Sci-fi 17%, Space Sim 14.7% ★, Open World 9.7%, Moddable 2.6% ★

Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

Why similar: Space 38.8%, Open World 16.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Space Sim 11.3% ★, RPG 6.6%

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Open World 27.7%, Cinematic 11.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%

In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

Why similar: Space 35%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Open World 15.8%, RPG 10.4%, Character Customization 8.7%

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Open World 33.1%, Action RPG 13.9%, First-Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Why similar: Space 37.8%, Space Sim 18.6% ★, RPG 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Open World 9.2%

Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.

Why similar: Open World 25.2%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Character Customization 16.8%, RPG 12.6%, Third Person 11.1%

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: Space 53.9%, Space Sim 18.6% ★, Sci-fi 15%, Action 3.8%, Exploration 3.1%

It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!

Why similar: Space 48.4%, Space Sim 15.6% ★, Open World 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Moddable 3.5% ★

QANGA: Dive into a sci-fi adventure of exploration and resilience across the cosmos. Merge your mind with a state-of-the-art cyborg crafted by ICLabs Industries, and journey through this expansive universe!

Why similar: Space 21.2%, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Open World 15.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Third Person 9.4%

THE GREAT MACHINE AWAKENS

Why similar: Open World 24.2%, RPG 19.9%, Action RPG 14.5%, Character Customization 9%, First-Person 7.2%