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Starbound/Similar games
Games like Starbound
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Starbound” means here
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSpaceCraftingSurvivalOnline Co-Op
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
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99%
match
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Terraria
Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Crafting · Survival
97% of 1,551,879 reviews positive · 37,487 playing now
99%
match
3
99%
match
4
99%
match
5
Planet Explorers
Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Crafting · Survival
62% of 6,818 reviews positive
99%
match
6
Necesse
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Sandbox · Survival
93% of 28,924 reviews positive · 1,074 playing now
98%
match
7
Force of Nature
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Sandbox
75% of 4,209 reviews positive
98%
match
8
97%
match
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ASTRONEER
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Survival · Sandbox
92% of 139,161 reviews positive · 1,636 playing now
97%
match
10
Green Hell
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Online Co-Op
85% of 101,854 reviews positive · 2,506 playing now
96%
match
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96%
match
12
96%
match
13
96%
match
14
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Sandbox
74% of 47,804 reviews positive
96%
match
15
Raft
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
93% of 378,023 reviews positive · 4,615 playing now
96%
match
16
95%
match
17
Wurm Unlimited
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Sandbox · Building
71% of 3,137 reviews positive
95%
match
18
The Long Dark
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
89% of 123,590 reviews positive · 1,911 playing now
95%
match
19
The Wild Eight
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Sandbox
68% of 8,117 reviews positive
95%
match
20
Voidtrain
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Sandbox
74% of 9,847 reviews positive · 268 playing now
94%
match
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94%
match
22
Osiris: New Dawn
Open World Survival Craft · Space · Survival · Crafting
53% of 15,085 reviews positive
94%
match
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Survival · Online Co-Op
81% of 29,390 reviews positive · 4,362 playing now
94%
match
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The Forest
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Building
96% of 681,382 reviews positive · 4,631 playing now
94%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Starbound?
The closest matches to Starbound on Steam are Edge of Space, Terraria, Fragmented, Tinkerlands, Planet Explorers. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Starbound's, and shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Sandbox, Space.
How are games like Starbound chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Open World Survival Craft, Sandbox, Space count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Starbound's. Popularity never affects the ranking.