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2014PC66 % positive14.99 €

A sandbox space game where you build your own ships and stations from blocks, explore the void, and fight in combat, whether solo or on multiplayer servers.

  • Building and crafting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Starmade

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Starmade special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Empyrion: Galactic Survival

99 %Match

2020PC, Steam Deck playable78 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Starmade: building and crafting, a sandbox with your own goals as well as an open world.

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

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Space Engineers

Building and crafting

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Avorion

Building and crafting

A procedurally generated space sandbox where you build modular ships block by block and push toward the galactic core as a trader, mercenary or explorer. Ship building and freedom of playstyle are the heart of the game.

TerraTech

Building and crafting

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Building and crafting

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

Factorio

Building and crafting

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

CryoFall

Building and crafting

A top-down 2D sci-fi survival sandbox on an alien planet, where players build bases, research technology, craft and compete for resources on persistent servers hosting up to 300 people.

Reassembly

Building and crafting

You design modular spaceships from geometric parts, gather resources and fight real-time battles across a procedural galaxy. Creative ship building in a sandbox setting is the heart of the experience.

Grav

Sandbox with your own goals

A sci-fi survival sandbox shooter where you explore alien planets, hunt creatures, craft gear and build outposts, all while surviving against other players.

Perpetuum

Sandbox with your own goals

A single-server sandbox MMORPG where you pilot mechs, harvest an alien planet's resources and build power through trade, terraforming and infrastructure. The player-driven economy and fights over territory are at the core.

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