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Looking for games like Star Zeal 4x? Here are top survival role playing recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Halcyon 6 Starbase Commander, Star Traders: Frontiers or Space Pirates and Zombies.

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  1. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,175 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 9 reviews

    Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro sci-fi strategy RPG with a unique blend of base building, exploration and deep tactical JRPG style combat system with capital starships and their idiosyncratic officers, all captured in stunningly beautiful modernized pixel graphics. In Halcyon 6, an unknown alien force is carving a path of destruction towards Earth and you, as the Commander of an immensely… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halcyon 6 Starbase Commander.

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  3. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 3,624 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

    At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It's similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions. But as you dig deeper, SPAZ becomes much more. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Pirates and Zombies.

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  4. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 561 reviews

    Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airship: Kingdoms Adrift.

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  5. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 2,269 reviews

    Take control of your own spaceship, with a vast galaxy to explore, mine, quest, trade, fight and even craft your own weapons. Start small, improve, complete missions, gather allies (or hire mercenaries), grow big and powerful. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Valor.

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  6. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    81% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    Explore and colonize a vast universe. Twenty one galaxies filled with countless stars and planets and other things await your discovery.Start as an indigenous person on an undeveloped world. Hunt for food. Survive wild animals. Build a home.Discover natural resources. Build mines and wells to gather resources from the land.Establish an empire to govern your work.Found a city to manage its building… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hazeron Starship.

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  7. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

    Embark on a space journey with your patched-together crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.

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  8. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    82% User Score Based on 1,092 reviews

    Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Ruler 2.

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  9. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,490 reviews

    Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline. Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant Worlds releases have been included in one package, along with an updated manual and greatly expanded modding support. Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Worlds: Universe.

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  10. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    64% User Score Based on 433 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polaris Sector.

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  11. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    I am excited to announce that Stellar Sovereigns has qualified to GDWC 2022 and its submission is now open for the public. I invite you to take a look at and like and share to increase its ranking. Stellar Sovereigns is an Indie 4X space strategy game with turn based empire management and real time strategic combat set in a customizable 3D star cluster.  Build an interstellar empire by colonizing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Sovereigns.

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  12. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 541 reviews

    You are among the latest, and perhaps the last, of the challengers to undertake this great journey into the stars. While the universe may be ancient, you and your rivals are still young. As you compete with one another for control of this galaxy, there are others, far older and more powerful than you, who watch from a distance with unknown intentions. It is time for you to prove your empire deserv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Space: Genesis.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Sector Space is a cozy top-down single player space sandbox with retro graphics. The game takes place in a procedurally generated world with a seamless travel system. Each world represents a single galaxy in the void with hundreds of star systems and points of interest for the player to visit. Characters pilot their own ship and depending on the chosen character class (profession) may have up t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector Space.

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  14. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    84% User Score Based on 127 reviews

    Silent Sector is a crazy sci-fi action rpg from a new distant Wild West dominated by powerful corporations locked in a fight for a rare mineral called Eldorite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Sector.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 4,254 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

    Old World is an epic, historical turn-based strategy game. Set in the classical era, Old World gives players the chance to not just build an empire but to found the greatest dynasty of its age. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Old World.

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  16. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evochron Legacy.

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  17. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 149,300 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 47 reviews

    Buy No Man's Sky on PlayStation Store. Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Man's Sky.

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  18. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 300 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way? The decisions are up to you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Captain.

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  19. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, character development
    79% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead in Antares.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    80% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Explosive singleplayer action RTS with a story campaign. Hold the line against massive swarms on a fully simulated battlefield. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IDUN.

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  21. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 2,112 reviews

    Between the Stars is a space action game with RPG growth and real time combat that places you at the helm of an interstellar cruiser. Your mission will be to protect the civilized world from the Children of the Sun, a faction that dominates border planets in the known universe. In order to undertake your mission you must cross the galaxy, face new challenges at each warp jump, and make difficult d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Between the Stars.

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  22. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    87% User Score Based on 165 reviews

    Inspired by classic western isometric RPGs, this is an intentionally short hardcore role-playing game set in space 20 years after a major conflict over asteroid mining. Roleplaying Multiple solutions Choice & Consequence Optional but unlimited violence Note: this is a stand-alone prologue for the full game. While it also serves the purpose of the demo version, it has the beginning, substantia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Wreck.

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  23. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    Pirate Patrol is a strategy -and tactics- driven science fiction space combat game with deep RPG elements, set in the lawless regions of space. Players take command of a powerful capital ship and fight to survive against enemy fleets, autonomous warships, and constantly evolving threats. The game blends real-time space battles with procedurally generated missions, enemies, and systems, ensuring… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pirate Patrol.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 8,525 reviews

    Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MENACE.

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    58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    58% User Score Based on 316 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 1 reviews

    Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets. You will also learn more about the galaxy as you come into contact with ten other species, each with their own unique culture, history and schemes. A full… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horizon.

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  26. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

    TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 14,354 reviews

    Avorion is a procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox where players start out at the edge of the galaxy and must find their way to its core. Players build their own ships, which they will use to explore the galaxy, trade and fight. Space ships are mainly of large scale, with crews, turrets and energy systems that you will have to manage. The galaxy gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the close… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avorion.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 115 reviews

    Reshaping Mars is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reshaping Mars.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    89% User Score Based on 277 reviews

    Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer. As a Drox Operative it's NOT your job to manage all of those annoying people, build thousands of buildings, play nice with your enemies, or balance the budget. It IS your job to pick the winning side and maybe even help them conquer the galaxy if you're being … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drox Operative.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    84% User Score Based on 962 reviews

    Create the Starship of your dreams, explore a vast and vivid world and jump into epic space battles. Experience a truly unique and powerful building engine where your imagination is the limit. Welcome to the next evolution in Space Sandbox gaming! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship EVO.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    85% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Ruler.

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  33. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    81% User Score Based on 223 reviews

    You are not the hero. You are the villain. As leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic raiders, build and manage your forces while pillaging, kidnapping, and battling mercenaries tasked with stopping your rampage. The wasteland doesn't need another hero... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wasteland Raiders.

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  34. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 56 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subdivision Infinity DX.

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  35. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 3,326 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 5 reviews

    Experience the first sector of the journey as the Captain of the U.S.S. Voyager. In the demo, you can try out all the core systems of the game: make decisions, explore what-if scenarios, repair and customize your ship, explore a sector, research technologies, go on away missions, level up crew members, engage in combat, gather resources – and get a first look at the beginning of the story. Make … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown.

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  36. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 1,191 reviews

    Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you the broken, unfinished and bug filled Alpha of The Last Starship. Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and rail guns and start your galactic adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Starship.

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  37. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 3,472 reviews

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.Explore Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Unknown Space.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 133 reviews

    A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Nomad 2.

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  39. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    70% User Score Based on 3,688 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 4 reviews

    Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game. The Universe is Yours!Huge Galaxies with up to 2,000 star systems and tens of thousands of planets, moons and asteroids are yours to explore and exploit, whether pe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Worlds 2.

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  40. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    59% User Score Based on 59 reviews
    Critic Score 47%Based on 1 reviews

    Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy... Who are carrying the forebear's genes among existing races, we can suppose only... Worlds of galaxy are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, some ruined and deserted, other - just a smugglers trans-shipment stations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Precursors.

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  41. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    48% User Score Based on 158 reviews

    - Persistent and customizable squads - Upgradeable and unique (per class) skill tree for all units - Customizable mechs - Different Worlds with unique environments. - Customizable Battlecruiser. The Battlecruiser serves as the base of operations, and can be customized with weapons or infrastructures that will boost the squad numbers, teleport soldiers or even bombard the battlefield. - Faction rel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons.

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  42. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    81% User Score Based on 1,082 reviews

    All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A space sandbox, inspired by the classics and standing on their shoulders. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Destroyer 2.

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  43. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 323 reviews

    Final Theory is a turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics of gaming. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Theory.

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  44. 10%Game Brain Score
    10% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Introduction: Stellaria is a unique and immersive sandbox game set in a fantastical universe. In this game, you are free to create your own stories and adventures as you explore the vast and varied universe around you. As you journey through the game, you will encounter a range of different challenges and enemies, as spiders, draugrs, and even an evil Santa who wants to kill you. This malevolent c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellaria.

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  45. Array is a space station management and colonization simulation where you build modular stations, establish planetary colonies, and oversee complex logistics across procedurally generated galaxies. Each galaxy contains up to twenty unique star systems with realistic orbital mechanics and four to nine planets per system. Every star system feels alive as its planets and moons orbit dynamically, crea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Array - v0.1.2.

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  46. This game was made for Linux system any os that  Runs python  Underworld Hustle is an immersive text-based simulation game where players navigate the dangerous world of drug dealing. Set in a gritty urban environment, players take on the role of a budding drug dealer, making strategic decisions to build their empire while managing risks, reputation, and relationships with various factions.Key Fe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underworld Hustle.

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  47. 10%Game Brain Score
    10% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Introduction: Stellaria is a unique and immersive sandbox game set in a fantastical universe. In this game, you are free to create your own stories and adventures as you explore the vast and varied universe around you. As you journey through the game, you will encounter a range of different challenges and enemies, as spiders, draugrs, and even an evil Santa who wants to kill you. This malevolent… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellaria.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    84% User Score Based on 2,352 reviews

    KeeperRL is an ambitious dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil wizard and study the methods of black magic. Equip your minions and explore the world, murder innocent villagers and burn their homes. Build your dungeon, lay traps and prepare for an assault of angry heroes. The gameplay is a combination of real-time dungeon sim, and simultaneous turn-based, rogu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KeeperRL.

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  49. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    94% User Score Based on 65 reviews

    The Tactical Rpg Going Full Goblin Mode!In Gobs and Gods, you freely explore a fantastic world full of magic, wonders and crazy surprises. The bad news: its nicest inhabitants are... Goblins. The good news: they seem to believe you are their God. Hire, equip and level-up a band of goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, while you uncover the secrets of this world, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gobs and Gods.

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  50. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 764 reviews

    Developed by Runner Duck About the Game Build a Battle Wagon worthy of dominating death-defying enemies! Completely customize your rig from the ground up with a huge range of components such as flamethrowers, sniper turrets, gatling guns, lookout towers, medical stations, wheels, engines, armor and so much more. As you complete missions, your crew will become more experienced. Use th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer.

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