Games like Starships & Settlers
Looking for games like Starships & Settlers? Here are top role playing recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with GLIDE, The Sentient or Free Spacer.
- 76%Game Brain Score76% User Score 27 reviews
GLIDE is a solo (and cooperative) sci-fi tabletop RPG adventure game inspired by the world of Frank Herbert's Dune. Players take the role of a Seeker; a member of a collective group of nomads, traders, ecologists, and hopefuls that have come together with the common goals of rebuilding the planet Eridoor. Seekers navigate the desert wastes for scrap left behind by the Great Houses of before, in h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GLIDE.
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- 34%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstability, grinding34% User Score 119 reviews
Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sentient.
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Adventure. Investigation. Science! Your crew hustles to complete jobs in a sector-wide cold war. Free Spacer is a sandbox science fiction game about a crew of a commissioned starship in a quadrant wide cold war. There is exploration, trade, investigation, space combat, science projects, infiltration, and troubleshooting. We play to find out how the crew gets the job done, the choices they make, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Spacer.
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- 57%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, optimization50% User Score 543 reviewsCritic Score 70%12 reviews
The Long Journey Home combines the endless freedom of space with a new open questing system that always leaves you in command. Deliver the stranded Glukkt to his homeworld as he asks, or to your new slaver friends? Attempt to make allies with everyone, or pin your hopes on the tougher races, and hope they never turn on you? Jump by jump, make hard decisions and live with the consequences, in a uni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Journey Home.
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- 75%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, music76% User Score 3,900 reviewsCritic Score 76%19 reviews
Star Trek™: Bridge Crew will immerse you in the Star trek universe thanks to VR. The game puts you and your friends in the heart of the U.S.S. Aegis.Your mission: explore a largely uncharted sector of space known as The Trench, in hopes of locating a suitable new home world for the decimated Vulcan populace. The Klingon Empire is also active in the region, and their purpose is a threat to the Fede… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Bridge Crew.
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- 91%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayoptimization, atmosphere91% User Score 380 reviews
Embark on your own adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien's iconic world with The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, a fully-cooperative board game for one to five players! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth.
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- 90%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, grinding90% User Score 7,130 reviews
Team up to operate an advanced starship and explore a randomized galaxy falling into chaos. Each player assumes a role aboard the ship: Captain, Pilot, Scientist, Weapons Specialist and Engineer. Coordination between your crewmembers will be essential in order to survive the perils that await you. Control the various stations that run your ship. Reroute power between ship systems, scan alien plan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PULSAR: Lost Colony.
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- 74%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaystability, atmosphere73% User Score 400 reviewsCritic Score 80%1 reviews
80’s spaceship anime and arcade-gaming meld with ultra-modern physics and A.I. in a skill-demanding, procedurally generated rogue-lite adventure! Be the hero in a world that oozes classic Saturday morning anime but plays like a tough, modern, tactical shooter. Try to survive the hostile environments of deep space, battling warring factions full of unique and cunning enemies. Unlock ever more power… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GALAK-Z.
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WHAT IS IT? Take command of a scrappy starship and become the ultimate arm-chair space ship captain in Frontiers Reach : Battlespace! Frontiers Reach : Battlespace is a low stress management/idle game set in the Frontiers Reach Universe. Where in FR1 you took on the role of a pilot fighting in a desperate bid to escape an interstellar war, here you'll take command of a carrier and participate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frontiers Reach : Battlespace.
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- 61%Game Brain Scoregameplay, atmospherestory, graphics74% User Score 34 reviews
Embark on a thrilling space adventure in Cosmic Miners, a single-player sci-fi game that blends mining, exploration, and strategic upgrades into a rich galactic experience. Take on the role of a daring miner of Harvesters, navigating asteroid belts and planetary orbits to extract valuable resources, build your fleet, and rise to prominence in a universe full of opportunity and danger. Traverse d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Miners.
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