What games are like Starbound?

indielist matches 12 indie games to Starbound by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,216,769 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.

How are "games like Starbound" chosen?

By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Starbound, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.

Games like Starbound

Looking for games like Starbound? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Starbound is a action game from 2016; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Terraria with 1,216,769 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.

Terraria

2011 · Action

1,216,769 reviews · 97% positive

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Sandbox. Different: leans more into singleplayer.
Necesse

2025 · Action

23,154 reviews · 93% positive

Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerOpen World

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Multiplayer. Different: leans more into early access.
Tinkerlands

2025 · Action

3,854 reviews · 86% positive

Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandbox

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Online Co-Op. Different: leans more into early access.
Voidtrain

2025 · Action

9,490 reviews · 74% positive

Open World Survival CraftCo-opSurvival

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Co-op. Different: leans more into base-building.
ARK: Survival Evolved

2017 · Action

579,234 reviews · 83% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayer

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into dinosaurs.
Valheim

2021 · Action

452,821 reviews · 94% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-Op

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into base-building.
Don't Starve Together

2016 · Action

367,165 reviews · 95% positive

SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftMultiplayer

Same: shares Survival and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into difficult.
Palworld

2024 · Action

355,335 reviews · 94% positive

Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayer

Same: shares Open World and Survival. Different: leans more into creature collector.
No Man's Sky

2016 · Action

307,436 reviews · 85% positive

Open WorldOpen World Survival CraftSpace

Same: shares Open World and Open World Survival Craft. Different: leans more into procedural generation.
Forager

2019 · Action

35,009 reviews · 90% positive

Open World Survival CraftSurvivalPixel Graphics

Same: shares Open World Survival Craft and Survival. Different: leans more into farming sim.
Craftopia

2020 · Action

18,201 reviews · 77% positive

Open WorldCraftingSurvival

Same: shares Open World and Crafting. Different: leans more into early access.
ASTRONEER

2019 · Adventure

117,846 reviews · 92% positive

MultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival Craft

Same: shares Multiplayer and Open World. Different: leans more into base-building.

Frequently asked questions

What games are like Starbound?: indielist matches 12 indie games to Starbound by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,216,769 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
How are "games like Starbound" chosen?: By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Starbound, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.