Starblast similar games & best alternatives

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Starblast

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.

What works

  • Free web version available
  • Engaging competitive pvp and team modes
  • Active community and developer support
  • Ship customization and modding options
  • Accessible yet skillful gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Balance issues and spawn camping reported
  • Lag and server instability complaints
  • Toxic or selfish player behavior noted
  • Punishing death mechanics can frustrate
  • Limited narrative content and polish

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gangs of Space

  • Worbital

  • Altitude

  • Arena of Kings

  • Wildgate

  • Nexus 5X

Less dominating

Games that feels like Starblast but with less domination over others

  • Chicken Invaders Universe

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • Quintet

  • Entropy Survivors

  • Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

  • SAS: Zombie Assault 4

More story-driven

Games that feels like Starblast but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Freespace 2

  • Stellaris

  • Terra Invicta

  • Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

  • Imperium Galactica II

  • ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

Less intimate

Games that feels like Starblast but with less focus on close relationships

  • Star Ruler

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

  • Galactic Civilizations III

  • Astroflux

  • Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition

  • Beat Hazard 2

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Starblast. These titles are not in What to play next.

Starblast: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026