StarCrawlers similar games & best alternatives

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StarCrawlers

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

What works

  • Deep tactical combat
  • Meaningful story choices
  • High replayability
  • Diverse classes and skill trees
  • Immersive cyberpunk setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Some grinding required
  • Limited enemy and environment variety
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Minor bugs and ui quirks
  • Limited healing options in combat

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Beyond Galaxyland

  • Cosmic Star Heroine

  • EARTHLOCK

  • Anachronox

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like StarCrawlers but with less leadership over others

  • System Shock® 2 (1999)

  • Protocol

  • Vaporum: Lockdown

  • Selaco

  • Kotama and Academy Citadel

  • SCP: Fragmented Minds

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with StarCrawlers. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

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 StarCrawlers. These titles are not in What to play next.

StarCrawlers: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Cooperation, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026