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Games like Cold Star

Cold Star. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Ballad of Heroes cover art

    Ballad of Heroes

    Also narrative, text

    A mostly text-based RPG idler set in Greek mythology. Build a party of up to two heroes and four gods and fight to defend Olympus.

    4.5★ galaxy
  2. Spaceplan cover art

    SpaceplanComplete

    Also narrative, space

    A stranded ship, a potato, and a soundtrack that makes the finale land. A short, focused story idler.

    91% steam
    1–3h ending
    30% idle
  3. The Last Cat in the Universe cover art

    The Last Cat in the Universe

    Also narrative, space

    As a space station AI, sweep your cursor over debris to salvage parts and build a warm home for the last cat, in a short story meant for one or two sittings.

    94% steam
    has ending
  4. Midnight Idle cover art

    Midnight Idle

    Also narrative, text

    A story incremental styled after gamebooks, following an amnesiac ooze with seven unlockable classes and several prestige layers. Built for mobile too.

    4.0★ galaxy
  5. Astrodle cover art

    Astrodle

    Also space, narrative

    Shoot blobs in space for Zodiac essences and upgrade your ship on a path to godhood. Both modes have a clear finish reachable in about a day of active play.

    91% steam
    has ending
  6. A Dark Room cover art

    A Dark RoomComplete

    Also narrative, text

    Light a fire. Then the text opens up into a village, a map, and a story told almost entirely through what it doesn't say.

    3–6h ending
    25% idle
  7. Beggar's Life cover art

    Beggar's LifeUpdated

    Also text, narrative

    Start as a starving beggar in a text-based medieval city and branch into paths like priest, thief, rat friend or pyromaniac through many skills.

    62% steam
    3.7★ galaxy

  8. Level 13Updated

    Also text, narrative

    A text-based sci-fi adventure where you survive a decayed city, rediscover technology and rebuild civilization.

  9. Space Loop Protocol cover art

    Space Loop Protocol

    Also space, narrative

    Trapped in a time loop aboard a research ship, train five stats each cycle before the oxygen runs out, then queue activities.

    3.4★ galaxy
  10. Feed the Reactor cover art

    Feed the Reactor

    Also space, narrative

    Feed fuel into a reactor, combine exotic elements for energy, and loop through prestige-style resets to learn the reactor's purpose across multiple endings.

    82% steam
    has ending
  11. Nanotrasen Simulator cover art

    Nanotrasen SimulatorDormant

    Also space, text

    Play an AI running a simulated Nanotrasen station in a text-heavy idle game set in the Space Station 13 universe.

  12. Immortal Taoists-MUD Wuxia cover art

    Immortal Taoists-MUD WuxiaDormant

    Also text, narrative

    Seek immortality as a cultivator in a playable xianxia novel, joining sects, learning arts and raising spirit beasts.

  13. Unnamed Space Idle cover art

    Unnamed Space Idle

    Also space

    A ship, a sector map and a tidy prestige loop. Quietly one of Galaxy's most-played games.

    92% steam
    4.5★ galaxy
    70% idle
  14. Shark Game: New Frontiers cover art

    Shark Game: New Frontiers

    Also text

    Sharks discover the ocean, then science, then other worlds. A text-forward successor to the old Shark Game.

    4.6★ galaxy
    55% idle
  15. Theory of Magic (Arcanum) cover art

    Theory of Magic (Arcanum)

    Also text

    A text-heavy mage's apprenticeship with hundreds of spells, classes and dungeons. Dense, charming, community-kept.

    4.5★ galaxy
    45% idle
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    FEED THE AI

    Also narrative

    A short, very active incremental about an AI you feed with data. Shape it into a Protector, Rational or Tyrant; each ending makes the next run stronger.

    90% steam
    3–9h ending
    0% idle
  17. The First Alkahistorian cover art

    The First Alkahistorian

    Also narrative

    An alchemical history told through reactions and discoveries.

    4.5★ galaxy
  18. Ink Remnant cover art

    Ink Remnant

    Also narrative

    A short incremental where a mage starts with nothing in a magical city and researches upward, with new systems revealed as the story unfolds.

    4.6★ galaxy
  19. Advent Incremental cover art

    Advent IncrementalComplete

    Also narrative

    Twenty-four days, twenty-four interlocking mini-incrementals, one workshop to save Christmas. Built on Profectus.

    4.6★ galaxy
    20–40h ending
    40% idle
  20. Astro Prospector Prologue cover art

    Astro Prospector Prologue

    Also space

    A bullet-heaven incremental where you mine coffee asteroids, fight SpaceCorp and upgrade your ship. This build is an early prologue.

    4.6★ galaxy
  21. A Game About Feeding A Black Hole cover art

    A Game About Feeding A Black HoleUpdated

    Also space

    Destroy asteroids, planets and stars to feed a black hole, buying upgrades along the way, with extra game modes after the main run.

    87% steam
  22. Berry Bury Berry cover art

    Berry Bury Berry

    Also narrative

    Grow berries in a first-person garden and drop them into a strange hole for cash, upgrading helpers while an unsettling mystery with several endings unfolds.

    98% steam
    has ending
  23. Rejected Draft cover art

    Rejected DraftComing soon

    Also narrative

    You are the doodle the Artist threw away. Fight community-drawn sketches, absorb their powers and claw your way back for revenge.

    4.2★ galaxy
    1000h ending
    35% idle
  24. Celestial Incremental cover art

    Celestial Incremental

    Also narrative

    A large Modding Tree game built by a small team, with its own music, lore, and extras like a buy-max toggle that most tree games lack.

    4.2★ galaxy