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2005PlayStation

In Steambot Chronicles you pilot steam-powered mechs through an open town styled after the early 20th century, earning your living through jobs, fights and transport runs. Its appeal lies in the freedom to pursue your own goals and explore the world at your own pace.

Driving or flying
Sandbox with your own goals
Open world
Sci-fi setting

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The closest matches for Steambot Chronicles are Endless Sky, Vangers and TerraTech. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Steambot Chronicles special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Steambot Chronicles

Best alternative overall: Endless Sky 91% match – Driving or flying
Without combat: Juno: New Origins 84% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Starcom: Unknown Space 85% match – released 2024

Best match

Endless Sky

91 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck playable92 % positivefree

You begin with a modest shuttle and build your way up through trading and combat to a formidable flagship or fleet. The freely explorable 2D galaxy, full of missions and hidden secrets, lets you chart your own path.

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Vangers

Driving or flying

Vangers is a bizarre racing adventure set in a strange, mutated world where you play a courier hauling goods, trading and fighting. Its enigmatic atmosphere, great freedom and cryptic storyline make it a unique cult classic.

TerraTech

Driving or flying

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Starcom: Unknown Space

Sci-fi setting

A space action RPG where you pilot and upgrade your own starship through an open universe, meeting alien factions and uncovering strange mysteries.

Rebel Galaxy

Sci-fi setting

A swashbuckling space adventure where you pilot broadside-firing capital ships, fight pirates, trade, mine asteroids and upgrade your vessel. A rock and country soundtrack gives it a distinct space-western flavor.

X3: Terran Conflict

Sandbox with your own goals

A vast space sandbox where you fly ships, build trading empires and factory complexes, and get drawn into conflicts between rival races. Freedom is huge, but the learning curve is steep.

X3: Albion Prelude

Driving or flying

A vast, freely explorable space sandbox where you fly ships, trade, fight and build your own economic and fleet empire. The focus is on freedom and simulation rather than a tightly told story.

Juno: New Origins

Driving or flying

A sandbox simulator where you build rockets, planes and vehicles from customizable parts, automate them with visual programming, and explore or create your own planets.

Evochron Mercenary

Sci-fi setting

You play an independent space mercenary who decides whether to take contracts or carve your own path. Trading, mining, bounty hunting and racing blend together in a sprawling sandbox galaxy.

American McGee Presents: Scrapland

Driving or flying

You guide the curious robot D-Tritus across Scrapland, an asteroid of robots inside a debris field, to foil a plot to seize power. Its charm lies in the quirky, humorous world that you explore on foot, by vehicle and in the air.

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