Astroflux similar games & best alternatives

Astroflux

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Play Astroflux - a retro styled, action packed MMO space shooter.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Variety of ships and weapons
  • Fun and addictive combat
  • Friendly community
  • Retro style and nostalgia

Things to keep in mind

  • Heavy grind and slow progression
  • Pay-to-win elements
  • Small playerbase
  • Lag and server issues
  • Unbalanced pvp and kill stealing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

  • Star Ruler 2

  • Galactic Civilizations III

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

  • Worbital

Less dominating

Games that feels like Astroflux but with less domination over others

  • Reality Break

  • Space Scavenger

  • 33 Immortals

  • Gaia Beyond

  • Tales of Maj'Eyal

  • Pixel Privateers

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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).

Astroflux: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. 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, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 03/08/2026