Quintet similar games & best alternatives

Quintet

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

A cooperative, cross-platform, multiplayer scifi game where players control the same ship through 5 roles — Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering & Science. Battle with other player crews over the Internet.

What works

  • Strong cooperative multiplayer focus
  • Cross-platform play including mobile
  • Free-to-play with optional dlc
  • Engaging sci-fi space combat and roles
  • Active developer support and community

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and declining player base
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited single-player content
  • Basic graphics and ui complexity
  • Lack of progression and story depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

  • PULSAR: Lost Colony

  • Jump Space

  • Infinity: Battlescape

  • Barotrauma

More expressive

Games that feels like Quintet but with more self-expression and customization

  • Avorion

  • Galactic Civilizations III

  • Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition

  • Star Ruler

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

Less social

Games that feels like Quintet but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut

  • Starcom: Unknown Space

  • Crying Suns

  • Battlevoid: Harbinger

  • Destination Sol

More dominating

Games that feels like Quintet but with more domination over others

  • Starblast

  • Nexus 5X

  • Imperium Galactica II

  • Astroflux

  • Deep Space Battle Simulator

  • Piratopia

More progression-driven

Games that feels like Quintet but with more progression and upgrades

  • Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

  • Chicken Invaders Universe

  • ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition

  • Space Crew: Legendary Edition

  • Ostranauts

  • Gangs of Space

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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.
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  • 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).

Quintet: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026