Games Like StarFrame

StarFrame

One shared, persistent universe — a single living galaxy where every pilot plays together, not instanced copies or matchmade lobbies. You don't click-to-move a dot on a map: you fly your ship directly, with true Newtonian momentum and drift, through star systems linked by stargates. The world is server-authoritative and always running: your cargo, your kills, your credits, the whole player-driven economy — it all persists. Real danger and real choices: almost everything of value was mined, built, and hauled home by a real pilot, and can be taken by another. Mine, trade, build, fight, pirate, or explore — and become whatever you want out here.

Risk you can see coming

Space is zoned by security. High-sec is patrolled and relatively safe; the lawless low-sec frontier holds the rarest ore and the deadliest pirates. That gradient is the economy — the valuable hauls have to be physically flown home through gates where someone may be waiting. Get interdicted and you can lose your ship, your fit, and your cargo, and hand the wreck to your attacker as a salvage payday.

Build a ship, then put it to work

Mine asteroid belts, refine the ore, and manufacture ships, modules, and ammo through a research-gated industry chain, then fit your hull from a deep slot system. Combat is hands-on and skill-based: hitscan lasers strike instantly wherever you point, autocannons and artillery have real projectile travel so you lead moving targets, and guided missiles lock on — answered by flares and jammers. Sell on a per-system order-book market with a galaxy-wide price view, or meet a pilot in space and deal hand-to-hand.

A galaxy of real players

Run in a party with cross-system formation-follow, or found a corporation with a shared wallet, storage, and rank hierarchy. Anchor storage depots and corp outposts — then defend them, or declare war and tear a rival's outpost down layer by layer. Between fights, hunt hidden signals and crack open caches in a skill-based code-breaking minigame, spend a Rift Key to dive timed high-stakes combat pockets solo or as a trio, or blow your credits at the Gambler's Den on multiplayer blackjack, Hold'em, and slots. Everyone you meet is a real player — a wingman, a customer, a rival, or a wreck waiting to happen.

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'Unraveling-' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.