Games like Run the Rings

Chasing that competitive and replayable feeling you got from Run the Rings? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Konfronto
A sci-fi roguelike auto-battler. Build a powerful intergalactic starship by interlocking different technologies, then battle through a galaxy populated with other players' creations.
Competitive, Replayable, Colorful
85% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Down with the Ship
An auto battler where the ship is the build. Bolt hull pieces together, stuff them with guns, reactors and cursed relics, then send the finished thing to fight ships other players made. Positioning decides everything, battles play out on their own, and every run offers new parts. Roll, buy, place, pray.
Competitive, Replayable, Colorful
92% of 877 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$14.99
galaksia online
Galaksia Online is an action-packed, 2D multiplayer space MMORPG blending retro pixel art aesthetics with mechanics. Forge alliances, custom-build your starships block by block, and engage in massive faction-based PvP wars or challenging PvE raid battles across dangerous stellar sectors.
Competitive, Replayable, Retro
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Pixel Starships
Pixel Starships puts you in command of a starship you build room by room, in a pixel art galaxy shared with real players. Design the hull, train the crew, write AI rules that run the ship, then take it into PvP tournaments and alliances. It is a deep strategy builder with idle mechanics, and it rewards patience.
Competitive, Replayable, Retro
72% of 3,037 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 151Free
Gratuitous Space Battles
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Competitive, Replayable
72% of 569 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Design starships piece by piece, staff them with crews of individually simulated people, and send them into physics-driven battles where every module can be blown off the hull. Explore a procedurally generated galaxy alone or with friends, test your designs in online PvP, or build without limits in Creative Mode.
Replayable, Retro
94% of 12,144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 504$19.99
Reassembly
Build a spaceship from blocks, fly it, lose it, and build a better one. Reassembly drops your creations into a procedurally generated galaxy full of alien factions and ships other players made. Grow from a scrappy fighter into a fleet-launching battleship, all to a soundtrack worth hearing on its own.
Competitive, Replayable, Retro
94% of 3,624 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$14.99
Space Run
A real-time spaceship construction strategy game with a twist on tower defense: you are a space courier hauling valuable cargo through asteroid fields and pirate ambushes, building your ship as you fly. Fast, tense and endlessly replayable, with a dry sense of humour to match the danger.
Replayable, Retro, Colorful
85% of 1,774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$4.99
Galaxicus
An MMO experience that's perfect for solo or team play. Join the adventure and become the ultimate Emperor of the galaxy. Conquer Planets, Manage Economies, Optimize Production, Upgrade Technology while exploring a Randomly-Generated Galaxy, and compete Seasonal PVP.
Competitive, Replayable, Retro
67% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Aetherspace
Aetherspace is a game about turn-based battles between outlaw gangs. In space. With starships.
Competitive, Replayable
61% of 83 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Project Entropy
Welcome, commander, to Project Entropy- an ultimate Sci-Fi and role-playing game with battles in space. In this immersive MMO experience, you will command alien civilizations, conquer uncharted planets, and build Hero fleets.
Competitive, Replayable, Colorful
51% of 275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 156Free
NebuLeet
Lead a paramilitary force against a growing space Cult threat. Program your units, build a fleet, trade, research, and engage in deep tactical combat in this RPG-strategy hybrid.
Competitive, Replayable, Retro
91% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$9.59

Cheaper than Run the Rings

SpaceShips

A tense exciting space battleship shooting game. with developer strange voice. to collect space ships whilch you like.

$0.99

Orbital Tower Defence

Build towers on rotating orbital rings to defend your planet.

$0.99

Starship Wars

Destroy enemies, bosses and everything you see ahead!! Get crystals to buy better starships and get stronger. Have fun in three different game modes.

$0.99

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

Star Ships

The game have only skirmish with bots and online pvp. Ships called to battle from hyperspace. They are improved during battle.

$0.99

Rome 2077: Space Wars

Unknown planets, whole new universe, with hundreds of ships to fight and explore, special abilities and ships craft.

$0.99

Plancon: Space Conflict

Damn aliens! The choice is: the Universe — or nothing!

$1.04

Dark Empire

Hello Captain, I am proud to announce that you are now manager of the mining colony "Astra".

$0.90

Stellar Command

"Command your starship through hostile space in Stellar Command, a turn-based tactical combat game.

$0.99

O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

An epic struggle for control!

$0.79

Space Trade Fleet 1.5

Assemble the space fleet. Raise funds by transporting trade items.

$0.99

Space Architect

Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom.

$1.79

Hidden gems like Run the Rings

Down with the Ship

An auto battler where the ship is the build. Bolt hull pieces together, stuff them with guns, reactors and cursed relics, then send the finished…

$14.99

Sector Space

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…

$7.49

BattleGroupVR2

BattleGroupVR2 is a virtual reality real-time space strategy where you explore the galaxy and lead a fleet of powerful warships from the bridge of…

$24.99

The Last Starship

Design a working starship from the reactor up, then take it into a fresh galaxy each run as a miner, pirate hunter or anything else you fancy.

$19.99

Space Reign

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

$19.99

The Infinite Black 2

Fly up to six ships through a shared universe of trading, treasure hunting and open war with other players.

$6.99

Gridlords

Build up a fantasy fortress, unlock units and gear, then watch it clash with other players' creations in short tactical battles.

$9.99

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Design every deck and turret of a starship, crew it with simulated people, and take it into battles where damage tears your work apart piece by piece.

$19.99