13 Games Like Starfield Worth Playing Right Now

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After years of cryptic teaser trailers and a fair few delays, Bethesda Game Studios’ latest sprawling open-world RPG, Starfield, is almost here. Taking players to the vast regions of space, the latest adventure from the minds behind Skyrim and Fallout 4 promises to be a monstrously big intergalactic journey with plenty of planets to explore and celestial sweet rolls to steal.

However, with Starfield's release date still a couple of weeks away, there’s plenty of time to get into the spacefaring mood. Below, we’ve put together a list of some of the best games to hop into before you conquer the final frontier next month. So, without further ado, let’s run through some appetisers to indulge in before Starfield takes over our lives on September 6th.

With Starfield boasting over 1,000 unique planets to explore, it didn’t take long for players to begin comparing it to one of the most expansive space sandboxes ever conceived: No Man’s Sky. Although Hello Games’ procedurally generated online sci-fi adventure didn’t get off to the best start, over the years, it’s developed into one of the most ambitious, content-rich cosmic explorer simulators on the market today.

Dropping you into an endless galaxy filled with planets to explore, fauna to chart and derelict ships to plunder, No Man’s Sky is a survival game with a twist. Every planet you explore is randomly generated and you need to chart it. But that’s merely scratching the surface of how you can interact with No Man’s Sky’s universe. Whether you want to travel with friends, build bases, trade cargo, tame creatures, custom-fit ships or command freighters, No Man’s Sky aims to accommodate all your spacefaring needs.

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