# Whats the alternative to playing eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219 "2026-02-24T00:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morajsakom\_Sr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/morajsakom_sr/32/501633_2.png) [@Morajsakom\_Sr](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Morajsakom_Sr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/1 "2026-02-24T00:28:42Z")
Im a 2005 player who enjoyed the game until pretty much the time you could buy skillpoints. I know the most apparent ones in the scene, but they are so much different to EVE that im just not interested in them. And im not interested in EVE spinoffs either. Theres just nothing out there? ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/2 "2026-02-24T00:30:31Z")
There is no “EVE Classic”. All other competitors are quite a bit different. In it’s entirety, EVE is truly unique. nothing comes even remotely close in complexity plus omnipresent player interaction. ---
**Author:** ![Christine\_Creed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/christine_creed/32/510186_2.png) [@Christine\_Creed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Christine_Creed)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/3 "2026-02-24T00:51:34Z")
There is no alternative. Ive tried so many space games and i can never stick with them….maybe no mans sky…but that one isnt close either. The atmosphere just isnt there with all the other internet ship games available. The only space sim i havent played is Star Citizen….and thats because i aint buying a game, then have to turn around and spend more money on a particular ship i may crave. EvE is it for me. Somebody would have to come up with a hell of a grand space game to pull me from this one. ---
**Author:** ![Syzygium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/syzygium/32/510263_2.png) [@Syzygium](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Syzygium)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/4 "2026-02-24T01:01:32Z")
And btw. if you don’t like the general path EVE is going, you can always look for a small bunch of close friends and go dwell in your own wormhole with them. Do stuff with them, make good money, build your own little empire. POCOs, POSes, Upwell Citadels… Make diplomatic relations to have people that can come to your aid if some bigger group attacks you. Just keep out of HS, of LS, of NS and of Pochven. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/5 "2026-02-24T01:03:05Z")
Why does buying skillpoints bother you? If you don’t want them, don’t buy them. ---
**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/6 "2026-02-24T01:29:14Z")
Real life? ---
**Author:** ![Heiwari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/heiwari/32/489692_2.png) [@Heiwari](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Heiwari)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/7 "2026-02-24T05:35:16Z")
Honestly, I’m more or less with Meridan on this. Call a few friends or head to the local hobby store, spin up a tabletop [Traveller](https://travellermap.com/?p=-0.433!0.5!2) game and tell your own [dark sci-fi story](https://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Understanding_Traveller). As the meme goes, you can die during chargen! Can’t get much darker than that. ---
**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/8 "2026-02-24T05:37:42Z")
The only remotely similar thing to EVE in terms of openworld, unsharded single universe is Albion Online. Not scifi space, but fantasy setting. PVP, full loot, exploration, grinding mats and ep are very similar though. Star Citizen was supposed to be the main EVE competitor, but they are still floundering. Although recent developments look promising that it one day could usurp EVE. ---
**Author:** ![Pottebee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pottebee/32/464867_2.png) [@Pottebee](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pottebee)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/9 "2026-02-24T07:54:17Z")
choosing not to play EVE is an alternative , ha ha ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/10 "2026-02-24T08:45:21Z")
Depends on what you want to get out of an ‘alternative to EVE’. Some people play EVE for the space flight experience, there are other games that do it too. I like it in EVE but this was never what drew me in, but I hear plenty of other spaceship games exist. Some people play EVE for it’s market and industry, which also exists in other games. Then there are people who enjoy the full loot PvP combat, which also exists in other games but not necessarily spaceship games. Albion online has copied many of the aspects of EVE in a completely different medieval fantasy top down MOBA-like combat setting which I enjoyed until they split away from the single-shard idea. Some people see EVE as a fun game with deep complexity, something you can also find in other games. I get a similar enjoyment out of character builds in path of exile or optimizing my warframe characters for example. And for some EVE is a hobby. Good alternatives would be to spend your time on another hobby you like. Reading, play an instrument. Sports, gardening. What is it _you_ are looking for in an ‘alternative to EVE’? ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/11 "2026-02-24T08:47:08Z")
😏 😏 [www.eveechoes.com](https://www.eveechoes.com) 🤔 🤔 :ccpguard: ---
**Author:** ![Tharshe\_Bloes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tharshe_bloes/32/491277_2.png) [@Tharshe\_Bloes](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tharshe_Bloes)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/12 "2026-02-24T09:12:02Z")
Hello @Morajsakom_Sr I haven’t found another game remotely resembling EVE Online. I love sci-fi games but too many of them are mediocre or have trouble running on my PC. When I don’t play EVE I play No Man’s Sky or Starwolves for sci-fi. Looks like EVE is unique. ---
**Author:** ![Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/inxentas_ultramar/32/385922_2.png) [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Inxentas_Ultramar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/13 "2026-02-24T09:17:11Z")
TTRPG’s in general are a good idea. I really do not see a game like Eve _get made_ anymore. I feel the same by the way, but I also know not to agitate the people who look at pay to win mechanics and think people that decide not to use it are then “not interacting with it”. I used to play Eve because it lacked such features. I get decent dopamine hits from Arc Raiders these days, which is also a PVPVE game but for people with jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Gloria\_Exercitus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gloria_exercitus/32/509735_2.png) [@Gloria\_Exercitus](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gloria_Exercitus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/14 "2026-02-24T11:06:29Z")
The closest thing in look and structure to EVE is probably Homeworld….though that is now an ancient game. In terms of exploration and building stuff and combat, No Man’s Sky is good….and can also be played with up to 32 players…or solo. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/15 "2026-02-24T12:47:58Z")
> [@Gloria\_Exercitus](#): > > Homeworld The third entry in the series came out not too long ago but it received quite unfavorable ratings so unfortunately probably not a good one. 🤔 > **[Save 50% on Homeworld 3 on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1840080/Homeworld_3/)** > > Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale. ---
**Author:** ![Gealbhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gealbhan/32/452651_2.png) [@Gealbhan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gealbhan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/16 "2026-02-24T15:07:20Z")
2007 player here, when not in EvE I usually play Guild Wars 2 for an MMO (it’s free) or Fallout 4 and Hearthstone. There’s not really any other game like EvE. ---
**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/17 "2026-02-24T15:10:18Z")
> [@Gealbhan](#): > > Hearthstone Is that thing still going? I know it was a big thing when it started but haven’t read about it since many years. I guess it is similar to TF2 in this regard then, people still tend to play that one too. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Gealbhan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gealbhan/32/452651_2.png) [@Gealbhan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gealbhan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/18 "2026-02-24T20:59:31Z")
Yeah, it’s still going strong. ---
**Author:** ![Yiole\_Gionglao](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/yiole_gionglao/32/374866_2.png) [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/19 "2026-02-24T22:49:41Z")
Give a look to Angels Fall First or Infinity: Battlescape. They’re indie games and look quite promising, even if the head count is low (but then I:B always has had hundreds of AI bots as a part of the environment, players are always just a part in large fleet battles). ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-alternative-to-playing-eve/507219/20 "2026-02-24T22:51:58Z")
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