- #1 Executive Assault 2
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,724 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Space Sim 28% ★, RTS 16.8%, Action RTS 12.3% ★, Space 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%
- #2 Void Destroyer
73% matchMixed59% of 350 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
Why similar: Space 27.8%, Space Sim 22.2% ★, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #3 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,050 reviews2007
Dev: Mithis GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
Why similar: Space 31.2%, RTS 19.1%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 11.4%
- #4 Between the Stars
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,423 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.7% ★, Space 29.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 7.4%, Action 5.3%
- #5 House of the Dying Sun
69% matchVery Positive90% of 2,001 reviews2016
Dev: Marauder Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
Why similar: Space Sim 50.2% ★, Space 24.1%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Action 6%, Indie 3.7%
- #6 Avorion
66% matchVery Positive90% of 14,272 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.6% ★, Space 19.8%, Vehicular Combat 14.2% ★, Sci-fi 10.6%, Third Person 7.7%
- #7 Rebel Galaxy
66% matchVery Positive85% of 8,195 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 41.1%, Space Sim 33.5% ★, Sci-fi 13.9%, Action 2.9%, Third Person 2.7%
- #8 SALVO
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rice Golem Productions
Windows
Experience cinematic space warfare in SALVO, an action packed real-time tactical combat simulator. Command your flagship and engage in intense battles in a war-torn solar system. Play a story-driven campaign, or forge your own destiny across the dangerous frontiers.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Space Sim 14.8% ★, Space 10.7%, RTS 8.9%
- #9 Elite Dangerous
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,047 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 56.1% ★, Space 25.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, First-Person 3.4%, Action 2%
- #10 X4: Foundations
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,902 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 49% ★, Space 21.4%, Sci-fi 9%, Strategy 5%, First-Person 4.8%
- #11 Broken Arrow
63% matchMixed55% of 28,686 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, RTS 18.6%, War 10.6%, Strategy 7.7%
- #12 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
64% matchVery Positive85% of 14,629 reviews2021
Dev: Piranha Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 55.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 49.2% ★, First-Person 15.1%, Combat 13%, Action 10%, 3D 9.8%
- #13 Space Mission Overdrive
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultramarine Afterglow
Windows
Defend your planet against the Space Invaders. Build your defences against lovecraftian spacecrafts. Keep your health up and you might even become an invader yourself! Warning: this game contains flashing images that may make it unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.9% ★, Action RTS 18.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Space 13.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #14 Admirals of Ophiuchus
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mantegral Studio
Windows
Design massive ships, bristling with weapons, on a macro scale. Engage in fleet-vs-fleet battles, featuring many different tactics. Play alone or in Coop combat missions, or form two teams of players (each with own fleet) to fight in an arena.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Action RTS 15.5% ★, Space 15.1%, RTS 8.8%
- #15 Eternal Starlight VR
63% matchVery Positive91% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.5% ★, Action RTS 15.2% ★, RTS 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Space 11.7%
- #16 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
61% matchVery Positive95% of 12,415 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space Sim 42.1% ★, Space 22.4%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Strategy 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.5%
- #17 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
61% matchVery Positive93% of 3,302 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Space 21.1%, Vehicular Combat 17.7% ★, Sci-fi 11.8%, Realistic 6.5%
- #18 Orion Wars
60% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Sneeden Software
Windows
Fast-paced space RTS with 10-25 minute matches. Command fleets, conquer systems, or research the Singularity. Simple controls, strategic depth, but no 3-hour commitments required.
Why similar: Action RTS 19.2% ★, RTS 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Space 14.2%, War 8.9%
- #19 Homeworld Remastered Collection
62% matchVery Positive88% of 13,972 reviews2015
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.
Why similar: Space 36%, RTS 30.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Strategy 10.1%, Tactical 5.2%
- #20 ARC Raiders
58% matchVery Positive86% of 370,194 reviews2025
Dev: Embark Studios
Windows
Median: 40.1 hrsMean: 85.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.8%, Third Person 20%, Realistic 14.8%, Combat 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.1%
- #21 From the Depths
61% matchVery Positive89% of 12,511 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 27% ★, RTS 26.3%, Space 20.3%, War 18.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #22 Stellar Insurgency
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tensorial
Windows
Explore a galaxy of 300 systems as you control your fleet in a top-down 3D style, navigating through Star-lanes, Warp gates, and Black holes. Customize and upgrade your fleet, complete missions, trade, hire your crew, wage war and determine the fate of the galaxy in this grand sim saga.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.8% ★, Action RTS 21.9% ★, RTS 10.7%, Space 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #23 X Rebirth
64% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 41.2%, Space Sim 34.5% ★, Sci-fi 16.3%, Action 5%, Strategy 1.3%
- #24 WarOS
59% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: The7 Studio
Windows
Step into the world of galactic combat in "WarOS", a Chinese sci-fi game! It creates its own structure, integrating the core gameplay of RTS with the details, plot and growth system of RPG, simplifying complex micro-manipulation, and making the game experience both fun and exhilarating.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, RTS 13.9%, Action RTS 12.9% ★, Space 11.2%
- #25 BATTLETECH
60% matchVery Positive84% of 32,615 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
Why similar: Sci-fi 27.2%, Strategy 23.1%, Space 21.5%, Tactical 21.5%, Action 5.1%
- #26 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,029 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 48.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
Why similar: RTS 53.6%, Strategy 18%, Sci-fi 18%, Space 4%, War 3.4%
- #27 Astrox Imperium
60% matchVery Positive85% of 1,206 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.5% ★, Space 36.7%, Sci-fi 8%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #28 STARHOME
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows
Take command of the fleet of starships that is the home to the remnants of your civilization. Manage the limited space of each spacecraft and find the balance between living space, production, defenses, and weapons. Explore the galaxy as you seek refuge and safety from an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Action RTS 16.3% ★, Space Sim 16% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Space 11.1%, Vehicular Combat 10.9% ★
- #29 Creeper World 4
59% matchVery Positive95% of 4,612 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.9%, RTS 18.5%, Space 16.6%, War 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #30 X3: Terran Conflict
61% matchVery Positive85% of 2,840 reviews2008
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space 41%, Space Sim 37.1% ★, Sci-fi 11.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Action 2.2%
- #31 MechWarrior Online™ Legends
60% matchVery Positive80% of 12,606 reviews2015
Dev: Piranha Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 56.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.
Why similar: Sci-fi 31%, Tactical 17.5%, War 15.9%, Action 13.2%, Strategy 11.8%
- #32 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
59% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,064 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space Sim 50.6% ★, Space 27.3%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #33 Star Command Galaxies
59% matchMixed43% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Warballoon
Windows · Mac
Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, RTS 16.4%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #34 X3: Reunion
61% matchMostly Positive72% of 723 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.7% ★, Space 34%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Action 1.9%
- #35 Terra Invicta
56% matchVery Positive81% of 8,993 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: RTS 32.7%, War 30.2%, Tactical 21.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #36 SunWars
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bode
Windows
Over 500,000 players on mobile! Sun Wars is a real-time strategy game set in a galactic war between suns. Build and boost your solar system, attack enemy suns, avoid deadly black holes, and manage energy wisely. Only smart tactics and strategy will let you survive and win the war.
Why similar: Action RTS 22.9% ★, Space Sim 22.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 19%, Space 12.9%, RTS 11.3%
- #37 Space Empires: Starfury
59% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
In Space Empires: Starfury you are on a wild intergalactic ride through the Space Empires universe. You are an undercover agent for the TCN (Terran Confederation Navy) trying to determine the cause of a recent escalation of pirate attacks in the Neutral territories.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.9%, Space 18.1%, RTS 14.7%, Strategy 8.8%
- #38 Missile Wars
58% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Rogue NPCs LLP
Windows
Destroy or be destroyed. Missile Wars is a high-pressure arms race where players must defend their asteroid from enemy missile strikes while investing in crucial tech upgrades to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.1%, Space 9.3%, Strategy 8.3%, War 6.3%
- #39 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
56% matchVery Positive88% of 286,135 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: War 42.6%, Strategy 20.5%, Realistic 11.2%, Third Person 9.5%, First-Person 7%
- #40 Commanders of the Void
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apina Labs
Windows
Design your own spaceships and assemble a fleet to fight in epic PvP battles. Ships are fully destructible and manned by persistent crew members including yourself. Ranked/casual matchmaking, PvE for practice. Show your creativity, strategy and tactics to defeat enemy Admiral!
Why similar: Space Sim 32.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, RTS 17.9%, Strategy 8.3%, War 6.7%
- #41 Supreme Commander 2
59% matchVery Positive88% of 12,770 reviews2010
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
Why similar: RTS 47.7%, Strategy 18.8%, Sci-fi 15.7%, War 7.9%, Tactical 4.9%
- #42 Grey Galactic
57% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Alex McGeePub: Blue Quill Studios LLC
Windows
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
Why similar: Action RTS 24.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, RTS 16.6%, Space 9.5%, War 6.8%
- #43 Stargate: Timekeepers
58% matchMixed62% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.1%, Action RTS 16.4% ★, RTS 12.3%, Stealth 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #44 ERA ONE
55% matchVery Positive86% of 1,339 reviews2025
Dev: Team Complex LTD
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Era One is an innovative space game that combines elements of real-time strategy, base building, space survival, and tactical battles. Players can create and customize their bases from scratch, construct various types of structures and warships, manage fleets, and engage in tactical space battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, RTS 14.8%, Space 13.3%, Vehicular Combat 10.9% ★
- #45 BattleGroupVR
56% matchVery Positive92% of 943 reviews2023
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Space 13%, RTS 12.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #46 Starcom: Nexus
57% matchVery Positive91% of 2,269 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 40.2%, Space Sim 34.6% ★, Sci-fi 16.3%, Action 5%, Indie 3.5%
- #47 Sins of a Solar Empire II
56% matchVery Positive84% of 8,142 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: Space 33.3%, RTS 27.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Tactical 11.1%, Strategy 10.4%
- #48 Starcom: Unknown Space
55% matchVery Positive93% of 4,054 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.1% ★, Space 30.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Combat 5%, Action 3.2%
- #49 Kenshi
56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,185 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: RTS 51.6%, Strategy 32.8%, Indie 9.6%, Singleplayer 6%
- #50 Descending Empires
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parcyval
Windows
A multiplayer space RTS blending in depth mechanics with fast paced skirmish matches. control and manage an empire together with your team in large-scale online battles
Why similar: Space Sim 22.8% ★, Action RTS 16.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, RTS 12.5%, War 6.1%
- #51 MENACE
54% matchVery Positive91% of 9,724 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.2%, Tactical 25.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Combat 13.7%, Action 9.6%
- #52 The Cosmogenesis Project: Corruption
57% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitDriven
Windows
Pilot your ship across a procedurally generated star map as corruption spreads inward. Each sector holds a stabiliser; protect it from raiders and pump energy into its shields. Jump between nodes, prioritise threats, and manage energy. Hold the line until time runs out, or be consumed by corruption.
Why similar: Space Sim 44% ★, Space 23.9%, Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 7%, Third Person 6.8%
- #53 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
56% matchVery Positive81% of 3,817 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, War 29.2%, Tactical 20.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #54 SpaceCraft Brawl
55% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: ruploz
Windows
Build spacecrafts and fight with or against your friends! This game offers physics driven gameplay, with a variety of weapons and powerups. Slice your enemies in half with a laser beam, or erase them from existence with a black hole bomb!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1% ★, Action RTS 17.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 12% ★, RTS 10.6%, Space 10%
- #55 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
58% matchVery Positive85% of 14,425 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 27.2%, Real Time Tactics 25.3%, Space 14.7%, War 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #56 EVERSPACE™ 2
55% matchVery Positive86% of 12,576 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
Why similar: Space 45.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Third Person 13.4%, Combat 12.3%, Action 7.8%
- #57 UBOAT
55% matchVery Positive85% of 25,675 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 51.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: RTS 35.1%, War 34.5%, Realistic 19.9%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #58 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
55% matchVery Positive89% of 21,686 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9% ★, Space 32.9%, Sci-fi 18.1%, First-Person 6.1%, Strategy 5.2%
- #59 Dead by Daylight
57% matchMostly Positive79% of 886,824 reviews2016
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 34.3 hrsMean: 354.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Why similar: Stealth 33.9%, Third Person 21.4%, First-Person 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Action 10.3%
- #60 Extinction Eclipse
56% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: TuanisApps
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are in command of the human fleet, searching for asteroids to mine, extract resources and build bases and more ships to defeat aliens invaders. This simple and short action RTS has a full and exciting campaign, and a skirmish mode that allows you to play a different mission on every match.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.9% ★, Space Sim 18.5% ★, Space 15.1%, RTS 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%