- #1 FTL: Faster Than Light
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,518 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.3% ★, Space 20.3%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Space Sim 13.8% ★, Difficult 8.7%
- #2 Shortest Trip to Earth
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Spaceships 27.5% ★, Space Sim 14% ★, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Difficult 9.2%
- #3 PULSAR: Lost Colony
75% matchVery Positive90% of 5,693 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Spaceships 30.5% ★, Space Sim 22.7% ★, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
- #4 Elite Dangerous
73% 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 36.7% ★, Space 20.6%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Online Co-Op 5.9%, Exploration 5.8%
- #5 Starship EVO
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,161 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Create the Starship of your dreams, explore the vast expanse of the galaxy, land on planets and jump into epic space battles. Experience a truly unique and powerful building engine where your imagination is the limit. Welcome to the next evolution in Space Sandbox gaming!
Why similar: Space 20.5%, Building 19.7%, Space Sim 17.8% ★, Sci-fi 11.1%, Spaceships 10.8% ★
- #6 Gratuitous Space Battles
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 874 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.6% ★, Space 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #7 Avorion
70% 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: Spaceships 29% ★, Space Sim 23.9% ★, Space 13.5%, Building 13.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%
- #8 Between the Stars
69% 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 29.5% ★, Space 26.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 7.2%
- #9 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 28.2%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Spaceships 14.7% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Real-Time with Pause 10.4% ★
- #10 Starship Theory
71% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.5% ★, Space 20.7%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #11 Starcom: Nexus
68% 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 32.5%, Space Sim 22.5% ★, Sci-fi 19.8%, Building 8.6%, Exploration 7.9%
- #12 Particle Fleet: Emergence
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,260 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.6% ★, Space 21%, Strategy 15.1%, Sci-fi 11%, Simulation 9.6%
- #13 Celestial Command
70% matchMixed64% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 30.5%, Space Sim 20% ★, Sci-fi 13.5%, Building 12%, Simulation 9.3%
- #14 Istrolid
68% matchVery Positive87% of 2,683 reviews2016
Dev: treeform
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
Why similar: Building 30%, Space 25.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Multiplayer 11%
- #15 Kerbal Space Program 2
68% matchMostly Negative27% of 31,103 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.8% ★, Space 16.7%, Building 16%, Difficult 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #16 Void Crew
64% matchVery Positive87% of 8,125 reviews2024
Dev: Hutlihut GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
Why similar: Space Sim 38.8% ★, Space 16.7%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #17 Battlevoid: Harbinger
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 32.7%, Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Simulation 8%
- #18 Ostranauts
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,393 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Spaceships 27.1% ★, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Difficult 15.2%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #19 Starcom: Unknown Space
63% 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 29.9% ★, Space 25.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Building 11%, Exploration 7.9%
- #20 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
64% 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 23.2% ★, Space 15.6%, Building 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Survival 10.3%
- #21 Space Haven
64% matchVery Positive86% of 9,707 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.8% ★, Space 14.6%, Building 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Survival 10.7%
- #22 Endless Sky
64% matchVery Positive92% of 6,938 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Why similar: Space 40.1%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Sci-fi 17.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Exploration 4.4%
- #23 Tin Can
63% matchVery Positive85% of 1,296 reviews2022
Dev: Tin Can Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Space Sim 24.8% ★, Space 21.7%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Survival 14.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #24 X Rebirth
66% 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 36.4%, Space Sim 24.5% ★, Sci-fi 21.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #25 Void War
60% matchVery Positive94% of 3,518 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.9% ★, Space 19.7%, Difficult 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 6.5%
- #26 Rebel Galaxy
63% 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 38.4%, Space Sim 25.1% ★, Sci-fi 19.6%, Simulation 3.4%, Adventure 2.8%
- #27 Space Engineers
62% matchVery Positive89% of 133,192 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.7% ★, Space 16.5%, Building 16.2%, Survival 11%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #28 Starpoint Gemini 2
63% matchMixed69% of 4,110 reviews2014
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Why similar: Spaceships 30.8% ★, Space 25.6%, Space Sim 20.8% ★, Sci-fi 11.1%, Simulation 4.4%
- #29 Void Destroyer
64% 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 29.6%, Space Sim 19% ★, Sci-fi 17.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 11.5%
- #30 Kinetic Void
66% matchOverwhelmingly Negative17% of 1,556 reviews2014
Dev: Badland Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.
Why similar: Space 39.5%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Space Sim 14.3% ★, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.9%
- #31 Reassembly
62% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Building 33.2%, Space 31.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 5.9%
- #32 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
62% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,569 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: Spaceships 31.5% ★, Space Sim 23.7% ★, Space 17.6%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 5.8%
- #33 Astrox Imperium
61% 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 34.9% ★, Space 34.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #34 StarMade
63% matchMixed68% of 2,981 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 29.4%, Building 17.6%, Sci-fi 14%, Space Sim 13.5% ★, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #35 Kerbal Space Program
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,043 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.5% ★, Space 28.9%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Sci-fi 5.4%
- #36 The Last Starship
58% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,402 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 27.6% ★, Space 16.6%, Building 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #37 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
59% 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 27.7%, Space Sim 23.6% ★, Sci-fi 23%, Building 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #38 Factorio
59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 226,810 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Building 24.4%, Survival 21.1%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #39 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 37.3%, Space Sim 27.2% ★, Sci-fi 16.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #40 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
58% 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 27.7% ★, Space 20.7%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Difficult 11.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #41 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,144 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.8% ★, Space 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Building 12%, Strategy 8.6%
- #42 Keplerth
58% matchVery Positive85% of 4,120 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Building 23.6%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Survival 17.3%, Exploration 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%
- #43 Space Engineers 2
57% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,214 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.4% ★, Building 16.8%, Space 16.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Survival 11.3%
- #44 RimWorld
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.7%, Survival 22%, Building 18.9%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8%
- #45 Adrorium
59% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beholder
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your ship, defend against drone waves and explore hundreds of sectors filled with stations, asteroids and planets with lots of POIs. The ship systems can be controlled via consoles with several hundred buttons. Craft equipment and blocks, loot the POIs and disabled drones.
Why similar: Spaceships 31.1% ★, Space Sim 23.1% ★, Building 12.5%, Space 11.1%, Survival 8.8%
- #46 X4: Foundations
58% 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 33.9% ★, Space 18.5%, Building 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Exploration 7.2%
- #47 Industries of Titan
58% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.5% ★, Space Sim 20% ★, Building 12.3%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #48 eXoSpace Combat Engineer
56% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: Fantastimaker
Windows
Build and pilot your warship to hunt the galaxy’s most wanted. Dodge blasters and missiles as you tear enemy hulls apart piece-by-piece in a high-stakes roguelite campaign, or unleash total chaos in the sandbox.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.5% ★, Space Sim 17.7% ★, Building 12.4%, Space 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #49 Spacebase DF-9
62% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Why similar: Space 28.6%, Sci-fi 22.3%, Building 16.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #50 SpaceLab Simulator
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tractor Set GO!
Windows
Run a spaceship's lab module all by yourself while trying to find a cure for close-to-extinct humanity. Make repairs to various systems of the ship, solve technical problems, perform maintenance, and upgrade tools that will help you to overcome the most unusual challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.6% ★, Space Sim 23.7% ★, Space 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #51 Interstellar Rift
58% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 30.3% ★, Building 16.8%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Survival 9.9%
- #52 Space Crew: Legendary Edition
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,111 reviews2020
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!
Why similar: Space Sim 27% ★, Sci-fi 19.6%, Space 19.4%, Difficult 10.6%, Strategy 8%
- #53 Jump Space
54% matchVery Positive87% of 9,798 reviews2025
Dev: Keepsake Games
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.6% ★, Space 23.9%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #54 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
57% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,826 reviews2017
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Why similar: Space 35.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 9.7%, Survival 7.8%
- #55 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
59% matchMixed68% of 535 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Space 17.8%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 6%
- #56 Timberborn
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,637 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Building 44.1%, Survival 28.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 12%
- #57 Super Cosmolite
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baffled Engineer
Windows
Super Cosmolite is an endless runner with realistic space physics. Take control of a tiny spaceship to dodge, bounce, and smash your way through asteroids. Pause at any time to plan your trajectory or just hurtle along like a maniac. Outrun the Nova Wave and chase your next high score!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.3% ★, Space 17.8%, Space Sim 17% ★, Sci-fi 9.6%, Simulation 7.1%
- #58 From the Depths
55% 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: Building 30.2%, Space 22.5%, Survival 16.6%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Strategy 9.9%