- #1 Dead in Antares
97% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 20%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Management 8.8%
- #2 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,518 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Interactive Fiction 13.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Multiple Endings 10.3%
- #3 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,623 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Space Sim 32.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Management 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Space 10.1%
- #4 Starlight Drifter
96% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Dharker Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Create your own character and explore the universe in this sci-fi space game allowing you to choose where to explore and what to do, where your decisions will affect the universe and the ending you experience.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.2% ★, LGBTQ+ 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Space 12.4%, Character Customization 9.1%
- #5 The Long Journey Home
95% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Space 35%, RPG 20.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #6 Out There: Oceans of Time
94% matchMixed55% of 232 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.8%, Space 16.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #7 Citizen Sleeper
92% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Space 19.1%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Sci-fi 15%, RPG 11.2%
- #8 Little-Known Galaxy
91% matchVery Positive88% of 725 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.6% ★, Space 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, RPG 10.3%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #9 The Sentient
93% matchMostly Negative39% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Uncaged Studios
Windows
Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.3% ★, Space 18.7%, RPG 14.7%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 11.5%
- #10 Life of a Space Force Captain
91% matchVery Positive85% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.8% ★, Space 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #11 Starcom: Nexus
90% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33.4%, Space Sim 27.9% ★, Sci-fi 15.6%, RPG 10.7%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #12 The Captain
89% matchVery Positive93% of 318 reviews2021
Dev: Sysiac GamesPub: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
Why similar: Space 20%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Sci-fi 15.1%, RPG 11.5%
- #13 Voidship: The Long Journey
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2019
Dev: Cydonian Games
Windows
Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!
Why similar: Space 34.9%, Sci-fi 24.7%, Simulation 21%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 6.6%
- #14 Space Haven
88% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 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 29.6% ★, Resource Management 18.9%, Space 15.7%, Management 15.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #15 Times and Galaxy
86% matchVery Positive93% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Copychaser GamesPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows
Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 20.1%, Comic Book 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Space 13.2%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #16 CyberHive
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Space 13.3%, Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #17 60 Parsecs!
86% matchVery Positive89% of 3,984 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.8% ★, LGBTQ+ 27%, Management 17.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, RPG 8.2%
- #18 Between the Stars
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 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 34.6% ★, Space 25.9%, RPG 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%
- #19 Sky Caravan
85% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Resource Management 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Management 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, Choices Matter 12.3%
- #20 The Fermi Paradox
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 987 reviews2021
Dev: Anomaly Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.2% ★, Resource Management 12.3%, Interactive Fiction 11.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.9%, Space 9.1%
- #21 Star Traders: Frontiers
82% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.1% ★, Management 18%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 14.2%, RPG 8.2%
- #22 Out There: Ω Edition
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,716 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.2%, Space 21.2%, Comic Book 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%
- #23 The Expanse: A Telltale Series
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,659 reviews2023
Dev: Deck NinePub: Telltale
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.3%, Space 15.6%, Choices Matter 12.8%, RPG 12%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #24 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
79% matchVery Positive93% of 2,152 reviews2025
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.8%, Space 18%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, RPG 12.8%
- #25 Starship Inspector
81% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.8% ★, Space 16.2%, Resource Management 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, RPG 11%
- #26 Star Trek: Resurgence
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: Dramatic LabsPub: Bruner House
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.2%, Space 13.7%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #27 SYMMETRY
82% matchMixed55% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Why similar: Space Sim 20.5% ★, Time Management 18.1%, Resource Management 17.2%, Space 12%, Management 12%
- #28 Tales From The Unending Void: Season 1
78% matchVery Positive89% of 421 reviews2022
Dev: Perverteer Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Camran, nobleman and smuggler, roams the galaxy. As he becomes part of sinister plans, his life is changed for good... Roam the galaxy in this erotic adventure to unravel the plot that will change the universe forever!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.4%, Space 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #29 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 18.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #30 Interstellaria
79% matchMixed56% of 409 reviews2015
Dev: Coldrice Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.6% ★, Space 19.2%, Management 15.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%
- #31 Starstruck Vagabond
75% matchVery Positive86% of 560 reviews2024
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.2%, Story Rich 16.6%, Resource Management 15.1%, Character Customization 12.6%, Adventure 11.2%
- #32 Fields of Asphodel
76% matchVery Positive86% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Befriend misfit deities and make a life for yourself in the Underworld! Can you escape your arranged marriage to the King? Do you want to?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Character Customization 15%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.5%
- #33 Journey to Foundation
77% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 23.6%, Space 23.2%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Story Rich 12.6%
- #34 Titan Outpost
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 97 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: Space 18.6%, RPG 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Character Customization 10.2%
- #35 Space Sprouts
74% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6% ★, Time Management 20.4%, Space 13.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #36 Lightracer Spark
75% matchVery Positive84% of 988 reviews2023
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1% ★, Space 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #37 Universe Horizon
73% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Resource Management 39.1%, Space 33.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Simulation 7%, Adventure 5.4%
- #38 Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!
76% matchMixed67% of 973 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.
Why similar: Space 26.5%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 11.2%, Story Rich 10.3%
- #39 Trigon: Space Story
74% matchMixed68% of 1,409 reviews2022
Dev: Sernur.techPub: Gameforge 4D GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.
Why similar: Resource Management 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Space 21.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Story Rich 10%
- #40 Shortest Trip to Earth
73% 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: Space Sim 25.3% ★, Resource Management 22.2%, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #41 Space Court
73% matchVery Positive98% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: Uphill Promise
Windows
As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.2%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #42 Growing Up
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,558 reviews2021
Dev: Vile Monarch
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Management 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #43 Space Chef
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Goo GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Hunt, cook, and deliver cosmic cuisine using ingredients from across the galaxy to become the greatest chef in the Horseshoe Nebula. Explore alien worlds teeming with (edible) life, win the hearts of your customers, and thwart the rise of an evil interstellar burger chain.
Why similar: Resource Management 35%, Space 19.8%, Management 16.2%, RPG 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #44 Lodestar
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Edenic Era LLC
Windows
Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Traverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Solve puzzles, gather resources, mine asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick!
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Resource Management 19.1%, Space 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.2%, RPG 7.4%
- #45 Space Cats Tactics
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Mitzi Games
Windows
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.5% ★, Space 18.8%, Character Customization 15.6%, RPG 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #46 Lilith Odyssey
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Chaystar Unlimited LLC
Windows
In the wake of the Nacho Wars, your alien family embarks on a galactic journey to Lilith -- a faraway planet of new hope. Discover the history of the Mugalo galaxy. Relax to in-game radio. Grow your fishing, farming and spacefaring skills in a casual adventure across a cosmos of 1000+ unique worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 71.6% ★, RPG 16.8%, Adventure 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #47 Lust Element - Season 1
69% matchVery Positive85% of 354 reviews2023
Dev: Night IconsPub: Bear in the Night
Windows · Mac
In this choice-driven sci-fi adult Visual Novel, you'll take the role of aspiring captain of the spaceship! Explore the universe, with all its mysteries, danger and pleasures!
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 25.8%, Space 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 12.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.3%
- #48 Unending Galaxy
72% matchMixed62% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Space 27%, Simulation 17.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #49 Lightracer: For Judge
67% matchVery Positive94% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: Smartmelon Games
Windows
In a dystopian future, as The Judge with immense power, you journey through space to find hope in a divided society. This sci-fi adventure explores hope amidst adversity.
Why similar: Space 22.9%, Multiple Endings 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, RPG 13%
- #50 Saltsea Chronicles
68% matchVery Positive97% of 103 reviews2023
Dev: Die Gute Fabrik
Windows · Mac
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Story Rich 9%
- #51 Whiskey-Four
67% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Character Customization 17.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.1%
- #52 Adaptory
66% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 32.3%, Management 18.4%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 14.9%, Simulation 11.9%
- #53 SpaceBourne
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.8% ★, Space 30.4%, RPG 16%, Simulation 12.3%, Indie 4.6%
- #54 Into the Stars
72% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
Why similar: Space 58.3%, Simulation 24.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #55 RymdResa
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Space 37.5%, Sci-fi 23.6%, RPG 19.9%, Adventure 9.9%, Indie 6.4%
- #56 Star Story: The Horizon Escape
69% matchVery Positive83% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: EvilCoGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.
Why similar: Comic Book 23.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, Choices Matter 16.4%, RPG 11.2%
- #57 Andromeda Six
65% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Wanderlust Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Andromeda Six is a sci-fi inspired visual novel, with romance elements and an immersive, choice based story. Take on the role of a lost Traveler and uncover the truth of your past. Fight for a future for both yourself, and those you grow close to throughout your journey.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.5%, Multiple Endings 30.9%, LGBTQ+ 18.8%, Story Rich 18.8%
- #58 Neospace: Prologue
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Space 30.9%, Choices Matter 26.1%, Sci-fi 19.8%, RPG 13.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #59 LUST Company 👾
65% matchMixed68% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Taboo Tales 💘
Windows · Mac
LUST Company 👾 is a visual novel where you play as the captain of a space crew trapped by pirates. Gather resources, complete quests, repair your ship, and make choices that shape the story. Will you save your crew or face disaster?
Why similar: Space 37.2%, Sci-fi 27.2%, Story Rich 18.8%, Simulation 13%, Singleplayer 3.8%