- #1 PULSAR: Lost Colony
97% matchVery Positive90% of 5,694 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: Space 27.8%, Simulation 23.1%, Co-op 22.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%
Why You'll Like It: This is the most direct successor to the Artemis experience, allowing players to walk around a ship while manning specific stations in a persistent, open-world setting.
- #2 Void Crew
96% matchVery Positive87% of 8,134 reviews2024
Dev: Hutlihut GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 16.4 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: Co-op 32.9%, Space 30.3%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Action 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity co-op game where players must scramble between stations to keep their ship operational during chaotic space combat.
- #3 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Co-op 39.1%, Simulation 22.8%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This submarine simulator requires intense crew coordination and communication to survive, mirroring the high-pressure environment of a bridge simulator.
- #4 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
95% matchVery Positive93% of 4,015 reviews2015
Dev: Asteroid Base
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 25.7%, Space 23.7%, Co-op 21.2%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Action 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the frantic, role-based cooperation of bridge management in a stylized, accessible format.
- #5 Deep Space Battle Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 410 reviews2021
Dev: yeswecamp
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!
Why similar: Space 31.2%, Simulation 23.8%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Action 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Specifically designed to emulate the bridge crew experience, allowing players to man various stations on a capital ship during large-scale battles.
- #6 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
91% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 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 36.3%, Simulation 22.8%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Indie 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: While building-focused, it captures the technical depth of ship management and the importance of internal layout for crew efficiency.
- #7 Guns of Icarus Alliance
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,437 reviews2017
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Own the skies in steam-powered airships! Guns of Icarus Alliance is a team-based online game that pits co-op crews against both rival teams and an AI that learns your tactics. Players become part of the story as each battle shapes history in an ever-changing steampunk world.
Why similar: Indie 63.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Co-op 10%, Multiplayer 6.9%, Action 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on distinct crew roles like pilot, gunner, and engineer, all working in tandem to keep an airship afloat in combat.
- #8 Angels Fall First
92% matchVery Positive82% of 2,786 reviews2015
Dev: Strangely Interactive Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever wanted in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full AI support included!
Why similar: Space 28.9%, Simulation 22.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features large-scale space combat where players can board and operate capital ships with distinct stations for crew members.
- #9 Carrier Command 2
91% matchVery Positive82% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical simulation that puts players in command of a carrier, requiring complex management of systems and units.
- #10 We Need To Go Deeper
89% matchVery Positive86% of 5,998 reviews2019
Dev: Deli Interactive LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
Why similar: Co-op 39%, Simulation 30.4%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Action 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op submarine exploration game where constant communication is essential to manage the ship's systems and survive deep-sea hazards.
- #11 Quintet
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 360 reviews2015
Dev: Carmine T. Guida
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 43%
A cooperative, cross-platform, multiplayer scifi game where players control the same ship through 5 roles — Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering & Science. Battle with other player crews over the Internet.
Why similar: Space 33.9%, Co-op 18%, Action 15%, Indie 13.7%, Multiplayer 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic bridge simulator that shares the same networking philosophy and multi-computer setup as Artemis.
- #12 Objects in Space
89% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Why similar: Simulation 39.4%, Space 33.6%, Action 11.8%, Indie 10.3%, Sci-fi 5%
Why You'll Like It: A highly technical, retro-style bridge simulator that focuses on navigation, sensor management, and ship systems.
- #13 Space Crew: Legendary Edition
87% matchMostly Positive74% 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 36.9%, Simulation 27.7%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a crew and individual ship systems under fire, requiring strategic decision-making to survive.
- #14 Jump Space
84% matchVery Positive86% of 10,042 reviews2025
Dev: Keepsake Games
Windows
Median: 5.9 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: Space 35.9%, Co-op 32.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Action 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A modern title focusing on co-op PVE space combat with a focus on team-based ship operations.
- #15 BattleGroupVR
86% 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 26.8%, Co-op 19.1%, Simulation 17.7%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Local Co-Op 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a bridge-command experience with a focus on tactical fleet management and immersive VR interaction.
- #16 Evochron Mercenary
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space 39.6%, Simulation 30.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Multiplayer 5.9%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep simulation mechanics for players who enjoy the technical side of space flight and ship systems.
- #17 Interstellar Rift
86% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 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 42.8%, Simulation 31.3%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Action 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex ship interiors and multi-player station operation, allowing for a deep sense of ownership over a vessel.
- #18 Stationeers
85% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Space 39.6%, Co-op 28.4%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the complex engineering and automation found in bridge simulators, requiring precise management of ship environments.
- #19 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,688 reviews2015
Dev: Steel Crate Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!
Why similar: Co-op 44.8%, Local Co-Op 22.1%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Simulation 13.5%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: While not a space sim, it perfectly replicates the high-stakes communication and role-based cooperation required in bridge simulators.
- #20 Bomber Crew
81% matchVery Positive88% of 15,271 reviews2017
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Why similar: Simulation 79.8%, Indie 12%, Action 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Requires players to manage a crew in a vehicle where every station, from navigation to engineering, is vital to the mission's success.
- #21 Project Freedom
83% matchVery Positive82% of 208 reviews2009
Dev: City InteractivePub: CI Games
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Get your dream job with a company called Project Freedom. Become a space pilot and serve for the corporation. You're going to get all the excitement and adventure you've ever wanted. Perhaps even more... 21 missions in the campaign Outstanding 3D graphics and special effects Original storyline with unexpected turns and surprises A...
Why similar: Simulation 48.6%, Space 27%, Action 17.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic space combat sim that captures the atmosphere of the genre and the feeling of being a pilot in a larger fleet.
- #22 ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers
82% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2018
Dev: Cosmic Picnic
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.
Why similar: Simulation 26.1%, Space 24.1%, Local Co-Op 20.1%, Action 10.8%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A lighter take on space exploration that emphasizes co-op elements and shared ship management.
- #23 Starlight Inception™
84% matchMostly Negative21% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: Escape Hatch Entertainment, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Travel a hundred years into the future to pilot advanced starfighters through the greatest conflict humankind has ever known. The next generation of space combat is here. . Light up the Sky!
Why similar: Simulation 38.4%, Space 36.5%, Action 14%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a classic space-sim experience with bridge-like mission structures and a focus on sci-fi narrative.
- #24 Spacelines from the Far Out: Flight School
80% matchVery Positive83% of 252 reviews2022
Dev: CoffeenautsPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Spacelines from the Far Out: Flight School is all about getting you prepared to take on the task of running your own Spaceline before launch! Join up to 3 other people to take on the challenges and demands as you ferry people to their destination.
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Simulation 20.9%, Local Co-Op 16.8%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Multiplayer 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the chaotic coordination of managing a space vessel, emphasizing the humor and stress of crew work.
- #25 Infinity: Battlescape
81% matchVery Positive80% of 751 reviews2019
Dev: I-Novae Studios, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Why similar: Space 40.1%, Simulation 31.6%, Action 11%, Indie 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers large-scale space combat with a focus on simulation-grade flight and team-based objectives.
- #26 StarbaseSim
77% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: AshtorakSimGames
Windows · Linux
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Simulation 58.2%, Space 34%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #27 Elite Dangerous
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 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 47%, Simulation 24.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Action 4.9%
- #28 Disputed Space
79% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: ShilohGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space.
Why similar: Space 24.3%, Co-op 16.2%, Local Co-Op 14.6%, Action 14.2%, Simulation 12%
Why You'll Like It: Provides arcade-style space combat for players who want to jump straight into the action with a focus on ship-to-ship engagement.
- #29 Go Ape Ship!
75% matchMostly Negative40% of 409 reviews2026
Dev: Sound Games
Windows · Mac
Go Ape Ship! is a frantic co-op multiplayer game for one to eight players. Work with your crew of daring Astrochimps to master an expanding collection of tasks, respond to emergencies, unlock new rooms and upgrades for your spaceship, and safely reach the stars. Survive together. Or not at all.
Why similar: Space 30.7%, Co-op 25.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Indie 8.4%
- #30 Jumpdrive
79% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
Why similar: Space 39.9%, Simulation 37.8%, Indie 11.3%, Action 11%
Why You'll Like It: A space-sim focused on exploration and ship management, providing a sandbox environment for players to test their piloting skills.
- #31 Starship Troopers: Extermination
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 32,811 reviews2024
Dev: Offworld
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Why similar: Space 32.6%, Co-op 27.1%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Action 10.3%
- #32 The Battle of Sol
78% matchMixed57% of 102 reviews2015
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.
Why similar: Simulation 41.3%, Space 28%, Action 13.5%, Indie 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #33 This Means Warp
74% matchMixed69% of 665 reviews2023
Dev: OutlierPub: Jagex Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.
Why similar: Space 36.8%, Co-op 27.2%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Sci-fi 12%, Action 8.2%
- #34 Kinetic Void
78% 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 47.1%, Simulation 29.7%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Indie 7.4%, Action 7.3%
- #35 Azulgar: Star Commanders
76% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: SZEINER
Windows
Azulgar: Star Commanders is a Sci-Fi open world sandbox game that puts you in a command of your own custom made space ship. Explore aftermath of the Azulgar event that reshaped the face of the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 35%, Space 30.5%, Action 13%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Indie 10.3%
- #36 Interstellar Transport Company
75% matchMixed67% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space 48.5%, Simulation 33.4%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Indie 1.9%
- #37 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
73% matchVery Positive93% of 16,246 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Why similar: Space 29.4%, Simulation 23.5%, Co-op 22.2%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #38 Space Simulator
76% matchMostly Negative36% of 162 reviews2018
Dev: Stuka Games IncPub: Brixton Dynamics Ltd
Windows
Realistic simulation of spaceflight in a full sized Solar System, with all the planets and their major moons. using real forces, distances, velocities and time. Chapter 1: The Apollo Days. Incredibly detailed Apollo Program missions starting with Apollo 8 lunar orbit missions.
Why similar: Simulation 57.6%, Space 42.4%
- #39 Space Farmers
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,786 reviews2014
Dev: BumpkinBrothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grab a friend, grab a gadget, grab a gun and get ready for the most fun you'll ever have in a co-op game!
Why similar: Co-op 25.7%, Space 24.3%, Action 14.8%, Indie 13.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #40 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 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: Simulation 40.6%, Co-op 35.5%, Multiplayer 23.9%
- #41 Space Impossible
73% matchVery Positive95% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Polygon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?
Why similar: Space 38.2%, Action 32.9%, Indie 28.9%
- #42 Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
71% matchVery Positive85% of 919 reviews2017
Dev: Team Jolly RogerPub: Black Smoke Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 38.3%, Space 36.5%, Indie 10.2%, Multiplayer 10%, Sci-fi 5%
- #43 Starship EVO
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Space 33.8%, Simulation 30.5%, Action 11.3%, Indie 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #44 Space Engineers
68% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 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 30.7%, Simulation 24.1%, Co-op 23%, Multiplayer 14%, Action 8.3%
- #45 Lodestar
69% 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 39.2%, Co-op 27.3%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%
- #46 Mars Colony:Challenger
72% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: HyperKat Games
Windows
Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together.
Why similar: Simulation 55.8%, Space 34.8%, Indie 9.3%
- #47 Galactic Lander
70% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: ZeroByter Games
Windows
Inspired by the classic arcade Lunar Lander game, in Galactic Lander you control a delicate scientific spaceship which you must deliver from point A to point B, either alone, or with a friend in a co-op level, potentially made by the game's own Steam Workshop community!
Why similar: Space 38.9%, Co-op 27.4%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Indie 7.2%
- #48 STELLATUM
70% matchMixed63% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: Satur Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
Why similar: Space 34.2%, Simulation 20.2%, Co-op 15.6%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #49 Into the Stars
71% 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 43.8%, Simulation 38.7%, Indie 9.5%, Action 8%
- #50 Icarus Starship Command Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Steven Eric Boyette
Windows
In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go supernova and destroy all life. Can you find a way to stop it?
Why similar: Simulation 60.7%, Action 20.3%, Indie 19%
- #51 Detached: Non-VR Edition
69% matchMostly Negative40% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Detached, a suspenseful interstellar duel that demands tactics and skill to survive, is now available in a non-VR version! Separated from your unit, you must make smart decisions and race to safety in this visceral exploration of deep space.
Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Space 29.8%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Action 11.9%, Indie 9.2%
- #52 Avorion
65% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 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 49.3%, Simulation 34.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%
- #53 Pixel Privateers
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 881 reviews2017
Dev: Quadro DeltaPub: Re-Logic
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!
Why similar: Simulation 37.1%, Indie 17%, Action 16.8%, Co-op 16.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #54 Star Trek Online
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 20,893 reviews2012
Dev: Cryptic StudiosPub: Arc Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 132.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
Why similar: Space 51.2%, Sci-fi 20%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Co-op 10.1%, Action 6.2%
- #55 Stellar Warfare
65% matchVery Positive84% of 406 reviews2021
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Space RTS with base building and ship customization. Personal passion project. More than 200 available ships, weapons and modules to design your fleet with. Contains a small campaign, several single and multiplayer game modes and a coop game mode. Also contains Wave defense!
Why similar: Space 29.1%, Simulation 23.2%, Co-op 17.9%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #56 Jamestown+
66% matchVery Positive88% of 248 reviews2019
Dev: Final Form GamesPub: Batterystaple Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Set sail for 17th-century British Colonial Mars in Jamestown+: a cooperative shoot-em-up for 1-4 brave souls, designed to be exciting for players of all skill levels.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 38.9%, Co-op 23.6%, Action 20.5%, Indie 17%
- #57 Guns of Icarus Online
66% matchVery Positive90% of 14,674 reviews2012
Dev: Muse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
Why similar: Co-op 36.4%, Multiplayer 27.2%, Simulation 17.2%, Action 11.6%, Indie 7.5%
- #58 Out of Space
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,905 reviews2020
Dev: Behold Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!
Why similar: Co-op 30.6%, Local Co-Op 19.5%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Space 18.9%, Indie 11.4%