60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Space, Space Sim, Sandbox.
Asteroids are worth trillions. They're also spinning at 200 meters per second. You are a Wrangler—harpoon tumbling rocks, wrestle them to a dead stop with your custom-built ship, and mine them for credits. The pay is good. The survival rate is a conversation people avoid.
Deep Haul
Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.
Starlathe
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.
Why similar: Mining 19% ★, Space Sim 17.6%, Trading 12%, Economy 9.2%, Sandbox 7.9%
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.2%, Trading 16.9%, Mining 14.5% ★, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 11.4%
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.3%, Trading 14.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Space 12.9%, Mining 10.9% ★
The top-down space sim. Fly, trade, and fight in a galaxy shaped by simulated history, where production, freight, and war reshape a living economy.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.4%, Trading 15.1%, Space 10.6%, Open World 9.9%, Sandbox 7.4%
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 20.7%, Mining 19.8% ★, Trading 14.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 8%
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 25.4%, Mining 21.8% ★, Space 17.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 9.2%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.9%, Mining 17.6% ★, Trading 16.4%, Economy 9.7%, Sandbox 8.1%
Top-down space trading and combat on a working frontier. Run cargo, hunt salvage, fight pirates, and build a corporation that survives twenty cycles of pressure from the Cryos Foundation, the Frontier Allegiance, and the Sable Syndicate.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.9%, Mining 21.5% ★, Trading 17.7%, Space 7.2%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.5%, Space 17.3%, Trading 15.3%, Economy 12.9%, Sandbox 10.1%
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Sandbox 11%, Space 10%, Open World 9.2%
A pixel-art space mining game. Dig into procedurally generated planets, chart your own route across the star map, collect rare ores, level up your gear, and grow your fortune by investing in the market.
Why similar: Mining 34.6% ★, Space Sim 27%, Economy 9.8%, Resource Management 8.1%, Procedural Generation 6%
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.7%, Trading 17.7%, Space 15.7%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
Travel between galaxies, dig planets, collect ores, sell them, upgrade your equipment, and earn your ticket back to Earth.
Why similar: Mining 36.9% ★, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Open World 12.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Exploration 8.4%
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 25.9%, Space 17.5%, Economy 13.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Trading 10.2%
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 Sim 20.7%, Space 19.8%, Trading 15.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Economy 9.1%
Grab your shovel and dig into a world of hidden riches. Destroy the terrain, uncover gold, upgrade your gear, blast through the earth with dynamite, and see how deep you can go.
Why similar: Mining 31% ★, Voxel 17.6% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Economy 13%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Mining 24.4% ★, Space Sim 20.7%, Space 15.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 9%
A 2D space trading game with a real economy. NPC ships haul cargo between 78 stations and prices move whether you're there or not. Good routes die as other traders catch on, so you keep hunting new ones. No quest markers, no "best trade" arrows. Just you, a map, and the prices.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.7%, Sandbox 16%, Economy 11.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Exploration 6.6%
Single-player, first-person spaceflight sim. Fly a fast, agile ship through dense asteroid fields. Scan anomalies and sell scientific data at Science Labs—just don’t crash: you’ll lose it. Hack probes and satellites to access hidden secrets, then jump through unstable wormholes before they collapse.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.8%, Trading 14.9%, 6DOF 13.5% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Space 9.3%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.2%, Mining 16.6% ★, Trading 15%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 10%
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Futuristic 9%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Exploration 8%
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Why similar: Trading 19.8%, Space Sim 18.9%, Economy 13.2%, Space 9.1%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
Run your own supermarket in outer space. Keep shelves stocked and nicely organized. Supply your store with drone delivery. Will you take the duty of running a space supermarket?
Why similar: Trading 21.7%, Space Sim 18.3%, Economy 17.3%, Space 12.1%, Sandbox 10.1%
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.3%, Trading 20.8%, Space 13%, Open World 10.9%, Mining 10.8% ★
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
Why similar: Mining 21.2% ★, Space Sim 18.9%, Trading 14.9%, Sandbox 10%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
Build and automate your own industrial space empire. Mine asteroids, manage logistics, expand production lines with drones and conveyors, explore new sectors through wormholes, and grow your mining operation across the galaxy.
Why similar: Mining 23.3% ★, Space Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Space 10.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8%, Mining 19.9% ★, Trading 17%, Economy 10%, Sandbox 7.1%
Exovia is a physics-based mining and automation sandbox in space. Survey asteroids, engineer zero-G logistics without conveyor belts, and design complex Newtonian factories. Turn floating chaos into perfect order and experience true inner peace as you solve one satisfying problem and then the next.
Why similar: Mining 22.3% ★, Space Sim 20.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Resource Management 8.2%
Deep Claims is a space exploration game where you upgrade your ship and equipment in order to mine increasingly valuable and hazardous asteroids. Can you make it to the core?
Why similar: Space Sim 23%, Sandbox 16.3%, Space 11.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.7%, Mining 20.6% ★, Trading 14.7%, Economy 11.7%, Sandbox 10.8%
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.3%, Trading 17.2%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 10.8%, Space 9.3%
Control a mining drone in space. Scan asteroids, extract resources, and manage your equipment. Optimize your workflow and explore a relaxing sci-fi mining experience.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3%, Voxel 15.3% ★, 6DOF 13.4% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Mining 9% ★
An open world space mining game. Explore a vast planetary ring where every spot on every rock can be mined for minerals. Use your transport ship to drop off the mining rover, anywhere in the ring system, and start digging! Your capable 6-wheeled rover can climb many obstacles.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Mining 20.5% ★, Open World 14.3%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Shape the Galactic Arms Race. As CEO of a private space arms company, design modular ships, research breakthrough tech, and win faction tenders. Outmaneuver rivals in prototype races and make critical choices that make every playthrough unique, from a startup to galactic dominance.
Why similar: Trading 17.8%, Economy 17.1%, Space Sim 16.6%, Resource Management 10.3%, Sandbox 9%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Mining 14.6% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, Space 11.7%, Resource Management 8.2%
Weird Wormholes is a casual game about traveling through wormholes to try and get back home. Use your ship to mine planets for resources and process these resources into components to enable your travels.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Mining 18.2% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Economy 12%, Exploration 7.1%
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 24.1%, Space Sim 17.3%, Trading 16.4%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 7.9%
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.6%, Mining 21.7% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Space 10.7%, Open World 10.3%
A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.3%, Space 13.7%, Open World 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Exploration 6.9%
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 30%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8%, Space 8%
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Mining 23.8% ★, Space Sim 22.9%, Trading 16.6%, Space 9.1%, Open World 9.1%
Fairspace is an amateur developed open-ended space exploration, trading and combat game. A full and rich persistent universe awaits your discovery.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Mining 23.4% ★, Economy 9.6%, Space 9.1%, Open World 8.1%
A survival crafting game set on a small round planet you can dig into anywhere. Start with sticks and stones, work your way up to copper, build a base and survive the raid nights. Play solo or with up to 3 friends.
Why similar: Mining 22% ★, Voxel 18% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Open World 9.6%
See the galaxy through the eyes of a trader. Hundreds of years after humanity took to the stars, you're free to buy, fight, explore, and build your way to power. Shape economies, form alliances, and influence the systems that control trade, tech, and politics.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.5%, Trading 22.1%, Economy 15.3%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 6%
Experience a 1:1 scale, procedurally generated universe with seamless exploration from planets to stars. Journey across the cosmos with zero loading screens and realistic Newtonian physics. Trade, fight, and survive in a post-apocalyptic galaxy where gravity is your only boundary.
Why similar: Space Sim 29%, 6DOF 17.3% ★, Procedural Generation 11%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 9.5%
A space-themed incremental game where you manage planets and resources in a quest to dominate the universe with buildings and megastructures.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.3%, Mining 25.3% ★, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Futuristic 7.9%
Descend into a persistent mine, extract valuable ores and rare discoveries, manage your tools and cargo, then return to smelt, craft, complete contracts, and expand your operation in this combat-free mining game.
Why similar: Mining 38.5% ★, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Economy 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
Worlds Of The Future is a sci-fi open world, action/adventure game. Explore a fully seamless solar system full of adventures, mysteries and colorful characters. Build your space delivery company, climb the company rankings and become a legend among the worlds!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Sandbox 16%, Futuristic 9.5%, Space 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
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 21.6%, Trading 12.4%, Economy 11.5%, Voxel 11.4% ★, Sandbox 11.1%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 29%, Trading 18.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Space 10.6%, Open World 9.3%
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 39.8%, Sandbox 19.3%, Exploration 10.2%, Open World 7.8%, Futuristic 6.8%
Become the space captain you always wanted to be. There are just a few problems, your ship needs work, there’s a price on your head, and your crew are idiots. Seek your fortune and the truth in The Galactic Junkers, a comedic space combat adventure game.
Why similar: Mining 24.5% ★, Space Sim 22.6%, Trading 18.4%, Space 8.6%, Open World 7.4%
Start as a humble rock and evolve into a rock-digging rock star! Dig for resources, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets after crash-landing on an alien planet. Unearth countless upgrades and gain powerful abilities. Explore mysterious new worlds. Reach the core. Ascend to Rock God!
Why similar: Mining 35.1% ★, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, Open World 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
Why similar: Mining 27.4% ★, Voxel 16.6% ★, Economy 13.7%, Sandbox 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
Astario is a universe in which you can build functional ships and orbital stations with automated factories. Collect materials, craft new blocks, and expand into the universe. Nothing is ever truly static, ships, stations, asteroids, planets, everything follows the laws of orbital motion.
Why similar: Mining 29.1% ★, Space Sim 20.1%, Space 11.7%, Voxel 9.3% ★, Open World 7.2%
Become spacefaring merchant in a galaxy filled with diverse planets, each with its own economy, resources, and challenges. Amass wealth and reputation by trading goods, negotiating with factions, and navigating the intricacies of interstellar commerce.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Trading 19.6%, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Space 10.3%
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 23.3%, Space Sim 22.7%, Sandbox 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Simulation 10.4%
Explore a seamless endless universe with an uncountable number of galaxies, stars, planets, and moons. Make friends or enemies with unique alien civilizations. Research upgrades for your vessel with scientific phenomena and alien tech that you've acquired.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Open World 12.5%, Space 9.3%
Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind!
Why similar: Mining 24% ★, Space Sim 23.2%, Trading 19.1%, Space 8.8%, Open World 7.8%
Discover Voltcube, an infinite, uniquely generated block universe. Create machines, explore a multitude of biomes, and build to your heart's content. Survival or creative, every playthrough offers a unique journey.
Why similar: Mining 28.3% ★, Voxel 19.5% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Open World 11.1%
