- #1 Drifter
97% matchMixed54% of 208 reviews2014
Dev: Celsius Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 16.1%, Trading 14.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Space 12.8%, Mining 11% ★
- #2 Interstellar Rift
96% matchMixed68% of 1,663 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.4 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 20.6%, Mining 20.1% ★, Trading 14.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Open World 7.8%
- #3 EVE Online
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 38,998 reviews2010
Dev: Fenris Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 139.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 19.6%, Mining 17.8% ★, Trading 16.7%, Economy 10.1%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #4 Astrox Imperium
95% matchVery Positive84% of 1,237 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 25.7%, Mining 21.6% ★, Space 17.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 8.8%
- #5 X2: The Threat
94% matchVery Positive83% of 524 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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 20.3%, Space 17.1%, Trading 15.6%, Economy 13.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #6 Space Travellers
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lonely Man
Windows
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 26.7%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Sandbox 11%, Space 9.9%, Open World 9%
- #7 X: Beyond the Frontier
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 394 reviews2010
Dev: Egosoft
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 21.5%, Trading 18.1%, Space 15.5%, Economy 12%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #8 X3: Reunion
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 733 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.6%, Space 17.3%, Economy 14.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Trading 10.4%
- #9 X3: Terran Conflict
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,856 reviews2008
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.0 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 Sim 20.5%, Space 19.5%, Trading 15.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Economy 9.5%
- #10 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
91% matchVery Positive84% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 24.8% ★, Space Sim 20.5%, Space 15.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 8.8%
- #11 Collapsed Horizon
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sheyper
Windows
Travel between galaxies, dig planets, collect ores, sell them, upgrade your equipment, and earn your ticket back to Earth.
Why similar: Mining 32.7% ★, Procedural Generation 14%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 10.5%, Space 9.5%
- #12 Cosmonautica
89% matchMixed48% of 1,190 reviews2015
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Why similar: Trading 20.2%, Space Sim 18.6%, Economy 13.7%, Space 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #13 Stardust Origins
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Nikolaj Piet PaghPub: PetskullGames
Windows
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 22.2%, Trading 21.3%, Space 12.8%, Mining 11% ★, Open World 10.6%
- #14 Space Supermarket Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Mythforge Games
Windows
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 21.9%, Space Sim 17.9%, Economy 17.8%, Space 11.8%, Sandbox 10%
- #15 REDVERY SPACE™
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: REDVERY e.K.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 23.7%, Trading 15.4%, 6DOF 13.3% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, Space 9.2%
- #16 Starminer
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,757 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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%, Mining 16.7% ★, Trading 15.3%, Economy 12.2%, Sandbox 10%
- #17 Super Starship
86% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Les Bird
Windows · Mac
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 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9%, Futuristic 8.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #18 Infinite Space: Mining
85% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Taner Saydam
Windows
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 23.5% ★, Space Sim 17.5%, Resource Management 12.2%, Space 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #19 Vanguard Galaxy
84% matchVery Positive91% of 496 reviews2025
Dev: Bat Roost Games
Windows
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 21.4% ★, Space Sim 18.6%, Trading 15.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #20 D.R.I.F.T.
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ResilientLogic Games
Windows
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.4%, Mining 20% ★, Trading 17.3%, Economy 10.3%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #21 Deep Claims
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
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 16.4%, Space 11.1%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%
- #22 Ring Miner
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc.
Windows · Linux
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%, Mining 20.9% ★, Open World 14%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #23 Exovia
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
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 22.2% ★, Space Sim 19.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #24 Capital Command
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hellride GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
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%, Trading 17.6%, Economy 13.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Space 9.1%
- #25 Deep Space Outpost
81% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Niris Games
Windows · Linux
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: Mining 20.7% ★, Space Sim 20.3%, Trading 14.7%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #26 Infini Orbis
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tanis
Windows
Survive against a relentless horde in a single-player space sandbox blending factory automation, RTS combat, and deep RPG progression. Pilot humanity's last ark, the Mothership, on a desperate mission back in time to build a fleet powerful enough to change the destiny of the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9%, Trading 19.9%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #27 Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Decha Studio/Rashaun
Windows
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 18%, Economy 17.7%, Space Sim 16.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #28 Space Stone Smashing Simulator
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kokrok Production
Windows · Linux
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 33.2%, Voxel 15.3% ★, 6DOF 13.2% ★, Simulation 9.8%, Mining 9.2% ★
- #29 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
76% matchVery Positive88% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 21.9%, Mining 14.8% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Space 11.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #30 Endless Sky
78% matchVery Positive92% of 7,056 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.7 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 23.8%, Space Sim 17.2%, Trading 16.9%, Open World 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #31 Stellar Trader
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ParaVerseLabPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
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%, Trading 22.4%, Economy 15.9%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #32 Weird Wormholes
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: KelpMine
Windows · Linux
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 31.6%, Mining 18.3% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Economy 12.4%, Exploration 7%
- #33 Gaia Beyond
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: Warp Turtle
Windows
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 24.1% ★, Space Sim 22.6%, Trading 17%, Space 9%, Open World 8.8%
- #34 Fairspace
78% matchMixed68% of 38 reviews2015
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 25.7%, Mining 23.8% ★, Economy 10%, Space 9%, Open World 7.9%
- #35 Space Sim Tycoon
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: SuperChicken Productions LLC
Windows
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 29.6%, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Space 7.9%
- #36 Celestium
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alex197
Windows · Linux
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.5%, Mining 22.2% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Space 10.6%, Open World 10.1%
- #37 Rockhopper
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Limited Bits
Windows
Become a space mining astronaut in this chill rogue-lite mining game. Explore, mine and complete objectives while unlocking and upgrading your equipment along the way.
Why similar: Mining 29.7% ★, Space Sim 20.9%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Space 10.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #38 Helixteus 3
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apple0726
Windows · Linux
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 26.9%, Mining 25.5% ★, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Resource Management 12%, Futuristic 7.7%
- #39 Univoyager
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Damiano VitulliPub: Neondev Sas
Windows
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 29.1%, 6DOF 16.9% ★, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 9.4%
- #40 Evochron Legacy SE
74% matchVery Positive83% of 443 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 28.8%, Trading 19.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Space 10.5%, Open World 9.1%
- #41 Avorion
72% matchVery Positive90% of 14,488 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 99.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.4%, Trading 12.7%, Economy 12%, Voxel 11.4% ★, Sandbox 11%
- #42 The Galactic Junkers
72% matchMixed45% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Evil Twin ArtworksPub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
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 24.8% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Trading 18.8%, Space 8.5%, Open World 7.2%
- #43 Worlds Of The Future
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonmen Games
Windows
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 16.1%, Futuristic 9.4%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Space 9.3%
- #44 Spaceport Trading Company
71% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Tectonics, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 21.7%, Trading 19.9%, Economy 16.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Space 10.1%
- #45 A Game About Digging A Hole™
68% matchVery Positive89% of 19,626 reviews2025
Dev: DoubleBeePub: rokaplay select
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 16.5% ★, Economy 14.1%, Sandbox 12%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #46 Among The Stars
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hidden Universe Games
Windows
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 19.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Open World 7.6%, Futuristic 6.7%
- #47 X Rebirth
73% matchMixed44% of 7,314 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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%, Space Sim 22.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #48 DRILLMASTER 9000
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Petardia Productions
Windows
Dig, collect resources, upgrade your drill and multitool, go deep underground and find a powerful shiny object.
Why similar: Mining 32.1% ★, Voxel 20.2% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Economy 9.5%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #49 Voltcube
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stein Games
Windows
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 28.8% ★, Voxel 19.4% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Open World 10.8%
- #50 Stellar Wanderer DX
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Builder StudiosPub: Leoful
Windows
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 24.3% ★, Space Sim 23%, Trading 19.5%, Space 8.6%, Open World 7.6%
- #51 Rock Digger
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rockin' Games
Windows
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 35.3% ★, Resource Management 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Open World 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #52 No End
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Martin
Windows
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 31.8%, Sandbox 15%, Procedural Generation 13%, Open World 12.2%, Space 9.3%
- #53 VOID PROFIT
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Corvid Food
Windows
Fly a rented corporate vessel in a procedurally-generated universe, navigate risky routes, profit from changing markets before the opportunity disappears and you lose it all. Take jobs, navigate the markets, smuggle, lie. Do everything in order to keep flying.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.7%, Economy 16.2%, Simulation 11%, Space 7.2%, Trading 7.1%
- #54 Restland - Inno World
71% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Technologies&Simulators
Windows
Restland -Inno World - interesting sandbox, there you can change landscape as you want.
Why similar: Mining 21.7% ★, Voxel 16% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #55 Facteroids
68% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.
Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Space Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Voxel 9.8% ★
- #56 Startron
66% matchPositive100% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Rogo DariusPub: Rogo Digital
Windows · Linux
Startron is an ASCII-based space colony sim where you can mine, harvest, build and automate your way across a procedurally generated cosmos. Lead a crew of sentient cats (or dogs) as they take their first steps out and discover the mysteries of the cosmos.
Why similar: Mining 24.5% ★, Space Sim 20.7%, Economy 13.1%, Space 9.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #57 Off-World Prospecting
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prospector Games
Windows
Off-World Prospecting is a game about exploring and striking out on your own on an alien planet, and becoming the ultimate prospector as you survey the land for valuable fauna, minerals, artifacts and more, and search for your long missing sister in an uncaring yet endlessly enticing landscape.
Why similar: Mining 36.2% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Space 11.9%, Physics 7.7%, Exploration 7.5%
- #58 Galactic Merchant
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sophism Games
Windows
Galactic Merchant is sci-fi business simulator (a.k.a space tycoon game). Starting from single ship startup you can grow it to intergalactic monopoly. To do so, you could trade, mine, produce goods, smuggle, rob, give bribes, engage in politics, save planets and use many other options.
Why similar: Trading 26.5%, Space Sim 22.2%, Economy 16.1%, Space 11.2%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #59 Astrominer
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Roy El-Rayes
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on an epic space adventure in AstroMiner, where you must build a base, overcome challenges, and construct a space ship to return home from the asteroid belt.
Why similar: Mining 27.4% ★, Space Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Space 10.9%, Open World 10.2%
- #60 Elite Dangerous
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 106,632 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 148.2 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 38%, Space 14.7%, Open World 12.6%, Trading 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%