- #1 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
97% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space 26.1%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Physics 16.2%, Top-Down 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #2 Star Valor
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Space 33.4%, Procedural Generation 19.6%, Sandbox 11.2%, Top-Down 10.4%, Exploration 9.9%
- #3 Space Trash Scavenger
96% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space 33.3%, Procedural Generation 26.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Exploration 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #4 Astro Colony
95% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Space 56.4%, Sandbox 15.4%, Exploration 12.6%, Automation 9.5%, Strategy 2.4%
- #5 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
94% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 38.6%, Physics 22.5%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Procedural Generation 11%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #6 Celestial Command
94% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 64.2%, Sandbox 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Simulation 2.5%, Strategy 2.2%
- #7 Techtonica
93% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Exploration 26.1%, Sci-fi 20.2%, Automation 16.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #8 The Last Starship
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space 31.9%, Top-Down 17.6%, Sandbox 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 9.1%
- #9 Astrometica
91% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space 57.9%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Exploration 10.2%, Automation 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #10 Reassembly
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 47.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, Top-Down 10.9%, Exploration 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #11 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
90% matchVery Positive84% of 454 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: Space 52.1%, Procedural Generation 22.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Mining 7.8% ★, Simulation 2.1%
- #12 Space Pirates and Zombies
89% matchVery Positive91% of 3,143 reviews2011
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: Space 44.7%, Procedural Generation 18%, Top-Down 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Exploration 5.8%
- #13 Galactic Mining Corp
89% matchVery Positive84% of 931 reviews2021
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
Why similar: Space 30.2%, Procedural Generation 21.5%, Collectathon 18.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Mining 7.5% ★
- #14 Stationeers
88% 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 33.5%, Physics 24.8%, Sandbox 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Mining 8.7% ★
- #15 Outworld Station
86% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Space 39.7%, Top-Down 16%, Sandbox 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Automation 6.8%
- #16 Final Upgrade
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Space 46.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, Automation 8%, 3D 5.5%
- #17 Jitter
86% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space 30.7%, Physics 19.7%, Top-Down 13.2%, Exploration 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #18 Dyson Sphere Program
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Space 55%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Automation 9.7%, 3D 3.8%
- #19 Eventide Matter
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 772 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Space 31.6%, Top-Down 19.8%, Time Management 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Exploration 8.4%
- #20 Final Factory
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Space 24.9%, Procedural Generation 19.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Top-Down 11%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #21 Dome Keeper
82% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Space 27.4%, Procedural Generation 27.1%, Physics 19.1%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Exploration 11.2%
- #22 VoidExpanse
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 760 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Why similar: Space 54.3%, Top-Down 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Strategy 1.5%
- #23 Astrox Imperium
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,210 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 64.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Mining 7.3% ★, Simulation 2%
- #24 Ostranauts
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,398 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Space 25.4%, Procedural Generation 24.1%, Exploration 17.1%, Top-Down 13.4%, Sandbox 10%
- #25 Vanguard Galaxy
79% matchVery Positive90% of 353 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: Space 24.3%, Procedural Generation 19.5%, Time Management 16.1%, Top-Down 13.6%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #26 Facteroids
81% 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: Space 22.8%, Procedural Generation 21.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Robots 9.1%
- #27 Astro Prospector
78% matchVery Positive93% of 2,861 reviews2025
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Why similar: Space 54.9%, Top-Down 36.1%, Strategy 3.6%, Simulation 2.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #28 Cosmic Miners
80% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space 48.5%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Exploration 17.5%, 3D 9.4%, Simulation 1.8%
- #29 Star Ores Inc.
78% matchVery Positive83% of 293 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Space 35.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Mining 9.2% ★
- #30 Starcom: Nexus
79% 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 56.8%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Exploration 14.8%, Top-Down 11.5%, Action 0.8%
- #31 Deep Space Exploitation
77% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Physics 36.6%, Space 34.1%, Sci-fi 16%, Mining 12.5% ★, Action 0.9%
- #32 Sector Space
76% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Top-Down 29.2%, Exploration 29%, Space 25.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Simulation 4.8%
- #33 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,144 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Space 30%, Physics 16.3%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Robots 10.6%
- #34 ITER-8
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: fluckyMachinePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 25.3%, Space 22.7%, Physics 18.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #35 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
76% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: FrontRunnerTek
Windows · Linux
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
Why similar: Space 39.1%, Top-Down 30%, Mining 17.1% ★, Automation 11.4%, Strategy 2.4%
- #36 Drill Core
73% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Space 34.1%, Exploration 27.8%, Sandbox 17%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Strategy 4%
- #37 Between the Stars
74% 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 59.6%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%, Exploration 5%, 3D 3.8%
- #38 Avorion
73% 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 38.8%, Exploration 16.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Sci-fi 14%, 3D 7.4%
- #39 BLASTRONAUT
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 36.2%, Exploration 23.6%, Sandbox 23.5%, Mining 15% ★, Action 1.1%
- #40 Space Architect
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Top-Down 24%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Sandbox 14.2%, Mining 6.8% ★
- #41 ASTRONEER
72% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 52.5%, Exploration 18.5%, Sandbox 15.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Automation 3.5%
- #42 BossConstructor
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 49.2%, Physics 14.8%, Top-Down 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #43 FOUNDRY
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 34.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Robots 12.3%
- #44 MineMogul
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Physics 44.6%, Sandbox 21%, Mining 16.1% ★, Automation 12%, Strategy 3.1%
- #45 The Crust
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Space 46.4%, Sandbox 16%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Automation 7.7%
- #46 Prospector
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Space 34.2%, Sandbox 16%, Exploration 14.6%, Robots 13.1%, Sci-fi 13%
- #47 StarRupture
67% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Exploration 28.5%, Sandbox 27%, Sci-fi 26.8%, Automation 12.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #48 Orebound
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?
Why similar: Procedural Generation 43.5%, Exploration 18.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Mining 11.1% ★, Automation 7.8%
- #49 Planet Miner
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space 46.3%, Exploration 31%, 3D 14.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Indie 1%
- #50 Dawn Apart
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Space 47.4%, Physics 15.3%, Automation 11.7%, Top-Down 11.6%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #51 Volcanoids
69% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Exploration 50.9%, Sandbox 40.5%, Simulation 4.2%, Action 2.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #52 Rodina
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,329 reviews2014
Dev: Elliptic Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!
Why similar: Space 50.1%, Exploration 17.4%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #53 Captain of Industry
67% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 49.4%, Mining 21.3% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 8.3%, 3D 7.7%
- #54 Voidship: The Long Journey
70% 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 37.4%, Procedural Generation 20.4%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Top-Down 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%
- #55 A.R.M. PLANETARY PROSPECTORS EP1 Asteroid Resource Mining
72% matchMixed40% of 67 reviews2015
Dev: Nefarious Dimensions Interactive GamesPub: Nefarious Dimensions Inc.
Windows
An expedition finds an artifact in an asteroid, teleporting the crew to an alien realm. Enslaved on a mining barge, they wield mech suits to survive, scavenging and scheming to escape—and wield the device that could rewrite Earth’s fate.
Why similar: Space 80%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 6.5%, Action 3.3%, Indie 2.6%
- #56 Stellarion
67% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Zana Domán
Windows
Upgrade your spaceship and conquer the stars in this thrilling space-mining adventure! Mine asteroids, battle enemies, and trade resources for powerful upgrades to customize your ship. Master the galaxy and embark on the ultimate journey!
Why similar: Space 46.2%, Exploration 29.3%, Sci-fi 18.8%, PvE 3.6%, Action 1.9%
- #57 GeoDepths
67% matchVery Positive87% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Exploration 33.7%, Sci-fi 26.6%, Mining 23.2% ★, Automation 11.8%, Strategy 3%
- #58 Digger: Galactic Treasures
65% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Space 39.6%, Collectathon 21.9%, Mining 13.8% ★, 3D 11.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #59 Starcom: Unknown Space
64% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space 62.6%, Exploration 20.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Action 0.7%, Indie 0.7%
- #60 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
64% 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 49.3%, Sci-fi 27%, Exploration 17.5%, Strategy 2.4%, Simulation 1.6%