- #1 Astrox Imperium
97% 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 30.7%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Mining 16.1% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This is the direct, more expansive sequel to the seed game, refining the mining and progression mechanics significantly.
- #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 31.5%, Mining 26.9% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Open World 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the top-down sandbox progression and ship-building loop perfectly with a focus on loot and exploration.
- #3 X4: Foundations
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.8% ★, Space 27.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Open World 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep, complex economic simulation where mining and trading are central to building your own space empire.
- #4 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
95% 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 30.5%, Space Sim 25.2% ★, Sandbox 11%, Open World 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the technical, physics-based mining gameplay that makes the industrial side of Astrox so satisfying.
- #5 Elite Dangerous
94% 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 Sim 35.5% ★, Space 32.3%, Open World 13.6%, Simulation 8.3%, Sandbox 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive space simulation that offers a massive galaxy to explore, mine, and trade in with a high degree of realism.
- #6 Avorion
94% 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 Sim 30.8% ★, Space 28.1%, Sandbox 18.2%, Open World 13.1%, Simulation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural generation and extensive mining mechanics that allow you to build custom ships from scratch.
- #7 VoidExpanse
93% 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 50.1%, Sandbox 17.1%, Open World 15.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Indie 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic space RPG that mirrors the open-world sandbox feel and ship-progression loop of the seed game.
- #8 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
91% 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%, Space Sim 20.4% ★, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Procedural Generation 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the industrial, blue-collar aspect of space work, emphasizing the methodical dismantling of ships for profit.
- #9 SpaceBourne
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space 45.3%, Space Sim 28.2% ★, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines space simulation with RPG elements and ship progression in a way that feels very similar to Astrox.
- #10 Starcom: Nexus
91% 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 53.7%, Space Sim 23% ★, Open World 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%, Indie 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and ship upgrades in a procedural galaxy with a strong emphasis on discovery.
- #11 Space Engineers
89% 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 Sim 28.9% ★, Space 27.8%, Sandbox 17.3%, Open World 13.3%, Simulation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep mining and survival mechanics within a sandbox environment that allows for complex ship construction.
- #12 Void Destroyer 2
90% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.1% ★, Mining 18.4% ★, Space 16.5%, Pirates 14.8% ★, Sandbox 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends space simulation with strategy and sandbox combat, offering a similar sense of scale and progression.
- #13 Interstellar Rift
89% 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 Sim 21.8% ★, Mining 21.5% ★, Space 16.6%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers complex ship building and resource management mechanics in an open-world space setting.
- #14 Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
88% matchMixed64% of 1,122 reviews2020
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.3% ★, Space 20.4%, Open World 17.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Adventure 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, space-trucker experience with mining, trading, and combat in a retro-inspired universe.
- #15 EVERSPACE™ 2
86% matchVery Positive86% of 12,587 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
Why similar: Space 51.7%, Open World 22.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Adventure 8.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration, mining, and ship progression in a beautiful, fast-paced open world.
- #16 Ostranauts
86% 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 26.2%, Space Sim 26.1% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a gritty, survival-focused simulation experience where maintaining your ship is a constant struggle.
- #17 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
87% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Space 22%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep ship customization and sandbox exploration in a vast, dangerous galaxy.
- #18 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,826 reviews2017
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Why similar: Space 40.2%, Pirates 15.2% ★, Open World 10.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on ship construction and faction-based sandbox gameplay with a strong emphasis on scavenging.
- #19 Evochron Legacy SE
84% matchVery Positive83% of 440 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 31.3% ★, Space 26.9%, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 11.3%, Simulation 11%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space sim that emphasizes Newtonian physics and detailed mining operations.
- #20 Helium Rain
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.5% ★, Space 38.2%, Simulation 15.1%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic space simulation with a heavy focus on trading, logistics, and mining in a persistent world.
- #21 Space Trash Scavenger
81% 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 25.4%, Space Sim 15.6% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 11.2%, Crafting 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the loop of scavenging, crafting, and upgrading in a hostile, debris-filled environment.
- #22 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
81% 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 36.2%, Space Sim 33.7% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Indie 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for intricate ship design and mining operations where your ship's layout directly impacts its performance.
- #23 Celestial Command
82% 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 39.8%, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Simulation 15.2%, Adventure 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic physics and ship construction, allowing for creative mining and station-building solutions.
- #24 Miner Wars 2081
83% matchMostly Negative36% of 386 reviews2012
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!
Why similar: Space 44.6%, Simulation 29.1%, Adventure 14.2%, Indie 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic mining-focused action game that shares the industrial aesthetic and asteroid-focused gameplay of the seed.
- #25 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
80% matchVery Positive94% of 1,148 reviews2017
Dev: Bird in SkyPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.
Why similar: Space 32.8%, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Open World 11.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines adventure and space-sim elements in a retro style that emphasizes trading and exploration.
- #26 Between the Stars
77% 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 36.2%, Space Sim 24.8% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 5.8%
- #27 Farlight Explorers
79% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
Dev: Farlight Games Industry
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...
Why similar: Space 34.8%, Sandbox 31.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Indie 9.7%, Crafting 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features sandbox building and mining in a procedural universe with a focus on resource gathering.
- #28 Star Ores Inc.
75% 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: Mining 28.6% ★, Space 23.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%
- #29 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,569 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: Space 31.8%, Space Sim 26.3% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Open World 13.2%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines space exploration with fleet management and mining in a large-scale sandbox environment.
- #30 Endless Sky
77% matchVery Positive92% of 6,938 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 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 50.1%, Space Sim 15.3% ★, Open World 13.1%, Simulation 8%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #31 Space Rogue
78% matchMixed64% of 451 reviews2016
Dev: Red Beat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.
Why similar: Space 48.8%, Sandbox 23.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Indie 6.5%, Crafting 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused space adventure with procedural elements that force you to constantly upgrade your ship to survive.
- #32 Rebel Galaxy
76% matchVery Positive85% of 8,230 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 47.6%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Open World 13%, Sandbox 6.7%, Simulation 5.2%
- #33 Into the Stars
79% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
Why similar: Space 58.1%, Simulation 25.7%, Indie 8.6%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and resource management during a long-haul space journey through a dangerous galaxy.
- #34 Starship EVO
76% 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 31.7%, Space Sim 17% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Open World 8%
- #35 Deep Space Exploitation
73% 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: Mining 42% ★, Space Sim 33.6% ★, Space 24.4%
- #36 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space 26.8%, Space Sim 24.6% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Open World 12.3%, Simulation 11.8%
- #37 Astrometica
73% 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 Sim 34.6% ★, Space 26.2%, Open World 14.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Adventure 5.3%
- #38 Space Pirates and Zombies
75% 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 50.4%, Pirates 16.8% ★, Procedural Generation 9%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #39 The Last Starship
71% 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: Mining 26.8% ★, Space Sim 23.2% ★, Space 22.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 8.9%
- #40 Astronomics
70% matchVery Positive90% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Numizmatic
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.
Why similar: Space 52.1%, Procedural Generation 22.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Mining 7.8% ★, Simulation 2.1%
- #41 SpaceKraft!
71% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Game Dev Garage
Windows
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
Why similar: Mining 30% ★, Space Sim 26.1% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Open World 10.2%, Simulation 9.6%
- #42 Jitter
70% 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 Sim 29.5% ★, Space 29.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Open World 13.8%, Adventure 5.4%
- #43 Evochron Mercenary
74% 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 38.7%, Space Sim 22.2% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Open World 9.4%
- #44 StarMade
73% matchMixed68% of 2,981 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 38.2%, Sandbox 20.6%, Open World 12.9%, Space Sim 10.8% ★, Crafting 5.8%
- #45 Reassembly
72% 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 51.8%, Sandbox 28.9%, Open World 9%, Indie 4.9%, Simulation 1.7%
- #46 Star Explorers
72% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Space 24.9%, Sandbox 12%, Open World 11.6%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #47 Planetbase
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Space 51.1%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Simulation 11.1%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 6.8%
- #48 Astro Colony
70% 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 30.7%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Simulation 10.7%, Open World 9.7%
- #49 Star Crafter
69% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 30.7% ★, Space 23.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 10.7%, Simulation 8.8%
- #50 Space Haven
69% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Space 27.5%, Space Sim 26.4% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 12.2%, Simulation 11.1%
- #51 Sector Space
67% 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: Space Sim 45.7% ★, Simulation 25%, Space 13.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Adventure 3.8%
- #52 Digger: Galactic Treasures
67% 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 Sim 30.5% ★, Mining 29.2% ★, Space 17.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Crafting 5.7%
- #53 AGOS - A Game Of Space
69% matchMixed63% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.5% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Space 15.7%, Open World 10.3%, Adventure 8.3%
- #54 Drill and Delve
65% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Sandbox 34%, Mining 33.3% ★, Adventure 15.8%, Open World 7.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #55 Occupy Mars: The Game
64% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, Open World 15.7%, Crafting 13.2%, Simulation 11.9%
- #56 Space Engineers 2
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Mining 21.3% ★, Space 21.2%, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 9.3%
- #57 BLASTRONAUT
67% 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: Mining 40% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #58 Life Not Supported
66% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Space 33%, Sandbox 16.4%, Crafting 14.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Open World 9.3%
- #59 Voxelaxy [Remastered]
68% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2017
Dev: Jakub Klementewicz
Windows
Using only a limited set of tools, you have to survive in a hostile environment. Crafting oxygen and finding food seems almost impossible...
Why similar: Simulation 39.9%, Open World 39.3%, Adventure 20.8%
