- #1 Space Station: Beyond
97% matchVery Positive85% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: DEATHB4DEFEATPub: Pspritechologist
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a variety of creatures or characters and try to survive either maintaining or attacking a space station while everything that can go wrong has already gone wrong.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.5% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Space 15.3%, PvP 12.2%, Character Customization 9.9%
- #2 VEGA Conflict
96% matchMixed58% of 4,985 reviews2015
Dev: KIXEYE
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 90.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Stake your claim, command your fleets, and wage epic war in space.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.6%, Space 26%, Sandbox 16.4%, PvP 12.4%, Combat 6.2%
- #3 Silent Sector
96% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Space Sim 22.9% ★, Space 16.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, RPG 8%
- #4 FreeInfantry
95% matchVery Positive83% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: FreeInfantry Group
Windows
Isometric. Massively Multiplayer. Capture The Flag. Skirmish. Bug Hunt. And more. Welcome to FreeInfantry - the world's first massive multiplayer online isometric shooter.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Military 20.5%, Space 11.7%, Shooter 9.1%, PvP 8.5%
- #5 VoidExpanse
94% 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 35.9%, Sandbox 20.4%, RPG 12.6%, Character Customization 8.5%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #6 Pixel Starships
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,914 reviews2023
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.9% ★, Space 30%, RPG 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%, 2D 4.8%
- #7 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 34.1%, Sandbox 22.6%, Space Sim 20.2% ★, Simulation 10.1%, RPG 8.8%
- #8 Sector Space
91% 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 42.1% ★, RPG 20.3%, Simulation 12.3%, Space 8.5%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #9 EVE Online
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 38,402 reviews2010
Dev: CCP
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 136.7 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 32.1% ★, Space 20.4%, Sandbox 17.3%, PvP 13.2%, Character Customization 10.6%
- #10 CS2D
90% matchVery Positive90% of 10,328 reviews2017
Dev: Unreal Software
Windows · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%
CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.3%, Shooter 22.4%, Multiplayer 14.8%, 2D 9.3%, Action 5.7%
- #11 Shattered Void
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: yyy1505yyy
Windows · Linux
Space MMORPG where players can fly on different ships, collecting devices, subsystems and navigations or finding new weapons that will serve in battles. Take part in battles, explore the world, mine ore, trade, fight and build your own clan with a station.
Why similar: Space 34.9%, PvP 28%, Top-Down 11.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Combat 6.7%
- #12 Astroflux
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 343 reviews2016
Dev: Fula Fisken
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play Astroflux - a retro styled, action packed MMO space shooter.
Why similar: Space 48.4%, RPG 33.8%, Action 14.3%, 2D 3.6%
- #13 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
87% 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 34%, Space Sim 26.2% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Action 5.6%
- #14 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
88% 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 33.5% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Space 18.8%, RPG 9.5%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #15 DarkOrbit Reloaded
86% matchMostly Negative28% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: Bigpoint GmbH
Windows
Dark Orbit is a free-2-play space MMO where three companies battle for galactic domination. Customize ships, trade resources, fight aliens and uncover a grand conspiracy on your epic cosmic journey. Thrilling PvP and PvE missions await! Will you lead your faction beyond the final frontier?
Why similar: Space Sim 31.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, RPG 14.8%, Space 11.6%, Shooter 10.2%
- #16 Project Amalthea: Battlegrounds
86% matchMixed59% of 74 reviews2020
Dev: RunServer
Windows · Mac · Linux
There is a quarantine declared throughout the orbit so all the pilots are grounded except for the few ones allowed to participate in training battles. Join their ranks for blazing fast space battles with another players in this top-down shooter game
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29%, Space 19.9%, PvP 15.7%, RPG 9.6%, Futuristic 7.6%
- #17 Space Pirates and Zombies
85% 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 48.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Top-Down 11.5%, RPG 11.1%, Shooter 6.9%
- #18 StarMade
84% 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 34.8%, Sandbox 31%, Space Sim 14.4% ★, Multiplayer 8.8%, RPG 4.7%
- #19 Slipstream: Rogue Space
82% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Subpixel Studios
Windows · Mac
A multiplayer roguelike about teamwork, survival...and cute animals in space! Play with a few friends or join a streamer's crew of dozens as you work together to battle aliens across the vast Rogue Space.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.5% ★, Character Customization 13.4%, Futuristic 12%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Combat 7.3%
- #20 Subspace Discovery
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: FLICK Comp GmbH
Windows
Fly through Subspace, build your own ship, and engage in epic battles. Mine asteroids and research new technologies. Uncover the origins of the alien homeworld by solving weekly events in this Co-op PvE MMO.
Why similar: Space 56.1%, RPG 18.4%, Top-Down 13.7%, 2D 6.3%, Action 5.5%
- #21 Gunbot Diplomacy: Blast Off
82% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy SentryPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Splatter slimes, massacre mutants, and assemble your perfect Gunbot! Survive the wasteland in this top-down shooter roguelite by customizing your weapons on the unique upgrade grid, and pick from tons of build-defining modules and wacky bots for a new experience every run. Prologue teaser build.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 75.9%, Combat 9.7%, Action 9.1%, 2D 5.3%
- #22 BossConstructor
84% 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 33.3%, RPG 20.4%, Simulation 12.7%, Futuristic 8.2%, Action 8%
- #23 Chicken Invaders Universe
79% matchVery Positive91% of 3,731 reviews2022
Dev: InterAction studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 37.1%, Space 21.2%, Shooter 12.5%, Futuristic 7.8%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #24 Deuterium Wars
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 602 reviews2019
Dev: Disquire
Windows
Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.
Why similar: RPG 18.9%, PvP 18.6%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Shooter 13.6%
- #25 Jitter
79% 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 31.3% ★, Space 21.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Retro 7.5%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #26 Gangs of Space
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 430 reviews2017
Dev: Little Big MMO
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 281.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Gangs of Space is a massively-multiplayer Rogue Shmup where Gangs of players compete for the conquest of the galaxy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.8%, Space 36.2%, RPG 11.3%, Action 7.6%
- #27 Destination Sol
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!
Why similar: Space 53.3%, RPG 26.7%, Action 9.7%, 2D 6.6%, Multiplayer 3.7%
- #28 Project Entropy
78% matchMixed52% of 220 reviews2024
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Welcome, commander, to Project Entropy- an ultimate Sci-Fi and role-playing game with battles in space. In this immersive MMO experience, you will command alien civilizations, conquer uncharted planets, and build Hero fleets.
Why similar: PvP 48.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Combat 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.5%
- #29 The Infinite Black 2
76% matchVery Positive84% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: SpellbookPub: www.Spellbook.com
Windows
Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.3% ★, Space 18%, Grid-Based Movement 15.5%, PvP 15%, Character Customization 7.8%
- #30 Space Engineers
75% 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 27% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Space 17.8%, PvP 14.4%, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #31 Star Nomad 2
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 158 reviews2015
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Why similar: Space 24.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Space Sim 13.6% ★, RPG 13.1%
- #32 Star Sonata 2
77% matchMixed68% of 289 reviews2020
Dev: Landauer Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 59.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Star Sonata 2 is a space sandbox MMO that combines elements of action, RPG, and empire creation into a truly unique MMO. Explore the sandbox style universe, build persistent bases, construct trade ships, and even fight your way to the top and claim the Emperor’s Throne!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1% ★, Space 21.7%, Sandbox 21.6%, PvP 12.9%, RPG 9.4%
- #33 Space Aces
75% matchMixed63% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: DewEnforcerPub: Space Aces
Windows
Space Aces is an indie space shooter that plunges you into an online universe full of action, strategy, and fierce competition. Step into the cockpit and evolve from a rookie pilot into the most feared Ace in the galaxy!
Why similar: Space 54.7%, PvP 31.5%, Action 13.9%
- #34 PARTICLE MACE
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,371 reviews2015
Dev: Andy Makes
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Action 23.9%, Multiplayer 19.8%, Retro 16.4%, 2D 10%
- #35 CryoFall
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,397 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, PvP 23%, Space 20.6%, Character Customization 14.6%, RPG 10.3%
- #36 Salvagers
73% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Tomasz Banaś
Windows · Linux
In Salvagers, you command a small crew of greedy explorers that land on abandoned space stations that litter the galaxy, and it's your job to loot them for anything worth a credit. Scrap tech, lost weapons, forgotten treasures - everything has a price.
Why similar: Space 29%, RPG 22.4%, Futuristic 20.3%, Retro 10.2%, Action 9.2%
- #37 Tombstone MMO
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Well BucketPub: RedTigerPro
Windows
Tombstone MMO is a western-futuristic, low-res 2D indie MMORPG set in a post-climate-apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.5%, Character Customization 19.5%, Futuristic 13.8%, RPG 13.7%, Top-Down 12.2%
- #38 Barotrauma
71% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Multiplayer 38%, Horror 24.4%, Simulation 17.5%, 2D 12.4%, Action 7.7%
- #39 Rocky Mayhem
73% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: SepSlitherPub: Frederik Holst
Windows
Systems are down and require time to repair, leaving you with a basic gunship with no hopes of escaping an aggressive asteroid event. Will you be able to survive the increasingly difficult 8 minutes to repair the ship's functions and escape? Also discover a variety of genres, all in one game!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 42.5%, Space 18.6%, Shooter 13.4%, Top-Down 9%, Combat 6.5%
- #40 Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters
72% matchVery Positive95% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Pistol Shrimp
Windows · Mac
Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 44.9%, PvP 21.8%, RPG 13.2%, Top-Down 11.4%, 2D 4.7%
- #41 Warspace 2
73% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Game Art
Windows · Mac · Linux
Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Space Sim 22.4% ★, Sandbox 17.7%, Space 15.1%, Shooter 6.9%
- #42 Azulgar: Star Commanders
76% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: SZEINER
Windows
Azulgar: Star Commanders is a Sci-Fi open world sandbox game that puts you in a command of your own custom made space ship. Explore aftermath of the Azulgar event that reshaped the face of the solar system.
Why similar: Space 45.6%, Simulation 20.4%, Sandbox 13.3%, Action 12.8%, RPG 7.9%
- #43 FTL: Faster Than Light
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Space 50.9%, Space Sim 31% ★, Top-Down 8.7%, Simulation 6%, 2D 3.5%
- #44 Iron Armada
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Bluedrake42Pub: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 816.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Iron Armada is a multiplayer, space-faring combat game where players must team up to build a fleet of ships in order to survive the perils of space and defeat the opposing player faction. Build ships of all shapes and sizes, mine resources, and scavenge parts with friends to conquer the universe!
Why similar: Action 43.7%, Space 41.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, 2D 3.7%
- #45 Serious Survivors
68% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Entropy Surfers
Windows
The most EXPLOSIVE roguelike boomer shooter. Fully packed with serious action, wicked humor, and good old bloody fun. Blast hordes of bastards, stack insane perks, and unlock new stuff. Survive…or get shredded trying!.. And try again.
Why similar: Shooter 43.1%, Retro 19.1%, Action 13.2%, Combat 12.3%, Futuristic 12.3%
- #46 Starbase
69% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.8% ★, Sandbox 22.9%, Space 22.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #47 8BitMMO
71% matchMixed60% of 4,325 reviews2015
Dev: Archive Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.9%, PvP 20.2%, RPG 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Retro 9.7%
- #48 Cold Space
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 146 reviews2017
Dev: IdeaX
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Fast team-based one-shot-one-kill shooter. Cold War gave a start for a huge conflict in space. Grab your knife and pistol, turn on your force-field and fight in the name of your motherland. But is it possible to survive for more than ten seconds in this slaughter?
Why similar: Space 27.1%, PvP 22.3%, Action 18%, Character Customization 17.7%, Multiplayer 14.9%
- #49 Project Asteroids
69% matchMixed56% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Serdiuk
Windows
In the vastness of space, you are a lone robot desperately trying to survive. Build, explore, and fight for your life as you face deadly threats in the asteroid belt. This hardcore game shows no mercy—dangers lurk at every step, ready to destroy you at any moment.
Why similar: PvP 28.7%, Multiplayer 25.1%, Space 21.9%, Futuristic 15.3%, Action 9%
- #50 High Entropy: Challenges
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,264 reviews2020
Dev: Álvaro García (binarynonsense)
Windows
Use computers (via GUIs or the command line), unlock doors, crawl through vents, fight enemies head on or find other ways to neutralize or avoid them...
Why similar: Action 38.4%, Combat 25.9%, Multiplayer 19.4%, Horror 16.3%
- #51 Subspace Continuum
69% matchVery Positive88% of 626 reviews2015
Dev: Virgin Interactive EntertainmentPub: Subspace Continuum
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 43.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
THE legendary free online multiplayer space shooter! Addictive, fast-paced, easy to learn, and impossible to master.
Why similar: Space 30.8%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Shooter 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #52 Special Tactics
70% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Beast Mode Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 41.9%, PvP 25.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #53 Territory Control 2
65% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2026
Dev: TFlippy
Windows
A 2D multiplayer sandbox game revolving around industry, innovation, factions, combat and emergent gameplay. Design factories, customize tools and weapons, fight or trade with other players or get viciously murdered by an angry badger.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, RPG 13.4%, Combat 11.6%, Simulation 10.4%
- #54 Space Will
66% matchVery Positive98% of 87 reviews2024
Dev: 张亮002Pub: Aori Games
Windows
Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 39.6%, Space 22.4%, Space Sim 16.7% ★, Combat 9.7%, Action 6%
- #55 1982
67% matchVery Positive93% of 801 reviews2017
Dev: Binary Zoo
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.
Why similar: Retro 38.7%, Shooter 35.1%, Action 15.8%, 2D 10.4%
- #56 Avorion
65% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.6% ★, Sandbox 27.2%, Space 25.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #57 Space Battle Royale
66% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: MultiversalME
Windows
Welcome to cosmic chaos. This non-stop action arcade will test you to see if you are truly worthy of space travel. The full use of 3d space, five classes of weapons, and upgrades based on alien technology and alternative dimensions make for the most competitive and mind-expanding game out there.
Why similar: Space 37%, PvP 28.6%, Shooter 16.3%, Futuristic 11.4%, Action 6.7%
- #58 ANEURISM IV
63% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,833 reviews2025
Dev: Vellocet
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A dystopian simulator where your choices shape a decaying city. Join other players to protect the metropolis from ruin, hasten its downfall, or simply work in the factories. With no set goals or rules, every action has consequences in a world teetering on the brink.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, PvP 25.2%, RPG 13.8%, Shooter 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.5%