- #1 Hover Hazard
97% matchMixed57% of 86 reviews2016
Dev: David MulderPub: SA Industry
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
1 - 4 player/s. Navigate your spaceship inside a deadly arena. Dodge bullets, saws and lasers, while avoiding and using other obstacles in your way.
Why similar: Indie 75.9%, Casual 24.1%
- #2 Star Merchant
96% matchMixed66% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
Why similar: Indie 44.7%, Simulation 34.6%, Casual 20.7%
- #3 Infinitum
96% matchMixed81% of 312 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Travel through space. Attend the planets. Gather resources. Find artifacts.
Why similar: Indie 59.7%, Simulation 40.3%
- #4 Galactic Lander
95% matchVery Positive92% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: ZeroByter Games
Windows
Inspired by the classic arcade Lunar Lander game, in Galactic Lander you control a delicate scientific spaceship which you must deliver from point A to point B, either alone, or with a friend in a co-op level, potentially made by the game's own Steam Workshop community!
Why similar: Casual 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #5 Project Tarvotan
94% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
Why similar: Indie 57.1%, Simulation 42.9%
- #6 Terra Lander Remastered
94% matchMixed58% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: DM MediaPub: Funbox Media Ltd
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Navigate the player to the landing pad through twenty increasingly difficult levels within the time limit and with enough fuel.
Why similar: Indie 72.7%, Casual 27.3%
- #7 Now Man Flies
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: Epic FirePub: DNB Media
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Travel on an intergalactic highway in search of new planets!
Why similar: Indie 47%, Simulation 32.2%, Casual 20.9%
- #8 Cosmic Miners
91% 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: Indie 64.6%, Simulation 35.4%
- #9 Cosmic Leap
92% matchMixed68% of 146 reviews2016
Dev: Michael Hall
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Time your jumps from planet to planet, avoid the obstacles thrown in your path and blast off to safety with your rocketship!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #10 Crashed Lander
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2015
Dev: Don WhitakerPub: Brain Blinks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Outwit gravity, race the clock, explore new worlds.Crashed lander is a gravity-based arcade game inspired by classics like Lunar Lander and Space Taxi. You'll pilot your craft from pad to pad trying to beat your best time – then flirt with that fine line between speed and control.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #11 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra Creative
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #12 Arcade Moonlander
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,202 reviews2017
Dev: Daniel Paul GriffinPub: Back Of Nowhere Studios
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Explore space and race against the clock in this retro styled adventure game.
Why similar: Indie 68.6%, Casual 31.4%
- #13 Blackjack In Space
90% matchMixed61% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 16%
Blackjack In Space presents players with a peaceful Blackjack gambling simulation that takes place in outer space! Experience the highs and the lows in real-time as you try to double your money on every single blackjack hand.
Why similar: Indie 45.2%, Simulation 33.9%, Casual 21%
- #14 Cosmic Drift
86% matchVery Positive97% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Shakawah
Windows
Launch rockets into orbit around planets, find a good trajectory, and take risks to increase your score! Play solo, online, or even on Twitch!
Why similar: Simulation 58.3%, Casual 41.7%
- #15 Orbit HD
89% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2015
Dev: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore the cosmos as a comet, orbiting planets with a realistic gravity system and a backdrop of procedurally generated nebulae. Learn to use planetary gravity to your advantage, and relax in the ambience of space.
Why similar: Simulation 41%, Indie 36%, Casual 23%
- #16 Mr Blaster
88% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: ENTERiPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mr Blaster is a higher-level space adventure with an aim to conquest the universe. It’s a way to test strategic playing skills and the precision of shooting. A galactic war over the conquest of a planet and seizing the opponent’s flag
Why similar: Indie 68.3%, Casual 31.7%
- #17 Galactic Landing
87% matchMixed59% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Kobra Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 99%
You in the childhood dreamed to become a pilot? Ever wanted to work at NASA? It's "Galactic Landing"!
Why similar: Indie 45.2%, Simulation 33.9%, Casual 21%
- #18 Space Mechanic Simulator
84% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Indie 42.9%, Simulation 35.2%, Casual 21.9%
- #19 Planet Miner
84% 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: Simulation 69.9%, Indie 30.1%
- #20 Don't Crash
79% matchVery Positive99% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Override Studio
Windows · Mac
Don't Crash is a fast-paced space survival dodging game. Pilot the Argo explorer through shifting cosmic hazards, using speed, sharp turns to escape meteors and storms. Survival depends solely on skill as threats escalate. Push farther, chase higher scores, and seek the hidden Haven Sector.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #21 Final Frontier Story
80% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation
Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Indie 24.8%, Casual 11.5%
- #22 Orbital X
85% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: Filippo Ceffa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
An epic journey through the endless space!
Why similar: Indie 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #23 Galaxy Idle Clicker
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,122 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 333.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Indie 53.1%, Simulation 25.9%, Casual 21%
- #24 Adaptory
77% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Indie 53.2%, Simulation 46.8%
- #25 Unclaimed World
83% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games OÜ
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Simulation 49.5%
- #26 Icarus Starship Command Simulator
81% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Steven Eric Boyette
Windows
In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go supernova and destroy all life. Can you find a way to stop it?
Why similar: Indie 58.2%, Simulation 41.8%
- #27 Mars Colony:Challenger
82% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: HyperKat Games
Windows
Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together.
Why similar: Simulation 57.4%, Indie 42.6%
- #28 Celestial Command
81% 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: Simulation 51.2%, Indie 48.8%
- #29 Vanguard Galaxy
73% 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: Simulation 61.1%, Casual 38.9%
- #30 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Simulation 75.8%, Casual 24.2%
- #31 Universe Horizon
73% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Indie 63.3%, Simulation 30.3%, Casual 6.5%
- #32 Tiny Space Academy
78% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Full Orbit Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.
Why similar: Simulation 39.7%, Indie 36.8%, Casual 23.5%
- #33 orbit.industries
76% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #34 Colony On Mars
79% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 20%
You play as an astronaut in a colony on Mars and you need to upgrade your colony, build new constructions and collect resources
Why similar: Indie 48%, Simulation 31.5%, Casual 20.4%
- #35 Last Horizon
76% matchVery Positive81% of 260 reviews2015
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #36 VOYAGER
71% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: Planetary Gears
Windows · Linux
Come with us now on a journey through music and space... To the world of VOYAGER ◯∘ A minimalist, relaxing & atmospheric experience to chill out to for a while…
Why similar: Simulation 65.8%, Casual 34.2%
- #37 JCB Pioneer: Mars
77% matchMixed42% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: AtomicomPub: GamesCo
Windows
JCB Pioneer: Mars drops you onto the surface of The Red Planet. Your mission: To survive and prepare Mars for future human colonization.
Why similar: Indie 55.9%, Simulation 44.1%
- #38 Lunar Flight
75% matchVery Positive81% of 675 reviews2012
Dev: Shovsoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A modern take on the classic arcade game, Lunar Lander, Lunar Flight extends the experience to a fully fictionalized and accessible lunar module simulator
Why similar: Simulation 57.9%, Indie 42.1%
- #39 Star Trucker
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,997 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #40 The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
71% matchMixed68% of 434 reviews2023
Dev: Supercube
Windows
Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #41 Spaceflight Simulator
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Simulation 65.7%, Indie 34.3%
- #42 Click Space Miner 2
75% matchMostly Negative32% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: PIxelssoftworks
Windows
In Click Space Miner II you take control over a mining company in space. There is a big market, a lot of customers, but therefore also a lot of concurrents so you have to mine fast.
Why similar: Indie 49.2%, Simulation 29%, Casual 21.8%
- #43 Epic Astro Story
70% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!
Why similar: Simulation 57.6%, Casual 33.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #44 Jumpdrive
74% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
Why similar: Indie 57.1%, Simulation 42.9%
- #45 Sector Space
66% 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: Simulation 70.2%, Indie 29.8%
- #46 Space Haven
68% 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: Indie 51.9%, Simulation 48.1%
- #47 Space Docker VR
69% matchVery Positive95% of 149 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Commandos
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
Why similar: Simulation 59.3%, Indie 40.7%
- #48 OESE
72% matchVery Positive84% of 85 reviews2016
Dev: Alec SmithPub: Milo Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
OESE - The space survival game about decisions and consequences.
Why similar: Indie 53.9%, Simulation 26.5%, Casual 19.5%
- #49 Cosmic Dust & Rust
72% matchMixed65% of 563 reviews2016
Dev: 16bit NightsPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Cosmic Dust & Rust is a tower defence game set in space. Upgrade your ship, build turrets and defence systems, undergo side missions and take control of your ship manually and use its cannons and super weapons to destroy your enemies.
Why similar: Casual 62.5%, Indie 37.5%
- #50 Into the Stars
73% 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: Indie 52.3%, Simulation 47.7%
- #51 ROD: Revolt Of Defense
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 546 reviews2016
Dev: Rock Wale
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform. Attack or defend against enemies and save the universe!
Why similar: Indie 54.2%, Simulation 45.8%
- #52 Space Sprouts
63% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Indie 51.4%, Simulation 48.6%
- #53 Learn to Fly 3
66% matchVery Positive95% of 10,991 reviews2017
Dev: Light Bringer Games inc.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Why similar: Indie 44.3%, Simulation 33.9%, Casual 21.8%
- #54 Space Impossible
69% matchVery Positive95% of 141 reviews2016
Dev: Happy Polygon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #55 SPACE ACCIDENT
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 293 reviews2022
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Your hero is Andy Freeman, a technical engineer of the Zeus-M700 spacecraft, sent on an expedition to the satellite of Jupiter to colonize it. However, what is conceived does not always go according to plan…
Why similar: Simulation 59.8%, Indie 28.3%, Casual 11.9%
- #56 helionaut
67% matchVery Positive95% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Why similar: Indie 69.7%, Simulation 30.3%
- #57 Prospector
62% 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: Indie 100%
- #58 Star Nomad
71% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: Indie 100%
