Games Like Crying Suns

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: Real-Time with Pause 20.1% ★, Space 18.2%, Roguelike 13.6%, Perma Death 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential space roguelite that shares the core ship-management and tactical decision-making loop found in Crying Suns.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.3% ★, Space 12.9%, Perma Death 11.9%, Roguelike 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to FTL that features deep ship customization and tactical combat in a procedurally generated galaxy.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Space 21.1%, Roguelite 16.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Tactical 12.2%, Roguelike 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on resource management and crew survival during a dangerous journey across a hostile, procedurally generated universe.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 45.2%, Strategy 26%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Indie 6.8%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art aesthetics with base management and turn-based tactical space combat against an encroaching alien threat.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Space 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the lonely, atmospheric dread of exploring derelict space vessels through a unique, command-line-driven tactical interface.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Strategy 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven roguelite that mirrors the 'journey across a dangerous land' feel of Crying Suns, albeit set on a post-apocalyptic planet.

Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Why similar: Roguelite 18.3%, Roguelike 16.7%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Tactical 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features stunning pixel art and a complex, turn-based tactical combat system that rewards strategic planning and character synergy.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 20.6%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 11.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: An intense resource-management game that emphasizes the narrative weight of space exploration and the fragility of your vessel.

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Why similar: Space 24%, Strategy 19.4%, Roguelite 17.1%, Roguelike 11.8%, Tactical 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike with a distinct comic-book art style that focuses on scavenging derelict ships and managing a crew.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.8% ★, Space 17%, Roguelike 9.9%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Roguelite 8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down space roguelike that gives you creative freedom to infiltrate ships and complete missions using varied gadgets.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 27.2%, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward space strategy game that focuses on fleet composition and real-time tactical encounters.

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: Real-Time with Pause 38.5% ★, Space 20%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for intricate ship design and tactical combat, perfect for players who love the fleet-management aspect of Crying Suns.

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 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Resource Management 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep simulation experience where you manage a crew and build a ship to survive in a harsh, procedurally generated galaxy.

BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX

Why similar: Space 19.5%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, RTS 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Roguelike 10%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space strategy game where you command a small fleet and make difficult choices to survive a long journey.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Strategy 17.6%, Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Tactical 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: While not space-themed, it offers the gold standard for grid-based tactical roguelite combat where every move is a high-stakes decision.

Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.

Why similar: RTS 15%, Perma Death 13.5%, Space 13.2%, Roguelite 11.5%, Tactical 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative mix of RTS and roguelite mechanics that focuses on building and commanding units in fast-paced tactical battles.

Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

Why similar: Roguelite 20.9%, Tactical 17.2%, Procedural Generation 16.1%, Roguelike 16%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that excels at procedural storytelling and tactical combat in a beautifully rendered pixel-art style.

Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...

Why similar: Space 30.8%, Strategy 23.4%, RTS 22.3%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space RTS that focuses on managing a small fleet of ships while fleeing from a superior enemy force.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Perma Death 17%, Space 16.3%, Tactical 14%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Roguelike 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, turn-based extraction roguelike that requires careful resource management and tactical planning to survive.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Space 29.9%, Roguelike 25.2%, Story Rich 18.7%, Dark 15.3%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy exploration game that excels at world-building and the feeling of being a small ship captain in a vast, dangerous void.

MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Why similar: Tactical 29.9%, Strategy 25.8%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, narrative-rich tactical experience with a focus on managing specialized units in a dark, sci-fi setting.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Roguelike 22%, Space 13.4%, Tactical 12.7%, Strategy 12%, Perma Death 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based roguelike that emphasizes squad management and positioning within claustrophobic ship environments.

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.4% ★, Space 18.9%, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 16.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game that challenges you to build fleets to combat fluid-like enemy entities in space.

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Space 34.3%, Strategy 18.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A space exploration game that focuses on the difficulty of navigating a ship and the impact of your choices on the crew.

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.3% ★, Space 12.7%, Perma Death 12%, Roguelite 9.7%, Procedural Generation 7%

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: Real-Time with Pause 24.6% ★, Space 20.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Roguelite 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action and strategy as you command a ship through a hostile galaxy, focusing on combat and ship upgrades.

Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.

Why similar: RTS 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Space 13.4%, Tactical 12%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a starship crew and tactical combat in a colorful, isometric space environment.

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Space 14.8%, RTS 14.4%, Perma Death 13.8%, Roguelite 12.5%

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: Space 51.9%, Roguelite 16.5%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Roguelike 8.3%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A space roguelite that leans more into action-oriented combat while maintaining the core loop of upgrading your ship between runs.

Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

Why similar: Roguelite 22.4%, Space 22.3%, Resource Management 16.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space-themed roguelite that emphasizes resource management and survival while exploring abandoned sectors.

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Roguelite 15%, Space 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Tactical 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical roguelite that focuses on squad-based combat and exploration in a challenging, sci-fi setting.

Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.

Why similar: Space 17.4%, Tactical 15.9%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!

Why similar: Space 21.1%, Roguelike 18.9%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Tactical 14.7%, Strategy 12.8%

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: Space 35.6%, RTS 28.8%, Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A story-driven space RTS that captures the scale of fleet warfare and the importance of tactical positioning.

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Space 16.6%, Tactical 14%, Roguelite 13.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Roguelike 11.3%

This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Space 18.8%, Roguelite 15.6%, Perma Death 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Roguelike 9.2%

Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.9% ★, Perma Death 10.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Roguelite 10%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.8% ★, Space 11.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Perma Death 10.7%, Roguelite 10.4%

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 28.7%, Tactical 18%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.8%, Tactical 26.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Indie 5.5%

Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.

Why similar: Space 20.5%, Roguelike 17.6%, Roguelite 17.1%, Perma Death 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.5%

A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

Why similar: Space 17.6%, Perma Death 16.2%, Roguelite 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13%, Sci-fi 11.4%

A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!

Why similar: RTS 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Roguelite 14.9%, Roguelike 14.5%, Strategy 11.4%

From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Why similar: Space 30.4%, Real-Time with Pause 26.4% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Tactical 8.1%

A space tactics extraction roguelite. Explore space, pick fights, collect loot, then escape. Upgrade and unlock new ships to strengthen your fleet and face tougher foes.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.9%, Roguelite 21.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Roguelike 13.7%, Tactical 12.2%

"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

Why similar: Strategy 29.5%, RTS 20.8%, Space 19.3%, Real-Time with Pause 10.4% ★, Sci-fi 8.1%

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 21.2%, Perma Death 14.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 34.9% ★, RTS 13.5%, Perma Death 12.2%, Roguelite 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Space 27.1%, Tactical 21.7%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Roguelite 17.9%, Space 15.1%, Roguelike 13%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Procedural Generation 12.1%

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Perma Death 17.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Tactical 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.5%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Space 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.5%, Tactical 17.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Perma Death 19.9%, Space 17.3%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelite 15.8%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Space 39.5%, Resource Management 20.9%, Strategy 15.2%, RTS 8.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%

Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.

Why similar: Space 25.3%, Strategy 19.6%, Tactical 18%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Procedural Generation 11.6%

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: Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Space 14.2%, Roguelite 14%, Resource Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 12%

"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"

Why similar: Space 21.7%, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%

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 44.2%, Strategy 15%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Roguelike 6.2%

Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.

Why similar: Strategy 24.9%, Space 21.8%, Tactical 15.3%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Roguelike 12.8%

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Why similar: Space 38%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Strategy 19.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, 2D 8.1%