- #1 The Alters
96% matchVery Positive90% of 17,894 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Resource Management 20.5%, Management 15.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #2 Dead In Vinland
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,807 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 26.4%, Resource Management 18.3%, RPG 15.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 12%
- #3 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,676 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Futuristic 12.6%, RPG 8.7%
- #4 Dead In Bermuda
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 991 reviews2015
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.
Why similar: Survival 34.5%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 12.2%, RPG 12%, Management 9.9%
- #5 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Resource Management 19.5%, LGBTQ+ 15%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Management 8.7%
- #6 SYMMETRY
94% matchMixed55% of 308 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Why similar: Resource Management 21.3%, Survival 16.7%, Futuristic 12.8%, Management 11%, Simulation 7.6%
- #7 Out There: Oceans of Time
93% matchMixed55% of 234 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Resource Management 22%, Survival 16.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 7.7%
- #8 Stranded: Alien Dawn
91% matchVery Positive84% of 11,085 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Survival 31.3%, Resource Management 16.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Management 10.8%
- #9 Titan Outpost
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: RPG 22.1%, Simulation 21.4%, Survival 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Adventure 11.6%
- #10 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
90% matchVery Positive80% of 4,246 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Strategy 16.7%, Management 15.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Futuristic 12%, Survival 10.4%
- #11 Into the Stars
91% matchMixed41% of 538 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: Survival 32.3%, Simulation 26.9%, Strategy 23.2%, Adventure 9.1%, Space 7.6%
- #12 Terraformers
88% matchVery Positive88% of 3,696 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Resource Management 20.1%, Survival 18.8%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Futuristic 13%, Management 10.8%
- #13 Shortest Trip to Earth
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,434 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Resource Management 22.6%, Survival 19%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #14 The Long Journey Home
89% matchMixed59% of 1,926 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Simulation 21.8%, RPG 20.9%, Strategy 19.4%, Survival 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #15 60 Parsecs!
87% matchVery Positive89% of 4,056 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 34.5%, Management 22.4%, RPG 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Strategy 13.4%
- #16 Sky Caravan
86% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Resource Management 19.8%, Choices Matter 18%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Management 13.4%, RPG 10%
- #17 The Pale Beyond
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,192 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Resource Management 25.7%, Survival 19.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%, Simulation 9%
- #18 Derelict Void
86% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Stirling Games
Windows · Linux
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: Resource Management 37.8%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #19 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.4%, Choices Matter 28.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #20 Out There: Ω Edition
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,720 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Resource Management 29.1%, Survival 19.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.4%, Sci-fi 11%, Strategy 10.5%
- #21 Between the Stars
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,457 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.8 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: RPG 21.9%, Simulation 19.9%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Survival 9.8%
- #22 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Futuristic 22.2%, RPG 18.1%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Tactical 9.6%
- #23 MENACE
79% matchVery Positive91% of 11,938 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, RPG 16.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Tactical 11.5%
- #24 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
81% matchMixed66% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Strategy 45.2%, Aliens 21.7%, Tactical 15.2%, Simulation 6.1%, RPG 5.8%
- #25 Adaptory
79% matchVery Positive80% of 106 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: Resource Management 29.7%, Survival 25%, Simulation 15.1%, Management 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #26 Unclaimed World
83% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
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: Simulation 36%, Strategy 29.7%, Survival 23.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 1.1%
- #27 Into the Void
81% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: Mozg Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !
Why similar: Strategy 34.1%, RPG 22.2%, Adventure 18.3%, Tactical 10.8%, Space 10.1%
- #28 Mercury Fallen
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 316 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Futuristic 17.9%, Management 17.5%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Simulation 11.5%
- #29 Space Haven
74% matchVery Positive86% of 10,816 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 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: Resource Management 24.7%, Survival 22.8%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10.4%
- #30 Stellar Tactics
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,691 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: RPG 33.1%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Tactical 21%, Adventure 11.4%, Space 7.6%
- #31 Star Traders: 4X Empires
80% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: Resource Management 25.8%, Management 20%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 11%
- #32 Star Traders: Frontiers
77% matchVery Positive84% of 3,782 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Management 25.3%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Simulation 18.9%, RPG 16.1%, Strategy 14.8%
- #33 The Captain
76% matchVery Positive93% of 322 reviews2021
Dev: Sysiac GamesPub: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.7%, RPG 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #34 Space Prison
75% matchVery Positive85% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Survival 28.8%, RPG 17.8%, Simulation 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Strategy 15%
- #35 Interstellaria
78% matchMixed56% of 410 reviews2015
Dev: Coldrice Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
Why similar: Management 29.4%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Tactical 16.1%, Space 7.9%
- #36 Ragnorium
76% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Survival 28.2%, Resource Management 25.5%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 Project Tarvotan
77% matchMixed59% of 73 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: Strategy 53.5%, Simulation 37%, Space 8%, Indie 1.5%
- #38 Stellar Orphans
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
"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: Strategy 22.7%, Resource Management 22%, Survival 18.6%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Aliens 7.2%
- #39 Underchoice
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.8%, Choices Matter 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #40 Void War
69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,757 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Resource Management 28.6%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Simulation 8.1%
- #41 Citizen Sleeper
71% matchVery Positive92% of 10,196 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Futuristic 27.5%, RPG 20%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Multiple Endings 14.4%, Adventure 8.2%
- #42 Maia
74% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Management 16.6%, Simulation 16.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%
- #43 Farlanders
70% matchVery Positive91% of 579 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Resource Management 29.7%, Survival 19.1%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%
- #44 Survive the Blackout
73% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Resource Management 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Simulation 11.5%
- #45 The Pegasus Expedition
71% matchMixed63% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.3%, Futuristic 17%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #46 Planet Stronghold
73% matchMixed59% of 117 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.5%, Futuristic 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, RPG 11%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #47 Depth of Extinction
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: RPG 36%, Strategy 32%, Sci-fi 23.8%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #48 Element Space
72% matchMixed55% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Sixth VowelPub: Inca Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, RPG 19.2%, Strategy 18.4%, Tactical 15.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%
- #49 Organs Please
69% matchVery Positive83% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Resource Management 21%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Survival 14%, Management 11%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.5%
- #50 Starcom: Nexus
68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,300 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.4 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: RPG 31.8%, Sci-fi 29.4%, Space 15.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Story Rich 4.5%
- #51 Surviving Ceres
67% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Survival 32%, Management 17.2%, Simulation 17.2%, RPG 12%, Strategy 9%
- #52 Dead Age
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,595 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Survival 32.5%, RPG 24.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 15%, Adventure 8.6%
- #53 Starship Inspector
70% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
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: Strategy 21.2%, Resource Management 17%, RPG 15.1%, Simulation 15.1%, Adventure 12.3%
- #54 Anoxia Station
66% matchVery Positive80% of 207 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Resource Management 31.6%, Survival 26.6%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 11.5%
- #55 IXION
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,356 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Resource Management 29.7%, Survival 25.4%, Strategy 12%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Simulation 8.7%
- #56 Exogate Initiative
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 710 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Resource Management 28.2%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 11%, Tactical 9.7%
- #57 Xenonauts 2
63% matchVery Positive82% of 5,407 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25%, RPG 15.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%
- #58 Trigon: Space Story
67% matchMixed68% of 1,417 reviews2022
Dev: Sernur.techPub: Gameforge 4D GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Resource Management 27.9%, Survival 20.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #59 Terraformental
63% matchVery Positive97% of 327 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Strategy 19.8%, Resource Management 16%, Survival 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Management 12.3%