Games Like Deadnaut

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

Why similar: Hacking 17.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Space 13.1%, Difficult 8.2%, Survival 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the terminal-based, remote-controlled exploration of derelict ships found in Deadnaut.

Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.

Why similar: Perma Death 22.5%, Roguelike 10.6%, Character Customization 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Psychological Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct successor to the original, refining the turn-based tactical exploration mechanics.

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: Survival Horror 25.2%, Survival 20.7%, Horror 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Difficult 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a high-tension, claustrophobic survival experience where managing a crew in a dangerous, isolated environment is key.

Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Why similar: Perma Death 18%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Space 10.5%, Survival 10%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the intense, claustrophobic horror of exploring derelict space vessels with limited resources.

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 20.6%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Survival 13.5%, Difficult 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex ship management and survival in a hostile, procedurally generated galaxy.

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 25%, Perma Death 16.6%, Roguelike 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Difficult 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes management of a ship and its crew under constant, procedurally generated threats.

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 22%, Space 18.9%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Difficult 13.8%, Roguelike 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, turn-based tactical extraction game that emphasizes deep management and sci-fi horror.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Space 38.9%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 14%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the station's AI, which mirrors the remote, terminal-based management style of Deadnaut.

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 26.3%, Survival 23.5%, Exploration 22%, Roguelike 19%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers an atmospheric, psychological horror experience set in a strange and isolated space environment.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Perma Death 27.4%, Roguelike 25.9%, Difficult 25.5%, Horror 8.1%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the core loop of managing fragile, stressed-out crew members in dangerous, procedurally generated environments.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.3%, Action Roguelike 23.8%, Horror 18.1%, Perma Death 6.8%, Survival 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: First-person survival horror on a procedurally generated derelict ship where you are constantly hunted.

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 24.2%, Space 17.3%, Perma Death 17%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Strategy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Tactical squad-based combat in a sci-fi setting with roguelike elements and perma-death.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 51.9%, Sci-fi 28.1%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the methodical, dangerous work of dismantling derelict spacecraft in a high-pressure environment.

Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Why similar: Space 26.4%, Perma Death 16.2%, Horror 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy approach to scavenging derelict space vessels with a focus on technical management.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Space 19.1%, Perma Death 16%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, RTS 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, roguelite space exploration game that emphasizes ship and crew management.

UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

Why similar: RTS 42.1%, Survival 29%, Management 28.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the same claustrophobic, high-pressure management of a crew in a confined, dangerous vessel.

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Space 26.5%, Sci-fi 24.3%, Horror 23.4%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric, atmospheric horror game set on a decaying, derelict space station.

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Horror 39.3%, Sci-fi 35%, Exploration 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical exploration and squad management in a dark, horror-filled subterranean environment.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.4%, Horror 18%, Space 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Survival 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience of being hunted through a derelict, atmospheric space station.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.1%, Psychological Horror 21.4%, Horror 19%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Exploration 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply atmospheric sci-fi horror game that explores the psychological toll of isolation and survival.

An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 27%, Roguelike 14.8%, Space 13.8%, Management 13.2%, Perma Death 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on psychological horror and roguelite exploration in the depths of space.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Difficult 18.7%, Space 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Exploration 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Deep, simulation-heavy exploration of derelict ships with a focus on survival, repair, and crew interaction.

DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, Procedural Generation 15%, Survival 13.5%, Psychological Horror 13%, Horror 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural survival game that emphasizes psychological status and environmental hazards.

S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.8%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Space 10%

Why You'll Like It: High-octane, claustrophobic squad-based horror on derelict ships with a focus on tactical movement.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.7%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Horror 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential immersive sim set on a derelict, horror-filled space station.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 42.5%, Psychological Horror 28.6%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Atmospheric 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Classic survival horror with a heavy focus on sci-fi atmosphere and resource management.

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 30.5%, Difficult 27.4%, Roguelike 26.4%, Strategy 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: Strategic, roguelite space combat that emphasizes ship customization and management.

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: Perma Death 23.9%, Space 22.7%, Difficult 14%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Roguelike 10.1%

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 32.5%, Horror 30.7%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Exploration 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, short experience about navigating a derelict environment from within a claustrophobic vessel.

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 44%, Roguelike 16%, Strategy 15.3%, Perma Death 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Strategic space combat and management with roguelite progression and exploration elements.

Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.3%, Procedural Generation 22.6%, Difficult 21.6%, Roguelike 18.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%

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 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Perma Death 15.7%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Survival 9.9%

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 19.6%, Perma Death 16.5%, Space 15.8%, RTS 13.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

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 44.2%, Exploration 20.8%, Roguelike 15.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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 28.8%, Survival 16.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Roguelike 9.8%, Strategy 9.7%

Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31%, Roguelike 24.2%, Horror 19%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Survival Horror 19%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Perma Death 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.2%

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

Why similar: Space 21.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Roguelike 10.4%, Difficult 10.2%

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Survival 17.6%, Horror 12.3%, Strategy 10.1%

Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Why similar: Space 50.8%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Procedural Generation 16.2%, Strategy 9%, Exploration 7%

Ghostship Aftermath takes survival horror to a new level with random events and multiple story-lines. Your survival skills will be put to the test on a huge open-world military spacecraft with limited light and oxygen as you struggle to discover what happened, and fight to stay alive!

Why similar: Horror 41.2%, Survival 35.8%, Sci-fi 23%

Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.

Why similar: Space 29.1%, Procedural Generation 24.7%, Horror 19%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Strategy 11%

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: Perma Death 16.9%, Space 16.4%, Difficult 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Survival 9.9%

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: Action Roguelike 28.8%, RTS 25.6%, Space 20.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.1%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Space 17.9%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Roguelike 11.7%

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.7%, Space 16.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Survival 9%, Difficult 8.1%

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 38.3%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 2.5%

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: Space 64.1%, Strategy 25.8%, Exploration 10.1%

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 38.9%, Strategy 23.4%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Roguelike 16.3%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.

Why similar: Strategy 20.5%, Space 20.5%, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelike 17.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%

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: Perma Death 22.3%, Space 21.8%, Strategy 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.8%

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: Space 29.9%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Roguelike 14.8%, Perma Death 12.8%, Sci-fi 12%

In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi. Can you help the colonists survive, or will they be doomed to roam the endless void of space forever?

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.9%, Space 16.6%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Difficult 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 16%, Space 14.1%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Survival 10.3%

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: Perma Death 21.1%, Space 20.5%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Roguelike 11.3%

Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

Why similar: Difficult 30%, Strategy 19.7%, Roguelike 18.3%, Sci-fi 17%, Atmospheric 7.7%

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where you explore the galaxy, face hostile aliens, and upgrade your starship. It will take adaptability and strategic thinking to survive and uncover the secret your enemies want to keep hidden.

Why similar: Space 23%, Perma Death 20.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Procedural Generation 12.1%

Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.5%, Space 18.1%, Procedural Generation 15%, Survival 14.1%, Horror 13.1%