
A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.
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A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.

Space Supermarket Simulator
Run your own supermarket in outer space. Keep shelves stocked and nicely organized. Supply your store with drone delivery. Will you take the duty of running a space supermarket?

Cosmonautica
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Run your own supermarket in outer space. Keep shelves stocked and nicely organized. Supply your store with drone delivery. Will you take the duty of running a space supermarket?
Why similar: Trading 24.2% ★, Space Sim 22% ★, Economy 13.2%, Space 10.3%, Time Management 8.8%
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.7% ★, Trading 22.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, Economy 10.1%, Space 7.8%
Physics-based space trucking sandbox where you fly delivery routes, balance thrust and fuel, repair systems mid-flight, and take on higher-risk jobs for bigger payouts.
Why similar: Transportation 36.1% ★, Space Sim 31.8% ★, Economy 8.7%, Sandbox 7%, Space 5.8%
Manage your very own space station in this Tycoon game. Sell fuel and repairs to the visitors. Manufacture and research new ways to defend your business and make more money while balancing your relations towards other factions. Survive against all odds.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.5% ★, Time Management 18.9%, Trading 14.7% ★, Economy 11.8%, Capitalism 10.3%
Tame spinning asteroids with harpoons and thrusters. Mine them for profit. Upgrade your ship. A physics sandbox where every rock fights back.
Why similar: Space Sim 26% ★, Mining 20.3% ★, Trading 17.4% ★, Economy 10.6%, Sandbox 7%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.5% ★, Space 14.4%, Trading 13.4% ★, Exploration 6.4%, Simulation 6.4%
Become spacefaring merchant in a galaxy filled with diverse planets, each with its own economy, resources, and challenges. Amass wealth and reputation by trading goods, negotiating with factions, and navigating the intricacies of interstellar commerce.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9% ★, Trading 21.3% ★, Economy 11.5%, Capitalism 10.6%, Space 8.6%
Amidst powerful alien empires, you are among the first humans in this corner of the procedurally generated galaxy. Trade and explore. With no combat, your success hinges on mastering complex alien economies and navigating intricate politics. Can you carve out a place for humanity in the cosmos?
Why similar: Trading 32.5% ★, Transportation 27.3% ★, Space Sim 13.6% ★, Economy 9.1%, Space 7%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.5% ★, Trading 21.1% ★, Mining 16% ★, Economy 8.5%, Space 7.8%
Cattle Hyperdrive is a space trucking open world game that takes place across the solar system.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Transportation 22.2% ★, Trading 16% ★, Economy 10.5%, Capitalism 10.5%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Trading 26.3% ★, Space Sim 17.4% ★, Space 15.6%, Transportation 12.8% ★, Economy 10.5%
Transport/ trade, build and combat your way to become the legendary Tycoon Tai-pan in this sci-fi/ cyberpunk themed space adventure. Grow your empire, design & build spaceships to deliver your cargo across the galaxy! Bring back the luxury liners & explore the cosmos in style.
Why similar: Transportation 31.9% ★, Space Sim 26.1% ★, Trading 23.1% ★, Economy 7.3%, Space 6.1%
Shape the Galactic Arms Race. As CEO of a private space arms company, design modular ships, research breakthrough tech, and win faction tenders. Outmaneuver rivals in prototype races and make critical choices that make every playthrough unique, from a startup to galactic dominance.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9% ★, Trading 20.8% ★, Economy 13.6%, Capitalism 11.6%, Space 6.6%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Trading 24.4% ★, Economy 12.6%, Space 8.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Transportation 26.1% ★, Space Sim 23.5% ★, Trading 18.6% ★, Economy 11.9%, Space 7.7%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2% ★, Trading 20% ★, Mining 19.4% ★, Space 7.2%, Sandbox 6.9%
Create a Company, Build structures, Collect Resources, Make Investments and Speculate on Assets. Carefully manage your Workforce, Finances, Resources, Shareholders, BOD & Political Partnerships.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9% ★, Trading 18.8% ★, Diplomacy 16.5% ★, Economy 10.7%, Capitalism 8.9%
A fast paced cooperative game where hippos run a growing space depot. Race against the clock to Scan, inspect, and ship the right materials using drones. Try to keep up. Other hipponauts such as yourself are relying on you.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.2% ★, Time Management 19.7%, Space 12.1%, Economy 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2% ★, Trading 21.4% ★, Space 14.8%, Mining 11.4% ★, Sandbox 11.1%
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2% ★, Trading 23.6% ★, Space 16%, Economy 10.5%, Simulation 8.7%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.7% ★, Trading 20.4% ★, Space 20.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Economy 8.2%
Take the helm of a cutting-edge space agency with the mission to explore and exploit the Solar system. Realize the historical, and futuristic mission to establish humanity as the Interplanetary species.
Why similar: Transportation 32.5% ★, Space Sim 24.2% ★, Trading 22% ★, Exploration 5.9%, Management 5.5%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.2% ★, Mining 21.1% ★, Space 19.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Simulation 6.6%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.2% ★, Space 18.2%, Trading 13.9% ★, Economy 12.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.9% ★, Trading 21.3% ★, Space 18.5%, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 7.2%
Orbital Traffic Controller is a sci-fi spaceship management game set in the Solar System. Become an interstellar traffic controller, directing vessels from planetary holding patterns and warp gates to atmospheric reentry, all while avoiding collisions with other spacecraft and planetary bodies.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Transportation 29.5% ★, Time Management 14.5%, Space 6.6%, Simulation 5.7%
Weird Wormholes is a casual game about traveling through wormholes to try and get back home. Use your ship to mine planets for resources and process these resources into components to enable your travels.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.6% ★, Mining 16% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Economy 10.3%, Exploration 8.3%
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3% ★, Trading 27.5% ★, Space 13.1%, Mining 12.5% ★, Exploration 5.5%
A casual airline management game set on Earth and Mars. Supports singleplayer and Steam co-op.
Why similar: Transportation 35.4% ★, Time Management 19.5%, Diplomacy 15.8% ★, Economy 12.3%, Sandbox 7.8%
Galactic Merchant is sci-fi business simulator (a.k.a space tycoon game). Starting from single ship startup you can grow it to intergalactic monopoly. To do so, you could trade, mine, produce goods, smuggle, rob, give bribes, engage in politics, save planets and use many other options.
Why similar: Trading 31.2% ★, Space Sim 29.1% ★, Economy 12.7%, Space 10.5%, Management 7%
Planet collecting game in which you can discover OVER 300 unique planets to build your OWN star systems. A perfect desktop companion where you can engage autopilot for idle travel or pilot the spaceship yourself.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.7% ★, Transportation 22.3% ★, Time Management 18.5%, Economy 12.3%, Space 8.2%
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.5% ★, Mining 21.3% ★, Trading 21.2% ★, Space 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.7%
Star Life is a space sandbox RPG where you start on a planet and carve your own path. Develop skills through "learn by doing," influence dynamic economies, schedule your life with the "Life Planner," and face the challenges of space. Balance risk and survival in a universe shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9% ★, Trading 21.2% ★, Economy 13.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Capitalism 7.9%
See the galaxy through the eyes of a trader. Hundreds of years after humanity took to the stars, you're free to buy, fight, explore, and build your way to power. Shape economies, form alliances, and influence the systems that control trade, tech, and politics.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9% ★, Trading 28.5% ★, Economy 13.5%, Space 11.3%, Simulation 5%
An in-depth space and economy simulation meets simple twin-stick controls. Iskhaari people have been exiled by the Khanid Emperor to a contested region of the galaxy. Through the means of military, economy and politics conquer this region for the House of Iskhaar.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.9% ★, Trading 24.2% ★, Economy 12.8%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
Design and build an interstellar mining fleet to strip space of its invaluable minerals, and sell them for a tidy profit. But beware. Your greed will attract the alien. Use warships and defense platforms to protect your fleet at all costs - in real space, in real time.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2% ★, Trading 20.8% ★, Mining 15.6% ★, Economy 11.1%, Space 7.6%
Haul Cargo in Space! Manage placement of modules and make builds for fighting pirates. Explore and finish missions to uncover the secrets and mysteries of this universe.
Why similar: Transportation 40.7% ★, Space Sim 30.9% ★, Space 11.7%, Exploration 7.1%, Management 5.3%
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Mining 20.2% ★, Space 10.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 7.5%
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Trading 23.2% ★, Economy 12%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 7.6%
Hire companions, master trade routes and build relationships as you forge a path of trade through the medieval world in Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune - a colourful trading sim that uses real history to present you with a view of the life of a medieval merchant in the times of Marco Polo.
Why similar: Transportation 28.4% ★, Trading 23.8% ★, Economy 10.7%, Capitalism 10.3%, Sandbox 6.4%
Become a global player and experience the thrill of making a company internationally successful! Enter new markets, develop smart strategies, and grow your business into a world leader – all while facing exciting challenges and tough competition!
Why similar: Transportation 32.2% ★, Time Management 18%, Trading 15.7% ★, Economy 8.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.7% ★, Trading 27.6% ★, Space 10.5%, Nonlinear 8%, Choices Matter 7.4%
Steam & Steel — Railway Tycoon puts you at the helm of a dieselpunk railway empire. Manage stations, locomotives, and resources, then dive into real-time simulation with dynamic maps, evolving fleets, and strategic decisions that shape your network’s rise.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.4% ★, Time Management 16.1%, Trading 12.1% ★, Sandbox 10%, Transportation 9.1% ★
So, you’re the new Boss? Seems like every year I get a new entrepreneur to babysit. It takes more than dreams to build a skyscraper! You need to track stocks, utilities, prestige—ah who am I kidding? You're rich, you can do whatever you want. Go on, build rockets into it like the last clown did.
Why similar: Transportation 31.6% ★, Trading 19.9% ★, Time Management 16.2%, Economy 13%, Sandbox 8.8%
Survive the void in Null Hørizøn. Trade, fight, and explore a retro-futuristic 3D galaxy with 2D sprites. Upgrade your ship, smuggle goods, and travel across the universe. Tactical Real-Time combat meets Grid-based exploration in this atmospheric space sim. The Null Hørizøn calls, Captain.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.7% ★, Economy 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Exploration 8.2%, Space 8%
This is a Sky Island simulation game. To prevent your Sky Island from falling, you need a large amount of float stones to maintain the production of float energy. Trade, missions, robbery—do whatever it takes to survive...
Why similar: Space Sim 36.1% ★, Trading 23.6% ★, Time Management 19%, Survival 7.1%, Exploration 5.9%
Survive against a relentless horde in a single-player space sandbox blending factory automation, RTS combat, and deep RPG progression. Pilot humanity's last ark, the Mothership, on a desperate mission back in time to build a fleet powerful enough to change the destiny of the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.5% ★, Trading 26.1% ★, Economy 14.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Management 6.4%
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: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Time Management 19.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Space 8.1%, Nonlinear 7.8%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.5% ★, Trading 24.9% ★, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 8.2%, Exploration 7.6%
Galactic Pit Stop Simulator is a cooperative space management game for 1–4 players. Run a fuel station in deep space, trade goods in your market and hangar, and refuel incoming ships while working together to keep the station thriving.
Why similar: Space Sim 49.2% ★, Economy 15.9%, Simulation 9.7%, Space 8.4%, Trading 8.2% ★
Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1% ★, Transportation 24.2% ★, Mining 21.9% ★, Time Management 14.2%, Management 4.5%
Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.1% ★, Trading 25.3% ★, Mining 22.2% ★, Space 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%
You've just bought your first Pub. First steps are to clean it, stock it, set your markup and let in the Patrons. Keep the drinks flowing and try not to shortchange anyone! If you keep it going long enough you might just earn enough to spruce up the place, hire staff and expand the premises.
Why similar: Trading 28.7% ★, Time Management 20.2%, Economy 16.1%, Capitalism 14.4%, Management 7.3%
Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using Newtonian orbital mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Transportation 31.6% ★, Space 8.9%, Sandbox 8.4%, Management 5.4%
A space-taxi-sim / open-world-RPG with a seamless transition between planetary and in-space flight set in a large galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.6% ★, Transportation 35.5% ★, Exploration 7.6%, Space 6.6%, Character Customization 4.4%
Tycoon of transport, 500 years ago, with real historical events. Build trade routes, boost cities and mines, invest in real companies, lend money to emperors, invest in voyages.
Why similar: Transportation 40.5% ★, Diplomacy 18.6% ★, Trading 13.8% ★, Economy 12%, Simulation 6.2%
A cozy space-trucking game about hauling cargo, docking at industrial stations, and cruising between planets at your own pace. Take on delivery contracts, manage your ship, and enjoy the quiet life of an interstellar transport pilot.
Why similar: Space Sim 59.1% ★, Trading 24.2% ★, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Our goal is to depict the possibilities of space exploration & combat within a realistic environment- to emphasize the "science" in science-fiction. Key features to include: proper orbital mechanics for all objects in space, detailed ship system control, functionality, inter-dependency & damage reaction.
Why similar: Space Sim 74.8% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Space 11.9%
Fairspace is an amateur developed open-ended space exploration, trading and combat game. A full and rich persistent universe awaits your discovery.
Why similar: Space Sim 38% ★, Mining 22.4% ★, Space 9.5%, Economy 8.9%, Exploration 6.4%
This is a game set in space and focused on trade of resources between spaceships and space stations.
Why similar: Transportation 40.9% ★, Space Sim 31.9% ★, Space 9.7%, Nonlinear 5.9%, Exploration 5.3%