Games Like Drifter Star: Evolution

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Why similar: Space 49.6%, Physics 13.7%, Relaxing 11.1%, Casual 7.6%, Space Sim 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive game for growing from a small asteroid into a massive star system by consuming surrounding matter.

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax - good things come to those who wait.

Why similar: Physics 27.8%, Relaxing 20.6%, Space 15.8%, Casual 15.7%, Indie 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar physics-based consumption mechanic where you must absorb smaller entities to grow while avoiding larger threats.

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: Space 28.8%, Physics 17.7%, Relaxing 10.7%, Space Sim 9.3%, Flight 9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply atmospheric and physics-based space exploration experience that feels as relaxing as it is grand.

Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

Why similar: Space 33.2%, Physics 20.2%, Relaxing 12%, Space Sim 11.8%, Open World 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the physics of space, allowing you to manipulate celestial bodies and observe the consequences of cosmic growth.

Microcosmum: survival of cells. Join the wonderful and amazing world of microorganisms.

Why similar: Space 41%, Relaxing 20.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Realistic 11%, Casual 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game shares the core loop of consuming smaller organisms to evolve and dominate the environment.

Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.

Why similar: Space 32.8%, Physics 20.6%, Relaxing 11.9%, Space Sim 10.6%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes gravity and physics-based movement to create a relaxing, space-themed experience.

Experience the celebrated strategy gameplay of Eufloria HD. Conquer asteroids in space and use their resources to grow floral creatures that do your bidding. Expand your empire and fight against several teams of AI opponents that all vie for the same resources and can offer fierce opposition.

Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, Relaxing 32.5%, Indie 14.4%, Casual 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric strategy game focused on growth, expansion, and managing resources across space.

Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

Why similar: Space 59.4%, Open World 14.1%, Casual 10.8%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate evolutionary experience, allowing you to grow from a single-celled organism into a galactic civilization.

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Why similar: Space 51.8%, Space Sim 13.7%, Open World 8.7%, RPG 7.9%, Exploration 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes exploration and ship evolution in a vast, mysterious galaxy, mirroring the adventure aspects of the seed game.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: Relaxing 29.6%, Casual 17.9%, RPG 13.6%, Open World 13.5%, Indie 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the same sense of cosmic scale and the ability to inhabit and grow as various objects in the universe.

Bigger. Better. Tastier.

Why similar: Casual 87.3%, Singleplayer 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted take on the growth mechanic where you play as a creature that devours everything in its path to become larger.

Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

Why similar: Space 57.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Space Sim 8.8%, RPG 8.6%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This space simulation focuses on physics-based ship building and strategy, capturing the technical side of space survival.

Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

Why similar: Space 54.9%, Physics 11.8%, Space Sim 10.9%, Indie 8.7%, Adventure 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep ship-building mechanics that allow you to evolve your craft from a simple vessel into a massive space station.

A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!

Why similar: Space 38.5%, RPG 11.2%, Roguelike 10.9%, Relaxing 10%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A poetic and relaxing space exploration game that emphasizes the journey and discovery over intense combat.

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 45.8%, Space Sim 12%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: It blends space combat with RPG decision-making, offering a narrative-driven experience in a dangerous galaxy.

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 45.4%, Strategy 16.6%, RPG 14.4%, Roguelike 8.9%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines space exploration with RPG elements and physics-based landing, requiring careful management of your resources.

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: Space 58.2%, RPG 10.3%, Space Sim 9.5%, Open World 6.2%, Exploration 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strong space RPG that focuses on exploration, research, and expanding your ship's capabilities through discovery.

SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

Why similar: Space 60.9%, Casual 18.3%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: An experimental incremental game that uses space-themed growth mechanics to tell a unique narrative.

Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.

Why similar: Space 40%, Physics 26.3%, Space Sim 13.3%, Casual 7.9%, Exploration 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based space simulation that makes the complexities of space travel accessible and fun.

Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

Why similar: Space 62.5%, Space Sim 9.8%, Open World 8%, RPG 7.8%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a grand sense of scale in space with action-oriented combat and exploration in a vast, procedurally generated universe.

Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!

Why similar: Space 62%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Open World 9.2%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based RPG that features open-world exploration and ship customization, fitting the adventure themes of the seed game.

Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.

Why similar: Relaxing 48.3%, Strategy 26.4%, Indie 21.2%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the scientific side of evolution, allowing you to observe and influence the development of life forms.

Explore the cosmos as a comet, orbiting planets with a realistic gravity system and a backdrop of procedurally generated nebulae. Learn to use planetary gravity to your advantage, and relax in the ambience of space.

Why similar: Space 34.5%, Physics 22%, Relaxing 12.2%, Space Sim 10.6%, Realistic 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the relaxing, rhythmic nature of orbital mechanics and physics-based puzzle solving.

Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

Why similar: Space 38%, Physics 23.2%, Space Sim 11.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Realistic 7.6%

Darwin’s Demons is an arcade style space shooter in which you battle a population of evolving aliens. The alien’s morphology, fire type, and behaviors are all encoded by a digital genome. The aliens that are best able to shoot or evade you reproduce to make the next generation.

Why similar: Casual 53.8%, Indie 46.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique shooter that incorporates evolutionary algorithms, forcing you to adapt to enemies that evolve based on your performance.

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 53.4%, Strategy 19.3%, RPG 10.1%, Adventure 8.2%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy-RPG hybrid focuses on managing a fleet and surviving in a hostile space environment.

Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.

Why similar: Space 62.3%, Space Sim 17.1%, RPG 7.4%, Open World 7.1%, Exploration 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space-sim that emphasizes exploration and upgrading your ship to survive increasingly difficult cosmic encounters.

Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat. Travel from star to star, upgrade your ship with new systems and weapons, build up your flotilla with allies and mercenaries, and take on a variety of alien menaces.

Why similar: Space 58.9%, Adventure 22%, Indie 19.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike space exploration game that focuses on discovery and adapting your ship to survive the unknown.

Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Why similar: Space 58.5%, RPG 17.2%, Open World 10.6%, Indie 8.4%, Roguelike 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play space RPG that emphasizes exploration and ship-to-ship combat in a vibrant, open-world setting.

Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.

Why similar: Open World 25.5%, Indie 18.9%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 15.1%, Realistic 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on crafting and automation, allowing you to evolve your base and technology over time.

A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!

Why similar: Space 47%, Relaxing 20.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Casual 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

A relaxing strategy game featuring unconventional gameplay. Your objectives include development, evolution, border expansion and protection of your hive.

Why similar: Space 20.8%, Strategy 16.1%, RPG 13.5%, Physics 13.3%, Casual 9.8%

Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!

Why similar: Space 41.4%, Space Sim 27%, Casual 10.9%, Adventure 9.1%, 3D 6.4%

Dangerous is an epic 3D open and living world space combat RPG sandbox with an immersive and riveting story. Are you the feared war criminal who will destroy all life or the savior of the universe? Gather your wingmen and travel the galaxy in search of answers.

Why similar: Space 35.1%, Strategy 16.4%, RPG 15%, Space Sim 10.7%, Indie 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This indie space-sim offers a mix of RPG progression and strategic combat in a persistent, open universe.

How To Grow a Black Hole is about... well... how to grow a black hole. Manage your black hole, feed it to gain mass, and prevent catastrophic collapses. Compete globally or against your friends to achieve the biggest black hole. Maybe you'll be #1.

Why similar: Space 44.5%, Physics 20.2%, Casual 18.6%, Realistic 11.5%, Indie 4.3%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 56.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Space Sim 8.6%, Adventure 6.4%, Indie 6.1%

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: Space 58.7%, Strategy 19%, Roguelike 8.7%, Indie 7.7%, Adventure 6%

Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.

Why similar: Space 57.5%, RPG 16.6%, Space Sim 13.6%, Indie 7.9%, Exploration 4.4%

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

Why similar: Space 25.6%, Strategy 23.1%, Casual 13.8%, Indie 12.3%, Roguelike 11.9%

A rock's solar system odyssey.

Why similar: Space Sim 17.8%, Casual 13.8%, 3D Platformer 13.7%, Physics 11.3%, Flight 8.5%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.

Why similar: Space 28.6%, Physics 18.7%, Relaxing 14.6%, Flight 11.5%, Third Person 5.9%

Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

Why similar: Space 28.2%, Physics 25.8%, Relaxing 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Flight 9.4%

Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.

Why similar: Space 31.9%, Physics 21.4%, Space Sim 12.9%, Relaxing 12.7%, Open World 6.9%

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: Space 31.5%, Strategy 20.5%, RPG 11.8%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 9.2%

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Why similar: Space 63%, Open World 10.4%, Space Sim 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Third Person 3.7%

STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown!Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story.

Why similar: Space 40.8%, RPG 21.6%, Indie 11.3%, Adventure 10.2%, Casual 9.5%

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

Why similar: Space 36.7%, Space Sim 12.5%, Relaxing 10.8%, Open World 9.3%, Flight 9%

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 60.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Roguelike 12.1%, Indie 5.2%, Open World 3%

Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.

Why similar: Space 32.2%, Space Sim 17%, Flight 12.8%, RPG 11.9%, Open World 8.2%

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: Space 39.1%, Space Sim 18.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Flight 10.3%, Open World 9.8%

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Space 46.2%, Flight 10.6%, Open World 9.3%, RPG 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%

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 68.9%, Space Sim 16.1%, Open World 8%, Indie 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Why similar: Space 49%, Space Sim 12%, Strategy 11.7%, Open World 6.9%, Casual 6.3%

Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes.

Why similar: Space 39.1%, Strategy 19.9%, RPG 16.8%, Space Sim 14.4%, Indie 9.7%

Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.

Why similar: Space 56%, Strategy 14.6%, Casual 9.6%, Relaxing 8.3%, Exploration 6.4%

Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

Why similar: Space 59.8%, Roguelike 19.9%, Casual 11.2%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Come with us now on a journey through music and space... To the world of VOYAGER ◯∘ A minimalist, relaxing & atmospheric experience to chill out to for a while…

Why similar: Space 35.4%, Physics 21%, Space Sim 14.5%, Relaxing 13.2%, Casual 5.8%

Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!

Why similar: Space 42.7%, 3D Platformer 15.6%, Relaxing 13.4%, Surreal 10.2%, Casual 6.3%

A Cosmic twist on a Suika-style game with space gravity. Help our little friend Sputnik on his journey to become the Sun.

Why similar: Space 24.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Space Sim 18.2%, Casual 15.4%, Physics 13.4%

Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!

Why similar: Space 63%, RPG 13.1%, Strategy 13%, Open World 5.5%, Adventure 5%