- #1 Exo One
97% matchVery Positive90% of 5,125 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1% ★, Flight 21.1%, Space 17.3%, Exploration 7.2%, Mystery 6.8%
- #2 Starcom: Nexus
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Space 39.2%, Space Sim 24.8% ★, Sci-fi 13.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 4.6%
- #3 Exo One: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive94% of 741 reviews2020
Dev: Exbleative
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 11%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time. This is the prologue for Exo One.
Why similar: Flight 27.5%, Space 17.5%, Mystery 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Space Sim 10.4% ★
- #4 Elite Dangerous
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.8% ★, Space 26.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Exploration 8.1%, Simulation 6%
- #5 ALONE IN SPACE
95% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 31.9%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #6 Star Explorers
94% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.8% ★, Space 20.5%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Exploration 7.2%
- #7 Between the Stars
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 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: Space Sim 30.3% ★, Space 29.9%, Simulation 9%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Flight 7.8%
- #8 Rodina
93% matchVery Positive93% of 1,329 reviews2014
Dev: Elliptic Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!
Why similar: Space 36.4%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Exploration 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Procedural Generation 4.1%
- #9 Flight Of Nova
91% matchVery Positive94% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.9% ★, Flight 26.3%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Simulation 7.2%
- #10 Evochron Legacy SE
91% matchVery Positive83% of 440 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 39% ★, Space 22.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 9.2%, Simulation 8.3%
- #11 Deliver Us The Moon
90% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 27.8%, Space Sim 16.8% ★, Sci-fi 11%, Adventure 9%, Mystery 7.3%
- #12 EVERSPACE™
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,373 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
Why similar: Space 37.4%, Space Sim 26.8% ★, Flight 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 4.1%
- #13 Starcom: Unknown Space
87% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 Sim 33.3% ★, Space 31.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Story Rich 5.9%
- #14 SpaceBourne
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 39.6%, Space Sim 36.4% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Exploration 7.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #15 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.4% ★, Space 24.1%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Exploration 8.6%
- #16 Astrox Imperium
88% matchVery Positive85% of 1,210 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 39%, Space Sim 36.3% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #17 PULSAR: Lost Colony
84% matchVery Positive90% of 5,694 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Space Sim 37.8% ★, Space 22.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 9.1%, Simulation 8.2%
- #18 Frontier Pilot Simulator
85% matchMixed70% of 949 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Space Sim 26.2% ★, Flight 22.3%, Space 18.9%, Exploration 7.6%, Sci-fi 7%
- #19 Space Sprouts
83% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
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 28.7% ★, Metroidvania 19%, Space 15.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #20 EVERSPACE™ 2
82% matchVery Positive86% of 12,587 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 28.4%, Flight 25.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Story Rich 7.7%
- #21 Orbit HD
86% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2015
Dev: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 Sim 34% ★, Space 28.4%, Puzzle 8.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%
- #22 Darkstar One
84% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 Sim 35.4% ★, Space 33.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Exploration 7.4%, Simulation 6%
- #23 Stardiver
81% matchMixed51% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Green Planet Games
Windows
You're a Stardiver on a mission. Descend into the depths of an underwater world filled with wonder, mysteries, and peril. Discover the story behind the abandoned base. Explore this submerged planet and learn its history.
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Mystery 17.9%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Story Rich 8.2%
- #24 ELEA
82% matchMixed56% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Kyodai LtdPub: SOEDESCO
Windows
Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.
Why similar: Space 20.7%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Mystery 13.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #25 SPACE ACCIDENT
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 293 reviews2022
Dev: Whale Rock Games
Windows
Your hero is Andy Freeman, a technical engineer of the Zeus-M700 spacecraft, sent on an expedition to the satellite of Jupiter to colonize it. However, what is conceived does not always go according to plan…
Why similar: Space Sim 34.3% ★, Simulation 15%, Puzzle 11.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 9.7%
- #26 Starship EVO
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 34.3%, Space Sim 27.3% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Adventure 7.4%
- #27 Evochron Mercenary
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space 34.4%, Space Sim 29.2% ★, Flight 12%, Simulation 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #28 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra Creative
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2% ★, Flight 25.1%, Space 21.7%, Simulation 7.4%, Exploration 6.7%
- #29 AGOS - A Game Of Space
79% matchMixed63% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.3% ★, Flight 17.1%, Space 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Exploration 6.6%
- #30 Epitasis
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 159 reviews2019
Dev: Epitasis Games
Windows · Mac
After discovering an ancient portal, you suddenly find yourself among the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. Technological relics, sprawling ruins, and cryptic puzzles are all that remain. If you are to learn their secrets, you must unearth the fate of the race that called this world home.
Why similar: Space 24.1%, Surreal 16%, Mystery 14%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Exploration 10.6%
- #31 Obduction
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,942 reviews2016
Dev: Cyan, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
Why similar: Mystery 18.4%, Surreal 15.9%, Exploration 15.6%, Puzzle 15%, Adventure 11.5%
- #32 The Station
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: The Station Game ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
Why similar: Space 28%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Mystery 9%, Adventure 8.9%
- #33 Jitter
73% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.2% ★, Space 25%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%, Story Rich 6%
- #34 X Rebirth
78% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Space Sim 24.9% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action 3%
- #35 Last Horizon
76% matchVery Positive81% of 260 reviews2015
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home.
Why similar: Space 57.5%, Exploration 20.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Action 9.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #36 Transcendence
75% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Space 27.2%, Space Sim 26.8% ★, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Exploration 10.3%
- #37 Planet Miner
74% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.7% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Space 13.2%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #38 Infinitum
74% matchMixed81% of 312 reviews2017
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Travel through space. Attend the planets. Gather resources. Find artifacts.
Why similar: Space 36.2%, Simulation 26.5%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 2.5%
- #39 Spirits of Xanadu
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: Good Morning, CommanderPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth.
Why similar: Space 26.9%, Mystery 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #40 Kinetic Void
76% matchOverwhelmingly Negative17% of 1,556 reviews2014
Dev: Badland Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.
Why similar: Space 49.5%, Space Sim 16.3% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Action 3.5%
- #41 Hazeron Starship
70% matchVery Positive84% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Hazeron Freehold LLC
Windows · Linux
Explore and colonize a vast universe. Discover resources. Build cities. Make spacecraft. Walk aboard them. Operate their controls. Command a crew of NPCs. Lift off. Fly up through the atmosphere to outer space. Land on other worlds, anywhere, not at designated places. Build an empire.
Why similar: Flight 49.6%, Space 31.3%, Exploration 19.1%
- #42 Subdivision Infinity DX
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Space Sim 36.4% ★, Space 26.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Exploration 8.2%, Action 5.2%
- #43 SpaceKraft!
69% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Game Dev Garage
Windows
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.8% ★, Flight 23.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Simulation 8.1%
- #44 Entropy
70% matchVery Positive95% of 194 reviews2022
Dev: Chromatic WindowPub: Juggernaut Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Fly between incomprehensible galaxies in this experimental micro game!
Why similar: Space 41.1%, Surreal 20.7%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 10.1%, 3D 8.2%
- #45 Digger: Galactic Treasures
66% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 Sim 42.4% ★, Space 16.7%, Mystery 7.4%, Simulation 7.1%, 3D 5.5%
- #46 SpaceEngine
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,936 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmographic Software
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Why similar: Space Sim 26% ★, Flight 19.7%, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #47 RymdResa
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 32.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Exploration 13.9%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Surreal 9%
- #48 Into the Stars
73% matchMixed41% of 537 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: Space 60.8%, Simulation 23.9%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 5.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #49 VOYAGER
68% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: Planetary Gears
Windows · Linux
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 Sim 38.9% ★, Space 24.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #50 Journey to Foundation
68% matchMixed59% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Archiact Interactive Ltd.
Windows
A story-driven adventure among the stars, Journey to Foundation puts you at the center of your own sci-fi saga. Unleash your unique Mentalic abilities, gain information through diplomacy or coercion, and choose who to trust. Where will your journey lead you?
Why similar: Space 39.2%, Sci-fi 23%, Story Rich 13.1%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 8%
- #51 MirrorMoon EP
71% matchMixed58% of 597 reviews2013
Dev: Santa Ragione
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MirrorMoon EP is a game about mystery and exploration set in outer space. These space travels begin on a red planet and its unique moon and extend across galaxies. The single player part of MirrorMoon EP blends adventure and exploration with navigation-based puzzle solving.
Why similar: Space 24.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Surreal 10.9%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #52 Waking Mars
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,195 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.9%, Metroidvania 19.1%, Exploration 16.7%, Puzzle 11.3%, Adventure 9.8%
- #53 Parkan 2
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 382 reviews2014
Dev: NikitaPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Parkan II is an original concept game that will allow you to feel as a pilot of a spacecraft lost somewhere in the universe. Become a pirate or mercenary, get money to buy the most powerful cruiser and show them all who is to be the new master of the galaxy. Unforgettable adventures in the Parkan II universe await you!
Why similar: Space 35.5%, Space Sim 24.5% ★, Simulation 16.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Adventure 8.6%
- #54 Little-Known Galaxy
65% matchVery Positive88% of 725 reviews2024
Dev: Carbon & Kay
Windows · Mac
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.5% ★, Space 19.2%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Simulation 7.5%
- #55 Cosmic Miners
66% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.9% ★, Flight 18.6%, Space 18.5%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 6.7%
- #56 Alliance Peacefighter
65% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Urban Logic Games
Windows
A linear, story-driven space sim in the style of 90s classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander. As a newly qualified Alliance pilot, you find yourself caught up in a plot to break the fragile peace between two galactic superpowers.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.9% ★, Flight 26.5%, Space 20.3%, First-Person 5.1%, Story Rich 4.3%
- #57 SOL: Exodus
71% matchMixed51% of 109 reviews2012
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Why similar: Space 43.9%, Simulation 38.6%, Action 14%, Indie 3.5%
- #58 Rebel Galaxy
67% matchVery Positive85% of 8,230 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 43.8%, Space Sim 26.3% ★, Sci-fi 12.9%, Simulation 4.3%, Adventure 3.6%
- #59 ASTRONEER
64% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 51.3%, Exploration 18.2%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Simulation 6.2%