60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space Sim, Space, Simulation, Exploration.
Elusive Verge is a third-person space exploration game with dash of base-building, combat and survival.
Planet Miner
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Tidal Expanse
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.5%, Colony Sim 28.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Futuristic 7.1%
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.6%, Colony Sim 27.3%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 7.2%
Lead an expedition into an unexplored solar system. Build rockets, aircraft, and other vehicles, discover new worlds, gather resources, complete missions, unlock technology, and grow a colony of tiny purple Klorps in this spaceflight sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.2%, Sandbox 14.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Space 10.9%, Building 8.7%
After a mysterious accident you are left are stranded, floating through space on a piece of a space station. Craft supplies and Hubs to expand what is now your home. But be warned space is a dangerous places where one mistake can mean certain death. Can you defy the odds and survive in space?
Why similar: Space Sim 28.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 9.5%, Futuristic 8.3%, Simulation 7.2%
The game "Terraspace" offers you a unique experience of planet settlement and terraforming — creating conditions for life on unsuitable planets. This will require you to build the necessary structures to populate the planet.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.7%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Futuristic 7.5%, Robots 5.9%
The story takes place in the distant future. You will play a captain of a star ship and go into deep space. You need to manage your resources carefully. In the game, you can investigate the outliers of various planets, discover the wonders of the universe or learn the stories of lost civilizations.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.5%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Futuristic 13%, Space 12.8%, Exploration 7.9%
Master the heavy physics of your offroad hauler and upgrade it to conquer the treacherous Martian landscape. Transport vital resources to evolve your central outpost from a humble shelter into a thriving planetary hub. The frontier is hostile, it’s your job to tame it.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Space Sim 26.6%, Simulation 10.8%, Adventure 7.6%, Futuristic 7.2%
Red Frontier is a game about exploring the red planet and collecting trash and scrap metal.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Space Sim 23.2%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Adventure 6.9%
Voidless is a sci-fi space survival sandbox set in the near future within a realistic scale solar system. In first or third person, players can explore planets and asteroids, collect resources, and craft items. As well as building bases and ships, all with physics based flight and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Space 8.6%, Building 8.6%, Futuristic 7.2%
ROVA is a cozy space-rover photography game. Help a new space colony conduct research on large spherical planets, by documenting elements of alien worlds through photography. ROVA is a game about discovery and exploration.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Space Sim 26.6%, Sandbox 14%, Space 8.8%, Exploration 6.7%
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: Colony Sim 26.5%, Space Sim 20.6%, Sandbox 11%, Building 9.4%, Space 7.5%
Ensure the moon is safe for humanity’s lunar settlement! Explore the moon as a Lunar Rover and interact with crashed ships, natural resources, and the nearby landmarks to determine if humans can live here!
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 7.8%, Simulation 7.2%
Experience fast action, thrilling levels, spectacular explosions and lots of pew-pew-pew. Star Horizon is a reboot for the on-rails space shooter genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.2%, Space 12.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Futuristic 9.5%, Simulation 9.3%
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Space Sim 22.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 8.3%, Survival 6.3%
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Futuristic 10.6%, Exploration 8.4%, Space 6.9%
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 Sim 19.6%, Building 16.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Space 12.5%, Simulation 9.4%
Titan: The Ascension is a colony management strategy game on Saturn’s moon Titan. Build and expand an off-world industrial colony, extract ice to produce water for Earth, trade resources, and defend against ancient automated systems that react to technology growth. Will you prevail?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Space Sim 21.8%, Robots 9.9%, Space 9.5%, Futuristic 7.8%
Worlds Of The Future is a sci-fi open world, action/adventure game. Explore a fully seamless solar system full of adventures, mysteries and colorful characters. Build your space delivery company, climb the company rankings and become a legend among the worlds!
Why similar: Space Sim 32.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Futuristic 10.4%, Space 7.7%, Exploration 7%
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Space Sim 21.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.3%, Futuristic 8.3%
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This challenging survival colony sim features deep simulated ship systems and a whole universe to explore.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Space Sim 20.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 9%, Space 6.7%
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 42.1%, Sandbox 19.2%, Exploration 10%, Futuristic 7.5%, Simulation 5.6%
Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Space Sim 26.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Building 9.2%, Futuristic 7%
Stacks:Space is a space-themed base builder card game with rogue-like elements. Buy booster packs to get new cards, discover craft recipes by stacking cards together, create structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies, visit distant planets, and more!
Why similar: Space Sim 27.2%, Colony Sim 26.8%, Building 10.3%, Robots 10.1%, Futuristic 8.5%
Guide a robotic mission in Venus’s polar clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy to stay afloat, in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient base while navigating storms and acid clouds to hunt mysterious anomalies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Space Sim 25.8%, Building 7.8%, Futuristic 7.6%, Simulation 7.2%
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Space Sim 29.1%, Sandbox 12.6%, Building 8%, Simulation 7.2%
Repair your spaceship, explore mysterious planets, battle strange creatures, and survive in this sci-fi sandbox RPG where every journey becomes a new adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Space Sim 25.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Adventure 8.6%, Action 7.4%
Explore, scan, and conquer an unknown world. Deploy rovers, uncover hidden resources, and build a fully automated colony that must survive, adapt, and scale.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Space Sim 28.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Building 6.7%, Futuristic 6.1%
The game of survival and construction on the surface of the moon. Learn to build a base on the surface of the moon, maintain survival, explore and discover the secrets inside the moon, and solve abnormal problems.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1%, Building 11.8%, Third-Person Shooter 11.8%, Futuristic 10.2%, Sandbox 8.9%
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Space Sim 29.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 9.6%, Exploration 5.7%
Sci-Fi Builder is a sandbox construction sim where you design a space station, build a colony, and control aliens, robots & NPCs. No grids, no limits — just creative freedom in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.7%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 8.7%, Simulation 6.9%
Space adventure with open world, FPS shooter and a lot of missions. Choose your own carrier. Are you a space pirate or a brave space ranger? Choose your destiny. The galaxy needs you, commander! Openworld game with multiple worlds to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.4%, Colony Sim 19%, Futuristic 10.7%, Military 10.6%, Sandbox 9.1%
A first person building game where every problem is solved with pipes.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.5%, Sandbox 18.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Building 9.1%, Futuristic 8.3%
Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Space Sim 27.2%, Building 9.1%, Futuristic 7.5%, Simulation 6.9%
Eternal Space is a city builder and space exploration/combat game. Explore the Eternal Space, and manage your city while you fight pirates, or maybe even become a pirate! Keep your citizens happy, and collect taxes from them each year for a little bonus!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Space Sim 26.6%, Building 12.3%, Futuristic 8.3%, Space 7.5%
Launch from a familiar world into a 1:1 scale solar system of beautiful, unforgiving planets. Colonise, mine, and explore real places that people may walk upon within your lifetime. Project Longshot hands you a space program and asks only one question. How far can your program go?
Why similar: Space Sim 25%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 9.5%, Space 8.3%
Andromeda is a hybrid between a Space 4X and an MMO. An online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players, or just sit and chat with the friendly community.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5%, Colony Sim 30.6%, Futuristic 8.4%, Building 7.5%, Space 6.9%
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Space Sim 31.9%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Survival 4.4%
Explore space: Colonize different planets, gather valuable resources, and build your own space colony. Travel the solar system and even create your own planet. Your decisions shape the future of the galaxy in this limitless space adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Space Sim 29.4%, Building 10%, Space 8.5%, Simulation 6.7%
RESBS is a first-person space survival simulation where you and your friends cooperate to survive in zero gravity on a space station!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4%, 6DOF 15.6% ★, Space 12%, Exploration 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.9%, Sandbox 13.1%, Space 9.9%, Futuristic 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%
In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Futuristic 12.3%, Space 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%
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 Sim 21.9%, Space 18.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 12.3%, Building 9.5%
The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind. Play how you like in this open world space-sim developed by Pixelfactor.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6%, Sandbox 18.7%, Simulation 13.5%, Action 8.9%, Space 8.6%
AstroCore Mining puts you in charge of a colony where profit is everything and survival is fragile. Extract resources, balance factions, and face pirates and unrest. Lead not just a colony but the future of a nation in the brutal reality of space capitalism. Join to the Playtest now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Space Sim 28.8%, Building 9.3%, Space 6.2%, Sci-fi 6%
You are deployed to the desolate red planet to reforge humanity's hope. With no hospitable atmosphere, no nurturing water sources, only relentless storms, unknown alien creatures, you must use wit and determination to survive on this alien land and build a Mars base of your own.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.2%, Colony Sim 20.8%, Third-Person Shooter 12.2%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
Elysian Eclipse is a Sandbox Evolution Simulator, letting you evolve from an amoeba into a space traveling sentient being. Create your own creatures, buildings and vehicles to conquer procedural planets. Turn the galaxy into your personal playground!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Space Sim 23.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Space 7.8%, Exploration 6.3%
Explore a seed-driven galaxy where every ship, planet, and dungeon is generated at runtime. Dogfight pirate wings, land on 20 kinds of worlds, raid surface sites on foot, and build a fleet from salvaged hulls, solo or in Steam co-op. The same seed rebuilds the same galaxy, every time.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Futuristic 8.1%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 10.7%, Space 8.4%
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 38.3%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Action 9%, Exploration 7.4%
Super Space Frogs is a 2D physics-based rocket game. Design, Deploy, and Fly awesome rockets. Unlock new technology to build bigger and better ships. Explore the solar system and unlocks the mysteries it holds.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.4%, Colony Sim 29.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 7.4%, Exploration 7%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.7%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Sandbox 12%, Building 11.9%, Space 9.7%
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 28.1%, Sandbox 12.1%, Building 11.3%, Futuristic 8.1%, Space 7.1%
Space Mercs is an extreme arcade space combat game where the amount of projectiles and lasers on-screen is only toppled by the amount of stars in the universe! Will you be able to complete all the mercenary missions and become the best pilot in the Galaxy?
Why similar: Space Sim 32.9%, 6DOF 13.2% ★, Space 9.6%, Action 7.3%, Sci-fi 7.2%
"The Flagship" is a singleplayer third-person space warship roguelike game. From destroyers to battleships, choose your vessel and equip it to face node-based roguelike challenges, each adventure is a different experience. Your ship, equipment, skill level and roguelike ability build will be tested.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.1%, Third-Person Shooter 11.7%, Military 11.5%, Space 10.6%, Futuristic 8.4%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 10.8%, Space 8.5%, Space Sim 7.3%
Manage a colony of people who woke too soon from their cryo-sleep. Build and manage a working generation ship and hopefully one day the grandchildren of the first generation might land on a habitable planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Space Sim 28.9%, Space 8%, Building 7.2%, Simulation 6.7%
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Robots 13.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Space 8.4%
A single-player and PvP multiplayer space shooter with hard-science weapons and physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 34%, 6DOF 18.8% ★, Third-Person Shooter 18.4%, Simulation 7.5%, Exploration 6.3%
You have been commissioned to collect and research space minerals by destroying asteroids near your space shuttle. With your growing inventory of materials and new knowledge you build additional modules on your shuttle continuously expanding it into a self sustaining space station eco system.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Military 11%, Building 9.6%, Simulation 7.4%
A co-op starship bridge sim for 6–25 players. Man a station — helm, weapons, sensors, engineering, comms or command — and no one can fly the ship alone. Communicate, coordinate, and survive together.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 11.6%, Futuristic 8.9%, Exploration 6.4%
