- #1 Silent Sector
97% matchVery Positive85% of 147 reviews2021
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Space 15.5%, Bullet Hell 12.4%, Sci-fi 11%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #2 Drifter
96% matchMixed54% of 208 reviews2014
Dev: Celsius Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 25.1%, Space Sim 23.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #3 Convicted Galaxy
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Mind Grown Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stranded in an unknown galaxy full of escaped prisoners who grow stronger with every passing moment. Build a space station, upgrade your ship, and dogfight your way out of the galaxy. Take risks when necessary, but don't forget that you only have one chance.
Why similar: Spaceships 40.1% ★, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Shooter 7.5%
- #4 Spaceship Simulator
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: chenjd
Windows
Design your own spacecraft with captured components in an unknown galaxy to defeat strange space creatures and finally escape from the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.8%, Moddable 17.6%, Spaceships 12.5% ★, Building 11.8%, Bullet Hell 7.2%
- #5 Spaceship Pro Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Spaceship Pro Simulator. Strapped in and ready. One ship, one mission—survive the unknown. Enemies ahead, systems online. This is my journey through deep space, and I'm not going down easy.
Why similar: Spaceships 49.3% ★, Space Sim 21%, Space 8%, Simulation 5.4%, Physics 3.9%
- #6 SpaceLab Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tractor Set GO!
Windows
Run a spaceship's lab module all by yourself while trying to find a cure for close-to-extinct humanity. Make repairs to various systems of the ship, solve technical problems, perform maintenance, and upgrade tools that will help you to overcome the most unusual challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 49.3% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Space 10.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #7 Spaceflight Simulator
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,436 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Spaceships 23.9% ★, Space Sim 23.9%, Space 12.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Moddable 5.9%
- #8 Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
92% matchMixed55% of 200 reviews2023
Dev: Craft Theory
Windows
Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.
Why similar: Spaceships 42% ★, Building 11.8%, Space Sim 11.2%, Bullet Hell 8.7%, Space 7.6%
- #9 Space Otter Charlie
91% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Wayward DistractionsPub: The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
Windows · Mac
Adorable characters? Check! Makeshift weapons? Check! Otter dressed in a foam shark suit. Umm. Check? Join Charlie and his ragtag team of sea mammals as they jump, float, and rocket through Otter Space in this Zero-G Puzzle Platformer!
Why similar: Spaceships 45.2% ★, Space 14.6%, Shooter 9.2%, Physics 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #10 Gratuitous Space Battles
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 885 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.9% ★, Space 11.4%, Building 9.2%, Moddable 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #11 Autocraft
90% matchMixed56% of 298 reviews2017
Dev: Alientrap
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Building 23.1%, Sandbox 19.3%, Space 17%, Space Sim 14.2%, Physics 13.9%
- #12 Trenite Engineer
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gryzly22
Windows
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Spaceships 42.1% ★, Space Sim 22.8%, Space 9.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Physics 6.3%
- #13 Periapsis: Gravity Slingshot
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Lead humanity’s final journey beyond Earth. Launch ships, harness gravity slingshots, and explore distant star systems to make humanity multi-planetary.
Why similar: Spaceships 33.7% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Space 11.2%, Physics 7.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #14 Adrorium
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Beholder
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your ship, defend against drone waves and explore hundreds of sectors filled with stations, asteroids and planets with lots of POIs. The ship systems can be controlled via consoles with several hundred buttons. Craft equipment and blocks, loot the POIs and disabled drones.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.6% ★, Space Sim 24.5%, Building 13.1%, Space 11%, Exploration 4.8%
- #15 Starship EVO
87% matchVery Positive84% of 1,485 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Building 18.1%, Space 17.7%, Space Sim 15.7%, Spaceships 14.2% ★, Sandbox 10.1%
- #16 Rougineer
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: tangentbrickspace
Windows
A roguelite physics-based combat game where you craft and customize spaceships, manage heat and energy systems, and battle through dynamic procedural challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 42% ★, Space Sim 18.9%, Building 12.3%, Physics 8.3%, Simulation 5.1%
- #17 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
84% matchVery Positive94% of 12,715 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Spaceships 33.8% ★, Space Sim 18.5%, Building 12%, Space 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #18 Landinar: Into the Void
86% matchMixed56% of 244 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Space 23.2%, Building 18.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #19 StarshipFighter
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Daniel Walasinski
Windows
Build and customize your own starship, then survive escalating waves of enemies and intense boss fights. Unlock new parts, upgrade your loadout, choose your difficulty, and climb the leaderboard in this fast-paced 2D top-down space shooter.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.3% ★, Bullet Hell 10.3%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #20 Aposfera Spacetrips
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman Moltanovski
Windows
Space trips across the your personal universe
Why similar: Spaceships 34% ★, Space Sim 29.2%, Space 9.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #21 Scraponauts
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AriaMakesGames
Windows
You are a Scraponaut, create your own spaceplane with unique parts each affecting the way your plane behaves. Collect scrap while exploring procedurally generated islands, unlock and discover unique new parts to upgrade your spaceplane.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Building 13.3%, Space 13.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #22 HELL GALAXY
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Italian Games Factory
Windows
Hell Galaxy is the only game where you can experience the fusion of space battles, RPG elements, eerie specters, and daunting titans. Embark on a dark sci-fi odyssey through a galaxy teeming with ancient alien ruins and hidden secrets, where nothing is human. Not even you.
Why similar: Spaceships 55.7% ★, Space Sim 25.6%, Space 8.3%, Exploration 6.2%, Action 1.8%
- #23 Spaceflight Simulator 2
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Build rockets and fly them around the Solar System in this realistic aerospace sandbox. Attempt landings, build space stations, drive rovers, perform spacewalks, explore alien worlds, and get your crew home safe.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.6%, Spaceships 20% ★, Space 10.3%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #24 Rocket Simulator
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Traveller Praha
Windows
Travel with your spacecraft throughout the solar system based on realistic Kepler's laws of gravity. Invent your own routes between planets, use gravity, explore space, trade, upgrade your spaceship and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
Why similar: Spaceships 34.8% ★, Space Sim 27.8%, Space 13.4%, Sandbox 7.8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #25 Ounba
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Haruka NitakaPub: Haftas
Windows
Dive into space in Ounba: collect coins, diamonds, ammo, and energy while avoiding enemy fire. Play solo or with a friend in split-screen, save anytime, and challenge the community across five unique levels with increasing excitement and challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.8% ★, Space Sim 25.9%, Physics 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #26 Starship Simulator
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fleetyard Studios
Windows
Explore a scientifically accurate Milky Way galaxy and discover distant uncharted worlds, while having unrestricted access to every deck of your Magellan Class deep space exploration vessel. Interact with numerous fully simulated ship systems, or simply relax in the bar and watch the stars drift by.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.2% ★, Space Sim 23.2%, Space 12.2%, Sandbox 7.1%, Sci-fi 7%
- #27 Chorus
79% matchVery Positive82% of 4,581 reviews2021
Dev: Deep Silver FishlabsPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.2% ★, Space 13.2%, Space Sim 12.5%, Shooter 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #28 Leaks In Space
79% matchMostly Positive67% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Frostech Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceships, craft, survive, fight, and explore sectors full of peril and adventure. With limitless creativity and deadly threats to overcome, Leaks in Space offers adventurers a unique 2D space-sim sandbox experience.
Why similar: Spaceships 29.7% ★, Space Sim 17%, Building 10.2%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #29 Gravity Game
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: SGS
Windows
Gravity Game is a puzzle-style infinite physics simulation. You are tasked with escaping your home planet, and reaching the goal at another! This game uses real Newtonian Physics in a simple 2D simulation, as a way to help people visually understand the mechanics.
Why similar: Spaceships 47.4% ★, Space Sim 15.6%, Space 13.2%, Physics 6.5%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #30 Arc Savior
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2019
Dev: Squid Monkey Studios
Windows
Discover a beautiful and brutal universe through three immersive stories. Champion blazing fast dog-fights, Out wit aggressive defense systems and overcome constant overwhelming odds. This is your goal, this is your duty, this is your way of life...
Why similar: Space Sim 33.2%, Space 18.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Shooter 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #31 C-Beams
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Distant Light GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Pilot your ship through a perilous black hole system in this Space Action RPG. Engage in advanced ship combat, haul rare elements, and upgrade your vessel to survive. Stunning visuals, a deep narrative, and a rewarding progression system await as you uncover the abyss's dark secrets.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.6%, Moddable 16.7%, Space 12.1%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #32 Starship Fighters: Space Combat Simulator
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Pilot your starship in Starship Fighters, a realistic space combat simulator. Engage in intense battles, explore vast galaxies, and unleash destruction with an arsenal of powerful weapons in a universe teeming with enemies!
Why similar: Spaceships 30.3% ★, Space Sim 25.4%, Space 9.3%, Shooter 8.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #33 Soyuz Constructors
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyramid Games S.A.Pub: Pyramid Lab
Windows
Become a pioneer of spaceflight. As an engineer in the Soviet Space Program you will be responsible for repairing, fixing and building the iconic spacecraft and rockets from the R-7 family.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.7%, Building 12.8%, Space 12.7%, Moddable 9.4%, Simulation 8.8%
- #34 Kerbal Space Program
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 144,009 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Space 20.1%, Moddable 13.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.7%
- #35 Vectored Armada
75% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Luke APPub: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
Architect autonomous battleships. Send them on a campaign against deadly opponents. Watch and cheer as they dominate, or cry as they explode. Obliterate dreadnoughts. Configure intelligences. Master weaponry. Free the Great Skies. THE OPPRESSOR MUST FALL.
Why similar: Spaceships 51.8% ★, Building 14.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Space 8%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #36 Planet Finder
75% matchPositive86% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Artur Rezende
Windows
Earth is on the brink of collapse! Explore space, discover new planets, and gather vital resources to save humanity. No weapons, no wars—just you and the vastness of space. The future depends on you!
Why similar: Spaceships 32.3% ★, Space Sim 21.2%, Space 12.6%, Exploration 10.5%, Simulation 8.5%
- #37 Asterobits
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Gorilla Interactive
Windows
You've escaped from the galaxy's most secure space prison, and now there's a bunch of angry lawless chasing you. You must survive, fight for your freedom, and outrun these grumpy pursuers. Asterobits delivers a relentless (and slightly absurd) escape in an arcade-style roguelike space shooter.
Why similar: Spaceships 47.5% ★, Space 15.3%, Bullet Hell 15%, Shooter 10%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #38 Halley Mission: 2061
74% matchMixed67% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Embark on a sci-fi survival adventure on Halley's Comet as a retired astronaut on a top-secret mission. Build, manage limited resources, and survive the desolate space environment to complete your mission.
Why similar: Spaceships 29.9% ★, Space Sim 19.9%, Building 15.2%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 8%
- #39 Lonely tiny spaceship
73% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Lonely bro
Windows · Mac · Linux
A shooter in the space arena, in which you grow from a small, clumsy to a powerful capital spaceship, using resources obtained from destroyed hordes of enemies and other cosmic evil.
Why similar: Spaceships 40.9% ★, Bullet Hell 12.6%, Building 11.8%, Space 7.8%, Shooter 7.2%
- #40 Exocraft
74% matchMixed52% of 361 reviews2019
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
Design unique spaceships and build the ultimate space mining fleet as you team up to battle for resources and glory in this massively multiplayer action strategy set in an alien wasteland.
Why similar: Spaceships 46.4% ★, Space Sim 15.8%, Building 11.1%, Space 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #41 Reassembly
73% matchVery Positive94% of 4,079 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Building 26.6%, Space 23.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, Top-Down 5.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #42 AstroForge: Space Pirates
72% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: FrostFire
Windows
Build your unique spaceship and explore space. Travel between planets, fight different opponents, trade and develop. Build the most efficient ship and fight with other players in multiplayer. 17 languages available.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.9% ★, Space Sim 22.7%, Space 11.3%, Sandbox 7%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #43 Galaxy Engine
71% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Narcis Calin
Windows · Linux
Simulate the physics of the Universe on a large scale and create stunning visuals. Play with intergalactic interactions, smash planets together and even create the Big Bang itself!
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Space 17.9%, Moddable 14.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Physics 11.5%
- #44 Remnant Protocol
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Progenitor Game Studios Ltd.
Windows
The assassination of the Blessed Mother has plunged the galaxy in darkness. Usurpers rule with absolute authority, and blood flows in rivers of red across the stars. Only the Protocol can restore Her light.
Why similar: Spaceships 45.7% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Space 11.6%, Shooter 7.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #45 Off Course ELEMENTS of SPACE
72% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: JG
Windows
2d pixel art, top down sci- fi space ship building, resource management simulation with some arcade, tower defense elements. You build spaceship, collect necessary resources and defend yourself against waves of enemies. Equip ship with: rockets, life support, electric system and weapons.
Why similar: Spaceships 58.1% ★, Space 12.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 4.5%, Top-Down 4.4%
- #46 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,584 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: Spaceships 34.6% ★, Space Sim 19.3%, Space 13.4%, Moddable 13.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #47 Star Wrath
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Star Wrath is a multiplayer space extraction-action where you design your own ship and fight other players for resources in intense PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: Spaceships 38.8% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Space 12.8%, Shooter 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #48 Comet
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan de Hakker
Windows
Take control of a spaceship in this top-down action shooter and defend yourself and earth from the unknown mysteries and horrors off space!
Why similar: Spaceships 47.3% ★, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Space 11%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Physics 6%
- #49 Starpoint Gemini 2
70% matchMixed70% of 4,114 reviews2014
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Why similar: Spaceships 35% ★, Space 20%, Space Sim 17.3%, Moddable 13.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #50 Celestial Routes
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unpredictable Games
Windows · Mac
A third-person space survival game where seamless planet landings meet debt, fuel costs, fines, taxes, base ownership, and rebellion.
Why similar: Spaceships 40% ★, Space Sim 22.7%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 9%, Procedural Generation 5.5%
- #51 I Made Myself a Ship
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Draih
Windows
Zip and zoom as you zap enemies and steal their stuff. Build progressively bigger, faster, tankier, more agile, more dangerous, more complicated, more projectile-y-ier ships in your goal to destroy and collect everything.
Why similar: Spaceships 40% ★, Space 16.1%, Building 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #52 Avorion
68% matchVery Positive90% of 14,488 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.5 hrsMean: 99.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.1% ★, Space Sim 20.7%, Building 11.6%, Space 10.9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #53 Kerbal Space Program 2
68% matchMostly Negative26% of 31,831 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.8%, Building 14.4%, Space 14.3%, Moddable 13.2%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #54 Absolute Territory
69% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2020
Dev: Digitum Software
Windows
Fly futuristic starfighters with intense dogfights against slow warships and nimble enemy fighters. Choose your ship, customize loadouts with various guns and missiles. Use first-person cockpit or third person. Use power settings across engines, shields, and engines to gain the advantage in combat.
Why similar: Spaceships 36% ★, Space Sim 25.9%, Space 13.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Shooter 6.9%
- #55 Star Valor
67% matchVery Positive89% of 3,391 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.7% ★, Space 13.7%, Space Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #56 Flight Of Nova
67% matchVery Positive94% of 536 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: Spaceships 37.7% ★, Space Sim 24.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Physics 7.2%, Space 7.2%
- #57 Out of Orbit
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Why similar: Spaceships 40.4% ★, Building 13.2%, Space 13%, Sandbox 11.7%, Space Sim 9%
- #58 Axan Ships - Low Poly
68% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 51.6% ★, Space Sim 18.6%, Space 11%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Top-Down 6.1%
- #59 Ostranauts
67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,676 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Spaceships 28.7% ★, Space Sim 24.7%, Space 13.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Exploration 5.4%
- #60 Orbital Traffic Controller
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Green Giraffe
Windows
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: Spaceships 45.2% ★, Space Sim 23.7%, Space 9.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Sandbox 5.5%