- #1 Reassembly
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,100 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 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 25.8%, Space 23.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Sci-fi 5.2%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #2 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
96% matchVery Positive94% of 12,916 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 41.3 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 32.9% ★, Space Sim 18%, Building 11.9%, Space 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #3 BossConstructor
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 221 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 22.4%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Bullet Hell 8.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #4 Avorion
94% matchVery Positive90% of 14,588 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 99.6 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 33.8% ★, Space Sim 20.7%, Building 11.7%, Space 11.1%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #5 Celestial Command
95% matchMixed62% of 705 reviews2014
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 27.8%, Space Sim 19.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Building 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #6 Starship EVO
93% matchVery Positive83% of 1,546 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 18.3%, Space 17.6%, Space Sim 15.6%, Spaceships 14.1% ★, Sandbox 10.1%
- #7 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,173 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Space 14.7%, Building 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #8 Star Valor
91% matchVery Positive88% of 3,520 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 35.5% ★, Space 14%, Space Sim 12.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #9 Kinetic Void
94% matchOverwhelmingly Negative17% of 1,558 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 34.8%, Space Sim 13.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Building 10%
- #10 Space Engineers
91% matchVery Positive89% of 134,498 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.5%, Moddable 18.9%, Building 13.2%, Space 12.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #11 The Last Starship
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,705 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.6%, Building 14.5%, Space 14.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #12 Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
90% matchMixed54% of 204 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 41.8% ★, Building 11.9%, Space Sim 11.2%, Bullet Hell 8.8%, Space 7.7%
- #13 Void Destroyer 2
89% matchVery Positive80% of 675 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 Sim 27.2%, Moddable 17.5%, Space 13%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10%
- #14 Starcom: Nexus
88% matchVery Positive90% of 2,322 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 31.2%, Space Sim 22.6%, Sci-fi 14%, Building 8.7%, Exploration 8.1%
- #15 From the Depths
87% matchVery Positive89% of 12,853 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Building 30.2%, Space 21%, Sandbox 19.2%, Physics 17.3%, Simulation 7.6%
- #16 Space Engineers 2
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,654 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Moddable 18.1%, Space Sim 16.5%, Building 13.9%, Space 13%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #17 Starcom: Unknown Space
85% matchVery Positive92% of 4,500 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.5%, Space 27.2%, Building 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Exploration 8.8%
- #18 Space Pirates and Zombies
86% matchVery Positive91% of 3,168 reviews2011
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: Space 32.5%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Top-Down 10.1%, Spaceships 7.8% ★, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #19 Run Build Pew!
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 573 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Space 23%, Building 21.9%, Shooter 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #20 StarMade
84% matchMixed68% of 2,992 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 27.7%, Building 17.6%, Sandbox 16.8%, Space Sim 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #21 Out of Orbit
83% matchVery Positive79% of 179 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 56.8% ★, Space 14%, Sandbox 10.3%, Exploration 4.4%, Building 4.1%
- #22 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,842 reviews2017
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Why similar: Space 35.5%, Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Sandbox 8.7%, Space Sim 7.4%
- #23 Istrolid
82% matchVery Positive87% of 2,696 reviews2016
Dev: treeform
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
Why similar: Building 36.4%, Space 28.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Strategy 7%
- #24 Starminer
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,894 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.5% ★, Space Sim 21.7%, Space 11.5%, Sandbox 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #25 Astrox Imperium
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,264 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.1 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 Sim 34.3%, Space 32.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #26 Particle Fleet: Emergence
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,284 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Space 40.3%, Simulation 19.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Indie 5.5%
- #27 Executive Assault 2
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,767 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.3%, Building 21%, Space 16.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Shooter 8.1%
- #28 Endless Sky
79% matchVery Positive92% of 7,114 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Why similar: Space 38.1%, Space Sim 20.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Sandbox 5.7%, Simulation 5.2%
- #29 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,438 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1%, Building 16.1%, Space 15.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #30 EVERSPACE™ 2
77% matchVery Positive86% of 13,135 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 29.8 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 31.8%, Shooter 22.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Exploration 11.6%, Simulation 7.7%
- #31 Exocraft
80% 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 45.2% ★, Space Sim 15.5%, Building 11.1%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #32 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,475 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.8 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 24.2%, Space 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Physics 10%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #33 X4: Foundations
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 30,300 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 95.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1%, Moddable 20.8%, Space 16.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #34 Space Scavenger
76% matchVery Positive87% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Building 25.6%, Space 21.5%, Shooter 13%, Physics 12%, Sci-fi 11%
- #35 VoidExpanse
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 768 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.6%, Moddable 18.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Sandbox 12.2%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #36 Star Survivor
75% matchMixed68% of 565 reviews2024
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?
Why similar: Space Sim 27.5%, Space 18.9%, Bullet Hell 17.8%, Physics 12.8%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #37 Sector Space
72% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 41%, Building 12%, Simulation 10.8%, Top-Down 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%
- #38 Spaceflight Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,809 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.3 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: Space Sim 24.1%, Spaceships 23.6% ★, Space 12.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 5.9%
- #39 Nova Drift
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,646 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Bullet Hell 31.1%, Space 29.3%, Shooter 21.7%, 2D 6.8%, Action 5.6%
- #40 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
74% matchMixed67% of 544 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Space 14.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #41 Mech Havoc
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 854 reviews2025
Dev: Mid DevelopmentPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.
Why similar: Physics 19.7%, Shooter 17.6%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Top-Down 14.4%, Simulation 9.9%
- #42 Psycho Starship Rampage
73% matchVery Positive87% of 159 reviews2015
Dev: Ballistic FrogsPub: TyGAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You play the psychotic A.I. of a warship lost in space which tries to come back to Earth. Build your spaceship from scratch. Load it with weapons. And use your creation to destroy waves of innocent aliens throughout numerous levels. Loot their carcasses, extend your ship and jump to the next sector for more action!
Why similar: Spaceships 49% ★, Building 12.6%, Space 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Physics 7.7%
- #43 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
70% matchVery Positive89% of 22,441 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 22%, Space Sim 19.5%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Physics 12.3%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #44 Landinar: Into the Void
74% matchMixed56% of 244 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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%, Space 23.3%, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #45 Space Will
70% matchVery Positive98% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: 张亮002Pub: Aori Games
Windows
Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!
Why similar: Moddable 27.8%, Space 17.8%, Space Sim 15.3%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Exploration 6%
- #46 Voidship: The Long Journey
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 149 reviews2019
Dev: Cydonian Games
Windows
Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!
Why similar: Space 23.6%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 8%, Action 7.4%
- #47 StarShip Constructor
73% matchMixed67% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: SSCTEAM
Windows
Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the most powerful ships in galaxy!
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Building 38.8%, Sandbox 16.3%, Indie 4.6%
- #48 Interstellar Rift
71% matchMixed68% of 1,667 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.1%, Building 17.8%, Space 14.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Sci-fi 9%
- #49 Sublight
68% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Windows · Linux
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.2%, Space 24.8%, Sci-fi 17%, Top-Down 16.2%, Action 5.3%
- #50 Subdivision Infinity DX
71% 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 34.5%, Space 22.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Shooter 9.2%, Exploration 6.8%
- #51 Neon Striker
67% matchVery Positive89% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Zeno's Adventure Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Configure the weaponry on your ship to blast away enemies as you navigate through swarms of bullets and space battles. Each ship has unique customization options and playstyles.
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Space 13.3%, Shooter 13.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #52 Power of Ten
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 256 reviews2023
Dev: Pew Times Three
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
Why similar: Spaceships 44.2% ★, Space Sim 19%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Procedural Generation 5.8%
- #53 Shortest Trip to Earth
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,437 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Spaceships 43.9% ★, Space Sim 16.5%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 9%, Exploration 5.3%
- #54 Void Destroyer
71% matchMixed59% of 352 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 31.4%, Space Sim 21.3%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 8%
- #55 SHOOPER NOVA
65% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Space 14.4%, Top-Down 12.9%, Strategy 9.4%
- #56 Mech Engineer
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 968 reviews2024
Dev: KiberKrekerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
Why similar: Building 54.2%, Simulation 20.8%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 4.5%
- #57 TerraTech Legion
64% matchVery Positive82% of 2,200 reviews2026
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
TerraTech Legion, a chaotic Bullet Heaven Builder. Build the ultimate battle vehicle block by block and survive waves of robotic foes, ramming them at speed and shooting infinite projectiles.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 67.2%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Action 9.4%
- #58 Nimbatus - Drone Creator
67% matchVery Positive91% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Space 11.9%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.2%
- #59 Destination Sol
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 56.9%, Action 10.8%, Procedural Generation 9%, 2D 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #60 Star Vortex
64% matchVery Positive86% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: Zorg GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
Windows
Star Vortex is a fast-paced Action-RPG inspired by classics of the genre. Design your ship, fight through hostile alien sectors solo or with friends, salvage rare weapons and experiment with powerful builds until nothing can stand against you.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.8% ★, Building 22%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Shooter 6%