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Our goal is to depict the possibilities of space exploration & combat within a realistic environment- to emphasize the "science" in science-fiction. Key features to include: proper orbital mechanics for all objects in space, detailed ship system control, functionality, inter-dependency & damage reaction.

Why similar: Space Sim 59.3% ★, Simulation 30.2%, Space 10.5%

Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head.

Why similar: Space Sim 52.2% ★, Simulation 33.4%, Space 14.4%

Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.

Why similar: Space Sim 49.9% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Space 15.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 2%

Crossfire II is an Retro / Arcade / Top-Down Shooter, originally released in 2002 for the AMIGA. The main part of the game is a classic, fast paced, single player story campaign. Fly different space ships and fight, to save the universe as you know it. Also you get a survival and a local PvP mode.

Why similar: Space Sim 39.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Shooter 10.5%, Aliens 9.8%, Space 9.1%

A simulation sci-fi game where players take on the role of the project manager of a space elevator project. They will progressively achieve project phase goals and ultimately accomplish the ultimate goal of constructing a Mars colonization spacecraft.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.2% ★, Simulation 26.4%, Strategy 22.8%, Space 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Pilot your ship across a procedurally generated star map as corruption spreads inward. Each sector holds a stabiliser; protect it from raiders and pump energy into its shields. Jump between nodes, prioritise threats, and manage energy. Hold the line until time runs out, or be consumed by corruption.

Why similar: Space Sim 45.6% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Space 16.9%, Simulation 10.2%, Combat 3.9%

Spaceflight add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Why similar: Space Sim 42.7% ★, Simulation 41.4%, Space 16%

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

Why similar: Space Sim 36.6% ★, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 22.9%, Space 12.8%, Indie 3.4%

Captain a space freighter on its perilous voyage to deliver vital supplies to the Parvin Frontier! Select your crew, then lead and command their efforts to manage the ship's navigation, engineering, weapons, and more on the fly as crises and obstacles arise in real time.

Why similar: Space Sim 44.5% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Aliens 15%, Space 12.6%, Strategy 6.5%

X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier. The expansion is not limited by a linear plot line but makes use of new ways to expand your empire. You can now take part in missions that are offered to you throughout the game.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.1% ★, Simulation 27.9%, Strategy 18.3%, Space 15.7%, Singleplayer 1%

Realistic simulation of spaceflight in a full sized Solar System, with all the planets and their major moons. using real forces, distances, velocities and time. Chapter 1: The Apollo Days. Incredibly detailed Apollo Program missions starting with Apollo 8 lunar orbit missions.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.3% ★, Simulation 38.8%, Space 19.9%

The endless expanse of space has never been such a dangerous place. Take command as a Space Fleet Admiral who will face the challenge of galactic war and determine the fate of the universe.

Why similar: Space Sim 41% ★, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 20.8%, Aliens 7.2%, Space 4.6%

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 38.8% ★, Simulation 24.1%, Strategy 21.5%, Space 9.5%, Combat 4.1%

This game is about flying in space. You must destroy asteroids from the explosion of an object near the planet Jupiter. You will also encounter other extraterrestrial objects and even UFOs.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.2% ★, Simulation 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Shooter 12.4%, Space 7.2%

This space survival sim lets you build a space station, construct ships to gather resources for expansion, and upgrade tech for stronger shields to withstand cosmic radiation, all while surviving in a radioactive environment.

Why similar: Space Sim 38.5% ★, Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 25.4%, Space 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Explore a scientifically grounded version of our solar system in this 2D space adventure. Mine asteroids, fight hostile ships, navigate the cold silence between worlds, and choose your place among rival factions.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Simulation 15.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Space 7.8%

A space theme of a small casual shooting game. There are two perspectives, the character and the ship. The player can control the character/ship, dodge or shoot enemies, and replenish energy and various items consumed by collecting. Collect discarded parts and items to enhance character abilities.

Why similar: Space Sim 38.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Space 13.1%, Shooter 11.3%, Top-Down 8.1%

Gravitation is a sandbox simulation set in the vastness of the cosmos and built on the laws of real-world physics.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.3% ★, Simulation 25.9%, Strategy 23.3%, Space 7.7%, Indie 1.1%

Blow up bots beyond the stars. AI Driven 2D Spaceship Warfare

Why similar: Space Sim 36.4% ★, Simulation 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 12.6%, Space 6%

We present you a fun simulation game in which you pilot an aircraft and have the mission to destroy parts of a large asteroid that has broken into millions of pieces and is heading towards Earth.

Why similar: Space Sim 44.7% ★, Simulation 26.6%, Shooter 13.2%, Space 9.2%, Combat 4.4%

Top-down science fiction space shooter game with story inserted into dark space of universe.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.5% ★, Simulation 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Shooter 9.9%, Space 7.2%

A【Pixel style, rouge、type horizontal、 shooting、 defense 】 game

Why similar: Space Sim 40.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 12.4%, Aliens 11.8%, Space 6.9%

Build a colony on an alien planet. Supply settlers, defend against meteors, upgrade your base, develop your economy, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Space Sim 38% ★, Simulation 25.2%, Strategy 21.8%, Space 6.9%, Top-Down 6.7%

In GravBoost, gravity is your greatest ally and your deadliest foe. Master the art of the gravitational slingshot to intercept orbital targets. Manage your fuel and time wisely in this physics-driven space sim where precision is the only way to survive the cosmic pull.

Why similar: Space Sim 45.4% ★, Simulation 23.2%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Top-Down 9.6%, Space 9.4%

Will you make the grade and save the planet? Become a cadet on your first day of training in this 3rd person space combat simulator.

Why similar: Simulation 44.6%, Space Sim 40.9% ★, Space 14.5%

As the CEO of a spaceship design company, arrange blocks with different modes and functions to build powerful ships. Use resources from battles to upgrade blocks and acquire new ones through supplies. Strategically enhance your ship to maximize performance and defeat competitors.

Why similar: Space Sim 39.9% ★, Simulation 26.1%, Strategy 22.7%, Space 8%, Combat 2.9%

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 53.2% ★, Simulation 32.9%, Space 12.9%, Singleplayer 1%

Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.

Why similar: Simulation 28.9%, Space Sim 27.5% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Space 17.2%, Indie 3.4%

A "small" universe simulation, where you play as a black hole and try to absorb the whole universe. You decide the size and shape of the universe. Could also be used as a less meaningful CPU benchmark.

Why similar: Space Sim 56.2% ★, Simulation 25.5%, Space 15.9%, Indie 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...

Why similar: Space Sim 28.1% ★, Simulation 26.5%, Strategy 25.4%, Space 9%, Aliens 6.9%

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

Why similar: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Simulation 25.8%, Strategy 23%, Space 14.1%, Indie 3.6%

Roguelike missile command. Survive as long as you can aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, in a hostile galaxy.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 10%, Aliens 8.9%

Harvest the galaxy, Design the perfect ship, Annihilate your enemies!

Why similar: Space Sim 44.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 30.1%, Shooter 11.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Top-Down 3.8%

Where is Earth is a top-down vehicular combat game. Traverse planets, evading threats and obstacles, in search of your crew. Gather resources to assemble upgrades, landing vehicles, space craft, weaponry and support modules to aid you in your fight against an unknown enemy.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Space 10%, Strategy 9.2%, Aliens 9.1%

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 47.5% ★, Simulation 18.6%, Top-Down Shooter 12.3%, Shooter 11.3%, Space 4.8%

Don't repeat this at home!

Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Space Sim 28.8% ★, Simulation 27%, Space 10.1%, Indie 1.4%

Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 54.1% ★, Simulation 30.3%, Space 14.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%

To start the game, select a level from the suggested ones. Start your journey and defeat the boss to go further.

Why similar: Space Sim 37% ★, Aliens 17%, Strategy 12.4%, Space 11.7%, Shooter 11.3%

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

Why similar: Simulation 27.6%, Strategy 27.1%, Space Sim 23.2% ★, Space 19.9%, Indie 2.3%

Travelers in Space Crack is a survive game in deep space. Explore in different galaxy through space cracks. To find and gather useful resource, to trade and make money are all important to develop your own fleets. And only through build massive fleets, you triumph over the unknown evil forces.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.7% ★, Simulation 26.5%, Strategy 22.9%, Space 7.2%, Indie 1.1%

Wave-based top-down shooter with between-wave (per-run) upgrades and meta progression. After each wave, pick one of three tiered upgrades that stack into a build. Use Turbo to reposition, Shield to survive, and spend coins on permanent ship upgrades.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Space Sim 20.3% ★, Aliens 16.8%, Shooter 16.4%, Top-Down 9%

House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.

Why similar: Space Sim 49.9% ★, Simulation 19.2%, Space 16.4%, Shooter 7.1%, Strategy 4.1%

宇宙探索，在浩瀚的宇宙里，人类正在探索了解宇宙，以获得对宇宙的更多认知，促进人类的发展强大，抵御未知宇宙生物的侵略，然而，外星人得知这一消息 ......

Why similar: Simulation 37.2%, Strategy 33.9%, Space Sim 22.3% ★, Space 6.6%

Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and...

Why similar: Strategy 45%, Simulation 35.6%, Space 14.4%, Indie 5%

A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!

Why similar: Space Sim 40.4% ★, Simulation 26.2%, Strategy 23.7%, Space 8.1%, Indie 1.1%

The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.1% ★, Simulation 37.4%, Space 17.6%, Indie 3.9%

A fast‑paced symphony of destruction where you are always outnumbered. Survival demands constant motion, sharp evasion, and smart arsenal management.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.2%, Space 11.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Simulation 10.4%

Pilot a stolen alien ship in a rebellion against the Archronite invasion. Fly across the archipelagos of your home world and capture enemy bases with the help of your navigation droid co-pilot, DFX-9T. Battle against enemy Arc Vectors, Fighters, Drones and Laser Tanks, liberate your planet, Melos.

Why similar: Space Sim 25.3% ★, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 23%, Aliens 10.9%, Space 7.4%

Cube Space is a minimalist arcade Shoot `em Up game set in space. You control a spaceship and your task is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemies and obstacles in your path.

Why similar: Space Sim 41% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.4%, Simulation 17.9%, Shooter 12.5%, Space 7%

Star Squadron is a next-generation space combat simulator delivering unmatched immersion. With seamless transitions, an interactive narrative, and our proprietary Voice Mimic System that personalizes dialogue to your actions, your choices, and your name, every journey will feel uniquely yours.

Why similar: Space Sim 41.7% ★, Aliens 17.9%, Space 12.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Shooter 10.2%

Prepare for the ultimate test of survival! Do you have the skill necessary to build and manage the first sustainable extraterrestrial colony, or will your colonists become mere footnotes in the history of human space exploration? Their lives and legacies are in your hands!

Why similar: Simulation 43.3%, Strategy 41.8%, Space 8.9%, Indie 6%

Against the overwhelming might of the Empire stands a small but growing Rebel Alliance. Scattered resistance groups are uniting and what is needed most now are Starfighter pilots. Will you join their struggle to end this tyranny and become a hero of the Rebellion?

Why similar: Space Sim 60.1% ★, Simulation 20.9%, Space 17.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

A casual space simulation game where you perform orbital manoeuvres on satellites to change their orbit and complete missions.

Why similar: Space Sim 51.3% ★, Simulation 34.1%, Space 13.6%, Singleplayer 1%

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 40.7% ★, Space 20.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 16%, Indie 2.5%

Gratuitous Shooty Game is a hobby space shooter made by the developer of Gratuitous Space Battles, reusing the art from that game :D.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Aliens 12.7%, Top-Down 7.2%

Fly an Apollo-style lander around various planets, landing to earn points and then redocking with the command module to advance to the next level.

Why similar: Simulation 42.8%, Space Sim 38% ★, Space 12.2%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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 Sim 43.5% ★, Simulation 29.2%, Space 23.7%, Indie 3.5%

Evil A.I. Space Bots are attacking Earth, You and Your team of Good A.I. Bots must stop them !

Why similar: Space Sim 52.7% ★, Simulation 32.6%, Space 13.7%, Singleplayer 1%

A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.

Why similar: Simulation 23.3%, Space Sim 20.8% ★, Strategy 18.2%, Space 18.2%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%