- #1 The Message from Deep Space
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,211 reviews2026
Dev: Applesinmypants
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
Why similar: Science 42.2%, Aliens 25.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Puzzle 7%, Investigation 5.8%
- #2 Critical Point
96% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Boxwood Studio
Windows · Mac
Critical Point is a retro sci-fi casual strategy game. You have to make the particle count in reactor cells exceed 4, surpassing the critical point of fission to generate energy required for interstellar voyages.
Why similar: Science 32.2%, Aliens 20%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Space 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #3 Machinika: Museum
96% matchVery Positive93% of 6,294 reviews2021
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Welcome to the Museum! Machinika Museum is a mystery game where you discover beautiful and mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins in an atmospheric galaxy-spanning 3D puzzle game. Will you be able to understand their stories and discover what happened to their previous owner?
Why similar: Science 28.3%, Aliens 21.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Puzzle 8.4%, Investigation 8%
- #4 Bagburnian Remote
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roman Chumak
Windows · Mac · Linux
Message from extra-terrestrial intelligence.
Why similar: Science 45.5%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Space 13.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Indie 9.1%
- #5 Magoa Way
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Linear Regression
Windows
Magoa Way is a 2d retro sci-fi adventure game where you play the role of Thevir, a member of an intelligent species struggling on a dying world home to a once advanced civilization. By exploring, conversing, and using objects you try to find a cure for your mental disease by saving your people.
Why similar: Aliens 36.4%, Science 22.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Puzzle 5.9%
- #6 SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game
94% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2021
Dev: Eric Laflamme
Windows
Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
Why similar: Science 49.1%, Aliens 14.2%, Puzzle 11%, Education 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #7 Signal Simulator
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,029 reviews2018
Dev: Blagovest Penev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Why similar: Science 38.2%, Aliens 34.9%, Space 12.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Indie 4.9%
- #8 Constellations: Beyond the edges
92% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Hanoi Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
After an accident at a space station, you lose all communication with the earth and are no longer able to locate yourself in space, your best chance of returning is to use the space monitoring system to identify known constellations and configure the route back home.
Why similar: Science 46%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Space 13.3%, Puzzle 9.9%, Logic 8.1%
- #9 Starfall
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolarmPub: Solhenge
Windows
A space adventure with retro gfx from the golden age of quest gaming with real type-in commands, puzzles to solve and challenging minigames.
Why similar: Aliens 30.2%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Space 16.2%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 10.8%
- #10 Ecocoru : Euclidean Constructions -- Compass & Ruler
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Sergey Krasnikov
Windows
Ecocoru is a puzzle game where you have to solve compass and ruler construction problems.
Why similar: Science 54.3%, Puzzle 12.7%, Logic 10.6%, Education 6.8%, Minimalist 5.9%
- #11 Little Astronaut
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Veloneer Games
Windows
Stranded on an alien planet, guide a small astronaut through a mysterious world, solve environmental puzzles, and find a way into an abandoned research base in this atmospheric sci-fi puzzle adventure.
Why similar: Aliens 27%, Science 22.5%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Space 9.9%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #12 Escape: The Research Center
89% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Woodcrest Games, LLC
Windows
Trapped by your colleague Victor in a mysterious research center, surrounded by strange science projects and an unknown toxin coursing through your veins...it's up to you to explore, find clues, and solve the puzzles. Will you escape The Research Center?
Why similar: Science 53.2%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 9.6%, Mystery 7.8%, Investigation 7.2%
- #13 Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets
89% matchVery Positive94% of 54 reviews2019
Dev: BeautiFun Games
Windows · Mac
Become the most epic intern of all times (or at least save your own neck), in this frantic puzzle-adventure game infested with aliens ! Created by the studio behind the award-winning game "Nihilumbra".
Why similar: Aliens 33%, Puzzle 18%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Adventure 13.5%, Space 10.7%
- #14 Message From Aliens
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Artless Games
Windows
In year 2057, Earth received a large number of mysterious symbols from space. Who are they? Where are they from? And more importantly, what are they talking about?
Why similar: Aliens 34.4%, Science 19%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Space 9.8%, Education 8%
- #15 OMEGA SPACE
87% match1 user reviews91% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: greencode S.r.l.s.
Windows
Ω-SPACE - The last dimension you can reach
Why similar: Science 30.6%, Aliens 25.1%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Retro 5.4%
- #16 The Twin Paradox
86% matchVery Positive90% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Beyond Standard Games
Windows · Linux
The Twin paradox is an RPG where you must prepare yourself for the first time travel. Make decisions, explore, and learn real science with the scientists of the "Beyond" laboratory. It's up to you to make the journey a success.
Why similar: Science 49.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Space 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Education 6.3%
- #17 Machinika: Atlas
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 600 reviews2024
Dev: Littlefield StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!
Why similar: Aliens 21.1%, Science 18.5%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Space 10.3%, Puzzle 9.3%
- #18 Bioframe Outpost
84% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: Omni SystemsPub: Omni Systems Publishing
Windows
From the co-creator of Eufloria and Receiver 2 comes a new indie extravaganza. Part Metroidvania, part future science expedition, Bioframe Outpost gives players the means to master a vast world in which all creatures react to each other in complex ways, with frequently unexpected results!
Why similar: Science 39.3%, Aliens 16.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Space 11.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #19 Lands of XON
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: imagoFX
Windows
Lost in an alien world, surrounded by unfamiliar landscape and foreign technology, you need to find the way back home. Explore, discover and solve the mysteries of this strange place.
Why similar: Science 31%, Aliens 29.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Puzzle 8.8%, Logic 7.4%
- #20 Episode 1: MissionKT
85% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: TheBeamerLLC
Windows · Mac
Just before a meteor crash triggers the ultimate demise of dinosaurs you have a chance to play MissionKT and explore their world. Discover how much stardust you have inherited from T-Rex. Find the hidden treasure. Interact with dinosaurs. Escape from Earth before the meteor seals your fate.
Why similar: Science 52.4%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Adventure 15.6%, Education 10.5%, Indie 3.4%
- #21 Mesektet
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Point & Pixel AdventuresPub: Point and Pixel Adventures
Windows · Linux
The recent discovery of an archaeological site has piqued the Vatican's interest, so Elizabeth has traveled to Turkey with the objective of investigating the hill of Göbekli Tepe, where the unearthed ruins of the ancient religious sanctuary could reveal the origin of civilization.
Why similar: Aliens 33.1%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Investigation 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Puzzle 9%
- #22 Deadline:Aphelion
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: MerlynPub: Merlyn Games
Windows
In Deadline: Aphelion, you play as a mercenary tasked with defending the research facility from the hordes of alien spiders that have been drawn to it.
Why similar: Science 53%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Aliens 14.5%, Space 13.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #23 Beyonders
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project Whitecard
Windows
Beyonders follows a 5-person co-op elite space crew (including one dog!) sent across the solar system to investigate anomalies, recover lost assets, and survive extreme environments. Using the scientific method and cooperative engineering, players complete missions. "Could it be aliens? Never!"
Why similar: Science 34.6%, Aliens 22.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Space 9.1%, Investigation 8.1%
- #24 Planetary Settlers
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: Leveler Games
Windows
Planetary Settlers is a family friendly game with real benefits! Learn about the solar system as you play. Experience realistic gravity as you control Blue 42 on each planet, completing mini games, uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and completing quizzes to enhance your abilities!
Why similar: Science 42.1%, Aliens 13.9%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Education 9.2%
- #25 End Gate - The Last Passenger
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Yggdrasil StudioPub: Yggdrasil
Windows
You wake up, alone, in a hypersleep box, with no memories left. You find yourself in an enormous space station, orbiting with a strange asteroid, around a gigantic black hole. And now, it's time to search, everywhere, to understand who you were. And most importantly, what's left to do here.
Why similar: Science 30.5%, Aliens 24.7%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Space 9.7%, Investigation 8.5%
- #26 Newton's Fourth Law
78% matchVery Positive94% of 226 reviews2025
Dev: Newtonian Studios
Windows
Fight against brain-rot in this story-driven educational physics puzzle game. You will need to learn and apply high school physics concepts to solve increasingly challenging problems and uncover a galaxy spanning plot. When you have finished, you will be able to take a college level physics course.
Why similar: Science 39.1%, Aliens 17.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Education 9.5%, Puzzle 8.6%
- #27 K37-D
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2019
Dev: ShadowBlade Games
Windows
In the year 2204 an average engineer gets an ordinary job offer that ends up being a lot more than he bargained for...
Why similar: Science 39.6%, Sci-fi 15%, Space 11.8%, Puzzle 7.3%, Mystery 6.5%
- #28 Gravarior
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: OtogiCoffeeShop
Windows
Gravarior is a shooting action puzzle game in which the main character, Graver, who can manipulate gravity up and down at will, tries to steal the energy hidden in the depth of a discarded ship. The ship is filled with obstacles and mysterious creatures such as Anoi. Let's overcome the difficulties!
Why similar: Science 30.5%, Aliens 28.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Space 9.7%, Puzzle 9.1%
- #29 Ziode Shadow
79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Middle Man Games
Windows
WARNING: This game requires you to think for yourself! Ziode Shadow is a 2D platform/puzzle game about a hungover planet explorer, and his unwanted bot companion. He must utilize many different objects, and manipulate his surroundings, enabling both him, and his support pod to navigate the terrain.
Why similar: Science 32.9%, Aliens 26.6%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Puzzle 9.5%, Space 8.7%
- #30 IFO
78% matchVery Positive85% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Lucas Le Slo
Windows · Mac
A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.
Why similar: Aliens 46.1%, Puzzle 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Space 9.9%, Point & Click 4.9%
- #31 Moon Corp. Tower Defense
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kite Shield Interactive
Windows
Be the ultimate CEO and military strategist in this genre fusion of strategy and business management. Create your own company, hire employees, research weapon technology, and take control of units on the battlefield to defend the moon against an alien invasion. Aliens down, profits up!
Why similar: Science 37%, Aliens 33.9%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Space 6.9%, Simulation 4.5%
- #32 Dustdrive: The Lightspeed Project
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tavernpunk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A minimalist factory puzzle game about reaching the speed of light. Build an experimental engine that runs off galactic dust to accelerate your ship to impossible speeds. Match dust signatures carefully and manage your energy to avoid Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly!
Why similar: Science 53.4%, Space 15.3%, Puzzle 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Simulation 4.6%
- #33 Portal Journey: Portarius
77% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2018
Dev: Dmitry Poznukhov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Open a portal and begin your journey! Teleport rocks, water and your spaceship. Immerse in handcrafted colorful worlds, solve puzzles and be the first at the center of the Earth.
Why similar: Science 42.8%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Puzzle 12.4%, Adventure 10.8%, Space 10.6%
- #34 Mars: The New Eden
76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: CGGAMES
Windows
End of the 21st century. New technologies allowed the realization of a great dream of humanity: the colonization of the red planet. However, something went wrong, which could compromise the viability of this project. Embark on this adventure guiding our hero Rick and unravel the mysteries of Mars.
Why similar: Aliens 33.9%, Space 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Adventure 11.2%
- #35 Locator: The Search for Abigail Lidari
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Empty ExhibitPub: Playstack
Windows
A Geoguessr-inspired narrative detective puzzle game set on an alien planet. As the Cartographer, you must gather and examine clues to locate missing archaeologist Abigail Lidari and uncover the fate of an ancient alien civilization.
Why similar: Science 24.5%, Aliens 15.7%, Investigation 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Puzzle 8.9%
- #36 One Degree Off
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Neutrino Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
One Degree Off is a 2D puzzle game that turns laser physics into captivating brain teasers. Master reflection and refraction to guide multiple lasers through intricate levels, Mix and split colors and, Control your beam's intensity to reach your goals.
Why similar: Science 43%, Puzzle 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Logic 7.1%
- #37 K2-18b: Legacy
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Synthetic Void Dev
Windows · Linux
Immerse yourself in the mysterious atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b. Traverse its unusual labyrinths, uncover a captivating story, and reveal the world's secrets - all set to an atmospheric original soundtrack.
Why similar: Science 44.9%, Aliens 17.7%, Space 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Mystery 4.4%
- #38 Tales of Esferia: Araxis
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Arctic Pixels
Windows
A story-driven puzzle adventure with a shared spotlight between two intergalactic freelancers who get dragged into a series of peculiar events happening on a strange alien planet.
Why similar: Aliens 36%, Puzzle 14%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Adventure 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #39 Ghosts of Ancient Io
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: E. W. Bangle
Windows
Who are the Ghosts of Ancient Io? You’ll find out when a chill intergalactic trip turns into a slightly retro single-player platform survival adventure filled with puzzles to solve, aliens to befriend, and a giant fire-breathing slug named Ember.
Why similar: Science 29.9%, Aliens 28.9%, Adventure 10.8%, Puzzle 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #40 WaterMeasure
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Li Zheng
Windows
Given a 5-liter cup and a 3-liter cup, how measure 4 liters of water?
Why similar: Science 56.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Education 10.5%, Puzzle 8%, Minimalist 7.8%
- #41 Chimp Memory
72% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Windmill's Light
Windows
Chimp Memory is a logical puzzle game and memory challenge. Take on the same tests faced by lab monkeys and prove your memory skills are sharper than theirs. Can you outperform the primates? Test yourself and find out!
Why similar: Science 63.2%, Education 14.7%, Logic 10.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 2.3%
- #42 Seven Days Until Morning
71% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Foamy
Windows
Seven Days Until Morning is an atmospheric horror game that leaves you isolated on the dwarf planet of Pluto. You play as a survivor of the collapse of humanity. Escape the end and survive to see the morning.
Why similar: Science 39.6%, Aliens 20.4%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 10%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #43 Signal Station
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cherrypick Games
Windows
Remote listening station. 1984. You're the operator decoding an impossible signal using oscilloscopes, tape machines, and analog equipment. Align satellites. Analyze waveforms. Make choices that determine humanity's response. Multiple endings. DISCOVER THE TRUTH!
Why similar: Science 31%, Aliens 30.7%, Sci-fi 11%, Puzzle 8.5%, Mystery 5.9%
- #44 Odyssey - The Story of Science
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2017
Dev: The Young Socratics
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Odyssey is an enchanting and innovative science adventure game. Help Kai and her family escape their captors on the Wretched Islands - and learn the history of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific reasoning as you read Kai's journal and solve puzzles along the way!
Why similar: Science 60%, Education 12.7%, Puzzle 11.9%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 5.2%
- #45 Aptamirror
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Stellar Genesis Games
Windows
Aptamirror is a meditative physics-based puzzle game inspired by molecular biology. Manipulate RNA strands by grabbing, mutating, cleaving, and ligating to match increasingly complex target structures. Challenge yourself with 50 handcrafted puzzles designed by a PhD Biochemist. Think. Fold. Repeat.
Why similar: Science 48.6%, Space 10.5%, Puzzle 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Logic 7.7%
- #46 VENERA 31
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: iaroslav motailov
Windows · Mac · Linux
The orbital eyes are gone. You are the last operator watching Venus. Scan a hostile surface through a dying camera and verify what's growing down there — before the signal, and the truth, go dark for good.
Why similar: Aliens 25.5%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 13.4%, Science 13.1%, Investigation 11.1%
- #47 ARCA-102
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Atale Studios
Windows
Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Aliens 18.7%, Space 18.2%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Puzzle 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%
- #48 Exographer
69% matchVery Positive95% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: SciFunGamesPub: Abylight Studios
Windows · Mac
Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.
Why similar: Science 50.5%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Puzzle 11%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Investigation 7.8%
- #49 The Universe of Red Hope
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shelby County Video Game DevelopmentPub: Mathematics Firms of Memphis
Windows
A classic fantasy MMORPG powered by uMMORPG—discover dungeons, fight powerful creatures, forge rare equipment, and shape a living world alongside hundreds of players.
Why similar: Science 51.8%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Space 13.4%, Education 10.3%, Simulation 5.5%
- #50 Unstable Scientific
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Castle Soodalkov
Windows
Rescue scientists, build your own lab, and discover the secret of Toromiro Island in this intricate pixel art platformer!
Why similar: Science 57.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Adventure 6.7%, Indie 4.6%
- #51 Borderline Enigma
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eyüp Korkmaz
Windows
Our Empire is spreading thin through the galaxy. Your responsibility is to assist your comrades on our newly founded colony. Keep your station operational at all cost. Your pivotal role may shape destiny. And don't forget: Humanity Above All!
Why similar: Science 33.2%, Aliens 28.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Space 10.9%, Simulation 4%
- #52 Red Entropy
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: attheAltar
Windows
14000000000000000 years in the future our sun is re-discovered by the last remains of humanity looking for any resources left in a dying universe.
Why similar: Aliens 44.9%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Puzzle 12.2%, Adventure 6.7%, Logic 4.6%
- #53 Xentra Station
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Klemen ZagarPub: Sektor 13 Games
Windows
Xentra Station is a retro-inspired 2D shooting platform set in a futuristic mysterious world.
Why similar: Aliens 46.4%, Space 16%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Retro 5.5%
- #54 ARTSEC
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MacDeth Software
Windows
A short, science themed story game about a secret research facility - dedicated to unwrap the mystery behind strange, otherworldly objects. Meet unique characters, prove your worth, work in the laboratories - and lose your mind.
Why similar: Science 69.3%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Simulation 7.4%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #55 Sol 705
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2020
Dev: Land Patricio - Space Indie StudiosPub: Land Patricio - Space Indie Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hilarious point and click graphic adventure in the best spirit of the '90s where you play as a young man and his friends in a personal quest that will turn their passion for progressive rock and UFOs into a real intergalactic mess... If they manage to survive school !
Why similar: Aliens 30.5%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Puzzle 8.5%, Investigation 8.5%
- #56 At the Dream End 2 - Beyond Gods
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: MMM
Windows
How does one confront the unfathomable horror of knowing too much, of peering into the abyss and finding a reflection of their own insignificance? Story-driven point-and-click adventure game with tons of lore and intriguing concepts about the universe, bio-experiments, and life itself.
Why similar: Aliens 33.4%, Science 33.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space 8.6%, Adventure 6.7%
- #57 Sunward
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Voidworks Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A deep, relaxed space-industry sim. Mine asteroids, refine raw ore into valuable goods, and trade on a living market while you build a modular station, grow a colony, and expand across the solar system and beyond into a freighter-linked empire.
Why similar: Science 33.8%, Aliens 28.4%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #58 Uncle Lee’s Cookbook: Five Recipes for Disaster
64% matchPositive97% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Relatively Painless GamesPub: Dionous Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Uncle Lee has done it again. It’s up to you to pick up the pieces. Join rebellious teen Ines as she deals with the fallout of her uncle Lee’s experiments/inventions/cooking, in a modern point & click adventure in five self-contained episodes.
Why similar: Science 44.7%, Puzzle 13.9%, Sci-fi 12%, Adventure 9.8%, Point & Click 7.6%
- #59 Molecule - a chemical challenge
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: a.mighty.dish
Windows
Discover molecules and learn about science in this addictive Sokoban-style puzzle game!
Why similar: Science 63.7%, Education 12.8%, Puzzle 12%, Indie 11.6%
- #60 Super Rebellion
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2019
Dev: Colossus Game Studio
Windows · Mac
The humanity succumbed against the power of a aliens intergalactic empire, but managed to organize and establish a resistance army. Join the rebellious seekers of peace and help them defeat the evil that haunts the Earth.
Why similar: Aliens 87.4%, Sci-fi 4.4%, Space 3.7%, Indie 2.3%, Retro 1.7%