- #1 Star Trucker
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,148 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Transportation 30.2% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Space 12.7%, Open World 7.8%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #2 X4: Foundations
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 28,557 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 94.7 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: Flight 18.8%, Space Sim 14.9%, Trading 14.8%, Economy 12%, Space 9.4%
- #3 Elite Dangerous
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,919 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 147.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2%, Space 19.7%, Open World 10.9%, Trading 10.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #4 Avorion
95% matchVery Positive90% of 14,391 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 99.8 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: Flight 20.7%, Space Sim 16.8%, Economy 11.9%, Trading 11.9%, Space 9.5%
- #5 X Rebirth
94% matchMixed44% of 7,309 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 32.8%, Space Sim 22.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Economy 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%
- #6 Evochron Legacy SE
94% matchVery Positive83% of 442 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.3%, Trading 23.5%, Space 15.4%, Open World 8.6%, Exploration 6.4%
- #7 Flight Of Nova
93% matchVery Positive94% of 525 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: Flight 32%, Space Sim 23%, Transportation 12.6% ★, Space 7.2%, Open World 6.8%
- #8 Star Traders: Frontiers
92% matchVery Positive84% of 3,777 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Why similar: Trading 22.1%, Space Sim 19.3%, Economy 14.1%, Management 10%, Space 9.2%
- #9 Legendary Pilots
91% matchMixed69% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: BerkBoxPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Linux
A stylised flight simulator focused on the pilot’s career, offering a rich world where you manage routes, passengers, and maintain your own planes. Featuring retro pixel art, flyable turbo-props and regional jets, simplified navigation, and a competitive airline economy system.
Why similar: Flight 43.8%, Space Sim 22.8%, Relaxing 9%, First-Person 7.7%, Exploration 7.3%
- #10 Interstellar Transport Company
91% matchMixed67% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Trading 22.3%, Space 20.2%, Economy 14.1%, Space Sim 11%, Management 10.7%
- #11 Earth Analog
90% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Funcraft Games
Windows
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Flight 28.3%, Space Sim 23.2%, Space 16.8%, Exploration 6.7%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #12 Stellar Wanderer DX
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Dream Builder StudiosPub: Leoful
Windows
Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind!
Why similar: Flight 23.9%, Trading 18.4%, Space Sim 18.1%, Space 9.9%, Third Person 5.8%
- #13 Evochron Mercenary
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space 26.3%, Space Sim 24.4%, Flight 17%, Trading 9.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #14 Lakehopper
86% matchVery Positive90% of 389 reviews2026
Dev: Photon Games
Windows · Linux
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!
Why similar: Flight 43.9%, Transportation 31.6% ★, Exploration 6.9%, Simulation 6.6%, Open World 5.9%
- #15 Interstellar Rift
88% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 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 27.1%, Trading 23.1%, Space 12.8%, Open World 9.7%, Exploration 6.3%
- #16 Ostranauts
87% matchVery Positive80% of 2,556 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Flight 33%, Trading 14.6%, Space Sim 14.3%, Difficult 12.1%, Space 8.8%
- #17 Exo One
84% matchVery Positive90% of 5,153 reviews2021
Dev: ExbleativePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.
Why similar: Flight 33.3%, Space Sim 20.6%, Space 14.8%, Relaxing 6.4%, Exploration 6.3%
- #18 X3: Terran Conflict
85% matchVery Positive85% of 2,848 reviews2008
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space 26.1%, Space Sim 19%, Trading 17.5%, Economy 11.1%, Flight 6.7%
- #19 X3: Reunion
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 728 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.6%, Space 21.1%, Flight 15.4%, Economy 15.3%, Trading 10.5%
- #20 EVERSPACE™ 2
82% matchVery Positive86% of 12,733 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Flight 34.4%, Space 20.6%, Open World 11.8%, Third Person 8.4%, Exploration 8%
- #21 Rebel Galaxy
83% matchVery Positive85% of 8,321 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 34.8%, Space Sim 23%, Open World 12.5%, Trading 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #22 Cosmonautica
84% matchMixed48% of 1,189 reviews2015
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Why similar: Trading 23.2%, Space Sim 17.9%, Economy 16.7%, Space 12.4%, Management 9%
- #23 Aery - A New Frontier
81% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: EpiXR Games UG
Windows
Aery – A new Frontier is a story-driven 3D flight exploration game in which you control a bird-like creature while flying through a immersive but peaceful Sci-Fi world. Follow an interesting story through space and time and enjoy the relaxing gameplay while an exploring unknown colorful world.
Why similar: Flight 45.3%, Space 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Relaxing 8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #24 X-Plane 12
80% matchVery Positive87% of 6,016 reviews2022
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 94.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ultra-Realistic Flight Simulation
Why similar: Flight 59.2%, First-Person 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Open World 6.9%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #25 Alaskan Road Truckers
81% matchMixed62% of 3,221 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Management 18.4%, Open World 17.8%, Third Person 11.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Relaxing 10.7%
- #26 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
78% matchVery Positive89% of 21,927 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.1 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 33%, Space Sim 28.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Simulation 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%
- #27 Space Mechanic Simulator
79% matchMixed63% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.4%, Space 18.3%, Trading 13.6%, Difficult 9.6%, Sci-fi 7%
- #28 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
79% matchMixed53% of 229 reviews2024
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.
Why similar: Transportation 23.9% ★, Economy 21%, Open World 12.3%, Management 10.8%, Exploration 7.9%
- #29 Space Docker VR
78% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Commandos
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
Why similar: Flight 41.7%, Space Sim 25.2%, Space 18%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Simulation 5.5%
- #30 Hazeron Starship
77% matchVery Positive83% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Hazeron Freehold LLC
Windows · Linux
Explore and colonize a vast universe. Discover resources. Build cities. Make spacecraft. Walk aboard them. Operate their controls. Command a crew of NPCs. Lift off. Fly up through the atmosphere to outer space. Land on other worlds, anywhere, not at designated places. Build an empire.
Why similar: Flight 43%, Economy 21.3%, Space 14.7%, Management 11.8%, Exploration 9.2%
- #31 X-Plane 11
77% matchVery Positive93% of 19,957 reviews2017
Dev: Laminar Research
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 162.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The future of flight simulation is now! X-Plane 11 is the detailed, realistic, and modern simulator you’ve been waiting for. Intuitive user interface, 3-D cockpits, new effects, 3-D sound, living airports and world-wide scenery.
Why similar: Flight 74.3%, Open World 10.2%, Simulation 9.9%, First-Person 2.5%, Third Person 1.2%
- #32 Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
76% matchVery Positive87% of 26,315 reviews2014
Dev: Microsoft Game StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 46.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Take to the skies in the World’s favourite flight simulator! The multi award winning Microsoft Flight Simulator X lands on Steam for the first time. Take off from anywhere in the world, flying some of the world’s most iconic aircraft to any one of 24,000 destinations.
Why similar: Flight 73.7%, Open World 9%, Simulation 8.3%, Difficult 3.5%, First-Person 2.5%
- #33 Lightyear Frontier
74% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Management 22.3%, Open World 17.3%, Relaxing 14.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%
- #34 PULSAR: Lost Colony
75% matchVery Positive90% of 5,710 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Space Sim 36.3%, Space 19.4%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 8.9%, First-Person 8.4%
- #35 Endless Sky
75% matchVery Positive92% of 7,005 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 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 32%, Trading 18.6%, Space Sim 15.8%, Open World 11%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #36 Naev
76% matchVery Positive80% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: Naev Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.
Why similar: Trading 27.2%, Space Sim 25.7%, Space 15.8%, Open World 8.1%, Exploration 6.6%
- #37 Airline Manager
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,168 reviews2021
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
Why similar: Flight 37.3%, Transportation 28.7% ★, Economy 16.1%, Management 8.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #38 AirportSim
73% matchMixed68% of 1,632 reviews2023
Dev: MS GAMESPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 50.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
AirportSim is an Advanced Airport Ground Handling Simulator with true-to-life visuals and operations, licensed planes and vehicles, real airports and live weather conditions. Enjoy the many tasks alone or with friends, making this experience unforgettable.
Why similar: Flight 50.8%, Management 16.2%, Open World 12.6%, First-Person 8.4%, Simulation 6.3%
- #39 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
71% matchVery Positive93% of 3,347 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 29.3%, Space 21.9%, Difficult 13.2%, Open World 10%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #40 Helium Rain
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 332 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 39.7%, Space 22.6%, Trading 14.9%, Economy 10.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #41 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,275 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra Creative
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Flight 32%, Space Sim 23.6%, Space 15%, Difficult 8.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #42 Space Commander: War and Trade
73% matchMixed67% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.
Why similar: Flight 31.5%, Space Sim 27.1%, Economy 14.7%, Space 9.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #43 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 71,681 reviews2020
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 35.9 hrsMean: 166.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
Why similar: Flight 72.7%, Open World 14%, Simulation 9.5%, Atmospheric 3.9%
- #44 Cosmic Miners
70% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1%, Flight 23.9%, Economy 13.5%, Space 12.9%, Open World 6.8%
- #45 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
70% matchMixed57% of 20,017 reviews2024
Dev: Asobo StudioPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 24.1 hrsMean: 132.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Explore the world with our largest fleet of aircraft and take simulation to new heights while pursuing your aviation career within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Why similar: Flight 66.2%, Open World 8.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Exploration 6.2%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #46 Occupy Mars: The Game
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,070 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Space 26.6%, Open World 18.4%, Third Person 12.5%, Exploration 11%, First-Person 9.9%
- #47 Alien Market Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Sloth StudiosPub: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers. Experience the challenge of managing a business in space and growing your market
Why similar: Economy 35%, Management 19.4%, Space 15.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%, First-Person 8.1%
- #48 Kerbal Space Program
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 141,003 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 65.8 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 35.8%, Space 34.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Open World 7.2%, Difficult 5.6%
- #49 EVE Online
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 38,745 reviews2010
Dev: CCP
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 138.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Trading 18.6%, Space Sim 18.3%, Economy 11.9%, Space 10.5%, Difficult 9%
- #50 Kerbal Space Program 2
69% matchMostly Negative26% of 31,673 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 27.6%, Space 21.4%, Difficult 16.1%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 8.8%
- #51 Merchant of the Skies
67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,268 reviews2020
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
Why similar: Trading 38.7%, Economy 26.9%, Management 16.2%, Exploration 8.3%, Relaxing 6.6%
- #52 Bush 1022
64% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: dimitars
Windows · Linux
Do deliveries and explore the wilds in this minimalist open world flight sim.
Why similar: Flight 57.5%, Open World 13%, Exploration 9.7%, Relaxing 6.9%, Third Person 6.8%
- #53 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
69% matchMixed68% of 537 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 33%, Trading 20.9%, Space 16.7%, Open World 12.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #54 Solargene
63% matchMostly Positive77% of 836 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Space Sim 28.4%, Economy 20.6%, Flight 18.9%, Space 12.9%, Management 12.3%