- #1 Void Bastards
97% matchVery Positive86% of 5,386 reviews2019
Dev: Blue Manchu
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 17.5%, FPS 17.3%, Space 13%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Roguelike 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar roguelite FPS experience with a strong sci-fi aesthetic and resource-gathering focus.
- #2 Space Haven
96% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.8% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Building 10.7%, Management 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title emphasizes the management and survival aspects of building a ship to keep a crew alive in deep space.
- #3 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 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 25.9% ★, Building 14.7%, Space 14.4%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 12%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep modular building mechanics and survival gameplay across diverse alien planets.
- #4 Barotrauma
95% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Survival Horror 25.3%, Horror 16.7%, Management 16.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the intense ship-management and FPS-defense loop against alien threats in a hostile environment.
- #5 Forever Skies
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Science 18% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Open World 12%, Survival 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a mobile base-building mechanic that requires constant maintenance while exploring a ruined world.
- #6 Stardeus
93% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.2% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Space 12.4%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex ship-based colony management experience with a focus on survival and automation.
- #7 PULSAR: Lost Colony
92% matchVery Positive90% of 5,694 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.8 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 35.8% ★, Space 15.9%, Open World 15.3%, FPS 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the collaborative management of a starship and first-person exploration of alien stations.
- #8 Breathedge
91% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Space 23.3%, Survival 17.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Open World 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person space survival game that centers on crafting, base-building, and managing oxygen in a hostile vacuum.
- #9 EVERSPACE™
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,373 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.7%, Space 24.2%, Space Sim 22.8% ★, Sci-fi 9.9%, Roguelite 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space roguelite that emphasizes combat and resource collection in a procedurally generated galaxy.
- #10 Shortest Trip to Earth
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 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: Space Sim 20.5% ★, Space 15.7%, Roguelite 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Survival 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelite that focuses on ship management, crew survival, and tactical combat in space.
- #11 X4: Foundations
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.4% ★, Space 16%, Building 10.8%, Open World 10.3%, Management 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep simulation of space economy, ship management, and fleet building.
- #12 Avorion
88% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 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: Space Sim 31.5% ★, Building 15.7%, Space 14.7%, Open World 12.9%, Management 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game allows for extensive ship building and exploration in a vast, procedurally generated space.
- #13 Subnautica
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 21.8%, Survival 20.3%, Open World 18.1%, Horror 14.8%, Survival Horror 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: While underwater, it is the definitive first-person survival and base-building experience that mirrors the isolation and discovery found in space sims.
- #14 Interstellar Rift
89% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 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 30.7% ★, Building 15.1%, Open World 13%, Space 12%, Survival 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features robust ship-building tools and exploration mechanics in an open-world space setting.
- #15 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
86% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 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 Sim 26.7% ★, Space 25.9%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Building 9.1%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a highly detailed, first-person look at the mechanics of interacting with and dismantling space vessels.
- #16 Generation Zero®
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 41,588 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, FPS 13.5%, Open World 12.9%, Survival Horror 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends FPS survival and base-building against mechanical threats in a large, open world.
- #17 Starcom: Nexus
85% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.6%, Space Sim 27.2% ★, Sci-fi 17%, Open World 13.9%, Building 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on space exploration and ship customization within a narrative-driven sci-fi universe.
- #18 SpaceBourne 2
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,992 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.4% ★, Science 16.2% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Open World 9.7%, Space 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an expansive RPG experience with deep space-sim and ship-building mechanics.
- #19 Executive Assault 2
84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 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 29.9% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Building 15.4%, Space 12.3%, FPS 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid that allows you to manage your base from an RTS perspective while also participating in FPS combat.
- #20 Stationeers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Science 22.7% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Building 13.5%, Space 12.5%, Management 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A complex simulation game that focuses on the technical aspects of base-building and atmospheric management in space.
- #21 Transcendence
82% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9% ★, Space 17.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Open World 13.3%, Procedural Generation 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic roguelite space-sim that focuses on ship progression and exploration in a dangerous galaxy.
- #22 Derelict Void
82% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Stirling Games
Windows · Linux
Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.
Why similar: Roguelite 21.4%, Space 18.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Management 15.7%, Procedural Generation 10%
Why You'll Like It: It combines resource management and roguelite survival mechanics in a space-faring setting.
- #23 Deep Rock Galactic
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 372,881 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 75.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: FPS 19.4%, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Space 14.2%, Action Roguelike 12%, Sci-fi 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: While mission-based, it captures the frantic FPS combat against alien swarms and the necessity of mining and base-defense.
- #24 The Solus Project
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,612 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Survival 27%, Survival Horror 18.3%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 13.5%, Open World 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes exploration and environmental hazards on a mysterious alien planet.
- #25 Scavenger SV-4
80% matchVery Positive91% of 590 reviews2018
Dev: Deric RuhlPub: HoroArch
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
Why similar: Space 20%, Science 14.5% ★, Horror 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric simulation game that captures the isolation and horror of space exploration.
- #26 Final Upgrade
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Space Sim 20% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Building 13.9%, Space 13.8%, Open World 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the automation and building aspects of managing a space-based operation.
- #27 Starbase
79% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4% ★, Building 17.1%, Open World 14.8%, Space 13.5%, FPS 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer space-sim that emphasizes detailed ship construction and destruction physics.
- #28 Between the Stars
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 34.8% ★, Space 26.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Roguelite 8.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #29 Astrometica
76% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.7% ★, Base Building 15%, Open World 13%, Survival 12.4%, Space 12.3%
- #30 Rogue Station
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Action Roguelike 13%, Building 12.9%, Space 12.6%, Roguelite 12.4%
- #31 Space Trash Scavenger
74% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.9% ★, Space 14.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 12.4%, Survival 12.1%
- #32 Astrometica: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,281 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Building 12.8%, Open World 11%, Space 10.6%
- #33 Into the Stars
78% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
Why similar: Space 51.1%, Survival 29.3%, Roguelike 19.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that tasks you with managing a ship and its crew during a desperate journey.
- #34 The Last Caretaker
71% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Base Building 26%, Open World 17.7%, Management 16.9%, Survival 16.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%
- #35 Chernobylite Complete Edition
73% matchVery Positive82% of 15,165 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 15.6%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Horror 11.7%
- #36 Galactic Mining Corp
74% matchVery Positive84% of 931 reviews2021
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.3% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Management 12.1%, Space 11.9%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #37 The Alters
70% matchVery Positive90% of 16,976 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Science 16.7% ★, Management 16.6%, Survival 16.5%, Sci-fi 12%
- #38 Star Shelter
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 435 reviews2018
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.8% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Roguelite 11%, FPS 10.9%
- #39 Astro Colony
73% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Base Building 28.4%, Space Sim 22.5% ★, Space 17.9%, Building 14.9%, Open World 10.6%
- #40 Space Beast Terror Fright
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.4%, FPS 15.5%, Horror 11.2%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Survival Horror 9.3%
- #41 Duskers
72% matchVery Positive90% of 2,739 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Space 19%, Roguelite 17%, Survival 14.7%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Roguelike 13.7%
- #42 Battlevoid: Harbinger
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 38.5%, Roguelike 19.9%, Roguelite 16.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #43 Deadzone: Rogue
67% matchVery Positive85% of 14,091 reviews2025
Dev: Prophecy Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
Why similar: FPS 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 12.6%
- #44 StarRupture
67% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 36.3%, Open World 23.3%, Survival 22.6%, Sci-fi 17.9%
- #45 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Base Building 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 16.4%, Building 8.9%, Open World 8.6%
- #46 Darkstar One
70% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.9% ★, Space 29.1%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Open World 13.5%
- #47 Starcom: Unknown Space
65% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 34.8% ★, Space 25.1%, Open World 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Building 11.3%
- #48 Star Explorers
69% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.7% ★, Space 15.5%, Procedural Generation 14%, Open World 13.6%, FPS 9.6%
- #49 Starship EVO
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Space Sim 26.1% ★, Building 25.6%, Space 24.9%, Open World 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #50 Stranded: Alien Dawn
65% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 39.1%, Survival 24.7%, Management 14.7%, Sci-fi 6.9%, 3D 5.4%
- #51 Starpoint Gemini 3
69% matchMixed50% of 867 reviews2020
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.
Why similar: Space Sim 41% ★, Space 21%, Open World 16.1%, Sci-fi 14.3%, First-Person 7.6%
- #52 Outpost Zero
70% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Why similar: Survival 29.5%, Base Building 29.3%, Open World 22.1%, Building 11%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #53 CDF Ghostship
71% matchMixed41% of 105 reviews2015
Dev: MadAboutGamesStudios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
CDF Ghostship is a science-fiction Old-style shooter featuring an open-world spaceship, space station and colony. Each new game will offer a challenge with random story-lines and narrative, random enemies and multiple endings. Can you escape the Ghostship?
Why similar: FPS 19.3%, Space 17.9%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Horror 12.1%, Sci-fi 12%
- #54 Galactic Vault
64% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2026
Dev: MeepMeep Games
Windows
Build your weapon to its full potential in Galactic Vault, a fast-paced FPS roguelite. Discover endless upgrade combinations, craft diverse builds, and unleash devastating abilities. Get ready to infiltrate high-security vaults and recover lost tech.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.6%, FPS 18.9%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 12.5%, Space 10.9%
- #55 Star Survivor
66% matchMixed69% of 555 reviews2024
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 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 23.4% ★, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Space 14.1%, Survival 12.4%, Roguelite 12%
- #56 Craterbound
68% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.8% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Space 14.3%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 12.5%