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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Sci-fi, Simulation, Space Sim.

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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 79% — of 324 reviews
Released: 2018-10-11
Developer: Deimos Games
Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 3.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 8.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 74%

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    Dev: Egosoft
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Space Sim 40.6%, Space 19%, Trading 13.6%, Economy 7.4%, Simulation 7.4%

  2. #2 Endless Sky
    96% matchVery Positive92% of 6,938 reviews2015
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    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 45%, Space Sim 26%, Trading 10.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Exploration 3.6%

  3. #3 Celestial Command
    96% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
    Dev: Romenics
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

    Why similar: Space 38.5%, Space Sim 29.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Action 4%

  4. #4 Interstellar Rift
    94% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
    Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  5. #5 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
    93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
    Dev: Kodera Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.

    Why similar: Space Sim 49%, Space 31.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Exploration 7.5%, Action 3.5%

  6. #6 Void Destroyer 2
    94% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
    Dev: Iteration 11
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

    Why similar: Space Sim 45.8%, Space 20%, Trading 12.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%

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    92% 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 45.7%, Space 22.1%, Trading 10.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Economy 7.3%

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    91% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows
    Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 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.

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  9. #9 Rebel Galaxy
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 8,230 reviews2015
    Dev: Double Damage Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    89% 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 50.4%, Space 22.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Economy 6%, Exploration 5.4%

  11. #11 Starship Corporation
    90% matchMixed42% of 555 reviews2018
    Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.

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    87% matchMostly Positive76% of 377 reviews2026
    Dev: Propulsive Games
    Windows

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    89% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
    Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    88% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
    Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%

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    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    78% matchMixed56% of 409 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  33. #33 The Sentient
    78% matchMostly Negative39% of 82 reviews2016
    Dev: Uncaged Studios
    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive83% of 440 reviews2016
    Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
    Windows
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  35. #35 Starship Theory
    77% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  36. #36 Final Upgrade
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  37. #37 Star Traders: Frontiers
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  39. #39 Sol Trader
    75% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2016
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    71% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  41. #41 Miner Wars 2081
    75% matchMostly Negative36% of 386 reviews2012
    Dev: Keen Software House
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    72% matchMixed57% of 1,011 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,398 reviews2020
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    68% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
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    73% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
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    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2025
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    72% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
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    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,997 reviews2024
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    71% matchMixed62% of 124 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!

    Why similar: Space 38.9%, Trading 19.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Economy 15%, Strategy 11.4%

  58. #58 Vanguard Galaxy
    63% matchVery Positive90% of 353 reviews2025
    Dev: Bat Roost Games
    Windows

    A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.

    Why similar: Space Sim 39.9%, Space 30.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Trading 11.3%, Exploration 7%

  59. #59 Shattered Void
    65% matchMostly Positive71% of 90 reviews2024
    Dev: yyy1505yyy
    Windows · Linux

    Space MMORPG where players can fly on different ships, collecting devices, subsystems and navigations or finding new weapons that will serve in battles. Take part in battles, explore the world, mine ore, trade, fight and build your own clan with a station.

    Why similar: Space 45.2%, Trading 28.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 6.9%, Action 5.3%

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