Games Like HighFleet

Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.

Why similar: Diplomacy 33.2% ★, Military 20.5%, Strategy RPG 17.3%, Tactical 14.7%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar focus on high-fidelity tactical fleet combat and complex sensor management.

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Why similar: Military 52.7%, Building 35.6%, Strategy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep ship-building mechanics and a similar dieselpunk aesthetic to HighFleet.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Military 42.5%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 15.4%, Exploration 14.9%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the experience of managing a large, vulnerable carrier through a strategic map and tactical vehicle deployment.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: Military 33.2%, Building 27.3%, Physics 19.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides unparalleled depth in vehicle construction and physics-based combat systems.

UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

Why similar: Military 52.1%, Physics 19.6%, Simulation 16%, Action 6.6%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense, claustrophobic crew management and naval warfare that mirrors the tension of HighFleet's bridge.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Tactical 31.8%, Choices Matter 23.8%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal tactical game that emphasizes inventory management and high-stakes combat.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33%, Tactical 26.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines strategic map movement with tactical combat and a dark, atmospheric sci-fi narrative.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Diplomacy 42.6% ★, Military 22.3%, Tactical 17.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a grand-strategy experience with a focus on realistic military and geopolitical management.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Sci-fi 26.3%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 22%, Indie 8.3%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for roguelike ship management, where every decision and resource matters.

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Tactical 35.4%, Strategy 28.6%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Action 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep tactical turn-based combat and extensive mech customization.

Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

Why similar: Military 27.8%, Tactical 21.6%, Physics 15%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical combat with a unique timeline mechanic and deep mech customization.

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Building 27.6%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Exploration 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for intricate ship design and tactical combat where structural integrity is key.

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: Sci-fi 36.5%, Simulation 23.8%, Strategy 23.6%, Action 10.3%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the struggle of maintaining a complex vessel while navigating a hostile, alien environment.

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.

Why similar: Military 43.8%, Physics 21.9%, Sci-fi 16%, Simulation 11.6%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a modern military flight simulation experience with a focus on high-stakes combat.

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.5%, Tactical 23.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that emphasizes strategic movement and difficult choices in a space setting.

Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.

Why similar: Military 55.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Action 10.5%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the visceral, arcade-style flight combat feel found in HighFleet's aerial battles.

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: Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Building 22.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and management of a ship and its crew in a harsh environment.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Exploration 36.3%, Choices Matter 30%, Indie 11.5%, Singleplayer 11.2%, Adventure 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on atmospheric exploration and the desperate management of a ship's resources in a dangerous world.

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: Physics 28.5%, Sci-fi 24.6%, Simulation 15.5%, Building 14%, Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the intricate, dangerous systems of spacecraft and the management of limited resources.

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

Why similar: Tactical 29.9%, Choices Matter 22%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features strategic management and tactical combat against a superior, encroaching threat.

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: Building 30.1%, Exploration 26.1%, Simulation 23.7%, Sci-fi 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed space-sim that focuses on the gritty reality of ship maintenance and survival.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Strategy 31%, Tactical 29.5%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Indie 9.7%, Simulation 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in tactical positioning and high-stakes decision-making where every turn is critical.

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Tactical 31.1%, Sci-fi 26.3%, Strategy 18.8%, Action 10.6%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time tactical space combat with management elements.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 53.9%, Inventory Management 28.1%, Strategy 9%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game with deep inventory management and turn-based tactical combat.

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: Sci-fi 30.6%, Exploration 20.9%, Building 19.4%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and ship customization in a mysterious, dangerous galaxy.

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: Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Simulation 19.1%, Action 11.2%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space RPG that blends tactical combat with ship management.

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Why similar: Tactical 30.5%, Choices Matter 22.4%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Action 6.1%

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: Strategy 37.5%, Simulation 23.1%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Action 10.2%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelike that emphasizes fleet management and tactical combat.

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: Building 42.2%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Exploration 19.7%, Simulation 14.8%

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Why similar: Tactical 34.4%, Strategy 19.5%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Simulation 9%

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 27%, Strategy 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic simulation game about managing a failing ship in deep space.

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Tactical 28.7%, Sci-fi 22.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Exploration 17.3%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical space combat game with a focus on exploration and roguelite progression.

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: Sci-fi 26.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Exploration 19.5%, Simulation 17.6%, Action 8.8%

Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...

Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Sci-fi 30.2%, Indie 16.3%, Singleplayer 5.7%

Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!

Why similar: Strategy 24.4%, Simulation 18.9%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Action 11.2%, Indie 10.7%

IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?

Why similar: Military 45.2%, Tactical 21.3%, Physics 12.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Action 4.9%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Tactical 34%, Strategy 19.2%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Simulation 10.5%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Tactical 30.9%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Military 16.1%, Simulation 10.7%

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Why similar: Tactical 34.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Action 8.9%

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: Post-apocalyptic 32%, Building 22.7%, Exploration 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Singleplayer 6.3%

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: Action Roguelike 20.8%, Tactical 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Strategy 11.1%

Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

Why similar: Military 36%, Strategy RPG 31.1%, Building 24.3%, Simulation 8.7%

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

Why similar: Diplomacy 30.3% ★, Military 18.7%, Building 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%

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: Building 21.3%, Simulation 21%, Strategy 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action 8.4%

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: Building 27.1%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Exploration 23.8%, Indie 7.6%, Action 7.4%

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Building 46.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 9%, Exploration 6.5%, Action 6.5%

Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!

Why similar: Tactical 40.6%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Action 13.3%, Adventure 11.9%

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Nonlinear 29.6%, Tactical 21.7%, Exploration 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 12.4%

Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

Why similar: Strategy 32.6%, Sci-fi 31.9%, Tactical 22%, Simulation 8.4%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 8.8%, Action 6.3%

Urukon is an experimental grand strategy game inspired by Euro-style board games. You play as one of 32 factions on a dying alien world. Each turn, you get to take just one of 10 actions. To achieve your chosen faction's goal, you'll need to carefully juggle multiple interactive systems.

Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Indie 18.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Why similar: Tactical 37.4%, Sci-fi 24.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Singleplayer 6.3%

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Why similar: Military 70.5%, Strategy 29.5%

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Building 37.1%, Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 17.7%, Stylized 12.1%, Indie 7.7%

Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.5%, Simulation 26.1%, Indie 13.4%, Action 11.6%, Singleplayer 11.4%

Sky Rogue is a fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator! Blow things up over land, sea, and air, on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers, but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you're dead.

Why similar: Military 37.3%, Action Roguelike 31.8%, Simulation 12%, Indie 7.3%, Action 6.8%

Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

Why similar: Military 71.9%, Simulation 20%, Action 8.1%

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Action 37.3%, Indie 35.8%, Singleplayer 16.7%, Simulation 10.2%

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: Simulation 24.4%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Action 16.3%, Tactical 15.3%, Indie 11.7%