- #1 Infini Orbis
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tanis
Windows
A sci-fi automation game with deep RPG progression and RTS fleet combat. Command humanity's last ark, Mothership, on a desperate mission back in time to build a fleet powerful enough to change the destiny of the galaxy. Automate local and interstellar supply networks to purge cosmic threats.
Why similar: Spaceships 24.5% ★, Space Sim 15.7%, Trading 12.7%, Action RTS 11.3% ★, Management 6%
- #2 Starminer
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,894 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Spaceships 28.1% ★, Space Sim 15.9%, Trading 12.6%, RTS 11.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #3 Andromeda Wars
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Mccue
Windows
Andromeda Wars is a retro styled space RTS. In Andromeda Wars you must gather power, build a fleet, build defences to defend your mothership, and try to survive the onslaught from the opposing factions. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your dwindling resources.
Why similar: Spaceships 48.9% ★, Space Sim 20.4%, RTS 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Strategy 5.8%
- #4 Axan Ships - Low Poly
95% matchMixed63% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 41.3% ★, Space Sim 15.4%, Action RTS 14.8% ★, RTS 10%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #5 Starship Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fleetyard Studios
Windows
Explore a scientifically accurate Milky Way galaxy and discover distant uncharted worlds, while having unrestricted access to every deck of your Magellan Class deep space exploration vessel. Interact with numerous fully simulated ship systems, or simply relax in the bar and watch the stars drift by.
Why similar: Spaceships 34.4% ★, Space Sim 22.5%, Sandbox 9%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Open World 8.1%
- #6 Admiral Stepinski
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
A multiplayer, tactical, real-time strategy with spaceships
Why similar: Spaceships 43.2% ★, RTS 25.5%, Space Sim 16.1%, Strategy 5.2%, Space 4.9%
- #7 Periapsis: Gravity Slingshot
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Lead humanity’s final journey beyond Earth. Launch ships, harness gravity slingshots, and explore distant star systems to make humanity multi-planetary.
Why similar: Spaceships 33.7% ★, Space Sim 23.4%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Sandbox 7.5%, Space 7.3%
- #8 Rank: Warmaster
93% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc.
Windows
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
Why similar: Spaceships 31.3% ★, Space Sim 17.8%, RTS 16.2%, Action RTS 10.2% ★, Sandbox 6.3%
- #9 Orbital Traffic Controller
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Green Giraffe
Windows
Orbital Traffic Controller is a sci-fi spaceship management game set in the Solar System. Become an interstellar traffic controller, directing vessels from planetary holding patterns and warp gates to atmospheric reentry, all while avoiding collisions with other spacecraft and planetary bodies.
Why similar: Spaceships 38.1% ★, Space Sim 20.8%, RTS 12.4%, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #10 eXoSpace Combat Engineer
90% matchVery Positive87% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Fantastimaker
Windows
Snap, rotate and launch your own warship in minutes, then pilot it into bullet-hell boss fights to hunt the galaxy's supervillains. Master intuitive engineering, evolve from drone to dreadnought, and use the fully gridless designer to build anything you can imagine!
Why similar: Spaceships 45.3% ★, Space Sim 19%, Sandbox 8.2%, Space 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #11 Spaceship Pro Simulator
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Spaceship Pro Simulator. Strapped in and ready. One ship, one mission—survive the unknown. Enemies ahead, systems online. This is my journey through deep space, and I'm not going down easy.
Why similar: Spaceships 56.8% ★, Space Sim 25.2%, Space 6%, Sci-fi 3.2%, Action 2.6%
- #12 Axan Ships
91% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Adam Stępiński
Windows
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 47.9% ★, Action RTS 18% ★, Space Sim 14.9%, Space 4.5%, Strategy 4.1%
- #13 Morancairn: The Silent Wake
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aether Codex
Windows
Single-player space strategy about the last ship of a vanished civilization: built to copy itself, no longer able to. Turn dead systems into mines, refineries, and shipyards. Design fleets, command the fights, lose ships, never the factory. Find out what silenced the galaxy.
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Space Sim 25.9%, Space 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #14 SpaceLab Simulator
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tractor Set GO!
Windows
Run a spaceship's lab module all by yourself while trying to find a cure for close-to-extinct humanity. Make repairs to various systems of the ship, solve technical problems, perform maintenance, and upgrade tools that will help you to overcome the most unusual challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 56.1% ★, Space Sim 25.9%, Sci-fi 8%, Space 7.9%, Exploration 1.2%
- #15 MANIFEST
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Manifest Dev
Windows · Linux
This is a game about the pressure of keeping ships productive. Idle ships bleed money. Late deliveries hurt your reputation. Old hulls develop histories. Captains become known quantities. A quiet ore run can suddenly become a rescue problem, a customs problem, or a piracy problem.
Why similar: Spaceships 45.5% ★, Space Sim 15.9%, Trading 15%, Management 8.4%, Sci-fi 6%
- #16 AstroForge: Space Pirates
86% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: FrostFire
Windows
Build your unique spaceship and explore space. Travel between planets, fight different opponents, trade and develop. Build the most efficient ship and fight with other players in multiplayer. 17 languages available.
Why similar: Spaceships 40.6% ★, Space Sim 21.4%, RTS 15.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, Space 6.6%
- #17 VRTS
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Micahiscoo
Windows
VRTS is a VR Real-Time-Strategy game based in space! Command and construct a fleet of spaceships to defeat your enemies. Watch over the battle from your war table and make the ultimate strategy to bring down your adversary.
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Space Sim 23.9%, Spaceships 17.7% ★, Action RTS 13.9% ★, Strategy 8.8%
- #18 Agon Protocol
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Atrimn
Windows
Create your own ship designs and command them in tactical, real-time multiplayer battles. Outsmart your opponent through smart positioning, specialized weapons, and ships built around your strategy.
Why similar: Spaceships 42.3% ★, RTS 17.2%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Sandbox 8.1%, Space 4.7%
- #19 Trenite Engineer
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gryzly22
Windows
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.5% ★, Space Sim 25.1%, Management 10.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Space 6.6%
- #20 Novalast
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raging Storm Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Novalast is an immersive 2.5D Space RTS with full physics based combat, putting you in the Captain's chair of powerful starships. It features a fully physicalized logistics and supply system, where Nolithium supply matters. Run out of Nolithium, you're dead in the water.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.6% ★, RTS 15.2%, Space Sim 14.4%, Action RTS 13.1% ★, Space 7.1%
- #21 Avorion
83% matchVery Positive90% of 14,588 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 99.6 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: Spaceships 30.8% ★, Space Sim 19.5%, Trading 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 7%
- #22 Ostranauts
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,288 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Spaceships 25.8% ★, Space Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Trading 11.3%, Space 7.7%
- #23 Stellar Insurgency
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tensorial
Windows
Explore a galaxy of 300 systems as you control your fleet in a top-down 3D style, navigating through Star-lanes, Warp gates, and Black holes. Customize and upgrade your fleet, complete missions, trade, hire your crew, wage war and determine the fate of the galaxy in this grand sim saga.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.6%, Action RTS 16.8% ★, RTS 16.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Space 6.4%
- #24 Starpoint Gemini 2
82% matchMixed70% of 4,120 reviews2014
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Why similar: Spaceships 32.6% ★, Space Sim 16.8%, Trading 13.5%, Space 12.1%, Tactical RPG 10.1%
- #25 Star Traders: Frontiers
80% matchVery Positive83% of 3,816 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.8 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: Space Sim 18.3%, Trading 17.3%, Tactical RPG 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #26 Command Deck
78% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: k-critical
Windows · Mac
A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same rules as you. Command your ship, build powerful deck combinations, and watch your decisions unfold in fast-paced, satisfying space combat.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.7% ★, Space Sim 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Procedural Generation 7.4%, Space 7.2%
- #27 Space Empires: Starfury
81% matchMixed68% of 21 reviews2020
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
In Space Empires: Starfury you are on a wild intergalactic ride through the Space Empires universe. You are an undercover agent for the TCN (Terran Confederation Navy) trying to determine the cause of a recent escalation of pirate attacks in the Neutral territories.
Why similar: RTS 21.7%, Space Sim 21.2%, Trading 18.1%, Space 11%, Strategy 10.3%
- #28 Space Cheese Defenders
79% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Team Attack Games
Windows
A tower defense game with RTS elements about gathering cheese in space, where mobile carriers are able to deploy smaller spacecraft. Collect cheese to buy and upgrade spaceships and use each type to customize your playstyle and defend your base!
Why similar: Spaceships 42.3% ★, RTS 24.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Management 7.5%, Space 6.7%
- #29 Off Course ELEMENTS of SPACE
79% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: JG
Windows
2d pixel art, top down sci- fi space ship building, resource management simulation with some arcade, tower defense elements. You build spaceship, collect necessary resources and defend yourself against waves of enemies. Equip ship with: rockets, life support, electric system and weapons.
Why similar: Spaceships 55.8% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Space 7.6%, Open World 5%
- #30 Starscrip
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: boomthump
Windows
The top-down space sim. Fly, trade, and fight in a galaxy shaped by simulated history, where production, freight, and war reshape a living economy.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3%, Trading 17.4%, Open World 10.7%, Space 10%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #31 Celestial Routes
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unpredictable Games
Windows · Mac
A third-person space survival game where seamless planet landings meet debt, fuel costs, fines, taxes, base ownership, and rebellion.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.8% ★, Space Sim 22.3%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Space 8.5%, Open World 8%
- #32 FleetForge: Warship Builder & Fleet Command
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Text Arcade
Windows
Conquer a contested galaxy by designing modular warships and commanding real-time fleet battles. Forge your fleet from dozens of modules and weapon systems, then grow your empire in a solo or online co-op campaign.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.1% ★, RTS 18.8%, Space 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #33 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,598 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: Spaceships 33.5% ★, Space Sim 19.4%, Tactical RPG 9.4%, Sandbox 8.9%, Space 8.4%
- #34 In Control: Rocketry
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electromechanical SoftworksPub: Maximum Entertainment France SAS
Windows
Take to the skies in this spaceflight simulator where you have control over every aspect of your orbital journey. Build a rocket and its control panels, steer your spacecraft to stay on its flight path, manage resources and explore the solar system using realistic physics and propulsion systems.
Why similar: Spaceships 45.6% ★, Space Sim 28.6%, Sandbox 13.7%, Space 11%, Singleplayer 1%
- #35 Funorbit
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Aeroenix
Windows
Funorbit is a space survival simulation with realistic physics, resource gathering, crafting, and building. Navigate a vast universe using orbital mechanics, encounter drifting meteoroids, and construct space stations to survive.
Why similar: Spaceships 35% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 7.6%, Space 6.9%
- #36 Star Armada
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitbuildr
Windows · Mac
Star Armada is a spaceship auto-battler where you assemble and command a fleet of capital ships and fighter squadrons. Unlock powerful new ships and outfit them with a range of turrets, energy shields, and starfighter hangars. Engage in automated battles, carefully timing unique abilities to win.
Why similar: Spaceships 48.1% ★, RTS 15.2%, Management 7.1%, Space 7%, Space Sim 6.6%
- #37 Out of Orbit
74% matchVery Positive79% of 179 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Why similar: Spaceships 55.9% ★, Sandbox 14%, Space 8.7%, Open World 6.9%, Strategy 5.1%
- #38 Fleetbreakers
73% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Last KeepPub: Level Up Gaming
Windows
From the creators of Halo Wars and Age of Empires, Fleetbreakers is an action RTS roguelite with satisfying fleet combat in bite-sized sessions. Strategic depth meets cataclysmic space battles in an ever-evolving campaign that keeps you coming back for just. One. More. Run.
Why similar: Spaceships 41.9% ★, RTS 20.5%, Action RTS 12.8% ★, Procedural Generation 6.7%, Space 6.2%
- #39 Star Valor
73% matchVery Positive88% of 3,520 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Spaceships 32.6% ★, Space Sim 12.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Space 8.1%
- #40 Drifter
76% matchMixed54% of 208 reviews2014
Dev: Celsius Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.7%, Trading 17.6%, Sandbox 17.5%, Space 13%, Open World 10%
- #41 Immortal Space God
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Fight till you can't then fight some more! A space combat simulator with survival crafting elements.
Why similar: Space Sim 26%, RTS 20.4%, Sandbox 13%, Open World 9.8%, Management 7.8%
- #42 Spaceflight Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,809 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Spaceships 29.7% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Space 10.2%, Exploration 4.8%
- #43 AVIK
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MaxWinGames
Windows
AVIK is an atmospheric space sandbox where you explore space. Following a recent tragedy, you must begin your story from scratch, unraveling the mysteries of the past while upgrading your spaceship, mining resources, crafting new parts, and fighting for your survival.
Why similar: Spaceships 32.8% ★, Space Sim 27.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #44 Star Command Galaxies
71% matchMixed42% of 517 reviews2024
Dev: Warballoon
Windows · Mac
Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.
Why similar: RTS 26.2%, Space Sim 24.6%, Isometric 20.9%, Sci-fi 8%, Space 6.6%
- #45 Rocket Simulator
71% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Traveller Praha
Windows
Travel with your spacecraft throughout the solar system based on realistic Kepler's laws of gravity. Invent your own routes between planets, use gravity, explore space, trade, upgrade your spaceship and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
Why similar: Spaceships 37.9% ★, Space Sim 31.6%, Sandbox 11.9%, Space 9.4%, Sci-fi 5.6%
- #46 Spaceship Commander
71% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Sokolov Yaroslav Vladimirovich
Windows · Linux
Fight in space or on the planets, or just travel the universe. Visit cities and buildings, mine resources, trade with or speak to individuals on the planets. Explore and discover. Buy a new ship, fit upgrades, and hire a whole army of crew!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.6%, RTS 21.6%, Tactical RPG 11.1%, Open World 9.8%, Space 9.5%
- #47 Deepest Blue
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Steve TurnerPub: Graftgold Studios
Windows
A futuristic space combat simulation set in deep space featuring 1st person combat, exploration of new warp paths and sectors, prospecting resource, shipping freight, base building or munitions deployment. Up to 9 player ships can be flown or assigned to co-pilots and grouped into squads.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Spaceships 26.9% ★, Trading 15.7%, Open World 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #48 STARHOME
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIGIFOXPub: Games Operators
Windows
Take command of the fleet of starships that is the home to the remnants of your civilization. Manage the limited space of each spacecraft and find the balance between living space, production, defenses, and weapons. Explore the galaxy as you seek refuge and safety from an overwhelming threat.
Why similar: Spaceships 40.9% ★, RTS 17.5%, Action RTS 14.5% ★, Space 7.1%, Management 6.6%
- #49 StarDune
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2w Systems
Windows · Mac
Build, Fly, and Survive. StarDune combines tactile, modular construction with seamless space travel. Reshape vibrant voxel planets, automate your outposts, and explore a procedurally generated solar system alone or with friends in a world that’s yours to mold.
Why similar: Spaceships 25.9% ★, Space Sim 19.6%, Sandbox 13%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Open World 10.6%
- #50 Cosmonautica
70% matchMixed48% of 1,190 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 21.5%, Space Sim 20.2%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #51 Deck & Conn
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Funtime ElectricsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign. Balance tactics, crew, and limited resources in a dynamic forever-war. Retro pixel art meets deep strategy fifteen minutes into the future of 1989.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.6%, Tactical RPG 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Space 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #52 X2: The Threat
70% matchVery Positive83% of 534 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 36%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.1%, Trading 17.5%, Space 16.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Sci-fi 9%
- #53 Trade Anchor
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lemuria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Amidst powerful alien empires, you are among the first humans in this corner of the procedurally generated galaxy. Trade and explore. With no combat, your success hinges on mastering complex alien economies and navigating intricate politics. Can you carve out a place for humanity in the cosmos?
Why similar: Trading 30.4%, RTS 13.3%, Space Sim 11.6%, Management 11%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #54 Eternal Starlight VR
68% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Spaceships 20.6% ★, Space Sim 19.9%, Action RTS 13.2% ★, Space 8.2%
- #55 The Spatials: Galactology
69% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Spaceships 25.8% ★, Space Sim 20.3%, Sandbox 12%, Isometric 11.6%, Management 10.1%
- #56 TerrApocalipse
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StDesign
Windows · Mac · Linux
TerrApocalipse is an indie space action strategy with RPG elements, set in our solar system under siege by a mysterious, overwhelming force. Soon as the vast void between planets will be filled with conflict your decisions will shape the fate of Terra and beyond.
Why similar: Spaceships 44.9% ★, RTS 16.7%, Action RTS 11.4% ★, Space 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #57 Starlathe
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astraeon Interactive
Windows
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Trading 21.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Open World 10.5%, Management 7.4%
- #58 Stellar Industrialist
65% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
You are neither a general nor a soldier — you are a Stellar Industrialist. To you, peace is nothing but shutdowns and losses. Venture to the frontlines, strip battlefields for wreckage and salvage, turn spoils into resources, and expand your interstellar arms empire.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.7% ★, Space Sim 22.2%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Space 7.9%, Sandbox 7%
- #59 Deep Claims
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Promination Studios
Windows
Deep Claims is a space exploration game where you upgrade your ship and equipment in order to mine increasingly valuable and hazardous asteroids. Can you make it to the core?
Why similar: Space Sim 24.7%, Sandbox 17.8%, Management 15.7%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Space 10%
- #60 Gratuitous Space Battles
69% matchMixed70% of 891 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Why similar: Spaceships 49.5% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, RTS 11.3%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%