Games Like Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world.Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes.

Why similar: Simulation 32.9%, Management 32.4%, Indie 13.7%, Funny 10.8%, RPG 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same developer, whimsical art style, and core management gameplay loop as the seed game.

Holy Potatoes! A Spy Story?! is a wacky spy agency sim where you manage your very own potato spy headquarters, train an elite spy team, and strategize top-secret missions while uncovering the truth behind an evil spy corporation.

Why similar: Simulation 32.6%, Strategy 26.2%, Indie 14%, Management 7.4%, Cute 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same humorous tone and management-focused gameplay found throughout the Holy Potatoes series.

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: Space 38.8%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Survival 8.7%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential spaceship management game that balances intense turn-based combat with resource survival.

Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?! is a whacky hell-themed cooking management sim where you take on the role of a chef in an Afterlife populated by potatoes!

Why similar: Simulation 41%, Strategy 30.6%, Indie 16.8%, Management 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Maintains the series' signature cute aesthetic and strategic management mechanics in a different setting.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 31.4%, Turn-Based Combat 27.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 9.5%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of base management and turn-based tactical space combat with a charming pixel-art style.

Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!

Why similar: Space 46.8%, Strategy 11.5%, RPG 10%, Sci-fi 10%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, humorous space strategy experience with diverse management and combat mechanics.

Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.

Why similar: Space 27%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the lighthearted side of space trading and crew management in a colorful universe.

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 29%, Survival 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes management of a spaceship crew and ship systems during a perilous journey.

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: Space 37.8%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Strategy 15.5%, Story Rich 10.6%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical space combat with deep management and a compelling narrative about exploring a dying galaxy.

60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.6%, Management 16.8%, Funny 16.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Exploration 11%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, text-driven survival management game that captures the chaotic feeling of space exploration.

Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew.

Why similar: Space 23.1%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Cute 9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-management game set on a spaceship that emphasizes crew needs and ship maintenance.

Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.

Why similar: Space 24.8%, Turn-Based Combat 20.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Cute 9%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features turn-based tactical combat and ship management with a unique, lighthearted theme.

Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.

Why similar: Space 22.5%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Cute 10%, RPG 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cozy, management-heavy space adventure that shares the cute, approachable aesthetic of the seed game.

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

Why similar: Space 36.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Funny 10.9%, Cute 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative ship-building aspect with a humorous tone and puzzle-like design challenges.

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: Space 23.6%, Sci-fi 19%, Survival 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep ship design and management mechanics combined with tactical combat.

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: Space 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 18.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and simulation game that tasks players with managing a massive vessel through dangerous space.

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Space 28%, Simulation 16%, Strategy 12.3%, RPG 9.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space exploration and survival game that requires careful management of ship systems and crew.

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 23.2%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 12%, Cute 10.6%, Story Rich 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cute, puzzle-focused adventure that shares the charming, whimsical aesthetic of the seed game.

It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.

Why similar: Space 24%, Simulation 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Management 10.1%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and management with space exploration in a colorful, stylized setting.

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Space 22.8%, Survival 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on resource management and exploration in a challenging and atmospheric space environment.

3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.

Why similar: Space 27.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Simulation 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines adventure and exploration with a focus on space travel and ship management.

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Why similar: Space 42.9%, Sci-fi 25.9%, Strategy 15.5%, RPG 8.1%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy strategy game where you build and operate every room of your spaceship.

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 41.6%, Great Soundtrack 19.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%, RPG 5.4%, Simulation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a space combat and exploration experience with a great soundtrack and a focus on ship customization.

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 37.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Survival 14.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and survival strategy required to guide a fleet through a hostile galaxy.

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: Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Space 18.2%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex space management and strategy with deep RPG elements and crew interaction.

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: Turn-Based Combat 22.2%, Space 19.8%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Funny 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features turn-based space combat with a unique, stylized aesthetic and strategic depth.

Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!

Why similar: Simulation 26.4%, RPG 15.2%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 13%, Cute 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A management and strategy game that features the signature charming, casual aesthetic of Kairosoft titles.

Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?

Why similar: Space 26.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 8.5%

A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.2%, Adventure 10.6%, Cute 8.1%, RPG 8.1%, Story Rich 7.4%

STARDROP is an interactive sci-fi cinematic experience.

Why similar: Space 28%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Story Rich 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%, Female Protagonist 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich space adventure that emphasizes exploration and a personal, narrative-driven experience.

Hunt, cook, and deliver cosmic cuisine using ingredients from across the galaxy to become the greatest chef in the Horseshoe Nebula. Explore alien worlds teeming with (edible) life, win the hearts of your customers, and thwart the rise of an evil interstellar burger chain.

Why similar: Space 30.2%, Survival 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Management 10.7%, RPG 9.4%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 27.3%, Space 23.6%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Exploration 10.9%, RPG 9.4%

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: Space 33.1%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and survival game that emphasizes ship management and tactical decisions in space.

Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.

Why similar: Space 32.1%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and ship-to-ship combat with a charming pixel-art style.

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

Why similar: Space 21.8%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Cute 11.4%, Story Rich 8.7%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.

Why similar: Space 21.4%, Survival 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.2%, Cute 23.5%, Funny 9.7%, Female Protagonist 8.7%, Adventure 8.1%

Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

Why similar: Strategy 18.9%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, RPG 11.4%, Adventure 8.3%

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 52.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Exploration 4.5%, Funny 4.2%

Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Sci-fi 15.8%, RPG 9.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 8.6%

Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.

Why similar: Space 34.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Simulation 13.1%, RPG 10.3%

Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.

Why similar: Space 26.5%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 11.2%, Story Rich 10.3%

Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation

Why similar: Simulation 43.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Cute 13.2%, Strategy 9.9%, 2D 6.8%

Bathe in the sights, sounds, and smells of Cook Serve Forever, a narrative-focused cooking adventure where you serve food to the hungry masses on your quest for greatness.

Why similar: Sci-fi 18.4%, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Story Rich 13%, Funny 12.3%

WitchSpring R is a story-driven RPG combining elements of collecting, simulation, and battling. Experience the joy of training a young witch and accompany her on a grand adventure!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Cute 21.2%, Funny 12.1%, RPG 10.6%, Female Protagonist 8.8%

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Space 27.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Story Rich 11.6%, Adventure 9.2%, Female Protagonist 7.9%

Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

Why similar: RPG 18.7%, Cute 17.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Female Protagonist 15%, Story Rich 12.7%

Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Why similar: Space 49.4%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Strategy 9.5%, RPG 6.8%, Indie 6.2%

In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.

Why similar: Strategy 23.2%, Adventure 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, RPG 14.2%, Indie 9.2%

Experience life in space using cutting edge drone simulation technology. You can never fail — build ships, make friends, live forever.

Why similar: Space 32.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%

3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Great Soundtrack 15%, RPG 10.5%, Female Protagonist 7.5%

Build your deck using cards, ships, items and crew! Explore a generated galaxy roguelike style. Fight gruesome battles against the medley of space scum!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.3%, Space 27.7%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Exploration 8.6%

A sci-fi comedy adventure game

Why similar: Space 32.8%, Adventure 25.3%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Funny 11.4%, Story Rich 7.2%

Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running. Break into a space station with an asteroid. Tow a sofa into a black hole. Experience the perils and intrigue of space exploration with 1-4 players.

Why similar: Space 23.9%, Simulation 15.4%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Cute 11.3%, Exploration 10%

The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 32.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, RPG 9.5%, Adventure 9.2%, Funny 8.8%

A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!

Why similar: Space 31.3%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Adventure 10.4%, RPG 9.4%, Survival 9.3%

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Why similar: Cute 23%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Adventure 11.2%, Simulation 9.9%

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: Simulation 20.6%, Space 16.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 9.3%

Daughter Raising Simulator with in-depth management gameplay, backed by an outstanding City Pop soundtrack. Take a young girl under your wing and raise her to adulthood. Set in a future where humanity has fled earth, your choices for your daughter will determine the outcome for humanity.

Why similar: Simulation 40.7%, Indie 17.1%, Great Soundtrack 16.2%, Story Rich 5.8%, Strategy 4.9%

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 34.9%, Simulation 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Strategy 9.5%, RPG 9.1%