- #1 Space Docker VR
97% matchVery Positive94% of 158 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Commandos
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
Why similar: Flight 32.5%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Space 14.5%, Space Sim 14.1%, Physics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly similar VR-native experience focused on the delicate and rewarding mechanics of space docking and hauling.
- #2 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
96% matchVery Positive89% of 22,441 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.0 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 29.7%, Sandbox 22.4%, Physics 19%, Space Sim 17.3%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the precise, manual labor of space salvage and industrial hauling with a focus on physics-based dismantling.
- #3 Stationeers
96% matchVery Positive88% of 9,306 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 85.8 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: Mining 17.5% ★, Science 16.5%, Automation 14.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features deep, complex atmospheric and electrical wiring systems that will appeal to fans of manual engineering.
- #4 VTOL VR
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,888 reviews2017
Dev: Boundless Dynamics, LLC
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.
Why similar: Flight 60.4%, VR 15.5%, Physics 10.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Simulation 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for VR cockpit interaction, requiring manual manipulation of switches and systems similar to high-fidelity engineering sims.
- #5 Space Engineers
94% matchVery Positive89% of 134,498 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.2%, Sandbox 17.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Space 15.6%, Survival 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive sandbox for building, mining, and wiring complex space structures and ships.
- #6 Juno: New Origins
94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,554 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Programming 21.2% ★, Flight 14.4%, Science 13.8%, Education 9.3%, Automation 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers advanced aerospace engineering and programming tools for those who enjoy the technical side of space flight.
- #7 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
93% matchVery Positive92% of 3,475 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.8 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: Science 24.7%, Space 17%, Space Sim 15.8%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Physics 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-heavy space mining game that captures the tension and technical requirements of asteroid excavation.
- #8 StarbaseSim
92% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: AshtorakSimGames
Windows · Linux
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Flight 27.3%, Space Sim 15.4%, Sandbox 14.7%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Education 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the technical side of space simulation, offering a sandbox environment for space-based operations.
- #9 Vox Machinae
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,304 reviews2022
Dev: Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Strap yourself into the cockpit of a robot seven times taller than a Tyrannosaurus Rex and prepare to do battle in Vox Machinae: the ultimate giant robot combat action-simulator for both VR and standard screens.
Why similar: VR 39.2%, Physics 38.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Simulation 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-native title that emphasizes manual cockpit operation and mechanical assembly in a sci-fi setting.
- #10 Derail Valley
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,839 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 22.8%, VR 20.5%, Physics 18.7%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on trains, its VR-native manual interaction with complex machinery is a perfect match for the feel of we Fetch Rocks.
- #11 Interkosmos 2000
90% matchMostly Positive69% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Ovid Works
Windows
Interkosmos is back! Jump into a year 2000 space shuttle for an even crazier VR adventure. Grab a wrench to fix failing systems, load floppy disks, and steer your ship to safety. Experience the funny story, master the retro controls, and try not to die!
Why similar: Flight 22.8%, Space Sim 19.7%, Science 19.1%, Space 11.7%, VR 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused VR experience centered on operating a space capsule through manual systems and physical interaction.
- #12 Wrench
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,059 reviews2018
Dev: Missing Digit
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Wrench is a mechanic simulator where players prepare and maintain race cars. The parts in Wrench are the most detailed of any game in the genre. Extreme attention has been paid to even the smallest components, including fasteners which are accurate to the thread pitch and install torque.
Why similar: Education 28.7%, Immersive Sim 23.3%, Sandbox 21.5%, VR 12.9%, Physics 9%
Why You'll Like It: This is an incredibly detailed VR mechanical assembly simulator that mirrors the hands-on repair aspects of the seed game.
- #13 Flight Of Nova
89% matchVery Positive93% of 568 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Flight 34.3%, Space Sim 17.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Physics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes realistic space flight and atmosphere management, providing a grounded experience for space enthusiasts.
- #14 Space Mechanic Simulator
88% matchMixed63% of 122 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Science 29.5%, Space Sim 20.4%, Space 17.7%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Physics 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It directly simulates the manual repair and maintenance of space equipment in a realistic, hands-on way.
- #15 Star Shelter
87% 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: Base Building 19.5%, Space Sim 16%, Sandbox 15.4%, Space 14.9%, VR 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: This VR survival game features manual crafting and base-building mechanics within a space environment.
- #16 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
85% matchVery Positive91% of 60,190 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 113.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Programming 25.6% ★, Flight 18.2%, Automation 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The game features an extensive logic and wiring system that allows for the creation of highly complex, functional vehicles.
- #17 Nimbatus - Drone Creator
86% matchVery Positive91% of 275 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Science 17.6%, Flight 17.5%, Programming 13.2% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Space Sim 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on physics-based engineering and the construction of custom drones for space exploration.
- #18 Scrap Mechanic
83% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.9%, Survival 21.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Physics 19.8%, Co-op 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust engine for building complex machines and automation systems using physical components.
- #19 Main Assembly
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,355 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Programming 27.4% ★, Science 16.4%, Automation 12.1%, Education 11%, Sandbox 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A creative sandbox that allows for the building and programming of complex machines with a focus on physics.
- #20 Kerbal Space Program
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 147,368 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Science 24.6%, Space 19.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, Space Sim 13.8%, Education 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The benchmark for physics-based space flight and engineering, offering endless depth for building and testing.
- #21 Mars First Logistics
82% matchVery Positive95% of 3,795 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Science 32.2%, Sandbox 18.8%, Space Sim 18.6%, Physics 12.6%, Co-op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features physics-based hauling and building, focusing on the challenge of transporting goods across difficult terrain.
- #22 Rocket Science
84% matchVery Positive81% of 176 reviews2020
Dev: unbeGames
Windows
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Flight 20.5%, Science 20%, Education 13%, Sandbox 11.8%, Space Sim 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A space exploration game that emphasizes physics-based building and orbital mechanics.
- #23 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
82% matchVery Positive84% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Mining 32.2% ★, Space 26.1%, Sandbox 19.8%, Space Sim 16.9%, Simulation 5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward space mining and progression loop that complements the hauling career path.
- #24 Space Trash Scavenger
80% matchVery Positive83% of 528 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Automation 27.2%, Space 15.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Survival 12.7%, Base Building 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival mechanics with the scavenging and automation of space debris.
- #25 Spaceflight Simulator
79% 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: Science 27%, Space Sim 22.5%, Sandbox 22.2%, Space 18.3%, Physics 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible yet deep space building and flight simulator that focuses on the fundamentals of orbital mechanics.
- #26 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
78% matchVery Positive84% of 705 reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
Why similar: Programming 36.9% ★, Automation 18.5%, Education 18%, Sandbox 12.6%, Base Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game highlights the automation and programming aspects of engineering in a puzzle-like format.
- #27 AGOS - A Game Of Space
81% matchMixed62% of 105 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.3%, Flight 24.8%, Immersive Sim 19.9%, VR 11.6%, Space 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A VR-native space exploration game that relies on physics-based movement and resource management.
- #28 orbit.industries
81% matchMixed60% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Science 20.1%, Automation 19.2%, Space 17.8%, Space Sim 14.4%, Sandbox 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management and construction of space stations, requiring careful resource and system planning.
- #29 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,372 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Science 23.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Space 13%, Mining 12.6% ★, Space Sim 11.9%
- #30 Archean
77% matchVery Positive88% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: batcholi
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Why similar: Programming 31.6% ★, Science 18.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Space Sim 10.7%, Immersive Sim 10.3%
- #31 Car Mechanic Simulator VR
79% matchMixed56% of 392 reviews2021
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Become a real car mechanic in a very realistic, highly detailed simulator in a fully VR World. REPAIR, PAINT, TUNING with dozens of different tools and almost thousands of parts. BUY old vehicles, restore them, and SELL them at a profit. DRIVE and test all rebuilt cars.
Why similar: Education 48.2%, VR 26.9%, Physics 17.1%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the satisfying, manual loop of mechanical assembly and repair into a fully immersive VR space.
- #32 Star Ores Inc.
76% matchVery Positive82% of 341 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 37% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Space 17.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 5%
- #33 Mineral Mining Simulator
76% matchVery Positive82% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and automate a mining operation from the ground down. Survey deposits, extract and refine valuable gems and metals, synthesize high-value composites, hire workers, and ship your products to expanding markets. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.
Why similar: Mining 33.8% ★, Sandbox 29.4%, Automation 26.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Resource Management 2.7%
- #34 Ostranauts
74% 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: Flight 30.7%, Space Sim 16.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Space 13.7%, Survival 10.8%
- #35 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,909 reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 33.9% ★, Automation 23.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Base Building 8.8%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #36 Orebits
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Upgraded StudioPub: Molter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounce your pickaxe and smash through asteroids in this futuristic mining incremental! Explore a roguelite tech tree, discover gravitational anomalies, and deliver resources back to Earth. Upgrade and explore space to discover what secrets it holds!
Why similar: Mining 36.6% ★, Science 28.8%, Space 15.1%, Physics 12.7%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #37 Data Center
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 955 reviews2026
Dev: Waseku
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
Why similar: Programming 27.9% ★, Automation 19%, Science 17.6%, Education 12.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #38 Occupy Mars: The Game
73% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Why similar: Mining 26.7% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Survival 13.5%, Space 10.7%
- #39 Rover Mechanic Simulator
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 671 reviews2020
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.
Why similar: Science 26.1%, Education 21.2%, Space Sim 14.9%, Space 13.8%, Immersive Sim 13.1%
- #40 Astronomics
73% matchVery Positive89% of 727 reviews2025
Dev: Numizmatic
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to the asteroid belt. The work is dangerous, the asteroids are temporary, and Earth is prohibitively expensive. Build automated mining operations, complete contracts, and earn your way back home.
Why similar: Mining 26.4% ★, Space 21.3%, Sandbox 18%, Physics 14.3%, Automation 14.2%
- #41 Avorion
72% 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: Flight 35.8%, Space Sim 20.9%, Sandbox 19.8%, Space 17%, Sci-fi 3.6%
- #42 Out of Ore
72% matchVery Positive85% of 4,211 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own mining company from the ground up. Extract resources, operate heavy machinery, construct infrastructure, and grow from a laborer to the King of Klondike.
Why similar: Mining 34.9% ★, Sandbox 31.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Physics 8.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #43 ASTRONEER
69% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 22.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Sandbox 17.9%, Survival 17.3%, Automation 14.9%
- #44 SpaceKraft!
70% matchVery Positive91% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Game Dev Garage
Windows
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
Why similar: Mining 29.2% ★, Flight 24.2%, Space Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Physics 10.2%
- #45 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
71% matchMixed66% of 309 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 39.5% ★, Education 25.2%, Sandbox 19.8%, Physics 11.8%, Simulation 3.7%
- #46 Star Trucker
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,396 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.2%, Space 17.8%, Sandbox 15%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Physics 13.1%
- #47 Virtual Circuit Board
68% matchVery Positive92% of 323 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 34.6% ★, Science 16.2%, Automation 15.8%, Education 15.8%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #48 Interstellar Rift
70% matchMixed68% of 1,667 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 35.6 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: Mining 31.6% ★, Space Sim 20.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Space 13.8%, Survival 11.3%
- #49 Center Station Simulator
67% matchVery Positive88% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
Windows
Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...
Why similar: Automation 46.1%, Sandbox 41.7%, Simulation 7.6%, Resource Management 4.5%
- #50 Farlight Explorers
71% matchMixed55% of 205 reviews2019
Dev: Farlight Games Industry
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...
Why similar: Sandbox 56.6%, Space 35%, Simulation 8.4%
- #51 Coal Mining Simulator
70% matchMostly Negative34% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 39.7% ★, Education 25.4%, Sandbox 19.8%, Physics 11.4%, Simulation 3.7%
- #52 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue is a story prelude to the full version, which will introduce you to the world of cosmic repairs, greedy corporations, and cutting-edge technology.
Why similar: Space Sim 20%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Science 17.2%, Education 16.5%, Space 15%
- #53 Fuel Harvest Together
66% matchMixed69% of 986 reviews2025
Dev: Say2SunPub: Grejuva
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!
Why similar: Mining 36.7% ★, Automation 20.8%, Immersive Sim 18.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #54 Rock Life: The Rock Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,467 reviews2022
Dev: BGNB Studios
Windows · Mac
Built from the ground up, Rock Life is the next generation of immersion and simulations. Live, do, and experience what it is like to truly become one with nature... as a rock!
Why similar: Sandbox 56.8%, VR 33.2%, Simulation 10%
- #55 PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
64% matchVery Positive98% of 223 reviews2026
Dev: Simple Software SolutionsPub: Marevo Collective
Windows
Deliver Minerals. Earn Tokens. Meet Deadlines. Upgrade your Infrastructure. Grow the Numbers. Deploy Human Resources. Manipulate the Token Market. Automate the Network with Delivery Drones. Enjoy the Grind. Enjoy the Future. Enjoy the PROFITS.
Why similar: Mining 53.3% ★, Automation 38.8%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #56 Celestial Command
69% matchMixed62% of 705 reviews2014
Dev: Science Interactive
Windows · 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 40.7%, Sandbox 28.9%, Space Sim 18.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #57 Miner Wars 2081
71% matchMostly Negative35% of 392 reviews2012
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!
Why similar: Space 68.9%, Simulation 21.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #58 Approximately Up
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Approximately Games
Windows
Median: 12.9 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build, crash, rebuild! Explore new planets in co-op multiplayer with your fully modular spaceship made from whatever bolts together long enough to fly. Mount giant thrusters, annoying cables, and everything in between. Complete wild missions, face the dangers of space and argue with your crew!
Why similar: Flight 38.6%, Space Sim 27.8%, Sandbox 25.1%, Co-op 4.3%, Simulation 4.2%
