Games Like Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars

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 66.3%, Indie 19.2%, Adventure 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive space roguelike that mirrors the high-stakes ship management and tactical combat found in Sea of Stars.

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.

Why similar: Adventure 39%, Indie 34.5%, Space 26.5%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct predecessor, this game shares the exact core design philosophy of short, replayable interstellar exploration missions.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 74.3%, Indie 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a very similar isometric perspective and tactical ship-management gameplay loop focused on survival and fleet combat.

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 71.4%, Adventure 28.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a brutal, deep roguelike experience where managing your ship's systems and crew is essential for survival.

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 100%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers an unparalleled sandbox experience with deep ship customization and crew management in a living galaxy.

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: Space 81.2%, Indie 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the fleet-building and tactical combat aspects that make the combat in Sea of Stars so engaging.

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 56.2%, Adventure 43.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the lonely, resource-constrained exploration of deep space that defines the adventure aspect of the seed game.

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 73.6%, Indie 26.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the strategic fleet management and narrative-driven exploration feel of the genre perfectly.

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: Space 64.7%, Adventure 21.6%, Indie 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a fantastic sense of discovery and ship modularity while exploring a mysterious, open galaxy.

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 54.9%, Adventure 24.4%, Indie 20.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the ship-building aspect, allowing you to design complex vessels to survive dangerous encounters.

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 75.3%, Adventure 17.9%, Indie 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a cinematic, open-world space combat experience with a focus on upgrading your ship's capabilities.

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Why similar: Space 61.5%, Adventure 38.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, procedurally generated galaxy with a strong emphasis on exploration, trading, and RPG-like progression.

Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.

Why similar: Space 78.3%, Indie 21.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic roguelite space exploration game that focuses on upgrading your ship to survive increasingly difficult sectors.

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 64.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management of your crew and ship systems while exploring a dangerous, pixel-art galaxy.

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

Why similar: Space 73.3%, Indie 26.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines retro-inspired fleet management with tactical turn-based combat in a way that feels very familiar.

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 57%, Adventure 22.9%, Indie 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the desperate, survival-focused journey across a galaxy while managing limited ship resources.

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: Space 68.9%, Adventure 15.6%, Indie 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: It continues the series' focus on exploration and modular ship building in a vast, interactive universe.

Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!

Why similar: Space 82.1%, Indie 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox space game allows for significant freedom in how you upgrade your ship and interact with various factions.

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Adventure 39.9%, Space 33.6%, Indie 26.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the technical management and adventure aspects of operating a starship in a hostile environment.

Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in space exploration, diplomacy, and ship-to-ship combat that influenced many modern space games.

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 77.9%, Indie 18.7%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features excellent fleet-based combat and a persistent upgrade system that rewards tactical planning.

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 75.8%, Indie 24.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a classic, straightforward roguelike space experience that feels like a spiritual cousin to the genre.

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 47.6%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: A poetic and atmospheric exploration game that focuses on the journey through space rather than just the combat.

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 47.6%, Adventure 32.5%, Indie 19.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the classic adventure feel of exploring a sandbox galaxy with various ship-based activities.

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: Space 80.3%, Indie 19.7%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it provides a high-quality roguelike space experience with deep ship customization.

Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Why similar: Space 72.1%, Indie 27.9%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play space RPG that offers a surprisingly deep sandbox experience with ship combat and exploration.

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: Space 44.6%, Adventure 32.3%, Indie 23.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dark, atmospheric exploration experience where your ship is your only home in a strange, dangerous void.

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 58.7%, Adventure 23.1%, Indie 18.1%

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: Space 65.6%, Adventure 34.4%

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

Why similar: Space 100%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tense, atmospheric management of drones to explore derelict ships in a dying galaxy.

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: Space 80.5%, Indie 19.5%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends fleet management and RPG elements, allowing you to command a fleet while exploring the stars.

Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.

Why similar: Space 52.1%, Adventure 24%, Indie 24%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the simulation and action aspects of traveling through a procedurally generated space environment.

Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?

Why similar: Adventure 45.3%, Indie 30.2%, Space 24.6%

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: Space 74.8%, Adventure 25.2%

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.

Why similar: Space 41%, Adventure 35.4%, Indie 23.6%

STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown!Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story.

Why similar: Space 36.6%, Adventure 36.2%, Indie 27.2%

A space action-adventure unlike any other: navigate your spacecraft through a galactic-scale mystery. Make sure to loot, craft and upgrade your space fleet. Play the story campaign or test your skills in vicious arena modes against AI opponents.

Why similar: Space 48.7%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 19.1%

Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

Why similar: Space 48%, Adventure 29.6%, Indie 22.4%

Travel through space. Attend the planets. Gather resources. Find artifacts.

Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Space 32%, Indie 28.3%

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

Why similar: Space 73.1%, Indie 26.9%

Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.

Why similar: Space 68.2%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 13.3%

From stardust to cosmic sovereign! In this unique space game, evolve by devouring everything. Grow from a tiny rock into a massive galaxy. Each swallow brings growth, each evolution brings victory. Unlock the universe's ultimate secrets!

Why similar: Space 58.2%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 19.8%

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 61.8%, Adventure 21.9%, Indie 16.4%

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 45.9%, Indie 31.7%, Adventure 22.4%

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: Space 64.5%, Adventure 35.5%

Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters. Eliminate their forces and steal their technology to upgrade your squad with different abilities and save the galaxy!

Why similar: Space 42.6%, Adventure 34.2%, Indie 23.2%

Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.

Why similar: Indie 100%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: Space 71%, Indie 29%

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

Why similar: Space 77.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Indie 7.1%

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: Space 84%, Indie 16%

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 61.8%, Indie 26.3%, Adventure 11.9%

Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.

Why similar: Space 100%

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: Space 100%

Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!

Why similar: Space 100%

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Space 52.6%, Adventure 30.2%, Indie 17.3%

Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.

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 48.9%, Adventure 32.2%, Indie 19%

Red Rogue Sea is a roguelike strategy game that puts you in the shoes of a pirate captain and their crew. Manage your vessel as you sail through the treacherous waters of the archipelago, interact with the scum that inhabit it, and engage in battle using a tactical deck-building system.

Why similar: Adventure 100%

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: Space 66.5%, Adventure 33.5%