- #1 No Man's Sky
97% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Space 53.8%, Adventure 15.7%, Action 13.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive experience for seamless planet-hopping, resource gathering, and deep space exploration.
- #2 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space 52.3%, Simulation 47.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the core loop of landing on diverse planets to gather resources and survive in a hostile space environment.
- #3 Jumpdrive
96% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
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 26.8%, Simulation 26.3%, Action 24.2%, Indie 12.4%, Adventure 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strong indie space-sim that focuses on the adventure and travel aspects of navigating the galaxy.
- #4 Starbound
94% matchVery Positive90% of 122,901 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.2 hrsMean: 64.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 39.9%, Action 27.7%, Adventure 19.2%, Indie 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the indie spirit of exploring procedurally generated planets and collecting artifacts in a charming 2D space setting.
- #5 Into the Stars
95% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 31.2%, Simulation 28.6%, Action 18.6%, Indie 11.1%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a compelling space-sim experience that balances resource management with the urgency of a long-distance voyage.
- #6 Rodina
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,329 reviews2014
Dev: Elliptic Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!
Why similar: Space 49.4%, Action 21.1%, Indie 13.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Adventure 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It features seamless planet exploration and a focus on the solitary experience of navigating a vast, procedurally generated solar system.
- #7 Space Engineers
92% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37%, Action 32.8%, Simulation 30.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep mechanics for building and resource gathering on planets and in space, perfect for fans of simulation-heavy gameplay.
- #8 Space Trash Scavenger
91% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Space 40%, Action 24.6%, Simulation 20.4%, Adventure 15%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the satisfying loop of scavenging resources and surviving in a dangerous, open-world space environment.
- #9 Outer Wilds
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 99,459 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Space 50.4%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 11.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Action 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the wonder of exploring space and uncovering ancient artifacts to piece together a cosmic mystery.
- #10 Astrox Imperium
90% matchVery Positive85% of 1,210 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space 53.6%, Simulation 33.6%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers excellent space-sim mechanics specifically tailored for mining, trading, and exploring the galaxy.
- #11 Celestial Command
91% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · 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 33.8%, Simulation 26.8%, Action 20.2%, Adventure 10%, Indie 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex space simulation that rewards players for mastering resource management and ship construction.
- #12 Objects in Space
89% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Why similar: Simulation 27.4%, Action 25.9%, Space 22.5%, Adventure 12.9%, Indie 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a unique, immersive simulation experience that focuses on the technical side of space navigation and survival.
- #13 VoidExpanse
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 760 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 46.1%, Action 25.9%, Simulation 17.9%, Indie 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down space exploration game that excels at providing a sense of progression through mining and combat.
- #14 Subdivision Infinity DX
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Action 43.1%, Space 31.1%, Indie 16.4%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A solid space-action game that provides a straightforward and engaging exploration experience.
- #15 Avorion
84% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 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: Space 58%, Simulation 42%
Why You'll Like It: It allows for extensive ship building and exploration, making it a great choice for those who enjoy customizing their space-faring experience.
- #16 helionaut
84% matchVery Positive95% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Why similar: Action 29.7%, Simulation 21%, Space 18.5%, Indie 17.1%, Adventure 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie title that keeps the focus on the simple, adventurous spirit of space travel and discovery.
- #17 Masterspace
87% matchMostly Negative28% of 176 reviews2015
Dev: Mastertech
Windows
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.
Why similar: Action 35.9%, Simulation 30.8%, Space 20.3%, Indie 13%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action and simulation elements in a space setting, allowing for creative exploration and resource gathering.
- #18 Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars
85% matchMixed69% of 130 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Eel
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat. Travel from star to star, upgrade your ship with new systems and weapons, build up your flotilla with allies and mercenaries, and take on a variety of alien menaces.
Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Space 32%, Indie 28.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike space exploration game that emphasizes the unpredictability of traveling through the stars.
- #19 EVERSPACE™
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,373 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 47.8%, Action 37.1%, Indie 11.9%, Simulation 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends high-action combat with the exploration of beautiful, procedurally generated space environments.
- #20 SOL: Exodus
86% matchMixed51% of 109 reviews2012
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Why similar: Action 35.6%, Simulation 32.2%, Indie 16.4%, Space 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic space-sim that provides a focused, action-oriented experience for those who enjoy the genre.
- #21 Between the Stars
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 32.2%, Action 24.8%, Simulation 22.4%, Adventure 10.6%, Indie 10%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-heavy space simulation that gives players agency in how they explore and interact with the galaxy.
- #22 Interstellar Rift
80% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 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: Space 32.8%, Action 28.5%, Simulation 24.9%, Adventure 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the collaborative and technical aspects of ship construction and exploring the deep reaches of space.
- #23 Event Horizon
81% matchVery Positive82% of 193 reviews2018
Dev: Pavel Zinchenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission.
Why similar: Action 53.7%, Space 23.3%, Indie 23%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, action-oriented space game that keeps the focus on exploration and ship progression.
- #24 Sector Space
76% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
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: Simulation 51.3%, Action 18%, Space 13.3%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 7.7%
- #25 BossConstructor
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Action 31.9%, Simulation 27.3%, Space 26.7%, Indie 14%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep ship customization that allows players to tailor their vessel for specific exploration and resource-gathering tasks.
- #26 Earth Analog
79% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Funcraft Games
Windows
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Space 36.2%, Simulation 26.5%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 15.7%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the mystery and atmosphere of space exploration, prioritizing the journey over intense combat.
- #27 Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
78% matchMixed64% of 1,122 reviews2020
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Why similar: Action 33.1%, Simulation 27%, Space 21.7%, Adventure 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a gritty, immersive space-sim experience with a heavy emphasis on exploration and ship customization.
- #28 Starlight Inception™
82% matchMostly Negative21% of 62 reviews2014
Dev: Escape Hatch Entertainment, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Travel a hundred years into the future to pilot advanced starfighters through the greatest conflict humankind has ever known. The next generation of space combat is here. . Light up the Sky!
Why similar: Action 32.7%, Simulation 28.4%, Space 26%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An indie space-sim that offers a variety of missions and exploration opportunities in a sci-fi setting.
- #29 Digger: Galactic Treasures
71% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Space 28.2%, Simulation 28%, Action 23.4%, Adventure 20.3%
- #30 AGOS - A Game Of Space
77% matchMixed63% of 103 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: Simulation 37.6%, Action 24.1%, Adventure 22.1%, Space 16.3%
- #31 Drifter
78% 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 33.3%, Simulation 28.6%, Action 25.2%, Indie 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: An open-ended space exploration game that captures the feeling of being a lone pilot navigating a vast galaxy.
- #32 It's time to get out from the solar system
77% matchMostly Negative55% of 128 reviews2015
Dev: WTFOMGames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A game with a futuristic anti-utopian story — a hardcore space shooter with RPG elements.
Why similar: Space 41.6%, Action 39.6%, Adventure 18.8%
- #33 SpaceKraft!
71% matchVery Positive91% of 96 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: Simulation 63.1%, Adventure 36.9%
- #34 Star Advent
75% matchMixed65% of 176 reviews2018
Dev: MarabyPub: KuKo
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 11%
5,000 Achievements. A space adventure. For those who want to relax and try something new.
Why similar: Action 50.2%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 24.4%
- #35 Planet Miner
73% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Simulation 46.3%, Adventure 30.1%, Space 16.5%, Indie 7.1%
- #36 Project Pulsation
75% matchMixed71% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: VGstudio
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Project Pulsation - a sci-fi first person shooter with elements of horror and stealth. The distant space station 'Complex' located nearby Thanatos Asteroid keeps a valuable Artifact. Fight your way through turrets, unknown creatures and mysterious ghosts, survive and try to get back.
Why similar: Action 83.7%, Adventure 16.3%
- #37 Starcom: Unknown Space
66% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 53.5%, Action 24.2%, Indie 12.2%, Adventure 10.1%
- #38 Astrometica
67% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space 48.7%, Adventure 25.4%, Simulation 14.1%, Indie 11.8%
- #39 Now Man Flies
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: Epic FirePub: DNB Media
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Travel on an intergalactic highway in search of new planets!
Why similar: Simulation 65.9%, Indie 34.1%
- #40 Farlight Explorers
74% matchMixed56% 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: Simulation 37.9%, Space 37%, Indie 25.1%
- #41 Astro Colony
69% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Space 33.4%, Simulation 24.2%, Action 21.3%, Adventure 11.7%, Indie 9.4%
- #42 ROD: Revolt Of Defense
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 546 reviews2016
Dev: Rock Wale
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform. Attack or defend against enemies and save the universe!
Why similar: Action 41.9%, Simulation 40.9%, Indie 17.2%
- #43 Eventide Matter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 772 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Space 57.6%, Adventure 23.2%, Action 9.9%, Indie 9.3%
- #44 Starcom: Nexus
69% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 49.2%, Action 26.5%, Adventure 13.8%, Indie 10.5%
- #45 Deep Space
72% matchMixed57% of 149 reviews2020
Dev: Axe GamesPub: Enoops
Windows
You are entrusted with the role of one of the elite captains, put on a high-tech mech suit suitable for travel into space and go on an exciting journey.
Why similar: Action 55%, Space 27%, Adventure 10.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #46 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 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: Space 45.3%, Action 28.9%, Simulation 25.8%
- #47 Helium Rain
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space 35.8%, Simulation 29.3%, Action 23.1%, Indie 11.9%
- #48 Azulgar: Star Commanders
72% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: SZEINER
Windows
Azulgar: Star Commanders is a Sci-Fi open world sandbox game that puts you in a command of your own custom made space ship. Explore aftermath of the Azulgar event that reshaped the face of the solar system.
Why similar: Action 28.7%, Simulation 24.6%, Space 20.6%, Adventure 14.7%, Indie 11.4%
- #49 Jitter
63% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space 39.7%, Action 30.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 11.6%
- #50 Cosmic Miners
66% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Action 32.2%, Space 30.6%, Simulation 22.6%, Indie 14.6%
- #51 STAR-BOX: RPG Adventures in Space
73% matchMixed50% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Michael FlynnPub: FlynnFour Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
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: Simulation 26.1%, Action 22.9%, Space 19.8%, Adventure 16.4%, Indie 14.9%
- #52 Space Expedition
66% matchVery Positive93% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Space 45.6%, Indie 29.3%, Adventure 25.2%
- #53 Transcendence
70% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
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 53%, Action 32.2%, Indie 14.8%
- #54 Project Tarvotan
71% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
Why similar: Simulation 43.4%, Space 36.1%, Indie 20.5%
- #55 Last Horizon
70% matchVery Positive81% of 260 reviews2015
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 104.8 hrs≥1hr: 32%
A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home.
Why similar: Action 43.8%, Space 37.4%, Indie 18.7%
- #56 Pixelum
64% matchMixed49% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: ZXC Games
Windows
Pixelum is a whole world made up entirely from interactive pixels. Explore procedurally generated sandbox with advanced physics. Dig and mine, fight mobs, build bases, craft items, and progress throughout the pixel canvas!
Why similar: Action 33.2%, Simulation 32.9%, Adventure 19.3%, Indie 14.6%
- #57 Universe Horizon
63% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Space 46.7%, Simulation 21.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 15.8%