Games Like Interstellaria

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: Trading 29% ★, Space Sim 25.1% ★, Management 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Space 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep space-faring experience where diplomacy, trading, and tactical ship combat are central to your survival.

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 34.8%, Space Sim 22.6% ★, Sci-fi 16.6%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive ship management game that perfectly mirrors the power allocation and tactical combat found in Interstellaria.

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

Why similar: Space 51%, Strategy 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 18.7%, Indie 4.8%, 2D 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features similar pixel-art aesthetics and deep fleet management mechanics combined with turn-based tactical combat.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.2% ★, Space 19.5%, Management 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the crew and ship management aspects, requiring you to build and maintain a vessel while exploring a hostile galaxy.

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

Why similar: Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Trading 21.1% ★, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Space 11.7%, Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the trading and crew management side of space simulation with a lighthearted, quirky tone.

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%, Space Sim 25.8% ★, Sci-fi 14.2%, Trading 11.5% ★, Exploration 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-oriented, it captures the sense of scale and the life of a ship captain navigating a dangerous open galaxy.

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 Sim 26.1% ★, Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Tactical 12%, Exploration 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that emphasizes ship maintenance and tactical decision-making during dangerous space voyages.

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 Sim 30.8% ★, Space 21.3%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for intricate ship design and management, providing a satisfying tactical experience when engaging in combat.

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 24.6%, RTS 22.3%, Tactical 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that captures the atmosphere of exploring a dying galaxy with a focus on fleet management and narrative choices.

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 39.9%, Space Sim 26.5% ★, Sci-fi 16.4%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and ship customization, rewarding curiosity and tactical thinking as you encounter new alien civilizations.

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 38%, Trading 21.5% ★, Space Sim 18.1% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space exploration and trading game that offers a vast universe to traverse and a robust fleet management system.

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 32.2%, Exploration 22.8%, Tactical 21.4%, Sci-fi 20%, Adventure 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep space exploration with tactical turn-based combat, offering a more RPG-focused take on the genre.

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 55.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined strategy game that focuses on fleet composition and tactical combat encounters in space.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 43.1%, Sci-fi 22.6%, Exploration 14.6%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes exploration game where managing your ship's limited resources is the key to surviving the deep reaches of space.

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 65.5%, Strategy 23%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a single colony ship and its crew as you flee from an overwhelming threat.

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 32.1%, Space Sim 26.4% ★, Sci-fi 13.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world space adventure that captures the feeling of trading and exploration in a retro-inspired universe.

Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.

Why similar: RTS 33.7%, Space 33%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Indie 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a grander scale of strategy and fleet management for those who enjoy the RTS elements of the seed game.

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 Sim 36.7% ★, Space 34.5%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Exploration 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG elements with space combat, allowing you to captain a ship and make decisions that affect the galaxy.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 28.7%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Strategy 19.1%, Exploration 13.3%, 2D 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though set on a planet, its tactical combat and resource management loop feels very similar to the core gameplay of Interstellaria.

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 Sim 43.1% ★, Space 25.5%, Trading 15% ★, Strategy 7.5%, Exploration 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space simulation game that emphasizes the economic and logistical side of managing a fleet in a realistic setting.

This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!

Why similar: Space 34.3%, RTS 34.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS-focused space game that emphasizes real-time tactical positioning and weapon management during fleet battles.

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 Sim 26% ★, Space 19.6%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Tactical 12%, Exploration 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike space exploration game that emphasizes discovery and the constant need to upgrade your ship.

BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX

Why similar: Space 31.1%, RTS 24.6%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game where you manage a small fleet of ships through a series of dangerous encounters.

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: Space Sim 25.7% ★, Space 25.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A niche simulation game that forces you to manage the internal systems and crew of your ship during critical missions.

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

Why similar: Space 45.3%, Strategy 25.6%, Sci-fi 22.6%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that features distinct alien races and a focus on tactical combat and diplomacy.

Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!

Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Space 25.7%, Management 18.6%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated trading simulation that focuses on the economic side of space travel and fleet growth.

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 35.4%, RTS 29.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that allows for detailed ship design and fleet management in a large-scale space environment.

Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.

Why similar: Trading 30% ★, Space 28%, Space Sim 14.7% ★, Management 14.5%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and management of a space-faring transport business, perfect for fans of the trading aspect.

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Space Sim 25.5% ★, Space 15.6%, Conversation 12.6%, Management 12.2%, Tactical 11%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 30%, RTS 21.7%, Space Sim 18.5% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of space combat and strategy that allows you to command fleets while participating in the action yourself.

Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.

Why similar: Space Sim 25.8% ★, RTS 23%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Tactical 9.4%

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: Space 64.9%, Adventure 20.5%, Indie 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: An adventure-focused space game that emphasizes exploration and tactical ship-to-ship combat.

Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...

Why similar: Space 35.9%, RTS 29.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Indie 3.8%

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 Sim 34.3% ★, Trading 29.4% ★, Space 16.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%

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 Sim 32.8% ★, Space 15.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Tactical 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Space 55.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.2%, 2D 8%, Exploration 7.7%

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: Diplomacy 31.6% ★, Space 27.7%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Exploration 10.2%

Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

Why similar: RTS 33%, Space 28.4%, Strategy 17.6%, Sci-fi 10%, Indie 4.5%

A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.

Why similar: Management 34.9%, Space 30.8%, Strategy 18.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Indie 5.2%

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: RTS 32.6%, Space 32%, Strategy 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Space Sim 7.3% ★

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Diplomacy 52.3% ★, Tactical 15.4%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Strategy 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 43.5%, Space Sim 27.5% ★, Sci-fi 13%, Strategy 9.8%, Adventure 3.3%

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.8% ★, Trading 23.4% ★, RTS 17%, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.

Why similar: Trading 29.2% ★, Space Sim 28.7% ★, Space 16.3%, Management 8.2%, Exploration 7%

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 Sim 39.2% ★, Space 23.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Strategy 7.7%

Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.

Why similar: Space 39.9%, Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 19.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Adventure 6.4%

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 29.2%, Management 24.1%, Space Sim 18% ★, Sci-fi 15.3%, Strategy 8%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.3% ★, Space 19.6%, RTS 19.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Tactical 7.9%

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

Why similar: Space Sim 33.5% ★, Space 21.2%, Management 19%, Exploration 9.5%, Sci-fi 7%

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

Why similar: Space 47.5%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 14.1%

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

Why similar: Diplomacy 38.1% ★, Space 19%, Management 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Strategy 8.2%

Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!

Why similar: Space Sim 32.7% ★, RTS 14.7%, Space 13%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Strategy 8.7%

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 49.6%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 5.4%

Take command of one race to join the struggle for supremacy in the galaxy. As the leader of your empire you are tasked with exploring the stars, colonizing new worlds, managing your empire and conquering whoever dares to oppose you.

Why similar: Space 52.3%, Strategy 27.7%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Indie 5.1%

Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.

Why similar: Space Sim 30.5% ★, Trading 27.5% ★, Space 18.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Exploration 6.6%

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: Space 36%, Space Sim 30.4% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Adventure 5.3%

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Space Sim 30.9% ★, Management 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Space 12%, Strategy 9.8%

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Why similar: Diplomacy 44.2% ★, Space 18.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Traverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Solve puzzles, gather resources, mine asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick!

Why similar: Space Sim 29.5% ★, Soundtrack 28.1% ★, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 7.6%

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 38.8%, Tactical 20.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Exploration 11.1%