
Fly your space ship through a 2D sci-fi world. Fight real-time space battles, upgrade your vessel and trade rare resources. And if you get bored on the way, text with your AI assistant Hopper. She will know what to do.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Open World.

Fly your space ship through a 2D sci-fi world. Fight real-time space battles, upgrade your vessel and trade rare resources. And if you get bored on the way, text with your AI assistant Hopper. She will know what to do.

Stardust Origins
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.

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Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Trading 20.7%, Space Sim 19.2%, Space 15.4%, Open World 10.8%, Top-Down 10.2%
Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Trading 12.1%, Open World 7.7%, Top-Down 7.6%
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.2%, Trading 14.4%, Space 11.8%, Open World 11.6%, Artificial Intelligence 10.3%
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 28.9%, Trading 16.5%, Space Sim 14.9%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 9.8%
Experience large space ship battles. Uncover the secrets of the mysterious alien race. Upgrade your ship or even start a fleet. Survive
Why similar: Space Sim 25%, Trading 17.9%, Open World 12.3%, Space 9.7%, Top-Down Shooter 8.9%
Far from Earth, mankind hasn't changed in the centuries since we've reached the stars. Across this wide-open galaxy, you'll find merchants, builders, and explorers. The more adventurous are colonizers, conquerors, and even space pirates. And you, Voyager? What will you be?
Why similar: Space Sim 23.8%, Space 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%, Open World 10%
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 Sim 18%, Space 16%, Trading 15.6%, Open World 11%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9%, Trading 22.7%, Space 13.5%, Open World 9.1%, Top-Down 8.7%
Hacking Into Erebus is a terminal-based sci-fi hacking game where you remotely hack systems, manipulate the crew and uncover their secrets. Use every tool to your advantage. Extract what you need, complete the missions and uncover what’s in the Compartment Zero. Will you succeed ?
Why similar: Hacking 36.2% ★, Programming 24.1% ★, Artificial Intelligence 16.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Space 6.8%
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 Sim 24.3%, Space 20.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 8.7%
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 30.2%, Space Sim 20.9%, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Trading 8.6%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.5%, Space 26.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Open World 11.3%, Exploration 6%
Unknown Horizons is a retro styled top-down space exploration adventure where you will meet new alien races, learn their secrets and build their trust to get their help to find a way home.
Why similar: Space 19.2%, Trading 18.6%, Space Sim 13.5%, Top-Down 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%
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 28.4%, Space Sim 20.5%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Open World 11.1%, Exploration 7.5%
Single-player, first-person spaceflight sim. Fly a fast, agile ship through dense asteroid fields. Scan anomalies and sell scientific data at Science Labs—just don’t crash: you’ll lose it. Hack probes and satellites to access hidden secrets, then jump through unstable wormholes before they collapse.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Hacking 20.5% ★, Trading 17.8%, Space 13.1%, Open World 10.6%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5%, Space 19.1%, Open World 13.9%, Trading 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%
Monitors have received notification of an unknown event, referred to as ASTRA PROTOCOL. You have been designated search and reconnaissance to determine the meaning of this ASTRA PROTOCOL. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: Find evidence of survivors. PROBABILITY OF HOSTILES: HIGH.
Why similar: Space Sim 26%, Naval Combat 19.6% ★, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Open World 9.3%
Hack hostile AI systems in a cyberpunk hacker sim. Build proxy routes, poison live context, breach secured nodes, steal the payload, and wipe the logs before your trace burns.
Why similar: Hacking 47.7% ★, Artificial Intelligence 30.4%, Text-Based 18.2%, Simulation 3.7%
Pilot the anti gravity glider, explore world, transports goods, repairs infrastructure and decide the true mission of AI life on the new planet.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.9%, Space 16.4%, Text-Based 16%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Open World 11.2%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space 30.3%, Space Sim 23%, Trading 19.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Open World 9.7%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.4%, Space 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Open World 10.9%, Sci-fi 7.5%
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 22.9%, Trading 21.2%, Space Sim 20.8%, Open World 12.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space 27.2%, Space Sim 23.3%, Trading 20.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Open World 10.8%
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 24.1%, Space Sim 21.4%, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 5.7%
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.6%, Space 24.6%, Trading 23.2%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Open World 6.4%
In Void Future: Hacking Protocol, you play as a hacker in a cyberpunk world ruled by corporations. Hack, solve puzzles, and uncover a global conspiracy. Hunted by a system that never sleeps, you’ll need to stay hidden, outsmart surveillance, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Hacking 39% ★, Programming 16.6% ★, Text-Based 15.8%, Artificial Intelligence 11.8%, Sci-fi 5.6%
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 23.7%, Trading 19.9%, Space 13%, Open World 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
One wrong delivery can start a war. A top-down 2D roguelike space cargo hauler where you navigate faction politics, manage your power budget, trade contraband, and fight to survive across 3 deadly sectors.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Trading 21.1%, Space Sim 19.5%, Space 12.9%, Top-Down 9.6%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.4%, Trading 22.8%, Space 15.3%, Open World 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Lead a group of interstellar pilots dedicated to free the Atlas Star System from Grax and the Forgotten Legion. Start your adventure with the full original Starlink: Battle for Atlas™ Initiative team. Included : * Starlink Game * 4 Starships : Zenith, Neptune, Pulse, Lance * 6 Pilots : Mason, Judge, Chase, Hunter, Levi, Razor * 12...
Why similar: Space Sim 27.9%, Space 25.1%, Open World 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Adventure 8.8%
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 30.3%, Open World 19.1%, Space Sim 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Exploration 10.7%
Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.1%, Space 23.9%, Space Sim 21.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, RPG 6.3%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 33.9%, Space Sim 23.9%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Trading 7.8%, Open World 7.5%
As an Administration A.I. of a deep space probe, you're tasked with scanning and reporting back about a new galaxy. You'll weather cosmic events, witness oddities of the universe, and fly through points of interest to find answers for the base station.
Why similar: Hacking 28.2% ★, Space Sim 24.1%, Text-Based 19.1%, Space 15.3%, Exploration 6.1%
Physics-based arcade, top-down space shooter. Pilot the Salvager, collect salvage to upgrade your ship, balancing an economy by mining asteroids and fending off waves of enemy ships, ultimately growing so large as to destroy planets.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Naval Combat 17.6% ★, Space 9.7%, Top-Down 8.8%
Solve puzzles and learn how to code in this unique and gripping sci-fi adventure!
Why similar: Hacking 35.8% ★, Programming 30% ★, Space 11.8%, Top-Down 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%
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: Space Sim 36.2%, Space 23.4%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Exploration 7.2%, Open World 7.1%
Explore space in a hand crafted, physics based universe, with immersive sound and atmosphere. Fight and board ships, collect rare cargo, and upgrade your ship.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Space 8%, Top-Down 7.5%, Exploration 7%
Use your ship to explore a massive galaxy. Land on planets and gather resources to maintain and upgrade your ship! Invite your friends to help and set up jobs and missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Artificial Intelligence 17.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Space 11.7%, Top-Down 9.6%
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Space 14.5%, Open World 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%
A futuristic space combat simulation set in deep space featuring 1st person combat, exploration of new warp paths and sectors, prospecting resource, shipping freight, base building or munitions deployment. Up to 9 player ships can be flown or assigned to co-pilots and grouped into squads.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.8%, Trading 19.3%, Artificial Intelligence 18.3%, Open World 14.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.8%, Space 28.8%, Trading 14%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Open World 9%
You’re an average electronic technician. You live in a big city. You’ve a lot of work. You’re tired so it’s high time to have a vacation. But… a chain of sudden events puts you in an incredible adventure.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 36.2%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Programming 16.8% ★, Adventure 5%
Explore an abandoned facility in this narrative-driven terminal adventure. Unlock hidden files, solve text-based puzzles, and piece together a fragmented AI as you uncover the truth behind a failed salvation and a buried past in this cold, atmospheric mystery.
Why similar: Hacking 30% ★, Artificial Intelligence 25%, Text-Based 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%
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 45.7%, Space 24.9%, Trading 16.1%, Exploration 6.5%, Simulation 4%
In the midst of a seemingly hopeless war among the stars, take control of highly customizable spacefighters to experience classic space combat action throughout a story-driven campaign.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.5%, Space 23.1%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Action 3.7%
Explore a scientifically grounded version of our solar system in this 2D space adventure. Mine asteroids, fight hostile ships, navigate the cold silence between worlds, and choose your place among rival factions.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Space 11.7%, Top-Down 9.7%, Open World 7.5%
Create your own AI, program the AIs of the future. If you're ready to create a learning mind, code cybersecurity, robotics, and chatbots, and push the boundaries against other AIs in the system. Create, train, develop, and compete.
Why similar: Hacking 36.6% ★, Programming 27.5% ★, Artificial Intelligence 24.9%, Sci-fi 6.1%, 2D 2.5%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space 29.6%, Space Sim 28.7%, Open World 12.4%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Trading 10.8%
Fly real astrodynamics from an Apollo-era DSKY. Plan Lambert transfers, mine asteroids, build a fleet, and survive a 38-body solar system where every trajectory is solved from Kepler's equation. No autopilot, no cheating.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.1%, Space 11.7%, Trading 9.8%, Sci-fi 9%, Open World 8.3%
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 Sim 29.9%, Space 17.7%, Open World 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Top-Down 9.5%
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 43%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 10%, Open World 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Space 11.8%, Top-Down 10%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.
Why similar: Hacking 57.7% ★, Programming 30.8% ★, Text-Based 6.7%, Simulation 2.9%, 2D 1.1%
Be NEARLY vaporized, crushed, blown to pieces, flame broiled, and electrocuted using your incredible targeting skills and class 1 fancy flying to keep you alive in this SHMUP that brings back the essence of the classic arcade shmups!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.7%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Space 9.7%, Top-Down 9%, Open World 8.9%
In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.
Why similar: Hacking 39.9% ★, Programming 34.4% ★, Text-Based 20.7%, 2D 2.8%, Simulation 2.1%
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
Why similar: Hacking 45.7% ★, Programming 33.8% ★, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 3.1%, Simulation 2.5%
Explore, trade and fight your way through Massive Galaxy, a point and click narrative adventure set in bustling cyberpunk cities, deserted wastelands and beautifully crafted space habitats
Why similar: Trading 22.5%, Space Sim 21.5%, Artificial Intelligence 18.8%, Space 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%
A cozy space-trucking game about hauling cargo, docking at industrial stations, and cruising between planets at your own pace. Take on delivery contracts, manage your ship, and enjoy the quiet life of an interstellar transport pilot.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.1%, Trading 23.1%, Sci-fi 14%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 8%