60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space Sim, Space, Simulation, Singleplayer.
Captain your own starship in this 2D, open-world space-sim. Command your crew as you explore, trade, mine, smuggle, steal and fight your way across the milky-way galaxy with real-time, tactical combat.
Deep Haul
Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.
Baryum
A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.
Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.1%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Mining 10.8% ★, Open World 9.1%
A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.9%, Open World 14.2%, Space 11.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Exploration 6.2%
A space-sim and roguelite where you build your own ship and live in it. Survive in a procedural galaxy or become part of history.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Open World 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%, Space 7.8%
Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 49.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Open World 13%, Space 11.8%, Exploration 8.6%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Mining 16.8% ★, Pirates 15.5% ★, Space 15.1%, Open World 11.9%
A 2D space trading game with a real economy. NPC ships haul cargo between 78 stations and prices move whether you're there or not. Good routes die as other traders catch on, so you keep hunting new ones. No quest markers, no "best trade" arrows. Just you, a map, and the prices.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.7%, Pirates 17% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Exploration 6.9%, Open World 6.3%
Build spacecraft with a realistic part-based editor and fight multiplayer orbital wars using Keplerian, Newtonian, and patched-conics flight. Engage with lasers, railguns, missiles, and EW in fast, decisive battles shaped by strategy and logistics.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Space 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%
Fight, salvage and trade across the moons and rings of a solar system nobody can leave. Take what you can carry. Read what the dead left behind. Everything you do is remembered.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.4%, Simulation 15.6%, Space 11.1%, Open World 11%, Nonlinear 9.5%
A pixel-art space mining game. Dig into procedurally generated planets, chart your own route across the star map, collect rare ores, level up your gear, and grow your fortune by investing in the market.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.9%, Mining 25% ★, Inventory Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.7%, Resource Management 6.4%
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 Sim 38.5%, Space 19.2%, Mining 16.6% ★, Open World 13.3%, Simulation 11.2%
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 56%, Space 15.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Exploration 6.2%
Fly a rented corporate vessel in a procedurally-generated universe, navigate risky routes, profit from changing markets before the opportunity disappears and you lose it all. Take jobs, navigate the markets, smuggle, lie. Do everything in order to keep flying.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Space 6.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Open World 5.8%
Our goal is to depict the possibilities of space exploration & combat within a realistic environment- to emphasize the "science" in science-fiction. Key features to include: proper orbital mechanics for all objects in space, detailed ship system control, functionality, inter-dependency & damage reaction.
Why similar: Space Sim 68.4%, Simulation 20.7%, Space 10.9%
Destroy or be destroyed. Missile Wars is a high-pressure arms race where players must defend their asteroid from enemy missile strikes while investing in crucial tech upgrades to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.1%, Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 6.8%, Space 6.7%
A simulation sci-fi game where players take on the role of the project manager of a space elevator project. They will progressively achieve project phase goals and ultimately accomplish the ultimate goal of constructing a Mars colonization spacecraft.
Why similar: Space Sim 47.8%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Space 9.4%, Exploration 8%
Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head.
Why similar: Space Sim 61.4%, Simulation 23.4%, Space 15.2%
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 53.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Open World 10%, Exploration 9%, Space 8.2%
Take your place at the tactical station of a spaceship and face a brutal war in the near future for control of the outer planets in this realistic space warfare simulator. Choose your side and lead your ship into battle, maneuvering and fighting according to the laws of orbital mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.9%, Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Simulation 15.1%, Space 13.2%, Strategy 4.4%
Take to the stars and explore the solar system. Master the orbital mechanics of N-body physics. Plot a careful course to complete your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 53%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 13.9%, Space 13%, Singleplayer 1%
A fantasy space agency management game! Manage your team, design your space ship and research new technology! Reach moons, planets and the void beyond. Can you reach the void? Can you bring Galduen to the void?
Why similar: Space Sim 46%, Space 14.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 8.5%
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 34.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Tactical 6.8%
Step aboard your starship and prepare for an intergalactic showdown in Don’t Lose Your Ship, a fast-paced, team-based 2D multiplayer game that combines strategy, coordination, and chaos. This game pits two teams against each other in a battle for supremacy on a grid-based map.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.9%, Real Time Tactics 27.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Space 8%, 2D 2.6%
Why similar: Space Sim 39.9%, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Tactical 7%, Space 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 52.2%, Open World 16.9%, Space 14.5%, Simulation 7%, Exploration 6.7%
Zero-Point is a 3D space roguelike featuring tactical ship-to-ship combat, crew command and an immersive view of your ship's interior. As Captain of a Star Federation cruiser, lead your crew and ship to victory over the rebellious Galactic Liberation Front!
Why similar: Space Sim 38.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.3%, Space 11.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 8.1%
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Mining 15.7% ★, Open World 14.2%, Space 11%, Nonlinear 9.3%
Single-player space strategy about the last ship of a vanished civilization: built to copy itself, no longer able to. Turn dead systems into mines, refineries, and shipyards. Design fleets, command the fights, lose ships, never the factory. Find out what silenced the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.8%, Space 14%, Strategy 12.4%, Open World 11.4%, Exploration 10%
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.7%, Open World 14.6%, Mining 12.9% ★, Simulation 6.2%, Space 6.1%
Gravitation is a sandbox simulation set in the vastness of the cosmos and built on the laws of real-world physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Strategy 15.7%, Space 7.9%, Exploration 5.9%
The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind. Play how you like in this open world space-sim developed by Pixelfactor.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 15%, Open World 11.5%, Space 10%
Spaceflight add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Why similar: Space Sim 52.3%, Simulation 30.1%, Space 17.6%
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 49.2%, Space 20.8%, Open World 14.2%, Simulation 8%, Exploration 7%
Run a galactic pirate syndicate from a single screen. Raid ships, loot cargo, capture crew, and grow a fleet that raids in parallel while you watch. An incremental space-pirate idle game with tactical raids, a reputation-based black market, and a legendary endgame.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Pirates 24.9% ★, Space 10.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Resource Management 7.1%
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 32.6%, Pirates 19.2% ★, Mining 14.5% ★, Open World 12.2%, Space 8.2%
The accessible space-sim. Fly, fight, and trade through a galaxy where the prices and borders came from 700,000 days of astropolitical generation that keep ticking.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.7%, Open World 16.6%, Space 13.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Exploration 6.8%
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 42.8%, Real Time Tactics 24.3%, Space 11.3%, Tactical 7.2%, War 7.2%
Fairspace is an amateur developed open-ended space exploration, trading and combat game. A full and rich persistent universe awaits your discovery.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.4%, Mining 17.4% ★, Open World 11.5%, Space 9.6%, Simulation 8.8%
Pilot your ship across a procedurally generated star map as corruption spreads inward. Each sector holds a stabiliser; protect it from raiders and pump energy into its shields. Jump between nodes, prioritise threats, and manage energy. Hold the line until time runs out, or be consumed by corruption.
Why similar: Space Sim 56.3%, Space 18.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Online multiplayer drone warfare in space. Persistent universe, keeps going when you aren't logged in.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Tactical 12.5%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%
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 36.9%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Tactical 10.1%, Space 8.5%, Strategy 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 50.2%, Simulation 16.7%, Open World 9.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Space 8.2%
A sci-fi survival game with a twist. Set in a sub-orbit of a black hole, collect materials and scavenge wrecks in order to repair your damaged ship. However, time is not on your side.
Why similar: Space Sim 47.7%, Open World 13.3%, Space 11.3%, Resource Management 11.3%, Exploration 7.8%
Design your own spaceships and assemble a fleet to fight in epic PvP battles. Ships are fully destructible and manned by persistent crew members including yourself. Ranked/casual matchmaking, PvE for practice. Show your creativity, strategy and tactics to defeat enemy Admiral!
Why similar: Space Sim 42.9%, Real Time Tactics 25.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Tactical 7.9%, War 6.9%
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: Space Sim 35.9%, Open World 16.7%, Space 14.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Mining 8.7% ★
Realistic simulation of spaceflight in a full sized Solar System, with all the planets and their major moons. using real forces, distances, velocities and time. Chapter 1: The Apollo Days. Incredibly detailed Apollo Program missions starting with Apollo 8 lunar orbit missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 50.2%, Simulation 28%, Space 21.7%
An open world space mining game. Explore a vast planetary ring where every spot on every rock can be mined for minerals. Use your transport ship to drop off the mining rover, anywhere in the ring system, and start digging! Your capable 6-wheeled rover can climb many obstacles.
Why similar: Space Sim 48.5%, Open World 21.3%, Mining 16% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A fast paced cooperative game where hippos run a growing space depot. Race against the clock to Scan, inspect, and ship the right materials using drones. Try to keep up. Other hipponauts such as yourself are relying on you.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.4%, Simulation 16.6%, Space 14.3%, Inventory Management 11.3%, Nonlinear 6%
Asteroids are worth trillions. They're also spinning at 200 meters per second. You are a Wrangler—harpoon tumbling rocks, wrestle them to a dead stop with your custom-built ship, and mine them for credits. The pay is good. The survival rate is a conversation people avoid.
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Mining 19.8% ★, Open World 11.9%, Resource Management 7.8%, Space 7.4%
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign. Balance tactics, crew, and limited resources in a dynamic forever-war. Retro pixel art meets deep strategy fifteen minutes into the future of 1989.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.9%, Space 12.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Open World 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%
Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.
Why similar: Space Sim 57%, Simulation 13.9%, Open World 12%, Space 6.6%, Exploration 5.8%
Dangerous is an epic 3D open and living world space combat RPG sandbox with an immersive and riveting story. Are you the feared war criminal who will destroy all life or the savior of the universe? Gather your wingmen and travel the galaxy in search of answers.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.3%, Simulation 17.1%, Open World 16.2%, Strategy 15.3%, Space 14.1%
Try to survive in infinite asteroid cloud as long as possible in reworked tower defence style. FInd your own playstyle and beat your own records or chillout with original ambient soundtracks. Build, explore, think - everything to create your own colony in this cold space.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.6%, Tactical 13%, Space 12.6%, Strategy 10.3%
Become the space captain you always wanted to be. There are just a few problems, your ship needs work, there’s a price on your head, and your crew are idiots. Seek your fortune and the truth in The Galactic Junkers, a comedic space combat adventure game.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Mining 18.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Open World 10.7%, Space 9.3%
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship. Manage resources, explore new areas, face growing threats, and strengthen your colony a little more with each passing day.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.1%, Real Time Tactics 20.8%, Space 10.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.7%
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.1%, Mining 26.2% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.1%, Space 5.7%
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 43.6%, Space 21%, Simulation 11.9%, Open World 10.5%, Strategy 10.1%
Trade, fight and explore. Build a fleet, level your captain and dive through wormholes for rare loot — a single-player 2D space RPG of free corsairs.
Why similar: Space Sim 47.6%, Pirates 20.4% ★, Open World 13.4%, Space 11.5%, Simulation 5.7%
In Space Empires: Starfury you are on a wild intergalactic ride through the Space Empires universe. You are an undercover agent for the TCN (Terran Confederation Navy) trying to determine the cause of a recent escalation of pirate attacks in the Neutral territories.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.6%, Real Time Tactics 28.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Space 15.3%, Simulation 5.1%
X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier. The expansion is not limited by a linear plot line but makes use of new ways to expand your empire. You can now take part in missions that are offered to you throughout the game.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.5%, Simulation 20.8%, Space 17.7%, Strategy 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
A real-time 3D space simulator and interactive planetarium. Travel to any planet, moon, star, or galaxy and view it from any point in space and time. Accelerate time, land on alien worlds, and expand the universe with community-made add-ons.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Open World 9.7%, Space 9.1%, Exploration 8.9%
