Games Like Masterspace

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 26.8%, Sandbox 24.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Survival 18.1%, Action 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for voxel-based space construction, offering deep physics and complex ship building mechanics similar to Masterspace.

The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

Why similar: Space 34.9%, Sandbox 27.5%, Crafting 11%, Simulation 9.3%, RPG 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based space sandbox that allows for massive, fully customizable ship construction and exploration.

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 25.3%, Simulation 20.6%, Sandbox 19.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Survival 16.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines planetary exploration, survival, and modular ship building in a way that mirrors the core loop of Masterspace.

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 38.6%, Sandbox 36.5%, Simulation 24.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedural ship building with a focus on exploration and mining in a vast, open galaxy.

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.3%, Crafting 19.4%, RPG 16.5%, Survival 16.4%, Simulation 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based open-world game that emphasizes crafting, mining, and building on alien planets.

Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

Why similar: Space 27.4%, Sandbox 25%, Simulation 20.8%, Crafting 17.4%, Action 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A massively multiplayer space simulation that features highly detailed voxel-based building and destructible environments.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Crafting 21.5%, Space 21.2%, Simulation 16.4%, Survival 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers incredibly deep physics-based vehicle construction and combat, perfect for players who enjoy the engineering aspect of Masterspace.

Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!

Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Simulation 24.4%, Space 20.2%, Action 18.3%, Indie 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented space game featuring fully destructible environments and asteroid mining mechanics.

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 31.3%, Simulation 22.2%, Sandbox 18.4%, RPG 13.3%, Action 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features physics-based space ship construction where every component has a functional purpose.

Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.

Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Simulation 25.3%, Space 22%, Crafting 13.2%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox game that allows for the creation of complex machines and vehicles.

BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.

Why similar: Sandbox 30%, RPG 21.2%, Crafting 20.3%, Survival 16.8%, Action 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A mining-focused exploration game set in a voxel-based environment that captures the satisfaction of resource extraction.

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: RPG 24.4%, Space 24.1%, Simulation 22%, Action 13.5%, Indie 9%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on modular ship design and combat, rewarding players for creative engineering in space.

Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

Why similar: Space 28.3%, Sandbox 26.3%, Crafting 25%, Survival 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival game that requires complex engineering and atmospheric management, appealing to the technical side of Masterspace players.

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Why similar: Sandbox 39%, Crafting 26.8%, Survival 17.4%, Action 11.8%, Indie 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to build modular vehicles from scavenged parts to explore and survive in a sandbox environment.

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 24.3%, Crafting 21.2%, Sandbox 19.7%, Survival 16.7%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and scavenging aspects of space exploration with a unique modular building system.

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 44.4%, Simulation 24.8%, Sandbox 23.1%, Indie 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A space simulation game that emphasizes mining, trading, and ship customization in a sandbox 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 35.1%, RPG 20.4%, Sandbox 17.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Action 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a space-faring RPG experience with deep exploration and mining mechanics.

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: Simulation 27.6%, Space 26%, Action 17%, Indie 10.3%, RPG 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure space simulation that features ship customization and exploration.

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: Sandbox 31.7%, Space 24.1%, Simulation 22%, Indie 11.7%, Crafting 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game focused on building and exploration on alien planets with a similar aesthetic to Masterspace.

You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, Survival 33.1%, Action 20.2%, Indie 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sandbox game that emphasizes mining and building in a space environment.

Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.

Why similar: Space 32.3%, Crafting 24.8%, Survival 22.5%, Sandbox 20.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game set in space that emphasizes exploration and resource gathering.

Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!

Why similar: RPG 30.4%, Space 25.6%, Crafting 21.2%, Action 16.4%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based RPG that combines exploration with crafting and building in a space setting.

Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox Mode for true creative control.

Why similar: Space 31.6%, Simulation 21.5%, Sandbox 18.1%, Action 11.7%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused space game where players build structures and ships from orbital debris.

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

Why similar: Action 35.9%, Simulation 30.8%, Space 20.3%, Indie 13%

Why You'll Like It: An indie space exploration game that emphasizes survival and adventure in a procedurally generated universe.

A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

Why similar: Space 24.1%, Crafting 22.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Sandbox 16.1%, Survival 13.2%

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: Action 41.4%, Space 31.1%, Indie 27.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox space game that allows for building and exploration with a focus on physics and destruction.

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 38%, Simulation 33.3%, Action 16.1%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space exploration and simulation, allowing players to travel between various celestial bodies.

An expedition finds an artifact in an asteroid, teleporting the crew to an alien realm. Enslaved on a mining barge, they wield mech suits to survive, scavenging and scheming to escape—and wield the device that could rewrite Earth’s fate.

Why similar: RPG 28.3%, Simulation 28%, Space 19.2%, Action 15.1%, Indie 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Specifically targets the mining and resource extraction gameplay loop found in Masterspace.

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 27.7%, Space 25.5%, RPG 23.8%, Action 13.8%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space simulation that focuses on the technical and strategic aspects of operating a ship in deep space.

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: Sandbox 21.2%, Space 20.8%, Crafting 20.8%, Survival 14.6%, Simulation 14.1%

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 29%, Simulation 24.2%, Sandbox 22%, Action 15%, Indie 9.8%

Salvation Prophecy is a military space epic. Human, mutant, and robotic factions are at war for galactic domination. Battles rage as space fleets collide. Invaders clash against fortified enemy colonies. Yet the greatest danger is the impending annihilation foretold by an apocalyptic prophecy.

Why similar: RPG 27.7%, Space 25.4%, Simulation 23.1%, Action 15.8%, Indie 8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action and RPG elements with space combat and exploration in a large-scale universe.

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: RPG 36.5%, Simulation 31.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Space 9.3%, Action 5.9%

GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.

Why similar: Survival 23.3%, Sandbox 22.3%, Space 18.2%, Crafting 17.8%, RPG 10%

Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.

Why similar: Space 24%, Sandbox 23.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 14.9%

Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!

Why similar: Space 67.4%, Action 32.6%

Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!

Why similar: Sandbox 35.2%, Crafting 20.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Survival 14.9%, Action 6.4%

Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.

Why similar: Space 34.8%, RPG 28.2%, Simulation 27.6%, Indie 9.3%

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 28.7%, RPG 20.4%, Simulation 17.9%, Sandbox 12.1%, Action 10.4%

WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.7%, RPG 25.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Action 11.6%, Indie 10.7%

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!

Why similar: RPG 24%, Space 21.4%, Sandbox 16.8%, Action 13.3%, Survival 12.5%

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 33.7%, Simulation 24.6%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 11.9%, Indie 8.9%

Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.

Why similar: Simulation 17.6%, Sandbox 17%, Space 16.8%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%

This is a 2D crafting survival sandbox game. You will be able to explore a huge 2D side-view world, building houses, crafting tools, weapons and armour from the resources you collect. There is a day/night cycle and each night many dangerous monsters can be found and defeated.

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Sandbox 29.7%, Action 18.9%, Indie 11.6%, Survival 9.7%

Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.

Why similar: Space 40.2%, Simulation 23.4%, Sandbox 19.4%, Action 9.6%, Indie 7.4%

Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.

Why similar: RPG 28%, Sandbox 26%, Crafting 23.3%, Survival 18.6%, Indie 4%

Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.

Why similar: Sandbox 55.5%, Simulation 44.5%

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Crafting 24.3%, Survival 21.1%, Simulation 20%, Action 10.1%

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

Why similar: Space 28.8%, Crafting 23.3%, Sandbox 20.8%, Survival 15.5%, Action 11.6%

Explore and colonize a vast universe. Discover resources. Build cities. Make spacecraft. Walk aboard them. Operate their controls. Command a crew of NPCs. Lift off. Fly up through the atmosphere to outer space. Land on other worlds, anywhere, not at designated places. Build an empire.

Why similar: Sandbox 36.6%, Space 35.5%, Crafting 27.9%

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: Sandbox 26.7%, Space 20.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 14.1%, RPG 11.5%

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: Sandbox 28.8%, Space 28.8%, Simulation 21.5%, Action 13.4%, Indie 7.5%

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 45.8%, Simulation 21.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, RPG 9.8%, Action 7.4%

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 42.8%, Sandbox 22.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Action 12.8%

Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.3%, Space 24.9%, Crafting 23.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Indie 6.8%

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 31.6%, Crafting 29.1%, Survival 25.7%, Simulation 8.2%, Indie 5.5%

In Metaverse you will dig, discover, design, deploy, and defend. Explore, build upon, or tear apart your own procedurally generated voxel planet. And now in the early stages of our multiplayer implementation, help conquer or build the planets of others.

Why similar: Simulation 26.6%, RPG 25.6%, Sandbox 22.1%, Action 15.5%, Indie 10.1%