- #1 Pandora Galaxy
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: SimplexCode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pandora Galaxy is a PC game. The game is based in space, in the far future, with elements of exploration and trade. The protagonist of the game is a merchant engaged in interplanetary trade, but as the story unfolds, the player can choose the path of an interstellar pirate or a planetary explorer.
Why similar: Space Sim 48.6% ★, Strategy 24%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Choices Matter 4.6%
- #2 Skyland
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evan Bowman
Windows
In this gorgeous FTL-inspired tactical RTS, you and your crew must take command of a flying castle, and defend it from sky pirates while fighting enemies of increasing difficulty. Originally developed for Gameboy Advance, now available on Steam!
Why similar: Roguelike 30.9%, Strategy 24%, Naval Combat 20.5% ★, Tactical 18.5%, Combat 5.5%
- #3 Escape The Living Nebula
96% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Plimmerton Games
Windows
Turn-based spaceship battles in a tense fight for survival
Why similar: Space Sim 41% ★, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #4 TheFlagship
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeveraiN Games
Windows
"The Flagship" is a singleplayer third-person space warship roguelike game. From destroyers to battleships, choose your vessel and equip it to face node-based roguelike challenges, each adventure is a different experience. Your ship, equipment, skill level and roguelike ability build will be tested.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 16.5% ★, Sci-fi 11.8%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Futuristic 4.4%
- #5 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,623 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.1% ★, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 17.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Tactical 6.7%
- #6 Ark Defender
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Mischief & Mayhem Studios
Windows
Roguelike missile command. Survive as long as you can aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, in a hostile galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.1% ★, Roguelike 19.7%, Resource Management 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #7 Dice Trek
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Roam the galaxy, destroy enemy ships, and encounter special events as you explore! Make smart decisions with your dice rolls in order to survive. Buy upgrades at Galactic Bazaars, unlock new ships, and manage your fate in the cold expanse of space. Your choices decide your destiny!
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6% ★, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Tactical 10.1%
- #8 Shattered Sun
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binaric LTD
Windows · Mac
Shattered Sun is a fast-paced action roguelike where you pilot a powerful mech across a doomed solar system, fighting hostile factions on dangerous planets to escape the clutches of a dying star.
Why similar: Roguelike 22.2%, Action Roguelike 17%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #9 Void Havoc
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ghoulware
Windows
In this sci-fi action/strategy game, you're the only trump card left to stop the Contingency in their destructive march. Man your ship, build your arsenal and blow away the waves sent to stop you in your tracks.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.8% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Naval Combat 16.3% ★, Sci-fi 8%, Action 6.9%
- #10 Delos: Space Traffic Control
91% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: hv
Windows
In Delos, you are the space traffic controller managing the flow of ships at a bustling space station. Direct docking, allocate resources, and prevent collisions in a real-time strategy setting. Balance efficiency and safety to maintain order in the interstellar hub.
Why similar: Space Sim 57.4% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Resource Management 8.7%, 3D 2.6%
- #11 The Cosmogenesis Project: Corruption
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitDriven
Windows
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% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Combat 5.2%, Third Person 3.3%
- #12 Star Fleet Deluxe
89% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Trevor SorensenPub: Interstel Technologies, Inc.
Windows
Command a UGA heavy cruiser against the Krellan Empire. Navigate space, manage resources, and coordinate defense strategies. Use starbases and outposts to protect colonies while engaging in tactical ship combat. Your decisions will determine the fate of sectors in this military space simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 53.4% ★, Strategy 22.4%, Sci-fi 20%, Action 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #13 Zero-Point
89% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Studio Zero
Windows
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 39.6% ★, Roguelike 20.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Tactical 7.4%
- #14 Shortest Trip to Earth
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 24.4% ★, Roguelike 14.7%, Tactical 11.4%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #15 Void Harvest
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LoneBit
Windows
Condemned to work in an endless void, you must mine ore from asteroids, search wrecks and upgrade your ship to survive. Explore vast spaces, unlock upgrades, manage your crew and avoid constantly changing threats. Can you survive your sentence?
Why similar: Space Sim 30.2% ★, Roguelike 21.3%, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #16 Drow Space Shooter
86% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Xgarius Games
Windows · Linux
You are the new hot shot space Cadet fresh out of the Terran Space Force academy in the year 2247 when the alien invasion of the solar system begins. Fly your spaceship through planetary landscapes firing advanced technology weapons and managing ship subsystems to defeat waves of enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.1% ★, Tactical 22.1%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Vehicular Combat 11.9% ★, Action 4.5%
- #17 Space Reign
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 377 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
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 43.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 12% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Tactical 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #18 AsteroidTD
85% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Oleg Kobzarev
Windows
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 38.8% ★, Roguelike 17.7%, Tactical 17.1%, Strategy 14.1%, Futuristic 4.8%
- #19 Flotilla
86% matchVery Positive82% of 239 reviews2010
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 35.1% ★, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Tactical 11%
- #20 What the Stars Forgot
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airlock Games
Windows
What The Stars Forgot is a retro-styled sci-fi horror management sim. As an advanced starship's cutting-edge AI, you have to guide a procedurally generated crew of hundreds as they embark on a dangerous mission to discover the source of an anomalous signal emanating from deep space.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.2% ★, Roguelike 17.3%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%
- #21 FTL: Faster Than Light
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Roguelike 30.3%, Space Sim 23.1% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Tactical 9.8%
- #22 Space
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Traveller
Windows
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 46.3% ★, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 6.4%, Futuristic 5.7%
- #23 Missile Wars
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Rogue NPCs LLP
Windows
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 46.1% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Tactical 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action 6.8%
- #24 Space Commander
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: TBA
Windows
The endless expanse of space has never been such a dangerous place. Take command as a Space Fleet Admiral who will face the challenge of galactic war and determine the fate of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.6% ★, Strategy 23.6%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Futuristic 5.1%, Combat 4.3%
- #25 Final Orbit
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dan Epic studios
Windows
Final Orbit is a roguelike space adventure where you travel from planet to planet, upgrade your ship, and battle through relentless enemies in your quest to defeat the boss on Planet 10.
Why similar: Roguelike 24.5%, Action Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Tactical 8%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #26 VOIDHUNTER
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digitality Games
Windows
In a dystopian spacefaring future, mankind struggles to maintain their humanity. Take control of devastating spacecrafts, upgrade their loadouts and offer justice to the highest bidder. Become a space-traveling mercenary. Become the VOIDHUNTER.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.9% ★, Action Roguelike 14.3%, Sci-fi 7%, Futuristic 6%
- #27 Sputnika Game
79% matchVery Positive90% of 613 reviews2024
Dev: egunan
Windows
A Cosmic twist on a Suika-style game with space gravity. Help our little friend Sputnik on his journey to become the Sun.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.2% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Tactical 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Choices Matter 3.8%
- #28 Stellar Sovereigns
79% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Imagined Reality
Windows
Indie 4X space strategy game with TB empire management and RTS combat set in a 3D star cluster. Build an interstellar empire by colonizing and conquering star systems, develop your colonies establish trade routes and construct fleets from a range of retrofittable capital & escort class vessels.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9% ★, Naval Combat 16.6% ★, Tactical 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #29 Cosmic Rift
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Lithium Games
Windows
Cosmic Drift is a singleplayer survivor-like rougelike game, in Cosmic Rift, you can use weapons and modules to build your own spaceship, defeat enemies, and each item determines your development. choose to upgrade, load weapons, and crush the enemies!
Why similar: Space Sim 53.9% ★, Roguelike 22.1%, Action 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Futuristic 4.7%
- #30 Asteroid Odyssey
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: LampDog Studio
Windows · Linux
Gather and refine resources, shoot your way through countless asteroids and other celestial bodies to gather and refine useful resources from them to build the biggest and the most powerful spaceship-base.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 22.1% ★, Space Sim 20.5% ★, Resource Management 15.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Roguelike 11.4%
- #31 Starbridge: The Voyage Home
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GarrettPriddy
Windows
Star Bridge: A Voyage Home is an immersive co-op multiplayer adventure. Stranded on the far reaches of the universe, explore alien worlds, upgrade and repair your ship, investigate space anomalies, engage in trade and combat encounters with extraterrestrial beings on your journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 16.9% ★, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #32 REGOLITH: VIOZIC SUNS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: splet
Windows
A top-down space shooter roguelike set in a handcrafted, procedurally-enriched galaxy. Coming soon.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.3% ★, Action Roguelike 17.3%, Tactical 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Futuristic 6%
- #33 Fortified Space
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Nightsail Game Studios
Windows
Seize control of hostile planets in this nostalgic space sim and tower defense hybrid inspired by classic Flash games. Fight for orbital supremacy in starship combat with railguns, turrets, and shields. Then descend to the surface to build a base, deploy defenses, and shred waves of enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.9% ★, Tactical 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #34 Lucky Shot
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fortuna Corp
Windows
Lucky Shot is a top-down roguelike shooter taking place inside the Casino of Fortuna where money is everything. Use your coins as ammunitions to progress through each room and buy upgrades at the shop to defeat your ennemies !
Why similar: Roguelike 24.4%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Combat 10%
- #35 Wrath and Retribution
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mad Vulture Games
Windows · Mac
A space combat roguelike set across a shattered solar system. Master the Specter Drive’s explosive dash to crush enemy squadrons and hunt massive warships alongside Merlin, your tactical co-pilot. Upgrade your fighter and companion with powerful rewards to unleash total retribution!
Why similar: Space Sim 40.9% ★, Roguelike 15.6%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Combat 5.3%
- #36 X-COM: Interceptor
78% matchMixed56% of 219 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.1% ★, Strategy 36.8%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Interstellar Pilot 2
74% matchVery Positive92% of 153 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelfactor Ltd.
Windows
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 50.2% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Action 8.2%, Combat 5.7%
- #38 Shoulder-Mounted Space Program
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Aaron Moseley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the vast reaches of space inside a realistic gravity simulation with only your trusty rocket launcher by your side. Battle scores of local robotic inhabitants that want to push you out and stake your claim at the edge of the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.2% ★, Action Roguelike 18.7%, Roguelike 16.4%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #39 Luft Gears
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Cestmir Kocian
Windows
Blend of planet system exploration, discovery, real time space combat, together with player needing to maintain and upgrade his space ship to overcome numerous obstacles. An experience quite unlike other games in its genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.4% ★, Roguelike 24%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Choices Matter 6.9%
- #40 Star Castles 2
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Red Omicron Software LLC
Windows
Physics-based space combat where every battle escalates into chaos. Destroy ships, star bases, and hyperspace carriers before they overwhelm you.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.8% ★, Roguelike 21.2%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Action 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #41 Submarine Homesick Blues
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MONOKU SAS
Windows · Mac
A real-time submarine management and survival game with tactical pause, where you manage crew, systems, and resources under constant pressure.
Why similar: Roguelike 26%, Strategy 18.8%, Tactical 17.6%, Resource Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #42 Dark & Quispy
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Onyx Clad Games
Windows
A Fantasy Rogue-Like game with Paper thin graphics. Cut through waves of enemies and collect their souls to increase your power! Encounter a variety of enemies and events as you make your way through the DARK.
Why similar: Roguelike 27.6%, Action Roguelike 22%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 14.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #43 Flowrate
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Arekcuta
Windows
A minimalist space survival game about managing fuel in a field of procedurally generated planets. Scan atmospheres, land carefully, and keep moving—because if you run out of antimatter, it's over.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.1% ★, Strategy 24%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Roguelike 15.2%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #44 Remnant Protocol
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Progenitor Game Studios Ltd.
Windows
The assassination of the Blessed Mother has plunged the galaxy in darkness. Usurpers rule with absolute authority, and blood flows in rivers of red across the stars. Only the Protocol can restore Her light.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 13.2% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Action Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 9%
- #45 Capsule Fighting
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Capsule Game
Windows
This is a game in the rougelike genre. Where you'll control your character through challenging, dramatic battles. The game offers many character customization features such as character upgrades, weapon upgrades, equipment systems, support drone systems.
Why similar: Strategy 26.3%, Roguelike 22.9%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Tactical 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #46 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Space Sim 32% ★, Roguelike 16%, Tactical 15.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #47 Galactic Simulator2: Stargate
69% matchMixed69% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Galactic Simulator 2: Stargate is a roguelite simulation game inspired by the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter. Pilot your ship, gather resources, build stargates, and discover other civilizations as you explore an ever-evolving galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.2% ★, Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #48 Redshift
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Jessica
Windows · Linux
Craft and upgrade the ultimate ship and survive an onslaught of enemies in this top down, rogue-lite shooter.
Why similar: Space Sim 47% ★, Roguelike 25.1%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Action 5.8%, Futuristic 4.5%
- #49 Star Pilot
71% matchMixed70% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Star Pilot Games
Windows
Star Pilot is all about Multiplayer Space Combat. You start with a Fighter and a Personal Space Station plus enough credits and items to fight in 3 different Arenas with 3 Modes. Star Pilot is Free; Win XPs and extra credits and unlock new Ships, Ranks and Ammos.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 18.2% ★, Tactical 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Combat 6.6%
- #50 Ridiculous Space Battles
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
RIDICULOUS SPACE BATTLES is the spiritual successor to the first ever autobattler game: Gratuitous Space Battles! After a fifteen year wait, the ridiculously over-the-top and completely unjustified battles in space ARE BACK.
Why similar: Space Sim 37% ★, Tactical 15%, Strategy 12.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Naval Combat 11.4% ★
- #51 Spaceward Cosmic Conflict
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oğuz Can Soyselçuk
Windows · Linux
Spaceward Cosmic Conflict is a space combat simulator of fast-paced, action packed space battles; set in the future of an alternate history.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.6% ★, Naval Combat 16.9% ★, Sci-fi 12.5%, Tactical 11.4%, Combat 4.5%
- #52 Interstellar Espionage Inc.
66% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Raven Games
Windows
Manage an interstellar spy business in this strategy game with lunchbreak-length runs. Release your inner math-nerd to manipulate statistical odds for stealing data and technology. Build a galaxy-wide espionage network, partner with megacorporations or sell their secrets to bankrupt them. Profit!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Roguelike 17.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #53 Starnova Aerospace
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DogGottenGame
Windows
As the CEO of a spaceship design company, arrange blocks with different modes and functions to build powerful ships. Use resources from battles to upgrade blocks and acquire new ones through supplies. Strategically enhance your ship to maximize performance and defeat competitors.
Why similar: Space Sim 50.1% ★, Strategy 23.5%, Tactical 12%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Combat 3.8%
- #54 Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
70% matchMixed66% of 297 reviews2015
Dev: Blazing Griffin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Roguelike 21.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Tactical 9.5%
- #55 MAKINE
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: The Feature Creep
Windows
A tactical top-down action roguelike where you pilot a customizable vehicle through intense bullet-hell combat while managing power/heat systems and collecting game-changing relics.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 21.1% ★, Roguelike 17.4%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Tactical 13.4%, Resource Management 12.8%
- #56 ARISING
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Capacitor
Windows
First person space combat and exploration in an open world in a variety of star systems. Pilot ships, fight, run missions and trade.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.9% ★, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Combat 6.1%
- #57 Bot Rush
67% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bansan
Windows
Control a small combat bot in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Survive waves of enemies charging in straight lines, upgrade your abilities, and push your limits in an endless fight for survival.
Why similar: Roguelike 28.6%, Action Roguelike 25.6%, Strategy 24.2%, Action 5.8%, Futuristic 4.9%
- #58 Commanders of the Void
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apina Labs
Windows
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 47.6% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Tactical 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #59 Nonentity Galaxy
63% matchVery Positive95% of 493 reviews2026
Dev: Brick-Up StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
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 35.2% ★, Roguelike 16.8%, Tactical 15.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 10.5%