- #1 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
97% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 Sim 18.2% ★, Difficult 13.7%, Space 12.7%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Immersive Sim 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features realistic physics-based mining and salvage operations in a dangerous, asteroid-filled environment.
- #2 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
96% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 26.1%, Space Sim 23.9% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Simulation 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes, physics-based labor of dismantling derelict spacecraft in a corporate-debt-ridden environment.
- #3 Duskers
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,739 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Difficult 23%, Space 17.1%, Exploration 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Survival 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the eerie, isolated atmosphere of exploring derelict ships using remote drones to scavenge for parts.
- #4 Star Traders: Frontiers
95% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 20.3% ★, Space Sim 17.9% ★, Difficult 13.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines crew management, debt, and life-sim elements within a complex, procedurally generated space sandbox.
- #5 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival 36.9%, Difficult 34.1%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Simulation 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, hardcore submarine management and survival mechanics that mirror the ship-maintenance intensity of Ostranauts.
- #6 X4: Foundations
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Space Sim 20% ★, Trading 19.9% ★, Flight 19.7%, Space 10.2%, Sandbox 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive, interconnected space economy and simulation that rewards players who want to build their own fleet from scratch.
- #7 Space Haven
93% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 24.8% ★, Space 14.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a crew and a ship, requiring constant attention to life support, resource scarcity, and survival.
- #8 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
92% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Spaceships 27.1% ★, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Difficult 15.2%, Space 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep ship-building mechanics where the layout and functionality of your vessel directly impact your survival.
- #9 Stationeers
91% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.1%, Sandbox 27.5%, Survival 24.8%, Sci-fi 17.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly granular level of engineering and survival simulation that appeals to fans of complex ship systems.
- #10 Avorion
91% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Flight 21.1%, Spaceships 19.5% ★, Space Sim 15.1% ★, Trading 10.6% ★, Space 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox space-sim that excels in ship building and exploration, allowing for significant customization of your salvage vessel.
- #11 Heat Signature
90% matchVery Positive94% of 7,334 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Space 28.8%, Roguelike 18.7%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Top-Down 15.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Allows players to infiltrate and hijack derelict ships using tactical gadgets and stealth, echoing the salvage gameplay loop.
- #12 Quasimorph
89% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Difficult 27.8%, Space 17.9%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Roguelike 15%, Sci-fi 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based extraction shooter that captures the high-stakes survival and scavenging atmosphere of Ostranauts.
- #13 Shortest Trip to Earth
89% 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: Spaceships 27.9% ★, Difficult 15.4%, Space Sim 13.2% ★, Space 11.4%, Survival 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that forces players to manage ship systems and crew survival during a grueling journey across space.
- #14 Flight Of Nova
86% matchVery Positive94% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Flight 26.8%, Spaceships 20.9% ★, Space Sim 17% ★, Immersive Sim 6.5%, Sandbox 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly atmospheric and realistic flight simulation experience for landing and navigating in space environments.
- #15 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
88% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
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 24.3% ★, Trading 15.2% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Space 11.5%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world space-sim that emphasizes ship construction and modular components in a sandbox setting.
- #16 Stardeus
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9% ★, Space 13.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that takes place on a derelict ship, requiring players to repair and manage systems to survive.
- #17 Interstellar Rift
85% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 23.7% ★, Trading 19.9% ★, Space 10.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A space-sim focused on ship construction and management, allowing players to build complex vessels from the ground up.
- #18 Between the Stars
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 24.2% ★, Space 20.4%, Flight 11.9%, Sandbox 8.4%, RPG 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG-focused space-sim that puts you in command of a ship, requiring tactical decisions and management to survive.
- #19 Void Destroyer 2
84% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Flight 23.3%, Space Sim 21.4% ★, Trading 17.1% ★, Space 10.2%, Sandbox 10%
Why You'll Like It: Blends sandbox space-sim elements with tactical combat and ship management for a comprehensive space experience.
- #20 Endless Sky
83% matchVery Positive92% of 6,938 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 27.7%, Trading 17.2% ★, Space Sim 14.7% ★, Open World 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style space trading and combat game that offers a deep, open-world experience with ship customization.
- #21 Starcom: Nexus
82% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 29.1%, Space Sim 21.6% ★, Exploration 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Open World 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on exploration and ship modularity, allowing players to upgrade their vessel as they uncover space mysteries.
- #22 PULSAR: Lost Colony
81% matchVery Positive90% of 5,694 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Spaceships 33% ★, Space Sim 23% ★, Space 11.5%, Open World 9.2%, Exploration 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A co-op space-sim where individual crew members must manage specific ship systems to survive in hostile space.
- #23 Astrox Imperium
82% matchVery Positive85% of 1,210 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 31.4% ★, Space 28.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 11.1%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep space-sim that emphasizes mining, trading, and ship progression in a sandbox environment.
- #24 SpaceBourne
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 Sim 33.4% ★, Space 31.1%, RPG 13.1%, Simulation 11.8%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines RPG elements with space-sim mechanics, offering a personal journey through a vast, procedurally generated galaxy.
- #25 Underspace
78% matchVery Positive82% of 431 reviews2024
Dev: Pastaspace InteractivePub: Camlann Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with Day 1 mod support and a planned PvP/co-op multiplayer on the Early Access roadmap. You're going to need a bigger ship.
Why similar: Flight 36%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Space 11.3%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world space-sim that focuses on exploration and ship-based combat in a futuristic setting.
- #26 Frontier Pilot Simulator
79% matchMixed70% of 949 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Flight 25.6%, Trading 16.4% ★, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Difficult 13.4%, Space 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistics and flight mechanics of transporting goods across a challenging planetary environment.
- #27 Evochron Mercenary
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 21.6%, Space Sim 21.4% ★, Flight 16.9%, Sandbox 9%, Trading 8.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, physics-driven space-sim that offers a realistic flight and trading experience.
- #28 Kerbal Space Program 2
79% matchMostly Negative27% of 31,135 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 21% ★, Difficult 20.6%, Space 15.1%, Sandbox 13.3%, Exploration 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for physics-based ship building and orbital mechanics, appealing to those who enjoy the technical side of Ostranauts.
- #29 Cosmic Miners
77% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Flight 25.4%, Space Sim 23.5% ★, Space 11.3%, Cyberpunk 9.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #30 Star Valor
76% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Space 22.7%, Sandbox 17%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 11.9%
- #31 Transcendence
77% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
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 17% ★, Trading 15.6% ★, Space 14.8%, Procedural Generation 11%, Exploration 9.8%
- #32 Spaceflight Simulator
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.4% ★, Spaceships 21.9% ★, Space 15.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #33 The Last Starship
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2% ★, Space 17.5%, Sandbox 15.8%, Top-Down 10.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #34 Celestial Command
78% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 30.5%, Space Sim 21.4% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #35 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra Creative
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Flight 30.5%, Space Sim 19.8% ★, Difficult 11.8%, Space 11.8%, Immersive Sim 8.3%
- #36 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
76% matchVery Positive84% of 454 reviews2015
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 26.2%, Space Sim 26.1% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Open World 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.1%
- #37 Helium Rain
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 43.5% ★, Space 23.1%, Trading 14.9% ★, Exploration 10.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #38 Star Trucker
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,997 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.7% ★, Space 14%, Open World 10.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.4%
- #39 Elite Dangerous
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 31.3% ★, Space 16.4%, Open World 10.8%, Trading 9.4% ★, Exploration 8.8%
- #40 Objects in Space
75% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.2%, Space Sim 27.4% ★, Simulation 15.2%, RPG 14.2%, Open World 7.1%
- #41 Out of Orbit
72% matchVery Positive80% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
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: Spaceships 40.8% ★, Space 13.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Survival 9%
- #42 HighFleet
71% matchVery Positive88% of 7,155 reviews2021
Dev: Konstantin KoshutinPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Exploration 44.8%, Sci-fi 33.3%, Simulation 21.8%
- #43 Void War
69% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Difficult 31.1%, Space 23.6%, Procedural Generation 17%, Roguelike 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #44 Astronomics
70% matchVery Positive90% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Numizmatic
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.
Why similar: Space 25.4%, Procedural Generation 24.1%, Exploration 17.1%, Top-Down 13.4%, Sandbox 10%
- #45 The Long Journey Home
73% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Space 23.3%, Exploration 11.4%, RPG 10.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Simulation 10%
- #46 Space Docker VR
71% matchVery Positive95% of 149 reviews2021
Dev: Cat Commandos
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
Why similar: Flight 37.5%, Space Sim 20% ★, Space 13.4%, Immersive Sim 11.2%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #47 Space Rogue
73% matchMixed64% of 451 reviews2016
Dev: Red Beat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 23.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Survival 15.5%, Exploration 11.6%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #48 Space Trash Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 Sim 16.8% ★, Space 15.8%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12.4%
- #49 NEO Scavenger
70% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Difficult 17.6%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Roguelike 15.2%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #50 Jitter
68% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
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% ★, Space 16.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 11.5%
- #51 Tin Can
68% matchVery Positive85% of 1,297 reviews2022
Dev: Tin Can Studio
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1% ★, Space 22.9%, Survival 17.4%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%
- #52 StarbaseSim
67% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: AshtorakSimGames
Windows · Linux
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Flight 35.3%, Space Sim 24.3% ★, Sandbox 12.1%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Space 7.4%
- #53 Landinar: Into the Void
70% matchMixed57% of 243 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 32% ★, Space 23.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 10.9%, RPG 9.8%
- #54 Lakehopper
65% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Photon Games
Windows · Linux
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landscape that challenges your piloting skills! Fix your plane and keep flying!
Why similar: Flight 47.3%, Exploration 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Life Sim 10.4%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #55 Vanguard Galaxy
65% matchVery Positive90% of 353 reviews2025
Dev: Bat Roost Games
Windows
A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.5% ★, Trading 14.8% ★, Space 14.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Procedural Generation 11.5%
- #56 Starship EVO
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 22.6%, Space Sim 21% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Spaceships 13.7% ★, Simulation 9.1%
- #57 Detached
69% matchMixed56% of 376 reviews2017
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Detached is a suspenseful interstellar duel that demands tactics and skill to survive. Separated from your unit you must make smart decisions and race to safety in this visceral exploration of deep space. Strap yourself into your spacesuit for thrilling gameplay designed for VR headsets.
Why similar: Flight 22.1%, Exploration 12.9%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Open World 11.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #58 BossConstructor
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Space 31.7%, RPG 16.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Survival 10.6%, Exploration 9.8%
- #59 Cogmind
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Difficult 36.6%, Procedural Generation 21.7%, Roguelike 20.2%, Sci-fi 13.8%, RPG 7.7%
