Games Like Out There: Ω Edition

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: Space 27.5%, Roguelike 20.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Strategy 7.6%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive space roguelike featuring intense ship management and resource-based survival.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Space 20.8%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that captures the same sense of desperate exploration and narrative-driven space travel.

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 20.7%, Resource Management 15.1%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 11.3%, Sci-fi 11%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal space survival game where managing your ship's systems and limited resources is key to survival.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Exploration 17.3%, Roguelike 14.7%, Dark 11.4%, Story Rich 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly dark, atmospheric, and narrative-heavy exploration experience where survival is constantly at risk.

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Resource Management 25.1%, Survival 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Strategy 8.6%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused survival game that mirrors the desperate, resource-constrained decision-making found in Out There.

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 32%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the struggle of navigating a damaged ship through hostile space, emphasizing resource management and exploration.

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Space 16.3%, Resource Management 14.2%, Roguelike 10.1%, Roguelite 9.3%, Survival 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that expands on the original's exploration and narrative-driven gameplay.

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: Space 24.6%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Procedural Generation 20.2%, Roguelite 17.1%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep space simulation that emphasizes exploration, crew management, and the consequences of your choices.

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 26%, Resource Management 18.9%, Survival 15%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A space colony management game that requires careful resource balancing and survival against environmental threats.

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Why similar: Space 25.4%, Comic Book 16.3%, Strategy 15%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike that focuses on scavenging and survival in a dangerous, atmospheric sci-fi setting.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 16.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Roguelike 11.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging space roguelike that emphasizes ship customization and tactical survival in a hostile galaxy.

Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!

Why similar: Space 59.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Procedural Generation 4.8%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space sandbox that offers deep exploration, trading, and strategic combat.

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Roguelike 25.2%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Roguelite 18.1%, Exploration 13.5%, Story Rich 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural roguelike that captures the essence of exploration and resource management under pressure.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 61.9%, Strategy 26%, Indie 4.5%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base management and tactical combat with a retro sci-fi aesthetic that feels right at home.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 44.4%, Resource Management 21.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While not set in space, it perfectly captures the grim resource-management and difficult moral choices of Out There.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelike 27.9%, Roguelite 16.4%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Exploration 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that translates the resource-management and survival mechanics of Out There to a post-apocalyptic setting.

Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.

Why similar: Space 63.5%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Exploration 4%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world space game that provides a great sense of scale and atmosphere for those who enjoy space exploration.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 40%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game that emphasizes ship management and tactical combat against overwhelming odds.

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Comic Book 19.8%, Space 19.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic survival game that requires careful planning and resource management to navigate dangerous space sectors.

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.

Why similar: Space 22.1%, Strategy 21.7%, Roguelike 21.6%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A quick-playing roguelike that focuses on exploration and discovery in a procedurally generated galaxy.

Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.

Why similar: Space 33.7%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Exploration 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted space trading and management sim that focuses on the logistics of running a ship.

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Dark 12.2%, Survival 11.7%, Story Rich 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist survival game that tests your decision-making under extreme pressure and limited resources.

Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

Why similar: Space 23.8%, Resource Management 21.2%, Roguelite 18.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Roguelike 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that emphasizes resource management and tactical decision-making during exploration.

Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Why similar: Space 33%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Roguelite 8.4%, Roguelike 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A highly atmospheric simulation that focuses on the lonely, dangerous nature of space scavenging.

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: Space 24.6%, Resource Management 15%, Roguelite 14.3%, Roguelike 12.7%, Procedural Generation 11.6%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 48.6%, Resource Management 26.6%, Strategy 14.6%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic management game that forces you to make tough choices to keep your group alive with limited resources.

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 31.8%, Survival 15%, Roguelike 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring roguelike that focuses on survival and ship management in a sandbox environment.

EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.

Why similar: Space 51%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Roguelite 12.4%, Roguelike 8.1%, Survival 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced space roguelike that emphasizes exploration and scavenging to upgrade your ship for survival.

Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

Why similar: Space 45.9%, Survival 17.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Roguelike 14.3%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused space game where you must manage your ship's resources while fleeing an alien threat.

Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

Why similar: Space 23.7%, Roguelike 16.2%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Roguelite 15.7%, Procedural Generation 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base building and space exploration with intense survival mechanics against alien threats.

Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

Why similar: Resource Management 29.3%, Survival 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Comic Book 20.8%, Space 17%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%

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: Space 27.7%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused space game that requires managing a small fleet through hostile territory.

A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!

Why similar: Space 25.3%, Roguelike 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Roguelite 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.6%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Space 18.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.

Why similar: Resource Management 21.4%, Space 20.9%, Comic Book 18.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%

CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.

Why similar: Space 27.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Survival 15.6%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Strategy 8.6%

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 27.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Resource Management 12.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Space 19.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Sci-fi 16%, Exploration 9.8%

A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.

Why similar: Resource Management 22.6%, Space 16.6%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Roguelite 14%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Why similar: Space 19%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Roguelike 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Roguelite 11.4%

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.

Why similar: Space 30.4%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Story Rich 6.9%

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 54.5%, Sci-fi 21%, Exploration 12.3%, Story Rich 4.3%, Adventure 2.9%

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 27.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Sci-fi 12%, Roguelike 10.6%

3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.

Why similar: Space 44.7%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Exploration 9%, Story Rich 6.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Space 37.7%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Survival 14.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 6.1%

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.7%, Space 24.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Story Rich 8.2%

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Space 38.8%, Exploration 16%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Story Rich 10.2%, Atmospheric 8.5%

"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"

Why similar: Space 20.8%, Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Strategy 9.2%

Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.

Why similar: Space 42.3%, Sci-fi 22.2%, Exploration 14.3%, Strategy 11.4%, 2D 5.8%

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 44.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Roguelite 8.5%, Roguelike 5.8%

Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.

Why similar: Space 23.9%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Roguelike 11.5%, Survival 11.4%

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Space 37.5%, Sci-fi 28.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Exploration 3.1%

A turn-based playable comic book about surviving in an alien ocean. Explore a planet reclaimed by nature. Forage, salvage, and cultivate to survive. Uncover a lost history. Discover who you are. Find your way home.

Why similar: Comic Book 19.3%, Resource Management 15.8%, Roguelike 12.8%, Survival 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Space 36.1%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.1%

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 16.1%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Survival 8.4%

DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 16.9%, Survival 15.1%, Roguelite 14.4%, Sci-fi 14%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Why similar: Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 19%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Roguelike 16.7%, Exploration 11.5%

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Why similar: Space 40.1%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Exploration 18.1%, Strategy 14.7%, 2D 7.4%