60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space Sim, Action, Space, Top-Down Shooter.
Explore a scientifically grounded version of our solar system in this 2D space adventure. Mine asteroids, fight hostile ships, navigate the cold silence between worlds, and choose your place among rival factions.
Ultimate Starfighter
An unknown Alien Race has launched a failed attack on Earth Station Alpha and are regrouping! Fight off the incoming fleets, discover where their ships are being constructed, and launch an assault! If Earth Station Alpha is destroyed, the planet will be lost and humanity exterminated.
Nemesis Galaxy at War
An endless sci-fi asteroid shooter where each level gets harder. Battle enemies, collect upgrades, and survive infinite waves of intense space combat!
An unknown Alien Race has launched a failed attack on Earth Station Alpha and are regrouping! Fight off the incoming fleets, discover where their ships are being constructed, and launch an assault! If Earth Station Alpha is destroyed, the planet will be lost and humanity exterminated.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 20%, Shooter 10.4%, Top-Down 6%
An endless sci-fi asteroid shooter where each level gets harder. Battle enemies, collect upgrades, and survive infinite waves of intense space combat!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Shooter 11.3%, Top-Down 6.7%, PvE 6.5%
Harvest the galaxy, Design the perfect ship, Annihilate your enemies!
Why similar: Space Sim 36.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Shooter 9.2%, Exploration 5.9%
Explore space in a hand crafted, physics based universe, with immersive sound and atmosphere. Fight and board ships, collect rare cargo, and upgrade your ship.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.8% ★, Sandbox 16%, Top-Down Shooter 14.1%, Action 7.3%, Adventure 6.7%
Top-down science fiction space shooter game with story inserted into dark space of universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Shooter 8.4%, Action 8%
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 43% ★, Sandbox 18.8%, Exploration 8.8%, Futuristic 6.1%, Simulation 5.8%
Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey is the ultimate space thriller in the best tradition of the genre. You're the pilot of a space fighter, accidentally catapulted into a parallel universe populated by hostile alien creatures; and they're not happy to see you! To get out of this hell, do your best, to destroy hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.6%, Space 10.6%, Shooter 8.5%
Far from Earth, mankind hasn't changed in the centuries since we've reached the stars. Across this wide-open galaxy, you'll find merchants, builders, and explorers. The more adventurous are colonizers, conquerors, and even space pirates. And you, Voyager? What will you be?
Why similar: Space Sim 30.3% ★, Space 12.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11.3%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 8%
Cube Space is a minimalist arcade Shoot `em Up game set in space. You control a spaceship and your task is to score as many points as possible by destroying enemies and obstacles in your path.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.8%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Shooter 10%, Simulation 9%
Gratuitous Shooty Game is a hobby space shooter made by the developer of Gratuitous Space Battles, reusing the art from that game :D.
Why similar: Space Sim 32% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Futuristic 6.9%
Fight against an ever-evolving threat in this skill-based twinstick shooter 14 years in the making.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.4%, Shooter 8.5%, Simulation 6.5%
A fast‑paced symphony of destruction where you are always outnumbered. Survival demands constant motion, sharp evasion, and smart arsenal management.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 17.1%, Space 9.9%, Shooter 8.5%
Where is Earth is a top-down vehicular combat game. Traverse planets, evading threats and obstacles, in search of your crew. Gather resources to assemble upgrades, landing vehicles, space craft, weaponry and support modules to aid you in your fight against an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 30% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.9%, Top-Down Shooter 14%, Space 8.8%, Shooter 7.5%
Shoting!!!
Why similar: Space Sim 37.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Simulation 15.1%, Shooter 11.2%, Space 7.8%
Alien Wall is a powerful genre mix between a brick breaker and ‘shoot em up’. Modern retro Arcade fun at its best!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.3%, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Shooter 12.4%, Space 12.1%
Planetary Defense - defend the Earth from attack!
Why similar: Space Sim 30.2% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 16.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.9%, Shooter 9.9%, Simulation 6.7%
A retro style space sim where you mine, trade, bounty hunt, pillage, and explore. In this game you choose you own path as you navigate the galaxy while balancing faction alligence and legality of your actions.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.2% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Shooter 10.6%, Futuristic 9.4%, Space 8.1%
PewPew! - move, shoot and upgrade!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Simulation 7.1%
A top-down, 2d space-shooter that pits the user against swarms of alien ships from other dimensions. Destroy all enemies and portals as fast as possible. Battle increasingly tougher enemies through 40 Campaign levels and Endless Mode!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24.3%, Shooter 11.8%, Top-Down 7%, Space 7%
The year is 2182, but the engine is from 2003. Join the Falling Falcons in a massive tactical deathmatch RP fest held together by spaghetti code and duct tape. Build bases, perform surgery, or evolve as the Hive. It's laggy, it's complex, and it is the most fun you will have dying in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Space 9.8%, Shooter 7.6%
Worlds Of The Future is a sci-fi open world, action/adventure game. Explore a fully seamless solar system full of adventures, mysteries and colorful characters. Build your space delivery company, climb the company rankings and become a legend among the worlds!
Why similar: Space Sim 36.6% ★, Sandbox 17%, Futuristic 9.3%, Space 9%, Exploration 6.7%
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 37.3% ★, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Space 9.5%, Action 9%
A space theme of a small casual shooting game. There are two perspectives, the character and the ship. The player can control the character/ship, dodge or shoot enemies, and replenish energy and various items consumed by collecting. Collect discarded parts and items to enhance character abilities.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Space 12.7%, Shooter 10.5%, Top-Down 8.1%
Welcome aboard, Confiner! As PhaigeX Megacorp’s newest specialist, you’re tasked with curbing the AI incursion into hyperspace sectors. Choose your ship, upgrade your modules, accept commissions, and deploy adaptive strategems to fend off the relentless AI invasion.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.2%, Space 9.1%, Simulation 8.7%
Starsation is a space shooter game made in voxel graphics.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.3%, Space 10.3%, Shooter 8.5%
Blast through waves of chaos in this retro inspired space shooter. Simple mechanics, high energy rock/electronic soundtrack, and a gloriously goofy tone make Nova Rebellion a cosmic throwback Back when space shooters were all the rage.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 9%, Space 7.3%
Crossfire II is an Retro / Arcade / Top-Down Shooter, originally released in 2002 for the AMIGA. The main part of the game is a classic, fast paced, single player story campaign. Fly different space ships and fight, to save the universe as you know it. Also you get a survival and a local PvP mode.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Space 9.7%, Action 8.4%
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 33.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Space 15.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Adventure 6.6%
This is an arcade adventure shooter set in a "?closed?" space. Your task in the role of a tiny spaceship is to shoot asteroids (very similar to cookies) to clear the space around.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.4%
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Space Sim 34.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Futuristic 8.5%, Space 7.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
A tongue-in-cheek space shooter where your only weapon is a ping pong cannon. Survive 15 levels and you might just earn your pilot's license.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.2%, Shooter 10.9%, Exploration 6.8%
Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Top-Down 7.3%, Open World 5.2%
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 41.7% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Shooter 12.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Action 9%
This game is about flying in space. You must destroy asteroids from the explosion of an object near the planet Jupiter. You will also encounter other extraterrestrial objects and even UFOs.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Shooter 12%, Action 9.6%
Be NEARLY vaporized, crushed, blown to pieces, flame broiled, and electrocuted using your incredible targeting skills and class 1 fancy flying to keep you alive in this SHMUP that brings back the essence of the classic arcade shmups!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Top-Down 6.4%, Space 6.3%
We present you a fun simulation game in which you pilot an aircraft and have the mission to destroy parts of a large asteroid that has broken into millions of pieces and is heading towards Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.5% ★, Simulation 15.7%, Shooter 12.3%, Action 10.4%, Space 9%
Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 48.9% ★, Simulation 17%, Space 13.6%, Exploration 8.9%, Open World 7.1%
Embark on a daring journey in 'Cosmic Cargo,' a thrilling space adventure where you're the architect and captain of your own spacecraft. Carry cargo from station to station while fending off enemies and avoiding stellar hazards.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 28%, Sandbox 20.5%, Shooter 13%, Top-Down 9.3%, Space 6.8%
In the distant year of 2359, previously unknown alien forces have attacked Earth and its colonies. You are an agent on a special mission sent by the global senate to repel the attack and stop the alien forces.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.6% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.5%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 8.4%, Top-Down 7%
A space trading and combat game in an ever-evolving galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Space 8.2%, Open World 7.6%, Simulation 6.9%
Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Space 9.8%, Shooter 8%
Experience fast action, thrilling levels, spectacular explosions and lots of pew-pew-pew. Star Horizon is a reboot for the on-rails space shooter genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.7% ★, Space 16.2%, Sandbox 11.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Futuristic 9.2%
A "small" universe simulation, where you play as a black hole and try to absorb the whole universe. You decide the size and shape of the universe. Could also be used as a less meaningful CPU benchmark.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.1% ★, Space 15.2%, Simulation 14.6%, Sandbox 11.7%, Relaxing 6.1%
《Geometry Raid》is a rogue-lite space slash shooter game, the game combines classic barrage shooting and sword slash game elements. By driving a two-part ship,you can shoot and swing tail to crush the enemy . The game focuses on hardcore physics simulation and maximizing the melee slash experience.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.5%, Shooter 9.2%, Space 8.5%
Wave-based top-down shooter with between-wave (per-run) upgrades and meta progression. After each wave, pick one of three tiered upgrades that stack into a build. Use Turbo to reposition, Shield to survive, and spend coins on permanent ship upgrades.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Space Sim 18.4% ★, Shooter 14.7%, Top-Down 8.7%
Solo Defender is a fast-paced vertical space shooter where you battle waves of enemies, unlock upgrades with Gems, and face epic bosses—including a drone-spawning Mothership. One life, multiple planets, and a secret level await. No ads—just pure arcade action.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 21.7%, Space 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%, Futuristic 8.3%
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 37.7% ★, Sandbox 14%, Space 11.6%, Futuristic 8.7%, Simulation 8.2%
Dodge and destroy enemies and asteroids to get food and grow bigger! Be careful though, the game only gets harder over time. Deal with incoming bosses and find yourself your own unique strategy with the attribute system! Change up the gameplay with different stages and characters to choose from!
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Space 6.4%
To start the game, select a level from the suggested ones. Start your journey and defeat the boss to go further.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 17.4%, Space 11.2%, Shooter 10.2%, Top-Down 8.1%
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 Sim 26.5% ★, Space 17.7%, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Adventure 8.2%
Blow up bots beyond the stars. AI Driven 2D Spaceship Warfare
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Shooter 12.1%, Action 8.9%
Dead-End Bounty is an open-world top-down shooter set in the wild west! A frontier with 3 kinds of people: the ones on wanted posters, the ones printing them, and people like Charlie—a bounty hunter with his eyes set on one particular bounty that has slipped through his hands a few too many times.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 26.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Shooter 13.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Top-Down 6.1%
"Sirius-4" is a plot-oriented space simulator that gives the player complete freedom of action as a hired pilot of the "Sirius" unit. The action takes place on the outskirts of human space during a turbulent time for the galaxy after a global war.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.6% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Space 10.1%, Adventure 9.5%, Futuristic 9.3%
This is a 2D Pixel Top-Down Space Shooter Game. The game implemented Rogue-Lite elements, like the survivor series.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Shooter 11.8%, Space 7.6%, Top-Down 7.4%
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 49.2% ★, Simulation 17.8%, Futuristic 10.2%, Space 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 47.5% ★, Sandbox 23%, Simulation 17.2%, Space 9.1%, 2D 3.1%
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Space Sim 43.3% ★, Space 16.6%, Action 9.9%, Shooter 9.5%, Exploration 6.9%
A 2D, top-down shoot'em up with simulation elements, deeply reminiscent of those vector games from the 80s. Blast your way trough space, enemies and mystery. Upgrade your drones. Endure your mothership's AI cynical attitude and survive the most realistic shoot'em up ever!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.4% ★, Simulation 21%, Action 12.3%, Shoot 'Em Up 12.3%, Shooter 7.6%
Millions of players worldwide have flown, built, and fought their way through Captain Forever. CF Trilogy brings Captains Forever, Successor, and Impostor to Steam with a beautiful new renderer, new modules, and a reimagined world written by acclaimed novelist Cassandra Khaw.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.8% ★, Shoot 'Em Up 15.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Action 10.2%
Massive ground and space battles with hundreds of units. Seamless landings on huge spherical planets. Interplanetary flights with explorable ship interiors. Boarding vessels anywhere in combat, space or surface. All in a single-server PvE co-op space-sim shooter.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.7% ★, Space 11.1%, Futuristic 9.9%, Open World 8.4%, Shooter 8.4%
