Games Like PULSAR: Lost Colony

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

Why similar: Space Sim 28.2%, Co-op 12.9%, Space 9.4%, PvE 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the multi-crew ship simulation genre that focuses heavily on teamwork and ship-based combat.

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: Co-op 44.8%, Multiplayer 24.9%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers the most similar experience to PULSAR, requiring intense crew coordination to manage a submarine through a hostile alien environment.

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Why similar: Space Sim 23.9%, Co-op 13.4%, Space 12.9%, Open World 10.8%, PvE 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar blend of space exploration and planetary landing with a heavy focus on survival and ship construction.

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: Spaceships 30.1% ★, Space Sim 25.1%, Space 11.4%, Open World 9.6%, PvE 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Excellent for players who want to build their own ships and manage them within a vast, procedurally generated sandbox universe.

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.2%, Space 14%, Co-op 13%, Open World 12.1%, PvE 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep ship-building and engineering mechanics that allow players to create and maintain complex vessels from the ground up.

Own the skies in steam-powered airships! Guns of Icarus Alliance is a team-based online game that pits co-op crews against both rival teams and an AI that learns your tactics. Players become part of the story as each battle shapes history in an ever-changing steampunk world.

Why similar: Co-op 31.4%, Multiplayer 22%, Simulation 18.1%, Adventure 7.4%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers entirely on the roles of pilot, gunner, and engineer working together to keep a ship functional during intense combat.

Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

Why similar: Open World 21.8%, Co-op 18.9%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, PvE 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: While nautical, it is the gold standard for multi-crew ship operation, requiring players to steer, repair, and fire cannons in perfect unison.

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 36.9%, Space 16.7%, Open World 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Exploration 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the immense scale of space exploration and technical ship piloting, providing a more serious simulation experience.

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 38%, Open World 15%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%, First-Person 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex ship building and interior management that mirrors the technical depth found in PULSAR.

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

Why similar: Space Sim 31%, Open World 13.7%, Space 12.9%, Robots 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the engineering and construction aspects of space travel in a massive, persistent multiplayer setting.

DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, PvE 16.7%, Online Co-Op 15%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Exploration 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic co-op submarine game that demands constant communication and role-based management to survive the depths.

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 30.6% ★, Space Sim 22.9%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Online Co-Op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep ship design and tactical combat management with a focus on system efficiency.

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 Sim 23.1%, Space 22.5%, Spaceships 15.4% ★, Simulation 9.7%, Open World 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for highly detailed ship construction and functional systems management that appeals to technical players.

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 33.4%, Space 30.5%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Sci-fi 13%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic co-op game where players must constantly switch stations to manage their ship's shields, weapons, and engines.

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: Class-Based 18%, Co-op 12.9%, Space 12.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, FPS 10%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the co-op PvE sci-fi action intensity that PULSAR players often enjoy during planetary missions.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Spaceships 26.5% ★, Space 14.4%, Open World 7.2%, Exploration 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, simulation-heavy game about managing ship systems and survival in a complex, modular environment.

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 32.5%, Co-op 28.8%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Multiplayer 18%

Why You'll Like It: Deeply technical engineering and survival mechanics that appeal to players who enjoy rerouting power and managing life support.

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 Sim 27.4%, Space 24.5%, Simulation 14.9%, RPG 11.4%, Open World 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique space sim that focuses on the technical, sensor-based operation of a ship rather than arcade-style combat.

A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Why similar: Space 28.7%, Space Sim 21.3%, Open World 19.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features seamless planet-to-space transitions and the ability to walk around the interior of your ship during flight.

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 Sim 30.7%, Space 26.6%, Open World 11.8%, Simulation 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A pure space simulation experience for those who love the piloting, navigation, and trading aspects of space games.

Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.

Why similar: Space Sim 18.6%, Co-op 13.3%, Space 11.2%, Online Co-Op 8.6%, Open World 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused space game with open-world exploration and detailed ship building mechanics.

Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!

Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Character Customization 23.4%, First-Person 22.9%, Exploration 21.6%, Adventure 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic and tactical operation of a massive vehicle from a bridge-like perspective.

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 33.9%, Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 9%, RPG 8.8%, Simulation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a mix of ship command and action-oriented space combat with RPG elements.

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.

Why similar: Spaceships 27.4% ★, Co-op 15%, Space 13.7%, PvE 10.8%, FPS 9.1%

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

Why similar: Open World 33.8%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Co-op 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Exploration 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines open-world survival with crafting and vehicle construction in a sci-fi setting.

From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever wanted in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full AI support included!

Why similar: Space 23.9%, FPS 18.7%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Simulation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale tactical shooter that includes ship-to-ship combat and boarding mechanics similar to PULSAR.

EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.

Why similar: Space 24.7%, Open World 19.6%, PvE 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 9.8%

Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!

Why similar: Space 40.6%, Open World 28.6%, RPG 16.8%, Action 5.1%, Sci-fi 5%

Why You'll Like It: A simple but effective space exploration game with ship customization and arcade-style combat.

In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

Why similar: Space 26.1%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Open World 14%, RPG 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive sci-fi universe with ship-based combat and team-oriented missions for those who enjoy the franchise feel.

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 37.2%, Space 20.1%, Open World 15.2%, Sci-fi 12%, Simulation 8%

Join the ESS Starseeker crew to explore strange new worlds, working together with friends to complete planet-wide objectives before the station journeys on to new planetary destinations. Collect and unlock powerful tech to help the crew tackle the perils of space!

Why similar: Space 23.2%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Open World 11%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Traverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Solve puzzles, gather resources, mine asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick!

Why similar: Space Sim 30.7%, Space 14.1%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Wildgate is a PvPvE multiplayer shooter that blends tactical ship-to-ship combat with fast-paced first-person action. Evade deadly environmental hazards, search for powerful weapons and ship upgrades, and be the first crew to escape with the Artifact... or the last crew left flying.

Why similar: Spaceships 26.7% ★, Space Sim 15%, Space 9.6%, Co-op 8.9%, FPS 6.7%

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

Why similar: Space 27.7%, Open World 17%, Space Sim 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%

The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.

Why similar: Space Sim 24.7%, Space 13.5%, Open World 11.3%, Co-op 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Co-op 18.3%, Open World 15.8%, FPS 13.1%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%

Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!

Why similar: Space Sim 38.2%, Open World 15.5%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, PvE 13%, Sci-fi 11%

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: Spaceships 34.2% ★, Space Sim 16.9%, Space 15.4%, Open World 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%

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 29.2%, Space 14.3%, PvE 10.3%, Co-op 9.5%, Open World 9.1%

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 31.6%, Space Sim 26%, Open World 15.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%, RPG 5.6%

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 39.2%, Space 19.4%, Open World 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Exploration 8.1%

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 29.4%, Space Sim 25.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 8.1%

Lost Fleet is a co-op space shooter. Every ship in your fleet is flyable, from the smallest fighter to the largest battleship. Protect the Mothership, mine resources, crush your enemies.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.7%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, PvE 13.7%, Space 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.8%

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Why similar: Space Sim 34%, Space 24.1%, Open World 16%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%

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

Why similar: Space 30.7%, RPG 20.9%, Simulation 20.9%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Action 8.2%

A multiplayer roguelike about teamwork, survival...and cute animals in space! Play with a few friends or join a streamer's crew of dozens as you work together to battle aliens across the vast Rogue Space.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Class-Based 17.6%, Co-op 12.9%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.

Why similar: Co-op 25.1%, Space 19.6%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.4%, Space 18.4%, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%, First-Person 7.3%

Artemis is designed for anyone who watched Star Trek and dreamed of what it would be like to sit on the bridge of a star ship. Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. You cannot play Artemis single-player!

Why similar: Space 27.9%, Simulation 22.9%, Co-op 22.4%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Space 15%, Open World 12.7%, Nonlinear 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%

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 34.4%, Space Sim 21.2%, Open World 16.3%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Simulation 5.7%

Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!

Why similar: Space Sim 29.4%, Co-op 21.4%, Robots 18.3%, Open World 12%, Multiplayer 7.2%

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Space 20.4%, Open World 15.8%, Co-op 14.5%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.2%, Space 22.6%, Open World 12.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Simulation 7.9%

Chart a course in a breathtaking, but fractured world. Explore ancient ruins, master advanced technology, and craft your very own skyship to brave nature’s fury and colossal threats in Lost Skies. Team up with friends or go it alone in this awe-inspiring cooperative survival adventure.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.4%, Open World 19.2%, Character Customization 12.6%, PvE 12%, Exploration 11.3%

UPDATE 28 AVAILABLE - Interstellar Marines is an immersive tactical sci-fi First Person Simulator in the making, offering a unique blend of tactical gameplay, dynamic environments and non-scripted AI. Play Singleplayer or Co-op/PvP on servers around the world.

Why similar: Co-op 23%, FPS 19.2%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Multiplayer 13%, Space 7.4%

Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 14.6%, Space 14%, Co-op 12.8%, Open World 12.6%, PvE 10.9%