- #1 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
97% matchMixed60% of 320 reviews2021
Dev: Maze Theory Ltd
Windows
Experience an unforgettable adventure in space and time. Explore new worlds, face Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels and join two Doctors on an epic quest to save the universe from an unstoppable new threat in this first-person narrative adventure.
Why similar: Time Travel 31.4% ★, Space 18.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 9%
- #2 Astrobound
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doink Studios
Windows
Survive and explore space in Astrobound! Visit strange planets, encounter cosmic calamities, and keep your crew alive as you journey through the stars in a retro-inspired whimsical space adventure.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.9%, Space 19.3%, Space Sim 17.5% ★, Immersive Sim 13.4%, Exploration 9.2%
- #3 Abyss of Light
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Qian
Windows · Mac
"Abyss of Light" is a narrative-driven sci-fi adventure game. In this story, you play as a stranded interstellar colonist who crash-landed on a mysterious planet and struggles to find a way home.
Why similar: Space 23.8%, Nonlinear 19.5%, Mystery 15.5%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Exploration 10.4%
- #4 Chronoquartz
95% matchVery Positive99% of 437 reviews2025
Dev: Infinite Stairs
Windows
In Chronoquartz, every move matters! You have 10 turns per loop: explore, solve puzzles, and use your past knowledge to progress. Strategy, critical thinking, and time management will be your allies in this unique temporal adventure. Will you succeed in saving time?
Why similar: Time Travel 31.1% ★, Mystery 12.5%, Minimalist 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Exploration 10.1%
- #5 Transcendence
94% 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 22%, Roguelite 14.8%, Space Sim 14.2% ★, Perma Death 12.9%, Open World 10.9%
- #6 Beyond the Chiron Gate
94% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Space Goblin Games
Windows
Explore an endless text-based universe filled with exotic planets, strange life forms, and ancient civilisations. Manage a crew of space explorers, upgrade their ship, and brave dangerous worlds to gather the data you need to reach the mysterious Gatebuilders.
Why similar: Perma Death 23.7%, Space 21.2%, Roguelite 17.8%, Nonlinear 12.3%, Exploration 11.1%
- #7 End of Space Project
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alterran Rumble
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take command of a spaceship, try to get home. A science fiction adventure game.Weapons, crew, morally ambiguous actions and cats in spacesuits.
Why similar: Perma Death 24.2%, Space 21%, Roguelite 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Exploration 7.2%
- #8 MOTHERSHIP
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SPACE Game Studio
Windows
Mothership is a peaceful sci-fi adventure game with a breathtaking physics-driven exploration. Your goal, to retrieve the fuel cores of huge space wrecks to keep searching, deeper into space, for the last humans in the galaxy. [Crafted with heart by a solo dev]
Why similar: Space 24.3%, Time Travel 14% ★, Open World 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Exploration 11.9%
- #9 Sea of Tranquility
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sky Trail Ltd
Windows
Escape your doomed mission from the Moon. Explore a vast open-world landscape and evade its dangers. Land shuttles, solve puzzles, control cameras, hack systems, uncover mysteries, and roam tranquil plains in your Rover. Survive the mission. Make your escape.
Why similar: Space 25.6%, Nonlinear 18.2%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Mystery 13.4%, Open World 10.3%
- #10 Darkstar One
91% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space 37%, Space Sim 26% ★, Sci-fi 16.7%, Open World 11.3%, Exploration 8.4%
- #11 Rodina
90% matchVery Positive93% of 1,329 reviews2014
Dev: Elliptic Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 37.5%, Open World 17.1%, Space Sim 13.5% ★, Exploration 13.3%, Sci-fi 13.1%
- #12 Starcom: Nexus
89% 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 39.2%, Space Sim 16.4% ★, Sci-fi 16.3%, Open World 11.1%, Exploration 10.5%
- #13 Intercept 2
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paden Houck
Windows · Linux
Explore and survive fully simulated procedural space stations with or against friends, INTERCEPT 2 seats you as the alien or the crew in an attempt to escape a doomed station.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.7%, Roguelite 13.9%, Nonlinear 13%, Space 12.3%, Immersive Sim 12.1%
- #14 PowerCorp
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: byteZorroPub: byteZorro Games
Windows
A hard sci-fi survival sim where each decision costs power. Every system drains your dying reactor. Pilot a crippled spacecraft across a real-scale solar system using true orbital mechanics, manage critical systems, and fight to reach Earth — where space itself is the only enemy you need.
Why similar: Space 25.9%, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Perma Death 13.3%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Exploration 9.3%
- #15 Infinite Voyager
88% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: cGh ONE
Windows
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 25.2%, Space Sim 20.7% ★, Sci-fi 16.7%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 9.8%
- #16 Deliver Us The Moon
86% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 34.1%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Space Sim 13.6% ★, Mystery 9.4%, Adventure 6.1%
- #17 Endless Sky
85% 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 45.7%, Open World 14.9%, Space Sim 13.7% ★, Sci-fi 13.3%, Exploration 5.5%
- #18 Rheksetor
86% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: Trokardia
Windows
Explore and unravel the mysteries of Rheksetor!
Why similar: Space 22.2%, Space Sim 22.2% ★, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Open World 10.8%, Exploration 10.2%
- #19 Escape the Loop
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Maniacs
Windows
You're stuck in a time loop – and you have five minutes to stop it.
Why similar: Time Travel 32.9% ★, Nonlinear 14.1%, Open World 10.7%, Mystery 10.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #20 Aphotic
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Voirol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Aphotic is a mysterious exploration and puzzle game that lets you explore scenes full of secrets. Use tools and objects to understand and modify your environment. Embark on a journey through space.
Why similar: Space 22.6%, Nonlinear 15.8%, Mystery 14.4%, Exploration 10.1%, Choices Matter 10%
- #21 Naev
84% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: Naev Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.
Why similar: Space 19.7%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Nonlinear 16.3%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Open World 9.6%
- #22 Black Demeter
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Skawran
Windows
Black Demeter is an open-world sci-fi action-adventure set on a planet in constant twilight and mystery. Turn movement into a weapon, earn the locals’ trust, or burn it all down.
Why similar: Space 17.8%, Open World 16.1%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Nonlinear 12%
- #23 Rebel Galaxy
82% matchVery Positive85% of 8,230 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 43.8%, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Sci-fi 15.4%, Open World 14.9%, Exploration 3.3%
- #24 At Eternity's Hatch
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jardus Games
Windows
Stranded at sea in an alternate timeline, you must master a complex time travel system to solve puzzles and piece together the mystery of an obsessed captain and his quest that lead him to the Greenland Sea in search of a supernatural anomaly.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.2% ★, Mystery 16.1%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Puzzle 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #25 Endless mind
81% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Digital Material
Windows
Futuristic escape game in which you must survive and find a way out of a deadly labyrinth.
Why similar: Time Travel 39.3% ★, Nonlinear 15.2%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Minimalist 7.9%
- #26 Dice Trek
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Roam the galaxy, destroy enemy ships, and encounter special events as you explore! Make smart decisions with your dice rolls in order to survive. Buy upgrades at Galactic Bazaars, unlock new ships, and manage your fate in the cold expanse of space. Your choices decide your destiny!
Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Space 19.6%, Space Sim 16.9% ★, Roguelite 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%
- #27 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,148 reviews2017
Dev: Bird in SkyPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32.4%, Space Sim 16.7% ★, Sci-fi 14%, Open World 13.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #28 SPACE WALK
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nick HousmansPub: Husman Games
Windows
SPACE WALK is a hands-on first-person astronaut simulation where you operate an orbital station and conduct surface expeditions across the Moon.
Why similar: Space 31.4%, Mystery 17.1%, Exploration 12.4%, Space Sim 12% ★, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #29 死前30天
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Kwing works
Windows
你是工作在异星太空站上的员工,突然!全体船员感染了致命的太空病毒,生命只剩30天!而公司领导以不可抗力为由,拒绝赔付医疗保险!也拒绝任何救助!只剩30天了,食物不足,氧气不足,太空站上各种故障,脚下多颗神秘的异星球....你们要如何生存下去,对抗草菅人命的巨型公司?来!赶快行动起来!你只剩30天!
Why similar: Time Travel 32.2% ★, Space Sim 17.9% ★, Space 16%, Mystery 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #30 Inter Solar 83
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: First Time Games
Windows
Don your space helmet and fire up your star drive as you blaze a trail across the stars in this 1980s inspired space exploration game.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.4% ★, Space 13.8%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Nonlinear 10%
- #31 Lapso
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: islaOliva Games
Windows
Lapso is a single player first-person exploration game, with particular attention paid to the environmental narrative and sound. It develops through the figure of a scientific illustrator camping near a lake, documenting a special assignment.
Why similar: Sci-fi 24.3%, Mystery 23.9%, Exploration 18.3%, Open World 11.3%, Puzzle 11.1%
- #32 Through Abandoned: The Forest
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 455 reviews2016
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
You continue your journey in worlds of Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 45.1% ★, Mystery 16.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Puzzle 6.8%
- #33 ARCA-102
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Atale Studios
Windows
Face logic challenges in this Escape Room game, where every second counts! Join Mirra, your mercenary partner, to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned colonizer ship on an unknown planet.
Why similar: Space 30.8%, Mystery 22.4%, Exploration 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #34 VOIDHUNTER
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digitality Games
Windows
In a dystopian spacefaring future, mankind struggles to maintain their humanity. Take control of devastating spacecrafts, upgrade their loadouts and offer justice to the highest bidder. Become a space-traveling mercenary. Become the VOIDHUNTER.
Why similar: Perma Death 23%, Space 21.3%, Space Sim 20.8% ★, Roguelite 15.3%, Open World 11.1%
- #35 MOONROT
74% matchNo user reviews86% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: Bee Braun
Windows · Linux
MOONROT is a short horror game about piloting a rover across a distant alien moon. Take grainy photos, record crackly signals, keep your battery charged, and uncover the source of the anomaly that led you here.
Why similar: Space 28.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Mystery 11.7%
- #36 Outer Wilds
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 99,459 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 27.9%, Mystery 17.1%, Exploration 13.7%, Open World 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #37 Laser Maze
76% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: -Yodasaurus- Games
Windows · Mac
Laser Maze is a puzzle game that takes place in an abandoned space station where you solve puzzles by redirecting lasers, moving boxes, and navigating through computer terminals.
Why similar: Space 18%, Nonlinear 14.5%, Open World 13.9%, Mystery 11%, Minimalist 10.2%
- #38 Voyager-19
72% matchVery Positive88% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Space 28.9%, Space Sim 21.3% ★, Sci-fi 17.5%, Retro 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #39 OBVERSE
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Diego Spartano
Windows
OBVERSE is an immersive first-person action, problem-solving, and exploration game set in a vast underground research facility. Outsmart hostile machines, find creative solutions to every obstacle, and uncover the truth behind a secret experiment that could threaten reality itself.
Why similar: Nonlinear 22%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Mystery 15.4%, Open World 13%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #40 Through Abandoned: The Refuge
75% matchMixed50% of 236 reviews2019
Dev: Igor KrutovPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
It’s the new game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.
Why similar: Time Travel 34.7% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 10.2%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #41 Starcom: Unknown Space
71% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 31.2%, Space Sim 21.6% ★, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 10.5%
- #42 ORBITAL
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Sky Dogs
Windows · Mac
Bring a forgotten solar system to life in this serene space simulator. Pilot your ship to gather tech, resolve story-rich incidents, and upgrade planets to watch your civilization thrive.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7% ★, Space 23.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Minimalist 7.4%
- #43 Shrouded Suns
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benjamin Cid Pérez
Windows
In the midst of a seemingly hopeless war among the stars, take control of highly customizable spacefighters to experience classic space combat action throughout a story-driven campaign.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6% ★, Space 30.6%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Retro 9.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #44 Star Explorers
73% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 22.6% ★, Space 21.5%, Open World 12.4%, Nonlinear 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #45 TFF: The Final Frontier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonlit
Windows · Mac
The Final Frontier is a game about star battles and meaning of freedom. It’s a fascinating journey through the endless, procedurally generated space in a universe where you struggle for freedom taking a role of the rebel leader.
Why similar: Space 22.6%, Roguelite 18.7%, Perma Death 18.1%, Sci-fi 15%, Exploration 11.3%
- #46 Jitter
69% 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 22.9%, Space Sim 22.4% ★, Open World 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Exploration 9.2%
- #47 Luft Gears
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Cestmir Kocian
Windows
Blend of planet system exploration, discovery, real time space combat, together with player needing to maintain and upgrade his space ship to overcome numerous obstacles. An experience quite unlike other games in its genre.
Why similar: Space 32.5%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Space Sim 13.7% ★, Choices Matter 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%
- #48 火起雪中寺
68% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2025
Dev: 江湖奇事录
Windows
Huoqi Xuezhong Temple is a 3D suspense exploration game. The ancient temple covered in heavy snow suddenly caught fire. A mysterious shadow transported you back three hours before the fire started. Faced with six people gathered at this temple with different purposes.
Why similar: Time Travel 42.9% ★, Nonlinear 16.8%, Mystery 12.5%, Exploration 8.6%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #49 Starfield
68% matchMixed57% of 170,771 reviews2023
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36.0 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Why similar: Space 32.6%, Open World 17.7%, Sci-fi 16%, Space Sim 13.1% ★, Exploration 9.5%
- #50 SpaceNET - A Space Adventure
70% matchPositive100% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Sonejo Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
SpaceNET is a non-linear retro sci-fi adventure. Less graphics, more story! Along with an amazing soundtrack and a really atmospheric soundscape, the minimalist graphics allows a deeper immersion into the story.
Why similar: Space 22.4%, Nonlinear 19.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Minimalist 11.6%, Exploration 9.9%
- #51 Door3:Insignia
70% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2021
Dev: SVGames
Windows
Symbols have never had such an impact on a person’s fate. Meet a new part of a fascinating mystical doors puzzle. This time you will have to face the ruins of the past, hiding the secret of a vanished civilization.
Why similar: Time Travel 26.5% ★, Open World 15.4%, Nonlinear 9.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #52 The Silent Sky Part I
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: KAPA
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Silent Sky is a hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure game about a boy who goes wandering while searching for his dog. Without even realizing it, while under the night's silent sky, his epic journey is about to begin.
Why similar: Space 24.1%, Time Travel 20.2% ★, Choices Matter 17.2%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Mystery 9.2%
- #53 Spirits of Xanadu
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 473 reviews2015
Dev: Good Morning, CommanderPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth.
Why similar: Space 23%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Mystery 13.7%, Open World 10.1%
- #54 Suborbital
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Pat Traynor
Windows
A sci-fi survival game with a twist. Set in a sub-orbit of a black hole, collect materials and scavenge wrecks in order to repair your damaged ship. However, time is not on your side.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Space 21.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Open World 11.4%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #55 Almear
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomassin Frederic
Windows
Immerse yourself in a melancholic narrative RPG set within a time loop. In Almear, knowledge replaces power! gather memories, manipulate information, and uncover the secrets of characters who, sometimes, remember you too.
Why similar: Time Travel 41.9% ★, Mystery 17.1%, Nonlinear 12.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #56 The Fall of Lazarus
69% matchMixed63% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: No Wand Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.
Why similar: Space 28.3%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Mystery 18.2%, Exploration 11.9%, Puzzle 6.5%
- #57 Earth Analog
68% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Funcraft Games
Windows
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, Space Sim 20.9% ★, Mystery 14.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 10%
- #58 Rick Henderson
67% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2021
Dev: Fat Pug Studio
Windows · Linux
Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.
Why similar: Perma Death 25.6%, Space 17.7%, Roguelite 16.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%
- #59 Space
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Traveller
Windows
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.4% ★, Space 22.8%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Open World 12.6%
- #60 Krystopia: A Puzzle Journey
67% matchVery Positive88% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Antler Interactive
Windows
Follow Nova Dune, a space explorer in her quest to find out about the unfamiliar distress signal she received aboard her ship. Determined to investigate it, she finds herself on a desolated planet where all civilization has vanished.
Why similar: Mystery 28.6%, Space 26.9%, Sci-fi 25.3%, Puzzle 13.2%, Adventure 6%