Games Like Rheksetor

Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 38.9%, Space 17.3%, Simulation 11.2%, Third Person 10.7%, Open World 9.6%

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 Sim 35.6%, Space 27.9%, Open World 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Exploration 7.1%

A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.6%, Space 19.1%, Open World 12%, Exploration 7.9%, Simulation 7.5%

Rover Simulator allows you to experience the cosmos through the lens of a Rover. Explore celestial bodies across the galaxy in the pursuit of evidence pointing to signs of life as well as gaining a broader understanding of the universe to pave the way for colonization beyond the Earth.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.1%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Space 8.1%

Fight, salvage and trade across the moons and rings of a solar system nobody can leave. Take what you can carry. Read what the dead left behind. Everything you do is remembered.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.2%, Space 16.8%, Simulation 11%, Exploration 8.6%, Open World 8.4%

Opportunity is an atmospheric narrative game where you become the famous NASA rover and brave the many obstacles littering the desolate red planet in order to finally complete its mission.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.5%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Simulation 10.3%, Space 9.4%, Exploration 8.3%

An open-world space exploration game. Explore, trade and fight to rise the ranks, discover new worlds and new species, and leave your mark on the Galaxy.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.2%, Space 19.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9%, Open World 8.3%

Cratered is an open-world planet exploration game with a distinct illustrative style. Explore a star system, land on planets with your ship and walk around in first-person. Use tools to dig into the surface to find hidden items. Meteors, explosions and collisions make craters on the surface.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.7%, Immersive Sim 15.2%, Action-Adventure 9.6%, Exploration 7.9%, Space 6.8%

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 46.4%, Space 21.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Retro 6.8%

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 32.5%, Space 16%, Immersive Sim 13.8%, Open World 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.2%

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 42%, Simulation 12.6%, Space 12%, Exploration 9.9%, Open World 7.3%

After a galactic portal failure you find yourself lost millions of light years away from home, in a foreign galaxy... With your main propulsion systems disabled you are unable to traverse space, so you try to collect resources you find near you in order to create a galactic portal to return back.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.6%, Space 12.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10.6%, Exploration 7.9%

Fly real astrodynamics from an Apollo-era DSKY. Plan Lambert transfers, mine asteroids, build a fleet, and survive a 38-body solar system where every trajectory is solved from Kepler's equation. No autopilot, no cheating.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.2%, Immersive Sim 16.9%, Space 11.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Exploration 8.9%

Asteroid Station is about mining asteroids, but that's not all! Battle hostile machines, defeat powerful bosses, and upgrade your ship as you push deeper into dangerous sectors in this top-down space mining and combat game.

Why similar: Space Sim 26.9%, Space 24.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Exploration 6.4%, Sci-fi 5.2%

Venture into the depths of space and leave your legacy among the stars. In Star Legacy, explore galaxies, upgrade your ship, and survive on unknown planets.

Why similar: Space Sim 38.4%, Immersive Sim 14.6%, Space 8.7%, Exploration 8.4%, Action 5.8%

Conquer the heights of space by navigating treacherous landscapes. Battle gravity and test your skill to reach the top. Get ready for the climb of your life.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.8%, Space 19.4%, Open World 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Exploration 6.9%

Welcome to your new career as a gas station attendant in the deepest, darkest corner of space! Serve adorable ships, count your cash, and expand your diesel empire. It's a simple, satisfying job. Just... ignore the whispers in the vents. Everything is fine. Probably.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.7%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Space 13.3%, Simulation 12%, Sci-fi 6.3%

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 37.4%, Space 23.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Open World 6.2%

MICROVERSE is a sci-fi action/adventure game. It includes weapons such as laser pistols, melee weapons and a 'merchant center' where you use in-game credits to buy new weapons and upgrades.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.9%, Space 12.1%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%, Action-Adventure 10.1%

Cosmos simulates a spaceship bridge of up to six players, guarding your deep space stations against the menacing Kraliens and Torgoth. Immerse yourself in a modern space game with enhanced graphics and endless customization possibilities, guaranteeing countless hours of exhilarating fun.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.2%, Space 18.2%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Action-Adventure 8%, Sci-fi 7.7%

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 24.3%, Space Sim 18%, Open World 14.7%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%

Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.

Why similar: Space Sim 42.7%, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Space 9.1%, Simulation 9%, Open World 8.3%

Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.8%, Open World 12.6%, Space 10.5%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.9%

This is a single player game. You play a rebooted android in a broken shuttle. You need to fly the ship, keep the energy systems functional, mine some fuel from asteroids and feed the FTL drive with energy.

Why similar: Space Sim 38.7%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Simulation 7.6%, Space 6.2%

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 20.5%, Space Sim 15.5%, Open World 13.2%, Exploration 11.4%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

Launch from a familiar world into a 1:1 scale solar system of beautiful, unforgiving planets. Colonise, mine, and explore real places that people may walk upon within your lifetime. Project Longshot hands you a space program and asks only one question. How far can your program go?

Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Space 14.6%, Immersive Sim 12%, Open World 9.4%, Cinematic 8.1%

TeepyTime is a shared ambient application. You appear as a glowing orb in space alongside other connected players. There are no objectives. Each player's orbit is procedurally generated and unique.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.4%, Immersive Sim 24.2%, Space 21.6%, Simulation 8.5%, Casual 4.3%

The accessible space-sim. Fly, fight, and trade through a galaxy where the prices and borders came from 700,000 days of astropolitical generation that keep ticking.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.8%, Space 19.3%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Odyssey is a story-driven space adventure for solo and multiplayer. Search for a new home for humanity while protecting your exploration ship. Scientists onboard carry Earth's last hope—its biodiversity. The fate of life itself is in your hands.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.4%, Space 17.5%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 7.2%

Pilot your ship across a procedurally generated star map as corruption spreads inward. Each sector holds a stabiliser; protect it from raiders and pump energy into its shields. Jump between nodes, prioritise threats, and manage energy. Hold the line until time runs out, or be consumed by corruption.

Why similar: Space Sim 44.4%, Space 27.4%, Third Person 10.8%, Sci-fi 5.9%, 3D 5.6%

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 42.8%, Space 21.9%, Open World 12.8%, Exploration 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.8%

First person single player 3D Sci-Fi adventure in space

Why similar: Space Sim 35.3%, Immersive Sim 20.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Space 9.6%, Open World 8.8%

Stellaxy is a space exploration immersive sim with alien cultures, boss battles, and massive Universes containing billions of planets to explore! Discover the mysteries of the Universes and find collectibles while completing quests.

Why similar: Space Sim 30.2%, Space 16.4%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Action-Adventure 8.2%, Exploration 7%

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 35.4%, Space Sim 25.7%, Open World 13.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Simulation 3.4%

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 34.2%, Open World 11.6%, Space 11.1%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Exploration 7.5%

PULSAR is an award-winning 40-minute Immersive Art Installation with occasional interaction: a tribute to the imaginative spirit of six-year-old Eloise who lost her battle with leukemia. Three portals into deep space. Three unique, music-driven journeys.

Why similar: Space Sim 29%, Immersive 19.7% ★, Space 16.5%, Cinematic 11.5%, Immersive Sim 5.8%

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 36.1%, Space 14.2%, Third Person 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Open World 8.5%

beyond.frontiers is an open-world space adventure with 30+ ships, 125+ sectors, and fully voiced stories. Trade, explore, or fight — your choices shape the galaxy as three empires clash and ancient secrets await discovery.

Why similar: Space Sim 40%, Open World 12%, Third Person 11.8%, Exploration 10.8%, Simulation 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 26.4%, Space Sim 24.8%, Open World 12.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.

Why similar: Space Sim 39.1%, Space 14.1%, Simulation 12.9%, Third Person 9%, Exploration 9%

In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.3%, Space 16.2%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Sci-fi 7.8%

Will you make the grade and save the planet? Become a cadet on your first day of training in this 3rd person space combat simulator.

Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Space 21.8%, Simulation 20.9%, Third Person 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%

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 32.1%, Space Sim 21%, Open World 16.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 8%

A first-person space courier sim. Haul cargo between planets and stations, fuel and repair your ship by hand, and navigate by instruments through a forgotten star system where nobody is coming to help.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.2%, Immersive Sim 14.7%, Space 13.6%, Cinematic 7.6%, Exploration 7%

Retro arcade space combat meets action-adventure exploration. Blast through a 90s-inspired sci-fi romp as Max Savage and fight to save the one person she can’t lose.

Why similar: Space Sim 44.8%, Space 18.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Retro 7.8%, Exploration 6.5%

SurviRail is a game about exploration and managing your own space train. Expand your train cars, upgrade your engines, collect resources, and discover new locations in the unknown space.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.4%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Space 14.5%, Exploration 8.8%, Simulation 7.3%

In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.

Why similar: Space 36.3%, Space Sim 27%, Simulation 13%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Open World 6.6%

Stellar Archipelago is a third-person base builder with a space western flair. Gather resources, build colonies on miniature planets, and grow your population to prove habitability. Unlock the warp junction and open your frontier system to future settlers.

Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Space 14.3%, Open World 10.9%, Third Person 10.4%, Exploration 10.1%

Space Explore gives you a first hand experience of the journey that astronauts take while embarking on space missions. The space station circles the earth, 400 kilometers above us. It serves as a research laboratory and is also suited for testing spacecraft systems and equipment.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.9%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Space 9.6%

Explore a seamless endless universe with an uncountable number of galaxies, stars, planets, and moons. Make friends or enemies with unique alien civilizations. Research upgrades for your vessel with scientific phenomena and alien tech that you've acquired.

Why similar: Space Sim 37.8%, Space 14.5%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Open World 13.1%, Exploration 9.1%

Embark on humanity’s greatest journey to the Moon with Lunaris. Take on the role of an astronaut navigating NASA’s Apollo missions, from the roaring launch of Saturn V to stepping on the lunar surface. Experience the triumphs, challenges, and legacy of space exploration in this immersive simulator.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.1%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Simulation 13.5%, Space 10.2%, 3D 4.7%

Lead a group of interstellar pilots dedicated to free the Atlas Star System from Grax and the Forgotten Legion. Start your adventure with the full original Starlink: Battle for Atlas™ Initiative team. Included : * Starlink Game * 4 Starships : Zenith, Neptune, Pulse, Lance * 6 Pilots : Mason, Judge, Chase, Hunter, Levi, Razor * 12...

Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Space 27.2%, Open World 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Action 9.3%

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 32.7%, Space 18.4%, Open World 12%, Action-Adventure 8.4%, Exploration 8.4%

An AI returns from a relativistic test flight to find humanity gone. Explore a real data‑based solar‑system ephemeris, pilot spacecraft across accurate topological data, and push the limits of physics as you attempt escalating Superstring Transitions.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.5%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.8%

YOU ARE THE ONLY HUMAN ON THE SPACE STATION. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW YOU GOT HERE. KEEP IT ALIVE. TRY TO SURVIVE.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.6%, Space 19.4%, Immersive Sim 17%, Exploration 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%

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 39.2%, Space Sim 21.5%, Open World 14.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Simulation 5.5%

Experience a 1:1 scale, procedurally generated universe with seamless exploration from planets to stars. Journey across the cosmos with zero loading screens and realistic Newtonian physics. Trade, fight, and survive in a post-apocalyptic galaxy where gravity is your only boundary.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.6%, Space 13.5%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Open World 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%

Command the CSV Leonidas in authentic capital ship warfare. Lead from the bridge or take direct control as war erupts in the Orion Spur. Your ship. Your crew. Your orders.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.9%, Immersive Sim 23.7%, Space 19%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Third Person 6.9%

Single-player, first-person spaceflight sim. Fly a fast, agile ship through dense asteroid fields. Scan anomalies and sell scientific data at Science Labs—just don’t crash: you’ll lose it. Hack probes and satellites to access hidden secrets, then jump through unstable wormholes before they collapse.

Why similar: Space Sim 31.3%, Space 16%, Immersive 13.1% ★, Open World 10.5%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

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 35.3%, Space 29%, Simulation 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Open World 6.6%