60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Space, Space Sim, Sandbox.
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Kerbal Space Program
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Spaceflight Simulator
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Science 17.8%, Space 15.9%, Space Sim 15.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Physics 8.5%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.9%, Science 18.3%, Space 14.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 5.7%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Science 15.8%, Space Sim 14.7%, Flight 12%, Building 8.6%, Education 8.5%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Science 19.7%, Space Sim 16%, Space 12.6%, Sandbox 9.8%, Physics 8.4%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.3%, Science 17.1%, Space 12.6%, Education 11.9%, Sandbox 11.4%
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
Why similar: Science 21.1%, Space Sim 19.7%, Space 13.4%, Education 13.4%, Building 10.3%
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space Sim 18.2%, Space 16.3%, Science 16.1%, Building 10%, Sandbox 8.1%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Space Sim 23.9%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Space 11.3%, Flight 10.2%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 30.3%, Space Sim 18.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 9.8%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Science 15.8%, Space Sim 12.7%, Space 11%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Science 19.4%, Space Sim 14.5%, Space 11.5%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.3%, Science 16.3%, Flight 12.9%, Space 11.7%, Sandbox 10.2%
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Space Sim 25%, Flight 20.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Education 10.4%, Space 8.4%
Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1%, Space 18.3%, Education 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Physics 13.2%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.2%, Science 18.9%, Space 14.8%, Physics 9.9%, Sandbox 7.4%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.9%, Science 16.8%, Flight 16.4%, Space 12.4%, Education 7.5%
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 22%, Space 15.3%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Physics 9.6%
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 19.7%, Space 12.2%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Moddable 9.3% ★
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Building 17.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Open World 13.4%, Moddable 12.9% ★, Realistic 11%
Satellite Command is a realistic, relaxing astrophysics simulator. Complete contracts with real data, launch and take control of ever more powerful Satellites, research advanced technology and build your Space Agency!
Why similar: Science 21.6%, Space Sim 19.5%, Education 13.4%, Space 12.9%, Sandbox 11.3%
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: Science 26.2%, Space 14.9%, Building 14%, Sandbox 13%, Physics 11.9%
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 28.2%, Space 19.9%, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 7.7%
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 22.9%, Space 16.1%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 8.7%
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Flight 21.7%, Physics 9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Space 8.1%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9%, Science 22.9%, Space 15.6%, Building 10.9%, Physics 8.3%
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
Why similar: Science 18.2%, Space 17.7%, Space Sim 15.6%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 7.6%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Flight 21.9%, Building 17.2%, Science 16.5%, Sandbox 13.4%, Physics 12.6%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.4%, Space 21%, Education 18%, Building 16.9%, Simulation 7.5%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.8%, Flight 16.6%, Space 13.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Physics 9.2%
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 22.3%, Building 20.5%, Space Sim 18.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Simulation 8.1%
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 21.3%, Space 21.2%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 8.5%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Space 24.3%, Building 17.2%, Space Sim 14.7%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 11.3%
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 29%, Building 17.2%, Space 15.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Open World 12%
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 36.2%, Sandbox 20.4%, Physics 18.1%, Space 13.3%, Simulation 12%
A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.
Why similar: Space 42.3%, Simulation 30.1%, Strategy 21.8%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space 39.4%, Space Sim 38.2%, Simulation 14.6%, Exploration 7.8%
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: Space Sim 21.6%, Flight 17.1%, Space 12.7%, Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.3%
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.8%, Space 18.4%, Building 17.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Simulation 8.9%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.2%, Space 15.5%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 10.6%, Physics 9.1%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Science 17.3%, Space Sim 15.6%, Flight 12.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%
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 20.4%, Flight 16%, Space 14.1%, Sandbox 10.3%, Moddable 9.1% ★
Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.5%, Sandbox 18.4%, Physics 16%, Education 12.6%, Space 12.5%
Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!
Why similar: Science 28.3%, Building 16.4%, Space 15.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Physics 13%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 29.3%, Open World 18.7%, Sandbox 18.1%, Building 16.3%, Exploration 10.6%
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.8%, Science 20.5%, Building 12%, Space 11.6%, Realistic 8.5%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Science 23.6%, Space 16.3%, Building 13.9%, Sandbox 13.1%, Moddable 9.1% ★
Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.5%, Space 21.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Open World 11.2%, Exploration 10.5%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.7%, Space 21.6%, Open World 16.2%, Resource Management 5.4%, Sci-fi 4.9%
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%, Sandbox 20.1%, Building 15.1%, Open World 12%, Space Sim 11.9%
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 39.3%, Space 22.9%, Open World 12.6%, Sandbox 7.2%, Exploration 7.1%
Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!
Why similar: Space Sim 27.1%, Science 19.5%, Building 13.6%, Space 10.5%, Realistic 9%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9%, Flight 20.4%, Science 19.4%, Space 11.5%, Open World 8.3%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 25%, Space 15.1%, Physics 11.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Moddable 9.4% ★
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.9%, Building 19.9%, Space 16.7%, Physics 15.3%, Space Sim 12.5%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 27.7%, Building 27.2%, Sandbox 21.4%, Open World 6.3%, Strategy 6%
SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE. In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing, building, and launching rockets of increasing complexity.
Why similar: Science 30.7%, Building 21.9%, Simulation 14.9%, Space 13.7%, Physics 11.6%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.2%, Space 18.3%, Building 15.6%, Sandbox 12.8%, Realistic 8.8%
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: Space Sim 31%, Space 21.3%, Building 19.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
