- #1 No Man's Sky
97% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Space 30.7%, Open World 20.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Sandbox 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive, seamless universe where you can fly from space to planetary surfaces without loading screens, mirroring the core appeal of Rodina.
- #2 Elite Dangerous
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 31.5%, Space Sim 22.2% ★, Open World 17.1%, Exploration 8.7%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic, full-scale Milky Way galaxy simulation with deep first-person ship control and exploration mechanics.
- #3 Outer Wilds
96% 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 35.9%, Exploration 15.5%, Open World 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 12%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based space flight and the joy of discovery within a handcrafted, interconnected solar system.
- #4 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
95% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 40.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Space Sim 13.6% ★, Open World 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the tactile, first-person physics interaction with ship components that makes Rodina's interior exploration so engaging.
- #5 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 29.3%, Open World 17.4%, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines seamless planetary landings with ship construction and survival elements in a vast space setting.
- #6 Space Engineers
94% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 29.5%, Space Sim 19.6% ★, Open World 18.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Exploration 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex, physics-based ship building and exploration that allows for total creative freedom in a sandbox environment.
- #7 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 30.4%, Space Sim 16.1% ★, Open World 13.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An indie-focused space sim that emphasizes realistic physics and challenging, immersive exploration in a dangerous asteroid field.
- #8 Starfield
92% 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 36.3%, Open World 20.3%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space Sim 9.6% ★, Exploration 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a large-scale space RPG experience with detailed ship interiors and the ability to explore various celestial bodies.
- #9 Starship EVO
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 36.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Space Sim 12.4% ★, Open World 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers advanced, modular ship building and exploration mechanics that reward players for their engineering creativity.
- #10 SpaceEngine
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,936 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmographic Software
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Why similar: Space 27.8%, Open World 20.2%, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Sandbox 15%, Sci-fi 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate tool for exploring a full-scale, scientifically accurate procedurally generated universe, perfect for fans of pure exploration.
- #11 Interstellar Rift
90% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 21.8%, Space Sim 18.4% ★, Open World 16.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Exploration 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the design and management of ship interiors, providing a similar first-person perspective on space travel.
- #12 X4: Foundations
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space 27%, Space Sim 19.6% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 12%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep space simulation that allows for seamless transitions between ship piloting and walking around stations or capital ships.
- #13 Kerbal Space Program
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Space 42.8%, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 8.5%, Exploration 5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive physics-based space flight simulator that shares the technical, hands-on spirit of Rodina's flight model.
- #14 Rebel Galaxy
89% 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 42.6%, Open World 15.1%, Space Sim 11.1% ★, Sci-fi 9.1%, Great Soundtrack 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an action-oriented space exploration experience with a distinct sci-fi aesthetic and a focus on large-scale ship combat.
- #15 Starcom: Unknown Space
86% 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 36.2%, Open World 17.1%, Space Sim 16.5% ★, Exploration 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy space RPG that focuses on discovery and interacting with strange phenomena in a wide-open galaxy.
- #16 Evochron Legacy SE
87% matchVery Positive83% of 440 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Space Sim 19.7% ★, Open World 14.4%, Sandbox 12.1%, Exploration 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated first-person space simulator that features seamless planetary landings and a focus on independent exploration.
- #17 EVERSPACE™
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,373 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
Why similar: Space 54.7%, Space Sim 16.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Action 4.8%, Indie 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers fast-paced, action-focused space combat with rogue-like exploration elements that keep the gameplay loop fresh.
- #18 PULSAR: Lost Colony
85% matchVery Positive90% of 5,694 reviews2021
Dev: Leafy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Space 28.7%, Space Sim 21.2% ★, Open World 18.9%, Exploration 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes first-person ship management and exploration, requiring players to physically move around their vessel to operate systems.
- #19 Universe Sandbox
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 39.2%, Sandbox 21.5%, Space Sim 10.9% ★, Open World 9.7%, Sci-fi 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based simulation that allows you to manipulate celestial bodies and systems, appealing to the scientific curiosity found in Rodina.
- #20 Astrox Imperium
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,210 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space 42.5%, Space Sim 17.1% ★, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie space sim that focuses on sandbox progression, mining, and exploration in a large, open universe.
- #21 Avorion
82% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 27.5%, Space Sim 19.3% ★, Open World 16.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Exploration 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines procedural space exploration with modular ship building, allowing for a highly personalized experience in a vast galaxy.
- #22 Celestial Command
84% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 46%, Sandbox 15.3%, Space Sim 12% ★, Sci-fi 8.5%, Open World 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based space simulation that emphasizes modular ship construction and realistic orbital mechanics.
- #23 Reassembly
82% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 45.3%, Sandbox 21.1%, Open World 10.2%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Exploration 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on creative, modular ship building and sandbox combat within a procedurally generated space environment.
- #24 Star Valor
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Space 36.2%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Exploration 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox space RPG that offers deep ship customization and a focus on exploring a procedurally generated galaxy.
- #25 Starcom: Nexus
81% 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 44.5%, Open World 13.1%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Sci-fi 11.3%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on exploration and discovery, rewarding players for investigating the mysteries of space.
- #26 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
78% 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 31.5%, Open World 13.9%, Space Sim 10.6% ★, Sandbox 8.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines adventure-focused space exploration with a retro aesthetic and a focus on open-world discovery.
- #27 Angels Fall First
78% matchVery Positive82% of 2,786 reviews2015
Dev: Strangely Interactive Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 53.7%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Action 7.2%, Indie 6.8%, First-Person 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features first-person space combat with boarding mechanics that allow for seamless transitions between ship-to-ship and interior fighting.
- #28 VoidExpanse
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 760 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Why similar: Space 46.9%, Open World 19.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world space exploration game with RPG progression and a focus on navigating a dangerous, procedurally generated universe.
- #29 Drifter
79% matchMixed54% of 208 reviews2014
Dev: Celsius Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
Why similar: Space 32.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 13.5%, Space Sim 11.1% ★, Exploration 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: An indie space sandbox that prioritizes the lonely, atmospheric experience of exploring a vast, procedurally generated galaxy.
- #30 StarMade
77% matchMixed68% of 2,981 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 39.2%, Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 17.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Space Sim 7.1% ★
- #31 Subdivision Infinity DX
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
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 33.5%, Space Sim 19.6% ★, Sci-fi 11.3%, Exploration 9.1%, Open World 7.6%
- #32 Star Explorers
75% 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 24.9%, Space Sim 17.2% ★, Open World 14.9%, Sandbox 10%, Exploration 7.9%
- #33 X Rebirth
76% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 48%, Space Sim 12.8% ★, Sci-fi 11.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 8%
- #34 Kerbal Space Program 2
74% matchMostly Negative27% of 31,135 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Space 29.3%, Space Sim 15.1% ★, Sandbox 15%, Open World 14.6%, Exploration 10.7%
- #35 Space Engineers 2
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Space 28.5%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Space Sim 13.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #36 Landinar: Into the Void
74% matchMixed57% of 243 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 37.7%, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Open World 14.2%, Sandbox 10%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #37 Starbase
73% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
Dev: Frozenbyte
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 26%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Open World 19.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #38 Kinetic Void
77% matchOverwhelmingly Negative17% of 1,556 reviews2014
Dev: Badland Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.
Why similar: Space 52.4%, Sandbox 14.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Space Sim 7.5% ★, Indie 4%
- #39 Jumpdrive
75% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
Why similar: Space 56.4%, Open World 21%, Indie 7.8%, Action 5.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #40 SpaceBourne
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 56.3%, Space Sim 22.4% ★, Exploration 9.9%, Indie 6.3%, Simulation 5.1%
- #41 Between the Stars
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 40%, Space Sim 17.5% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #42 Evochron Mercenary
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 42.9%, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Open World 13.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #43 Take On Mars
73% matchMixed55% of 2,023 reviews2017
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Space 44.4%, Space Sim 16% ★, Exploration 13.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 8.3%
- #44 Jitter
68% 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 26.6%, Space Sim 17.1% ★, Open World 16.2%, Sandbox 12.6%, Exploration 9.5%
- #45 Solar 2
71% matchVery Positive91% of 2,205 reviews2011
Dev: Murudai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Why similar: Space 44.6%, Sandbox 17%, Open World 11.6%, Space Sim 10.1% ★, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #46 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
72% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, Space Sim 19.6% ★, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 14.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #47 Space Battle VR
71% matchMixed67% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Raba Games
Windows
Space Battle VR is an action shooter set in space. It supports VR controllers to give you a real feel how it is to be a spaceship pilot. You can truly feel the cosmos with this game. Jump into an awesome adventure, help mankind, win a war, bring freedom and happiness to the universe. People need you!
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Open World 13.6%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Exploration 8.4%
- #48 Space Trash Scavenger
67% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space 29.5%, Open World 16.8%, Sandbox 13.6%, Space Sim 11.6% ★, Exploration 8.5%
- #49 Void Destroyer 2
69% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Why similar: Space 26.6%, Space Sim 20.8% ★, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #50 Transcendence
70% 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 34.5%, Open World 17.8%, Space Sim 14.7% ★, Exploration 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #51 Astrometica
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 29%, Space Sim 24.6% ★, Open World 21.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, First-Person 4.8%
- #52 Scavenger SV-4
68% matchVery Positive91% of 590 reviews2018
Dev: Deric RuhlPub: HoroArch
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
Why similar: Space 45.3%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Indie 5.3%, Procedural Generation 4.3%
- #53 Star Horizon
71% matchMixed60% of 150 reviews2015
Dev: Orbital Knight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 33.9%, Space Sim 13% ★, Open World 11%, Sci-fi 11%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #54 Flight Of Nova
66% matchVery Positive94% of 513 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
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 23.7% ★, Space 18.7%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%
- #55 SpaceBourne 2
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,992 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 36.2%, Space Sim 32.2% ★, Open World 25.7%, First-Person 5.9%
- #56 Destination Sol
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
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 53.9%, Open World 27.1%, Indie 6.3%, Action 5.5%, Sci-fi 3.9%
- #57 Earth Analog
69% 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 36.4%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Exploration 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Procedural Generation 4.1%
- #58 Spaceflight Simulator
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 32.8%, Space Sim 22.7% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, Exploration 10.7%, Open World 7.3%
- #59 Rocket Science
68% matchVery Positive80% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: unbeGames
Windows
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.
Why similar: Space 31.2%, Space Sim 18% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 14.9%, Exploration 11.2%