- #1 Spaceship Looter
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2017
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Spaceship Looter is an action roguelike game, where mercenaries of all stripes rob drifting schooner, lost transtport ships and abandoned military cruisers - all what is filled with tons of valuable loot and hidden in the deep space.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 40.7%, Futuristic 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 12%, RPG 11.3%, Action 9%
- #2 Pixel Privateers
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 881 reviews2017
Dev: Quadro DeltaPub: Re-Logic
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!
Why similar: RPG 36.1%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Action 16.3%, Adventure 16.2%, 2D 6.1%
- #3 Space Scavenger
96% matchVery Positive88% of 314 reviews2021
Dev: Red Cabin Games
Windows
Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34%, Aliens 25.7%, Space 20.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Action 6.8%
- #4 Space Trash Scavenger
95% 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 41.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Adventure 12.2%, Action 10.7%
- #5 Space Pirates and Zombies
94% matchVery Positive91% of 3,143 reviews2011
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: Space 35.8%, Strategy 12.5%, RPG 12.3%, Zombies 11.4%, Action 9.4%
- #6 Salvage Protocol
93% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: IAmDirt
Windows
A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.
Why similar: Space 31.8%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Retro 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action 9.6%
- #7 Celestial Command
94% 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 38.5%, Strategy 17.4%, RPG 15.1%, Action 9.7%, Adventure 8.9%
- #8 Loot Rascals
92% matchMixed69% of 206 reviews2017
Dev: Hollow Ponds
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an outlandish outer space, gather Loot Cards, and fight your way to The Thing Below in this innovative and offbeat strategy roguelike.
Why similar: RPG 66.5%, Adventure 33.5%
- #9 Starship Inspector
91% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Strategy 24.4%, Space 17.2%, RPG 16.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 8.2%
- #10 Pixel Starships
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,914 reviews2023
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Space 17.5%, Aliens 17.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #11 Derelict Void
91% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Stirling Games
Windows · Linux
Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.
Why similar: Space 44.9%, Strategy 36.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Adventure 8.3%
- #12 Blasted Road Terror
89% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 33.2%, RPG 30.7%, Action 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%
- #13 Void Marauders
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!
Why similar: Aliens 27.7%, Space 18.9%, Robots 17.7%, Futuristic 17.7%, Strategy 11.4%
- #14 Objects in Space
89% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Why similar: Space 25.8%, RPG 22.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Action 12.4%, Adventure 11.5%
- #15 Iron Armada
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Bluedrake42Pub: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 816.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Iron Armada is a multiplayer, space-faring combat game where players must team up to build a fleet of ships in order to survive the perils of space and defeat the opposing player faction. Build ships of all shapes and sizes, mine resources, and scavenge parts with friends to conquer the universe!
Why similar: Strategy 49.2%, Action 27.8%, Space 12.7%, Adventure 4.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%
- #16 Into the Stars
88% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
Why similar: Space 45%, Strategy 31.8%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.3%
- #17 Ruin Raiders
86% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Space 14.2%, RPG 12%, Strategy 11.1%
- #18 Void Scrappers
85% matchVery Positive89% of 608 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 33.9%, Aliens 20%, Space 16.8%, Action 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #19 Battlevoid: Harbinger
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 41.4%, Strategy 28.1%, Action 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #20 Abandon Ship
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,326 reviews2019
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Strategy 40.7%, Open World 17.4%
- #21 Prospector
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Robots 22.7%, Space 18.2%, RPG 12.4%, Strategy 11%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #22 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
82% matchVery Positive87% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: RPG 34.6%, Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Action 10.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%
- #23 Rogue Station
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 34.7%, Space 26.7%, Strategy 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 6.6%
- #24 Dome Keeper
79% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Space 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Retro 9%, Action 8.3%
- #25 Star Command Galaxies
81% matchMixed43% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Warballoon
Windows · Mac
Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.
Why similar: RTS 38.4%, Space 13.5%, Strategy 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #26 Out of Orbit
79% matchVery Positive80% of 125 reviews2023
Dev: Case Yellow Labs
Windows
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Why similar: RPG 20%, Space 19.4%, Strategy 18.1%, Action 10.8%, Adventure 9.7%
- #27 Void War
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Space 38.2%, Strategy 21.8%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Adventure 8.4%
- #28 Destination Sol
80% 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 35.7%, RPG 27.2%, Action 13.5%, 2D 8.8%, Open World 7.4%
- #29 Catharage
78% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Björn MichalskiPub: Games Foundation GmbH
Windows
A space tactics extraction roguelite. Explore space, pick fights, collect loot, then escape. Upgrade and unlock new ships to strengthen your fleet and face tougher foes.
Why similar: Futuristic 32.4%, Strategy 31.3%, RPG 21.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Combat 3.1%
- #30 Between the Stars
77% 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 32.6%, RPG 21.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Action 10.5%, Adventure 8.4%
- #31 Convoy
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Strategy 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, RPG 12.8%, Retro 7.2%
- #32 Duskers
75% matchVery Positive90% of 2,739 reviews2016
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
Why similar: Space 41.5%, Strategy 22.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 12.1%, 2D 11.3%
- #33 Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
74% matchVery Positive94% of 7,116 reviews2013
Dev: SNK GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!
Why similar: Space 33%, RPG 17.8%, Strategy 14.7%, RTS 10%, Adventure 6.8%
- #34 Starcom: Nexus
73% 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 41.8%, RPG 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Action 9.4%, Adventure 9.2%
- #35 Infectonator: Survivors
76% matchMixed67% of 1,151 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Strategy 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 16%, RPG 13.4%, RTS 7.9%
- #36 STAR-BOX: RPG Adventures in Space
77% matchMixed50% of 86 reviews2015
Dev: Michael FlynnPub: FlynnFour Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown!Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story.
Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Space 17%, Futuristic 12.7%, Robots 11.7%, Adventure 11.1%
- #37 Space Bob vs. The Replicons
74% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2018
Dev: Intravenous SoftwarePub: Independent
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help clueless Bob survive his first day of work in this procedurally generated, planet hopping, gravity simulator. Haul loot and resources back in to orbit while simultaneously fighting off a full scale alien invasion in this rogue-lite survival hybrid quite unlike anything you've played before.
Why similar: Space 25.9%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Physics 11.3%, Adventure 10.7%, RPG 10%
- #38 Space Haven
71% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Space 25.6%, Strategy 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13%, Sci-fi 11%
- #39 Azulgar: Star Commanders
75% matchMixed51% of 108 reviews2017
Dev: SZEINER
Windows
Azulgar: Star Commanders is a Sci-Fi open world sandbox game that puts you in a command of your own custom made space ship. Explore aftermath of the Azulgar event that reshaped the face of the solar system.
Why similar: Space 34.1%, Action 19.9%, Adventure 19.1%, Sci-fi 15.2%, RPG 8.9%
- #40 Space Raiders in Space
72% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Apollo Interactive S.L.Pub: Destructive Creations
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Raiders in Space is a wave defense roguelike mixing squad management and tower defence mechanics. Command your almost competent crew to loot weapons and supplies, build defenses, and fight their way through the Bugpocalypse.
Why similar: RTS 37.8%, Action Roguelike 27.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Action 9.1%
- #41 Captain Starshot
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 276 reviews2019
Dev: Double Door Games
Windows
Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters. Eliminate their forces and steal their technology to upgrade your squad with different abilities and save the galaxy!
Why similar: Aliens 29.4%, Space 22.8%, RPG 14.8%, Adventure 12%, Action 11.8%
- #42 Space Expedition
70% matchVery Positive93% of 181 reviews2023
Dev: Mobirate
Windows · Mac
Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.
Why similar: Robots 21.3%, Space 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 19%, Atmospheric 14.1%, 2D 9.8%
- #43 Star Valor
69% 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 30.2%, Aliens 18%, RPG 16.5%, Action 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #44 Survivor Mercs
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 156 reviews2023
Dev: Wolpertinger GamesPub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Purge the billionaires' robot army with your Merc squad! Fast-paced twin-stick action, frantic horde survival, tactical squad-building & tons of loot! Exploit game-breaking synergies to beat the M.E.G.A. Corp. bosses in ever-changing operations. Lock, load, and loot, Commander!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 32.9%, RPG 27.3%, Sci-fi 18%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Action 8.1%
- #45 Eventide Matter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 772 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Space 21.1%, RPG 20.6%, Futuristic 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #46 Desecrators
67% matchVery Positive97% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: WoodhoundPub: Perp Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
Why similar: Robots 34.4%, Retro 22.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Action 11.3%
- #47 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 23.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Retro 13%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Adventure 8.7%
- #48 Void Destroyer 2
70% 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: RTS 38%, Space 21.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Action 9%
- #49 Highrisers
72% matchMostly Negative38% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, RPG 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Zombies 11.1%, Retro 10.7%
- #50 Space Hack
73% matchMixed44% of 811 reviews2014
Pub: Meridian4
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.1%, Space 20.5%, RPG 17.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Action 8.4%
- #51 Mining Survivors
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 53.4%, Strategy 20.1%, 2D 10.5%, Action 10%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #52 Nova-111
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 179 reviews2015
Dev: Funktronic Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Pilot your trusty orange vessel in this quirky sci-fi strategy game that cleverly mixes turn-based and real-time gameplay. Your mission: fix space-time and recover all the scientists lost in the aftermath of the Universe's Greatest Science Experiment.
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Action Roguelike 26.3%, Space 14.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 9%
- #53 BossConstructor
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 28.3%, RPG 26.4%, Futuristic 14.8%, Action 14.2%, 2D 6.4%
- #54 Scrap Collector
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Wibert
Windows
Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.
Why similar: Strategy 49%, Pixel Graphics 31.5%, 2D 19.5%
- #55 Deep Space Exploitation
65% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Space 18.5%, Futuristic 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.1%, Retro 13.6%, Physics 10.3%
- #56 Strain Tactics
68% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Aliens 20.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Zombies 12.3%, Action 10.8%
- #57 Crying Suns
66% matchVery Positive86% of 4,448 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: RTS 26.3%, Space 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #58 Voidship: The Long Journey
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2019
Dev: Cydonian Games
Windows
Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!
Why similar: Strategy 29.1%, Space 25.7%, Action 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, 2D 9.1%
- #59 Shortest Trip to Earth
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.8%, Aliens 21.4%, Space 21.1%, Strategy 13.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%