- #1 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
97% 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 29%, Science 16.7% ★, Sci-fi 14.2%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Simulation 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features highly realistic physics-based scavenging and ship management that mirrors the technical depth of the seed game.
- #2 Signal Simulator
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,022 reviews2018
Dev: Blagovest Penev
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Why similar: Space 28.3%, Simulation 24.7%, Science 18.1% ★, Horror 14.7%, Indie 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the lonely, atmospheric, and technical vibe of hunting for signals in the vast emptiness of space.
- #3 Cosmodread
96% matchVery Positive91% of 417 reviews2021
Dev: White Door Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.1%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Horror 13%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-tension, first-person space horror game that incorporates roguelike elements and procedural exploration.
- #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 43.3%, Sci-fi 21%, Simulation 16.5%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive scavenging simulation that focuses on the methodical, high-stakes process of dismantling space vessels.
- #5 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Horror 39.1%, Sci-fi 28%, Simulation 22.7%, Action 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, atmospheric, and simulation-heavy space horror game where managing your vessel is as critical as surviving the environment.
- #6 Project Silverfish
93% matchVery Positive94% of 2,854 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.
Why similar: Horror 28.1%, Sci-fi 23.1%, Exploration 15.5%, Atmospheric 12.2%, First-Person 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that emphasizes exploration and survival within a dangerous, sandbox space environment.
- #7 Shortest Trip to Earth
94% 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: Space 34.6%, Sci-fi 17%, Roguelite 12.5%, Simulation 10.9%, Exploration 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike space survival game that demands constant resource management and tactical decision-making.
- #8 Space Trash Scavenger
91% 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 34.2%, Procedural Generation 17%, Sci-fi 13%, Simulation 9%, Exploration 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the core loop of scavenging debris in space while managing survival and crafting requirements.
- #9 EVERSPACE™
92% 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 52.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Action 8.8%, Roguelite 7.6%, Indie 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines fast-paced action with roguelike progression and deep space exploration themes.
- #10 Sublevel Zero Redux
90% matchVery Positive87% of 526 reviews2015
Dev: Sigtrap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.4%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Roguelite 7.8%, Adventure 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 6DOF roguelike that captures the claustrophobic, disorienting combat found in tight space environments.
- #11 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
89% 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: Perma Death 20.1%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Space 12.2%, Horror 11.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, high-stakes exploration game that uses perma-death to heighten the sense of danger in space.
- #12 Ghostship Aftermath
91% matchMostly Negative39% of 108 reviews2014
Dev: MadAboutGamesStudios
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Ghostship Aftermath takes survival horror to a new level with random events and multiple story-lines. Your survival skills will be put to the test on a huge open-world military spacecraft with limited light and oxygen as you struggle to discover what happened, and fight to stay alive!
Why similar: Horror 42.6%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Indie 13.2%, Adventure 11.9%, Action 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person space horror title that focuses on survival mechanics and navigating derelict, terrifying vessels.
- #13 ZERO PROTOCOL
88% matchVery Positive85% of 574 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: Sci-fi 20.2%, Multiple Endings 17%, Horror 17%, First-Person 13.6%, Atmospheric 13.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric first-person horror game set in a sci-fi environment that emphasizes exploration and survival.
- #14 Subterrain
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,385 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Sci-fi 23.7%, Horror 16.1%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Perma Death 14.3%, Exploration 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sci-fi game with deep resource management and a persistent sense of dread.
- #15 Battlevoid: Harbinger
87% 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 44.3%, Simulation 14.5%, Roguelike 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Roguelite 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic space survival game with roguelike progression and a focus on managing a fleet.
- #16 The Long Journey Home
86% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Space 36.7%, Simulation 19%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features procedural space travel with heavy survival and simulation elements that force difficult choices.
- #17 Star Explorers
86% 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 28.3%, Procedural Generation 16%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on procedural exploration and the harsh reality of surviving in alien environments.
- #18 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
85% 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 36.9%, Simulation 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Adventure 9.6%, Indie 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world space adventure that incorporates scavenging and exploration in a retro-inspired setting.
- #19 Observation
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,063 reviews2020
Dev: No CodePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
Why similar: Space 31.3%, Adventure 16.1%, Sci-fi 16%, Horror 15.8%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi horror game that focuses on environmental interaction and the mystery of a stranded space station.
- #20 Voyager-19
82% matchVery Positive88% of 941 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.
Why similar: Space 36.1%, Horror 22.5%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Exploration 8.5%, Retro 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled space horror game that focuses on survival and the eerie nature of deep space.
- #21 Alien: Isolation
82% matchVery Positive93% of 64,460 reviews2014
Dev: Creative AssemblyPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Why similar: Horror 29%, Space 27.6%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Atmospheric 9%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for atmospheric, first-person space horror where stealth and resource management are key to survival.
- #22 Objects in Space
84% 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 38.9%, Simulation 24.5%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.7%, Indie 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply technical space simulation that emphasizes navigation, ship maintenance, and survival over combat.
- #23 Tharsis
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,504 reviews2016
Dev: Choice Provisions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Succeeding in Tharsis requires you to make the best of what you have, even if it happens to be a pair of snake eyes. Certain factors may be outside of your control, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be overcome. Tharsis is not a game about facing the odds. It’s a game about changing them.
Why similar: Space 31.4%, Perma Death 17.7%, Horror 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Roguelite 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes space survival game that uses roguelike decision-making to manage a failing mission.
- #24 Deliver Us The Moon
81% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
Why similar: Space 37.2%, Sci-fi 15%, Adventure 13.1%, Indie 8.4%, Action 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-driven space exploration game that captures the feeling of being alone on a mission.
- #25 Stationeers
80% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Space 43.1%, Science 34.4% ★, Sci-fi 22.5%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space simulation that requires complex resource management and engineering to survive.
- #26 System Shock
78% matchVery Positive91% of 12,269 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Space 23.4%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Horror 20.4%, Action 8.7%, Adventure 8.7%
- #27 SOMA
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Horror 27.2%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 10.7%, Exploration 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi horror game that excels at creating a sense of isolation and discovery.
- #28 Interstellar Rift
79% 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 31.4%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 10.8%, First-Person 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A space simulation that allows for ship construction and survival in a hostile, open-world galaxy.
- #29 Tacoma
78% matchVery Positive86% of 4,721 reviews2017
Dev: Fullbright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
Why similar: Space 35.1%, Sci-fi 21.9%, First-Person 9.3%, Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-focused exploration game set on a space station that emphasizes uncovering the past.
- #30 Salvage Protocol
75% 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 29.9%, Horror 15.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 7.5%
- #31 Space Pirates and Zombies
77% 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 51.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Action 7%, Indie 5.4%
- #32 Starship Inspector
77% 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: Space 19.1%, Perma Death 12.9%, Simulation 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Adventure 8.6%
- #33 Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
76% matchMixed68% of 2,477 reviews2020
Dev: Radiation BluePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Why similar: Space 20%, Science 14.5% ★, Horror 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.8%
- #34 Space Beast Terror Fright
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,775 reviews2022
Dev: nornware AB
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 24%, Space 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Action 8.7%
- #35 ROUTINE
71% matchVery Positive93% of 6,281 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Space 26.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Atmospheric 9.3%, First-Person 8.3%
- #36 Space Scavenger
75% 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: Space 36.6%, Perma Death 27.2%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, Action 6.3%
- #37 SCP: Daybreak
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 377 reviews2022
Dev: SquiffyDev
Windows
An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.
Why similar: Simulation 22.4%, Horror 19.3%, First-Person 14.1%, Adventure 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #38 ALONE IN SPACE
76% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 32.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Horror 10.1%, Adventure 9.9%, First-Person 8.2%
- #39 Void War
70% 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 28.6%, Perma Death 19.8%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #40 Rebel Galaxy
73% 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 57%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Simulation 6.7%, Adventure 5.1%, Action 3.8%
- #41 FTL: Faster Than Light
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Space 33.3%, Perma Death 14.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Roguelike 11.2%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #42 Receiver
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,164 reviews2013
Dev: Wolfire Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.
Why similar: Simulation 23.1%, Procedural Generation 19.2%, Roguelike 11.3%, First-Person 11%, Indie 8.1%
- #43 Subdivision Infinity DX
72% 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 39.8%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Action 12%, Indie 9.1%, Exploration 8.7%
- #44 Eldritch
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,216 reviews2013
Dev: Minor Key Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
Why similar: Horror 18.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, First-Person 12.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #45 Star Horizon
73% 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 36.4%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Adventure 7.9%, Indie 7.9%
- #46 Environmental Station Alpha
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,601 reviews2015
Dev: Arvi TeikariPub: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
Why similar: Adventure 17.1%, Space 14.8%, Action 13.2%, Indie 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%
- #47 The Solus Project
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,612 reviews2016
Dev: HourencesPub: Teotl Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
Why similar: Space 22.2%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Horror 11.8%, Exploration 11.5%, Adventure 8.5%
- #48 SCP – Containment Breach
66% matchVery Positive99% of 497 reviews2026
Dev: Undertow GamesPub: SCP-CB Community Preservation Project
Windows
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Why similar: Horror 21.5%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #49 Investigator
69% matchMixed69% of 1,025 reviews2016
Dev: AdroVGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
Why similar: Horror 34.3%, Simulation 19.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Indie 10.9%
- #50 Deadnaut
70% matchMixed64% of 157 reviews2014
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Perma Death 16.2%, Horror 14.4%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.4%
- #51 Quasimorph
65% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Perma Death 22.8%, Procedural Generation 18.5%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #52 High Entropy: Challenges
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,264 reviews2020
Dev: Álvaro García (binarynonsense)
Windows
Use computers (via GUIs or the command line), unlock doors, crawl through vents, fight enemies head on or find other ways to neutralize or avoid them...
Why similar: First-Person 18.3%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 16.2%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #53 Rencounter
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: Sci-fi 29.4%, Indie 20.8%, Roguelike 18.7%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Horror 14.4%
- #54 Rogue Invader
67% matchVery Positive92% of 64 reviews2021
Dev: Squishy Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
1-Bit Roguelite Action Shooter.
Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Space 21.5%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Roguelite 12.3%, Multiple Endings 10.8%
- #55 Dome Keeper
65% 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: Space 24%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Roguelike 11.2%, Exploration 7.1%
- #56 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
64% matchVery Positive80% of 879 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 23%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #57 Far Beyond: A space odyssey VR
68% matchMixed69% of 171 reviews2016
Dev: Mains Digitales InteractivePub: The Small Game Company
Windows
Far Beyond: A space odyssey VR is the first hardcore Rogue-like in Virtual Reality with a Sci-fi atmosphere and AAA graphics. It features a hard but rich gameplay focused on resources management, craft and strategy.
Why similar: Simulation 29.3%, Space 21.1%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Adventure 15.1%, Indie 11.3%
- #58 Azulgar: Star Commanders
69% 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 30.6%, Simulation 18.9%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Action 9.2%
- #59 VoidExpanse
68% 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 50.3%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Multiple Endings 7.7%, Action 6.1%