Games Like Shortest Trip to Earth

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 21.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Space Sim 10.4% ★, Sci-fi 10.3%, Difficult 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive roguelike spaceship simulator that established the tactical crew and system management mechanics found in Shortest Trip to Earth.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 18.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, Difficult 15.6%, Survival 12.4%, Roguelike 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the core gameplay loop of managing ship subsystems and crew members during tactical combat encounters in deep space.

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: Space 21.1%, Roguelite 16.9%, Resource Management 13.1%, Tactical 12.2%, Roguelike 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the narrative-driven, tactical roguelite experience of managing a ship and its crew across a dying galaxy.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.1%, Tactical 18.3%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense, high-stakes experience focused on managing a massive warship fleet through a dangerous, atmospheric, and unforgiving world.

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 20.2% ★, Space 18%, Resource Management 15.4%, Survival 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deep focus on ship construction and crew survival, requiring careful management of resources and environmental hazards.

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: Spaceships 27.5% ★, Space Sim 13.9% ★, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Difficult 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at the ship-building and tactical combat aspects, allowing for intricate design choices that directly impact your ship's performance in battle.

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Space Sim 23.3% ★, Sci-fi 15.6%, Space 15.4%, Roguelite 15.2%, Difficult 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a vast, open-ended space simulation where managing your crew, ship upgrades, and political standing is essential for survival.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Space 17.4%, Roguelite 14.2%, Difficult 12.8%, Survival 12.1%, Roguelike 10%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the tension of exploring derelict ships using drones, focusing on atmospheric survival and tactical command.

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: Survival 35.9%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Difficult 18.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers an intense, cooperative or single-player experience focused on maintaining a complex vessel while surviving hostile alien environments.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 18.6%, Resource Management 13.9%, Roguelite 11.5%, Difficult 10.4%, Roguelike 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the resource-management and exploration aspects of space travel, where every jump could be your last.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Space 29.1%, Roguelike 16.4%, Roguelite 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It allows for creative, tactical infiltration of enemy spaceships, emphasizing the use of gadgets and quick thinking in a roguelite structure.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Spaceships 27.9% ★, Difficult 15.4%, Space Sim 13.2% ★, Space 11.4%, Survival 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore simulation that focuses on the gritty reality of ship maintenance, salvage, and the constant struggle to keep your vessel functional.

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: Roguelike 22.3%, Roguelite 19%, Difficult 15%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of a perilous journey across a hostile map where resource management and tactical combat are the keys to reaching your destination.

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 28.3%, Action Roguelike 21%, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Roguelite 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a more action-oriented roguelite experience that still maintains the core loop of scavenging, upgrading, and surviving in space.

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Space 21.9%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite features a unique blend of ship exploration and tactical decision-making as you scavenge derelict vessels to keep your own ship running.

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!

Why similar: Space Sim 18.9% ★, Space 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Roguelite 12.7%, Difficult 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the micro-management of your crew during combat, requiring constant attention to ship systems and personnel roles.

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Space 11.8%, Roguelite 10.1%, Simulation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It forces players to manage a complex, failing ship in a claustrophobic environment, mirroring the high-pressure survival of the seed game.

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 43.4%, Space Sim 21.7% ★, Sci-fi 18%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines ship building with an exploration-heavy narrative, allowing for a more modular approach to ship design and discovery.

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 28.5%, Space Sim 22.7% ★, Sci-fi 9.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Roguelite 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a mix of ship management and action-RPG elements, focusing on the journey and the tactical choices made during space combat.

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 28.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Survival 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the difficulty of navigating a ship across a vast, unforgiving galaxy where every decision impacts your survival.

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 25.8%, Space Sim 20% ★, Roguelite 19.2%, Sci-fi 12%, Roguelike 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space roguelite that emphasizes ship customization and exploration through a dangerous, evolving galaxy.

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: Space 20.2%, Roguelite 18.1%, Action Roguelike 15.2%, Survival 12.8%, Roguelike 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the base-building and defensive aspects of space survival, requiring players to manage resources and threats in a roguelite framework.

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 Sim 20.5% ★, Space 15.7%, Roguelite 14.8%, Action Roguelike 14.6%, Survival 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: It blends base-building and ship management with roguelite survival elements in a hostile, procedurally generated galaxy.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Roguelike 27.5%, Space 17.2%, Tactical 13.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game brings tactical squad-based combat to a sci-fi setting, focusing on positioning and resource management in a roguelike format.

Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!

Why similar: Spaceships 34.7% ★, Space Sim 13.7% ★, Space 13.3%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down action roguelite that focuses on ship combat and scavenging, offering a more arcade-like take on the space survival genre.

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 17.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Difficult 12.6%, Resource Management 12%, Roguelike 8.9%

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 37.3%, Survival 19.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Roguelike 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a colony ship and its resources, emphasizing the struggle to keep the vessel operational during a long voyage.

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 15.9%, Roguelite 15.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Sci-fi 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game highlights the maintenance and repair aspects of ship management, requiring players to keep systems running under pressure.

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Space Sim 23% ★, Aliens 12.4%, Space 12%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 11.8%

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 Sim 37.3% ★, Space 26.3%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends strategy, simulation, and action, allowing players to command fleets or pilot individual ships in a dynamic space environment.

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 33.3%, Space Sim 21.1% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply technical space simulation that requires players to manage complex ship systems and navigation in a realistic, slow-paced environment.

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 41.2%, Space Sim 19.5% ★, Sci-fi 12.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a physics-based approach to ship building and management, where structural integrity and system placement are vital.

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 34.4%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 14%, Roguelite 13.8%, Simulation 7.8%

A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.

Why similar: Space Sim 23.8% ★, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 16.9%, Roguelike 12.6%, Space 11.8%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Space 23.5%, Survival 15.1%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Roguelike 9.1%

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 26%, Space Sim 25% ★, Difficult 15.5%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Exploration 8.9%

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: Roguelite 23.1%, Space 21.4%, Resource Management 21.3%, Strategy 10.4%, Roguelike 8.3%

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Space 15.9%, Resource Management 15.5%, Roguelite 12.9%, Survival 12.4%, Roguelike 9.7%

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 18.4% ★, Space 18%, Resource Management 15.6%, Survival 13.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%

A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

Why similar: Spaceships 38.1% ★, Space 15.6%, Roguelite 14.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Roguelike 9.8%

Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!

Why similar: Space 19.1%, Action Roguelike 17.6%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, Space Sim 11.4% ★

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 35%, Strategy 17.8%, Space Sim 16.1% ★, Sci-fi 14.3%, Simulation 12.6%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelite 28.3%, Difficult 25.3%, Roguelike 23.7%, Strategy 14.5%, 2D 5.5%

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Space 23%, Space Sim 19% ★, Survival 17.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

Why similar: Resource Management 16.2%, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Space 15.9%, Survival 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.3%, Roguelite 16.5%, Space 16.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%

A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!

Why similar: Space 25.7%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Exploration 10.6%

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Space Sim 21% ★, Roguelite 16.8%, Space 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Roguelike 11%

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where you explore the galaxy, face hostile aliens, and upgrade your starship. It will take adaptability and strategic thinking to survive and uncover the secret your enemies want to keep hidden.

Why similar: Spaceships 38.4% ★, Space 15.6%, Space Sim 14.1% ★, Sci-fi 10.1%, Roguelike 9.4%

A multiplayer roguelike about teamwork, survival...and cute animals in space! Play with a few friends or join a streamer's crew of dozens as you work together to battle aliens across the vast Rogue Space.

Why similar: Space Sim 24.9% ★, Roguelite 14.9%, Aliens 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Roguelike 11.3%

Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?

Why similar: Roguelite 16.3%, Space 14.4%, Difficult 14.3%, Tactical 11.5%, Sci-fi 11%

Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

Why similar: Resource Management 23.1%, Survival 18.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%

You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.

Why similar: Space 23.2%, Roguelite 21.8%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 10.5%

Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.

Why similar: Space Sim 19.3% ★, Aliens 17.5%, Roguelite 17.3%, Space 17.2%, Roguelike 11.4%

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: Space 26.2%, Strategy 17.8%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Roguelite 11.7%

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 55%, Strategy 16%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Exploration 7.3%, 2D 6.4%

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Space 29.5%, Space Sim 26.1% ★, Sci-fi 17.8%, Aliens 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%

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: Space Sim 27.5% ★, Roguelite 22.4%, Exploration 13.8%, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 11.8%