- #1 Astral Enterprises
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Fin Studios
Windows · Mac
Design, build, and optimize intricate, space-efficient factories in a unique grid-based puzzle system. Master complex supply chains and dominate a living interstellar economy to build your corporate empire. Conquer the cosmos alone or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 17.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 15%, Economy 11.9%, Management 11.8%
- #2 Dyson Sphere Program
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 24.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Space 14.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Space Sim 8.7% ★
- #3 Final Upgrade
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Automation 20.1%, Space Sim 14.2% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Space 12.2%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #4 Industronaut
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Amca Games
Windows
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains to survive alone on a radiation heavy planet with no rescue and no external support.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Space Sim 20.4% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Space 5.4%
- #5 HAS Galactics
94% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: HAS Games
Windows
HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!
Why similar: Automation 19.1%, Space Sim 14.6% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 12.2%, Space 10.8%
- #6 SkyRig
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Space Sim 13.5% ★, Space 11%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #7 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
94% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.9% ★, Space Sim 15.2% ★, Space 12.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 9.6%
- #8 Space Sim Tycoon
91% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: SuperChicken Productions LLC
Windows
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 24% ★, Automation 13.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Sandbox 9.7%, Space 9.6%
- #9 Automation Empire
92% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Automation 23.5%, Base Building 15.5%, Real-Time with Pause 12.3% ★, Resource Management 11.3%, Economy 8.8%
- #10 Star Haul Tycoon
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: sugames
Windows · Linux
Star Haul Tycoon is a narrative logistics sim where efficiency is the only path to profit. Connect planets, manage a fleet of transport ships and optimize complex supply chains. In an economy where fuel equals money, you must pay off your massive corporate debt to a supervisor who's always watching.
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Resource Management 18.6%, Economy 15.5%, Space 13.1%, Management 11.9%
- #11 Main Sequence
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling Studio
Windows
Main Sequence is a space-sim factory builder where your goal is to build an interstellar industrial empire. Collect resources, automate production, and expand your fleet of ships in order to survive and leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Space Sim 22.3% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Space 11.5%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #12 Kardashev
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
Windows
Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale.
Why similar: Automation 29.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Space 15%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #13 Reprocessed
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 21.1%, Base Building 16.2%, Space Sim 16.1% ★, Resource Management 14.9%, Space 11.9%
- #14 Interstellar Inn
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kunaya
Windows
Interstellar Inn is a 2D hotel building and management sim in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.8% ★, Economy 14.5%, Space 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #15 It's Not A Moon
88% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.4% ★, Space Sim 12.5% ★, Space 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Simulation 9.6%
- #16 Spaceflight Factory
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kanapper
Windows
SpaceFlight Factory is an Automation and Base Building game with some survival game mechanics.You lead a small colony of human remnants. Help them to survive, expand and gather enough resources to leave Earth for their new home planet.
Why similar: Automation 17.6%, Space Sim 14.2% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 11.4%, Space 9.1%
- #17 FARWORLD BEACON
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BEACON STUDIO
Windows
You are the supreme commander who directing the construction of a galactic space base. You need to manage the living and administrative needs of the space base residents, establish the industrial chain for space docks and starship, and ultimately complete a dream starship.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9% ★, Automation 21.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Space 9.7%
- #18 UNIT 42: Adrift in Space
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AwitaGames
Windows · Linux
An incremental journey through space. Manage your ship's capsules, choose your path through the stars, and watch your crew and automation do the rest.
Why similar: Automation 21.7%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 16.7%, Space 15.8%, Space Sim 11.1% ★
- #19 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
83% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.3% ★, Automation 15.3%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 8.5%
- #20 SpaceSlog
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.4% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.5% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Space 9%
- #21 Outer Factory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kescoding
Windows
Outer Factory is a peaceful and minimalist simulation where you design automated factories on different planets. Create complex infrastructures with simplified building mechanics. Enjoy your work as an interplanetary automation expert.
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #22 Galduen of the Void
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: AzurDevPub: Azurdev
Windows · Linux
A fantasy space agency management game! Manage your team, design your space ship and research new technology! Reach moons, planets and the void beyond. Can you reach the void? Can you bring Galduen to the void?
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1% ★, Space 18.5%, Management 15.5%, Resource Management 14%, Exploration 6.4%
- #23 Launch Window
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gumptiongames
Windows
Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using Newtonian orbital mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9% ★, Automation 17.8%, Resource Management 13.1%, Space 11%, Management 8.3%
- #24 Captain of Industry
81% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 29.8%, Resource Management 20%, Base Building 19.8%, Economy 11.2%, Management 8.8%
- #25 Astro Colony
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 14.3%, Space Sim 13.9% ★, Space 13.7%
- #26 Prophet Margin
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stellar Cartography Interactive UG
Windows · Mac
The Gods hunger for tribute! Build settlements and weave trade routes, feed temples and earn divine boons in this board-game inspired strategy-puzzle.
Why similar: Automation 22.4%, Real-Time with Pause 20.2% ★, Resource Management 16.2%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 12.1%
- #27 Space Drilling Station
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.8% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Space 10.5%, Economy 9.7%
- #28 Rionag: Survey Fleet
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Reul Games
Windows · Linux
Rionag: Survey Fleet is a top-down starship builder and logistics game where it's your job to balance the needs of the crews with cutting-edge equipment on board. Unlock tech that adds new capabilities for your ships to go through hazardous environments, enabling you to explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.7% ★, Automation 17.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Space 11.4%, Economy 10.2%
- #29 Space Station Continuum
80% matchNegative15% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: N-Body Solutions
Windows
Space Station Continuum is a building & management sim inspired by the past, present, and future of humans in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 19% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Space 12.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Economy 11%
- #30 Stationbreak
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Space 13.5%, Resource Management 12.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #31 The Crust
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Space 13.6%, Management 8.3%
- #32 Galactic Merchant
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sophism Games
Windows
Galactic Merchant is sci-fi business simulator (a.k.a space tycoon game). Starting from single ship startup you can grow it to intergalactic monopoly. To do so, you could trade, mine, produce goods, smuggle, rob, give bribes, engage in politics, save planets and use many other options.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Space Sim 18.9% ★, Space 14.3%, Management 11.8%, Economy 11.7%
- #33 Outworld Station
75% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Space 14.2%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 9.4%
- #34 Business Magnate
78% matchMixed67% of 216 reviews2019
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, and ships. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.3% ★, Economy 17.5%, Management 16.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Simulation 10.4%
- #35 VoltHaven
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ARTilleryPub: ARTillery Studio
Windows
Build electric grid in small settlement. Advance from outdated generators to modern powerplants, use fossils and renewables. Accomodate growing customer base and weather changes. Farms or mines provide extra income. Map-free layout with drag-and-drop simplicity. Simulation based on european data.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.5% ★, Automation 13.8%, Management 12%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #36 Bouncekraft
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jordan Davis Graphics Adapter
Windows · Mac
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Space Sim 19.2% ★, Automation 17.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 8.1%
- #37 Yuri's Resolve
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apothecary Games
Windows
Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Space Sim 16.2% ★, Space 13.2%, Simulation 6.8%
- #38 Starship Theory
76% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 26.3%, Real-Time with Pause 22% ★, Space 19.1%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 8.6%
- #39 Planet Factory
73% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: SupremeGuardianGames
Windows
A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.3% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Space 9.9%
- #40 Nebula Miner
72% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
Windows
Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.
Why similar: Space 20.6%, Resource Management 18.7%, Space Sim 16.4% ★, Economy 14.9%, Management 8.6%
- #41 Little Big Workshop
73% matchVery Positive84% of 3,350 reviews2019
Dev: Mirage Game StudiosPub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Resource Management 16.6%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 13.6%, Economy 11.7%
- #42 Complex SKY
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MomosundeassPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
COMPLEX SKY is a futuristic city building game with a unique architecture system - build the city both ways, up and down! The world is devastated by pollution, and it’s up to you to create a fully self-sustainable city in the skies, and populate it with human settlers.
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 13.2%, Space 11.7%, Economy 11.1%
- #43 Greedy Little Kingdoms
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather timber, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfill demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.4% ★, Automation 19.4%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 12.3%, Management 9.6%
- #44 Project Substrata
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Substrata
Windows
A base-building and automation game about restoring a ruined planet. Mine resources, build factories, deploy AI drones, and revive a living world.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.6% ★, Automation 23.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Space 10.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #45 Space Company Simulator
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.2% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Space 14.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Management 10%
- #46 X Space
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XSPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Automation 18.7%, Space Sim 18.4% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Space 13.5%, Management 9.6%
- #47 SpaceCraft
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.1% ★, Automation 17.4%, Space 13.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #48 Space Manager
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Trophy Games
Windows
Build, launch and manage realistic space missions across our solar system, placing satellites and telescopes in precise orbits. Explore planets, collect valuable scientific data and sell your findings to expand your rising aerospace empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 30% ★, Management 13.1%, Space 11.9%, Automation 10.3%, Simulation 8.7%
- #49 Cartefact
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sillage Games
Windows · Mac
Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.
Why similar: Automation 36%, Resource Management 20.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #50 Unending Galaxy
71% matchMixed62% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.4% ★, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Space 16.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 10%
- #51 Space
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Space Sim 19.5% ★, Base Building 15%, Space 13.6%, Resource Management 12.6%
- #52 Final Factory
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Never Games Limited
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.
Why similar: Automation 25%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 15.6%, Space 11.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #53 Manaftory
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hiyakaru
Windows
Collect resources, build machines, and automate everything. Explore magical lands, face hostile creatures, and turn their loot into part of your factory system. This is your Manaftory — a magical factory powered by mana.
Why similar: Automation 37.9%, Resource Management 21.4%, Base Building 19%, Simulation 12.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #54 orbit.industries
69% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space Sim 18.8% ★, Automation 17.5%, Space 16.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Economy 9.1%
- #55 Astra Sentinel
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Astra Sentinel is a wave-based survival RTS where endless alien hordes relentlessly assault your planets. Build defenses, colonize planets and manage resources under constant pressure. Will you be able to recover the control of the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 14.4%, Space 8.9%, Economy 7.6%
- #56 Production Line : Car factory simulation
68% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Management 16.8%, Resource Management 13.9%, Economy 13.6%, Base Building 13.4%
- #57 Super Cosmolite
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baffled Engineer
Windows
Super Cosmolite is an endless runner with realistic space physics. Take control of a tiny spaceship to dodge, bounce, and smash your way through asteroids. Pause at any time to plan your trajectory or just hurtle along like a maniac. Outrun the Nova Wave and chase your next high score!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 43.8% ★, Space 20.6%, Space Sim 19% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #58 X: Tension
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 135 reviews2010
Dev: Egosoft
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 15%
X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier. The expansion is not limited by a linear plot line but makes use of new ways to expand your empire. You can now take part in missions that are offered to you throughout the game.
Why similar: Space Sim 28% ★, Space 22.3%, Simulation 14.3%, Economy 11.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #59 Untethered
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Space Sim 20.1% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Space 12.9%, Management 9%
- #60 The Last Starship
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 21.5% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Automation 14.9%, Space 13.3%, Sandbox 8.4%