- #1 Rover Mechanic Simulator
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 654 reviews2020
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.4% ★, Science 16.8% ★, Mars 15.1% ★, Space 11.3%, Immersive Sim 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the same core loop of diagnosing and repairing complex robotic hardware in a space-themed environment.
- #2 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
96% 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 25.6%, Space Sim 24% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Physics 12.3%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers the most immersive experience of dismantling and salvaging space vessels using realistic physics and specialized tools.
- #3 Kerbal Space Program
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3% ★, Science 22.6% ★, Space 21.7%, Physics 8.8%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, physics-based approach to space flight and engineering that appeals to the same scientific curiosity.
- #4 Space Engineers
95% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9% ★, Space 18.9%, Building 14%, Realistic 11.6%, Physics 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides deep engineering and maintenance mechanics, allowing you to build and repair intricate space stations and ships.
- #5 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
94% 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 Sim 21.6% ★, Science 17.5% ★, Space 14.7%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Physics 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game features realistic space physics and a focus on mining and ship maintenance in a high-stakes environment.
- #6 Stationeers
94% 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: Science 36.2% ★, Space 21.9%, Building 16.8%, Physics 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the complex, realistic maintenance of space station systems, including atmospheric and electrical engineering.
- #7 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 35,698 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Simulation 30.1%, Realistic 29.3%, Immersive Sim 19.6%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for the mechanic simulation genre, it provides the most polished experience for those who enjoy the step-by-step repair process.
- #8 PC Building Simulator
91% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.4%, Building 16.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Realistic 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the diagnostic and assembly gameplay loop of identifying faulty parts and replacing them to restore functionality.
- #9 Mech Mechanic Simulator
92% matchMixed64% of 662 reviews2021
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 22.5%, Space 20.7%, Building 17%, Sci-fi 14%, Physics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It applies the same diagnostic and repair mechanics to giant robots, requiring careful attention to detail and part replacement.
- #10 Tank Mechanic Simulator
91% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Building 23.3%, Realistic 21.1%, Simulation 14.6%, Relaxing 12.7%, First-Person 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a realistic approach to restoring historical machinery, focusing on cleaning, repairing, and testing complex mechanical parts.
- #11 Electrician Simulator
90% matchVery Positive80% of 3,976 reviews2022
Dev: Take IT Studio!Pub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take on the electrician role and learn the profession's basics! Install sockets, repair worn-out equipment, assemble broken appliances, replace light bulbs, and lay wires at your customers' homes. Be sure to check everything twice, with electricity there are no jokes!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.7%, Difficult 14.7%, Simulation 14.2%, Realistic 13.6%, First-Person 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: The game emphasizes the diagnostic and repair aspects of technical work, requiring players to troubleshoot and fix complex electrical systems.
- #12 Spaceflight Simulator
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.9% ★, Science 21.6% ★, Space 17.6%, Simulation 7%, Building 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the engineering and construction side of space exploration, emphasizing the physics of rocket assembly.
- #13 Ship Graveyard Simulator 2
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,881 reviews2023
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 13.6 hrsMean: 59.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Building 19.4%, Inventory Management 18%, Realistic 15.8%, Simulation 14.4%, Relaxing 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the methodical dismantling and repair of massive structures, mirroring the industrial feel of space mechanics.
- #14 Universe Sandbox
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Science 25.6% ★, Space 19.9%, Space Sim 15.3% ★, Physics 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to manipulate the solar system with scientific accuracy, complementing the realistic space focus of the seed game.
- #15 House Flipper
85% matchVery Positive94% of 101,908 reviews2018
Dev: EmpyreanPub: Frozen District
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!
Why similar: Building 23.3%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Relaxing 12.6%, Realistic 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the satisfying 'renovation' loop where you take a broken, messy space and restore it to a functional state.
- #16 Space Company Simulator
87% 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 28% ★, Mars 18.8% ★, Space 17.2%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the logistical and structural challenges of running a space-faring organization.
- #17 orbit.industries
86% 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 26.2% ★, Space 20.6%, Science 19% ★, Building 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the management and construction of space stations, requiring careful resource and system oversight.
- #18 Satellite Command
86% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: Stormtide
Windows
Satellite Command is a realistic, relaxing astrophysics simulator. Complete contracts with real data, launch and take control of ever more powerful Satellites, research advanced technology and build your Space Agency!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.1% ★, Science 23.7% ★, Space 15.2%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Physics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game puts you in charge of managing and maintaining satellite networks, focusing on the operational side of space tech.
- #19 Offroad Mechanic Simulator
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 281 reviews2023
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.5%, Inventory Management 19.8%, Building 17.2%, Realistic 15.8%, Physics 12%
Why You'll Like It: It applies mechanical repair and diagnostic gameplay to off-road vehicles, focusing on realistic part interaction.
- #20 PowerWash Simulator
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 57,451 reviews2022
Dev: FuturLabPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.7%, Relaxing 15.7%, Realistic 15.1%, Simulation 14.9%, First-Person 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: The game offers a meditative, methodical cleaning and maintenance loop that appeals to players who enjoy the 'prep' phase of mechanics.
- #21 Mars Horizon
83% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.6% ★, Science 19.9% ★, Mars 17.4% ★, Space 13.5%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This management-focused game highlights the technical and strategic hurdles of space exploration missions.
- #22 Construction Simulator
81% matchVery Positive81% of 13,349 reviews2022
Dev: weltenbauer. Software Entwicklung GmbHPub: astragon Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Construction Simulator has returned – larger and more impressive than ever! Fulfil your ambition to become a successful construction entrepreneur by establishing your business from scratch, assisted by your mentor Hape.
Why similar: Building 22.2%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Realistic 15.2%, Relaxing 11%
Why You'll Like It: It features the operation and maintenance of heavy machinery, providing a similar sense of scale and technical interaction.
- #23 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
84% 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: Space Sim 28% ★, Space 20.2%, Building 14%, Realistic 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the technical challenges of building and maintaining a functional space station in orbit.
- #24 Tiny Space Academy
82% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Full Orbit Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Space 21.5%, Building 12.6%, Physics 11.8%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a simplified but engaging approach to space engineering and rocket physics.
- #25 Junkyard Simulator
80% matchMixed65% of 2,146 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Building 23.9%, Realistic 21.8%, Simulation 20.5%, Physics 16.4%, First-Person 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game involves the hands-on process of finding, dismantling, and repairing various items, mirroring the salvage aspect of space mechanics.
- #26 Rocket Science
81% matchVery Positive80% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: unbeGames
Windows
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Space Sim 25% ★, Science 22.7% ★, Space 15.6%, Building 10.8%, Physics 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the sandbox building and physics-based challenges of designing functional space craft.
- #27 Barn Finders
79% matchVery Positive82% of 4,347 reviews2020
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Search for valuable items stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.
Why similar: Trading 20.9% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Inventory Management 14.8%, Realistic 9.4%, Physics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the restoration and repair of found objects, emphasizing the rewarding feeling of turning junk into valuable equipment.
- #28 Car Mechanic Simulator VR
79% matchMixed55% of 370 reviews2021
Dev: GameFormatic S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Become a real car mechanic in a very realistic, highly detailed simulator in a fully VR World. REPAIR, PAINT, TUNING with dozens of different tools and almost thousands of parts. BUY old vehicles, restore them, and SELL them at a profit. DRIVE and test all rebuilt cars.
Why similar: Building 19.8%, Realistic 17.1%, Inventory Management 15.2%, Simulation 13.4%, Physics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This VR title provides an even more immersive, hands-on experience for those who want to physically interact with mechanical components.
- #29 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue is a story prelude to the full version, which will introduce you to the world of cosmic repairs, greedy corporations, and cutting-edge technology.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.6% ★, Mars 15.1% ★, Space 10.3%, Inventory Management 9.7%, Science 9.6% ★
- #30 WW2 Rebuilder
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,515 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.4%, Building 18.4%, Realistic 17.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Relaxing 12%
- #31 Space Station Manager
78% matchMixed45% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Ondrej Hroch
Windows
Space Station Manager is an exciting game where you own a space company, your main goal is to build a space station, make profit, grow your business, build an economical network, and expand beyond the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 33.7%, Space 21.1%, Casual 17.8%, Building 14.7%, Indie 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the day-to-day maintenance and operational management of a space-based facility.
- #32 Orbit HD
78% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2015
Dev: Brainchild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore the cosmos as a comet, orbiting planets with a realistic gravity system and a backdrop of procedurally generated nebulae. Learn to use planetary gravity to your advantage, and relax in the ambience of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4% ★, Space 21.9%, Physics 11.7%, Relaxing 7.9%, Realistic 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a relaxing, physics-based space experience that complements the atmospheric side of space simulation.
- #33 Rally Mechanic Simulator
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.
Windows
Take your opportunity as a real Rally Mechanic. Overcome all the obstacles that the reckless racers throw at you - including unrepairable parts, time limitations and more. Take good care of your rally cars so that on the next special they will perform as good as if they came out of the factory.
Why similar: Realistic 18.5%, Building 17.1%, Immersive Sim 16.8%, Relaxing 13.6%, Time Management 13.4%
- #34 Archean
74% matchVery Positive88% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: batcholi
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.1% ★, Science 19.2% ★, Space 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #35 Workshop Simulator
76% matchMixed68% of 304 reviews2022
Dev: INTERMARUM
Windows
Workshop Simulator allows you to repair and refurbish items using a range of restoration mechanics such as disassembling, cleaning, sanding and painting. The accompanying story will immerse you in the nostalgia of tinkering with your grandfather.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 24.6%, Physics 16.3%, Realistic 15.8%, Simulation 13%, Relaxing 10.9%
- #36 Bus Mechanic Simulator
76% matchMixed59% of 167 reviews2020
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
In the Bus Mechanic Simulator you are in the position of an experienced mechanic. In your own bus garage you can maintain, repair, test and restore various true-to-original MAN bus models. Roll up your sleeves!
Why similar: Realistic 22.5%, Physics 18.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Relaxing 11.2%, Casual 8.5%
- #37 Mech Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 141 reviews2021
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 21.2%, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Building 10.4%
- #38 Gas Station Simulator
73% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Building 20.6%, Simulation 19.8%, Realistic 15.7%, Physics 12.7%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #39 Car Mechanic Shop Simulator
73% matchMixed56% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Games Incubator
Windows
Manage a prosperous car shop empire and enter the complex car maintenance and repair world. This simulation game offers a comprehensive, in-depth experience that combines strategic business management with the technical nuances of car maintenance.
Why similar: Realistic 26.9%, Simulation 19%, Relaxing 11.5%, Immersive Sim 11%, Casual 10.1%
- #40 House Builder
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,523 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.9%, Building 17.8%, Realistic 13.5%, Physics 11.8%, Simulation 10%
- #41 Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,212 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra Creative
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2% ★, Science 19.2% ★, Space 15.2%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Realistic 8.3%
- #42 Repair this!
71% matchVery Positive89% of 771 reviews2024
Dev: HGISoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!
Why similar: Trading 32.4% ★, Time Management 26.5%, Relaxing 14.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Atmospheric 7%
- #43 Space Station Tycoon
72% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.7% ★, Space 24.4%, Building 15.9%, Realistic 9.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #44 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Mars 24.5% ★, Space 17%, Building 14.8%, Simulation 8.5%
- #45 Alien Market Simulator
68% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Silly Sloth StudiosPub: Shadow Owl Studios
Windows
Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers. Experience the challenge of managing a business in space and growing your market
Why similar: Space 15.5%, Time Management 13.6%, Building 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Realistic 11.6%
- #46 Starship Corporation
73% matchMixed42% of 555 reviews2018
Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Simulation 35.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Indie 11.1%
- #47 Plane Mechanic Simulator
70% matchMixed57% of 1,668 reviews2024
Dev: Cobble GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
England, 1940. The Luftwaffe is preparing for the invasion of Britain and the RAF need every man to stop it. They need you. Join the ground crews as they struggle to keep the aircraft flying. Repair engine, patch bullet holes, rearm machine guns and more.
Why similar: Simulation 24.3%, Building 17.9%, Inventory Management 15.8%, Difficult 9%, Realistic 8.4%
- #48 Star Trucker
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,997 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.7% ★, Space 16.8%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Physics 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #49 Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
71% matchMixed67% of 815 reviews2017
Dev: Si7 StudioPub: Atomic Jelly
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.
Why similar: Building 21.8%, Immersive Sim 18.9%, Realistic 15.3%, Simulation 14.2%, Relaxing 7.2%
- #50 Monuments Renovator
69% matchMixed66% of 327 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Monuments Renovator is a game in which you play the role of a professional monument renovator. You choose from among the world's greatest monuments, restore them to their former glory and learn about history and architecture.
Why similar: Building 19.1%, Inventory Management 18.3%, Immersive Sim 16%, Realistic 15%, Simulation 11.3%
- #51 Astro Colony
68% 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: Space Sim 31.8% ★, Space 27.6%, Building 16.3%, Simulation 10.1%, First-Person 6.4%
- #52 Gunsmith Simulator
66% matchVery Positive85% of 3,107 reviews2024
Dev: GameHuntersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.
Why similar: Inventory Management 33.2%, Realistic 27.3%, Simulation 20.5%, First-Person 14.4%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #53 Yacht Mechanic Simulator
71% matchMostly Negative22% of 204 reviews2022
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Build your own yacht empire! Renovate old yachts, patch their hulls, fix their engines, and add new parts. Design and install beautiful interiors of your vessels. Pilot your ships and check how they handle the water. A completely new installment in the famous ‘Mechanic Simulator’ universe!
Why similar: Inventory Management 21.2%, Immersive Sim 18.2%, Building 17.3%, Realistic 14.4%, Simulation 10.8%
- #54 X4: Foundations
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6% ★, Space 17.6%, Trading 15.4% ★, Building 8.4%, Simulation 7.2%
- #55 Space Engineers 2
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.
Why similar: Science 20.7% ★, Space Sim 20.1% ★, Space 14.8%, Building 11.4%, Physics 8.2%
- #56 Toy Tinker Simulator
70% matchMixed47% of 990 reviews2021
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Have you ever wanted to be a toy tinker? This is a unique chance to become one! Repair toys and start your toy-museums to make everyone happy!
Why similar: Inventory Management 17.5%, Trading 16.2% ★, Building 15.5%, Realistic 12.7%, Simulation 9.2%
- #57 Occupy Mars: The Game
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Mars 28.2% ★, Space 21.8%, Building 15.7%, Simulation 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #58 Ship Graveyard Simulator
67% matchMixed65% of 2,179 reviews2021
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Inventory Management 24.5%, Realistic 15%, Physics 14.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Relaxing 11.1%
- #59 Out of Ore
65% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Building 21.5%, Realistic 21%, Simulation 18.8%, First-Person 11.6%, Relaxing 9.2%