- #1 Wormhole Adventurer
97% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Lakea Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the wormhole network, defeat the hostiles, mine and craft to rebuild your space station. customize your ship to your playstyle
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1% ★, Tactical RPG 20.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Space 9.1%, Grid-Based Movement 8.8%
- #2 Deck & Conn
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funtime ElectricsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign. Balance tactics, crew, and limited resources in a dynamic forever-war. Retro pixel art meets deep strategy fifteen minutes into the future of 1989.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.9%, Space Sim 24.9% ★, Space 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #3 Star Traders: Frontiers
96% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Moddable 21.9% ★, Space Sim 19.9% ★, Tactical RPG 18%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #4 Epic Space Trader
95% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Tectonics, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Commanding a starship, you’ll trade goods across the galaxy, evade cosmic threats, and grow your trading empire. Do you have what it takes to outmaneuver rivals and become a trading legend? Take command of your destiny in Epic Space Trader, your journey to the stars begins now!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9% ★, Tactical RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #5 Athena Crisis
94% matchVery Positive82% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Nakazawa Tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that places you in command of 40+ units in your journey across the multiverse. Embark on a challenging single-player quest or dive into the thrill of ranked or casual multiplayer modes to become the best Athena Crisis player!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.4%, Level Editor 18.3%, Tactical 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Top-Down 7.3%
- #6 EOPN – Test RS
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Américo CrucesPub: cockpitseeker
Windows
'EOPN – Test RS' is a true screening test from the French Air & Space Force, turned into a sci-fi turn-based strategy game set in a nebulous future. Train for your selections or just enjoy the dive in this immersive experience where the goal is to take the best decisions to survive.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.4% ★, Tactical RPG 20.8%, Space 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%
- #7 Null Hørizøn
93% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: HopefullyHeroic
Windows
Survive the void in Null Hørizøn. Trade, fight, and explore a retro-futuristic 3D galaxy with 2D sprites. Upgrade your ship, smuggle goods, and travel across the universe. Tactical Real-Time combat meets Grid-based exploration in this atmospheric space sim. The Null Hørizøn calls, Captain.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5% ★, Tactical RPG 19.3%, Space 11.1%, Grid-Based Movement 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #8 EmptyEpsilon
92% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2024
Dev: Daid
Windows · Linux
A Co-op spaceship bridge simulator where you form a crew of 3 to 6 players serving in various roles like Captain, Helms, Relay, Weapons and Science officer. It's designed to run on almost any system and to be highly customizable due to it's extensive GM screen and powerful scripting capabilities.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Moddable 25.7% ★, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #9 Star Fleet Deluxe
91% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Trevor SorensenPub: Interstel Technologies, Inc.
Windows
Command a UGA heavy cruiser against the Krellan Empire. Navigate space, manage resources, and coordinate defense strategies. Use starbases and outposts to protect colonies while engaging in tactical ship combat. Your decisions will determine the fate of sectors in this military space simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.5% ★, Sci-fi 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #10 This Is Not Chess
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Courtney Dawson
Windows
A turn-based tactics game about goofy characters with wide and varied techniques duking it out across a bright and colourful battlefield.
Why similar: Moddable 26.5% ★, Level Editor 23.9%, Tactical RPG 23.8%, Grid-Based Movement 11.3%, Top-Down 6.4%
- #11 Between the Stars
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.1% ★, Space 26.8%, Tactical RPG 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #12 Freespace 2
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 316 reviews2014
Dev: Volition IncPub: Interplay Corp
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 24%
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
Why similar: Space 33.2%, Space Sim 23.6% ★, Moddable 17.8% ★, Sci-fi 16.7%, Simulation 7.2%
- #13 The Cosmogenesis Project: Corruption
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BitDriven
Windows
Pilot your ship across a procedurally generated star map as corruption spreads inward. Each sector holds a stabiliser; protect it from raiders and pump energy into its shields. Jump between nodes, prioritise threats, and manage energy. Hold the line until time runs out, or be consumed by corruption.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.6% ★, Space 27%, Strategy 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Simulation 5%
- #14 Flotilla 2
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2018
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows
Flotilla 2 is a VR tactical game about big battleships in outer space.
Why similar: Space Sim 29% ★, Moddable 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Space 11.5%, Tactical 10.3%
- #15 Vessel Tactics
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeshiSOFTWORKS
Windows
Vessel Tactics is a Strategy RPG with gacha-inspired elements centered completely around vore. Collect and upgrade units from a colorful cast of characters, then devour the enemy in turn-based battles!
Why similar: Moddable 29.1% ★, Tactical RPG 21%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Grid-Based Movement 9.3%, Tactical 7.6%
- #16 X: Tension
87% 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 35.9% ★, Space 24.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #17 Thorny Times
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aterdux Entertainment™
Windows · Mac · Linux
You will have to gather an army, explore vast strategic maps, learn spells and capture castles. Defend the royal throne in battles against enemy knights, sorcerers and evil beings.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.9%, Moddable 19.9% ★, Level Editor 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Tactical 11.5%
- #18 蓝若的卡牌工坊
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mikonet
Windows
Lanr's Card Forge is a card game centered on high customization and modular strategy. Here, you are not just a player of cards—you are their creator.
Why similar: Moddable 34.6% ★, Level Editor 32.8%, Strategy 8.1%, PvP 7.6%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #19 Lone Voyage
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ethan C (CMD_NU11)
Windows
You are the last living organism in the galaxy. Adrift and alone in a cold dark world you must scavenge for resources to keep your ship running, and arm your ship to prepare for the swarms arrival.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.9% ★, Space 23.6%, PvE 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #20 Shrouded Suns
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benjamin Cid Pérez
Windows
In the midst of a seemingly hopeless war among the stars, take control of highly customizable spacefighters to experience classic space combat action throughout a story-driven campaign.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.7% ★, Space 24%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #21 Spaceship Simulator
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: chenjd
Windows
Design your own spacecraft with captured components in an unknown galaxy to defeat strange space creatures and finally escape from the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.3% ★, Moddable 35.4% ★, Simulation 8.2%, Space 7%, Top-Down 4.5%
- #22 Mardori
82% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Iscreamdye
Windows
Mardori is a spaceshooter game with aspects of ARPG's. Upgrade your ship with various materials from missions, craft your equipment with damage or defense mods., create new weapons using blueprints, unlock new missions with Stargate.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.8% ★, Space 20.3%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Crafting 10%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #23 Bank
81% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bank-NuMo9
Windows · Linux
A block-pushing puzzle game that mixes levels of both long term strategic planning and of timing and skill. Collect money and bombs, blow up walls, situate bombs in chain reactions, block monsters, and make your way to the finish.
Why similar: Moddable 39.6% ★, Level Editor 31.7%, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #24 X Rebirth
82% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 36.4%, Space Sim 27.3% ★, Sci-fi 16.5%, Simulation 12.8%, Moddable 4.6% ★
- #25 Modlands
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triplejump
Windows
Modlands is an action-adventure sandbox where you can change anything and everything with your friends in realtime multiplayer.
Why similar: Moddable 29.6% ★, Level Editor 25.8%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Top-Down 7.5%, Crafting 6.2%
- #26 Starpoint Gemini 2
81% matchMixed69% of 4,112 reviews2014
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, Space Sim 22.8% ★, Moddable 21.3% ★, Tactical RPG 16.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #27 Starborne: Frontiers
79% matchMixed68% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Solid Clouds hf.
Windows
Starborne: Frontiers is a free-to-play tactical autobattler with hundreds of unique ships. Form your fleet, customize it with a variety of equipment, and use strategy to create the perfect battlefield formation. Take on bounties, engage in the PvP arena, and bring order to the Frontier.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8% ★, Tactical RPG 26.4%, Space 10.5%, Tactical 7.5%, PvE 7.2%
- #28 Trabacolo
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dysnaut
Windows · Linux
Trabacolo is a 1-16 player co-op space game in a chaotic physics-driven world. Build and control large modular spaceships alone or together. Manage resources and collect all catalyst material. Explore maps with a variety of challenges, look out for enemies, and take care: Some of the floor is lava.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.8% ★, Level Editor 20.9%, Space 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Simulation 6.3%
- #29 Those Far Stars
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Deniz K.
Windows
Discover a vast, procedural galaxy as a lone pilot. Trade, fight and explore alien worlds with turn-based encounters. Upgrade your ship, gather relics, and uncover secrets lost to time and space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Tactical RPG 26%, Space 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #30 Sidereal Wanderer
77% matchPositive92% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: SPICE PRESSPub: Waku Waku Games
Windows
As Captain, you must lead your spaceship to defeat the rebel forces scattered across the galaxy. Scour the sectors for enemies and remain alert! Determine the right coordinates and torpedo your foe down.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.7% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Space 13.4%, Strategy 12.7%
- #31 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,569 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.6% ★, Moddable 20.8% ★, Space 17.1%, Tactical RPG 15.3%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #32 Helium Rain
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 53.6% ★, Space 27.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9.4%
- #33 Gothic Virtual Tabletop
75% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Mr. Wallaby
Windows · Linux
Gothic Virtual Tabletop is a virtual tabletop application that can be customized to support nearly any TTRPG or Wargame.
Why similar: Moddable 26.5% ★, Level Editor 22.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12.9%, Tactical 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #34 Galaxy Engine
74% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Narcis Calin
Windows · Linux
Simulate the physics of the Universe on a large scale and create stunning visuals. Play with intergalactic interactions, smash planets together and even create the Big Bang itself!
Why similar: Space Sim 36.1% ★, Space 23%, Moddable 22.6% ★, Simulation 13.7%, 2D 3.7%
- #35 Darkstar One
76% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.3% ★, Space 33.3%, Sci-fi 16.8%, Simulation 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #36 Space Engineers
73% 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 27.5% ★, Moddable 27.1% ★, Space 14.7%, PvE 7.1%, PvP 6.4%
- #37 X-COM: Interceptor
76% matchMixed56% of 219 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 22%
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.1% ★, Space 23.6%, Strategy 21.7%, Sci-fi 20.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #38 Solward
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Dropper
Windows · Linux
Solward is a science fiction tactical RPG with turn-based combat. After a long space voyage, Kali, Jenna, and Heather have returned home only to find that their planet has been invaded by an alien threat.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, Space 12.3%, Grid-Based Movement 11.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #39 Gratuitous Space Battles 2
75% matchMostly Negative39% of 307 reviews2015
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Have you ever wanted to be admiral of a huge, sprawling space battle-fleet of your own design? Ever wanted to design a fleet of battle-cruisers so powerful they can rip all who oppose them into space-dust? Ever wanted to build a battleship with purple rotating radars and 64 engines? Well we have good news for you...
Why similar: Moddable 28.9% ★, Space 27.3%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #40 Ziggy's Labyrinth
72% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2024
Dev: Lankyware
Windows
A level based Snake game. Play through over 150 levels with unique mechanics and power-ups. Do you have what it takes to escape the Labyrinth?
Why similar: Level Editor 29.7%, Moddable 23.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 19.3%, Top-Down 6.9%, PvP 6.8%
- #41 Tachyon: The Fringe
74% matchVery Positive89% of 244 reviews2009
Dev: NovaLogic
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy — your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: The Fringe, you will often find that the most powerful weapon on your ship is in your head.
Why similar: Space Sim 56.5% ★, Space 25.4%, Simulation 18%
- #42 STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
73% matchVery Positive83% of 500 reviews2015
Dev: Totally GamesPub: LucasArts
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 20%
A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire. You must defy the strong-arm tactics of a rival family who will stop at nothing to destroy your trading company.
Why similar: Space Sim 54.2% ★, Space 27.2%, Multiplayer 8.1%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Simulation 2.7%
- #43 Rogue System
72% matchMixed67% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Digits Crossed Interactive, LLCPub: Image Space Incorporated
Windows
Our goal is to depict the possibilities of space exploration & combat within a realistic environment- to emphasize the "science" in science-fiction. Key features to include: proper orbital mechanics for all objects in space, detailed ship system control, functionality, inter-dependency & damage reaction.
Why similar: Space Sim 64.8% ★, Space 18.7%, Simulation 16.4%
- #44 The Earth Sucks
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insert Developer NamePub: Great North Gorilla
Windows
A casual space simulation game where you perform orbital manoeuvres on satellites to change their orbit and complete missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.7% ★, Space 20.3%, Simulation 15.5%, Sci-fi 11.1%, 2D 5.2%
- #45 Stellar Trader
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ParaVerseLabPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
See the galaxy through the eyes of a trader. Hundreds of years after humanity took to the stars, you're free to buy, fight, explore, and build your way to power. Shape economies, form alliances, and influence the systems that control trade, tech, and politics.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.9% ★, Tactical RPG 19.8%, Space 18.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Strategy 6.8%
- #46 X3: Terran Conflict
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,841 reviews2008
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space 36%, Space Sim 29.3% ★, Sci-fi 11.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 6.5%
- #47 Space Elevator Project
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VanilliA Studio
Windows
A simulation sci-fi game where players take on the role of the project manager of a space elevator project. They will progressively achieve project phase goals and ultimately accomplish the ultimate goal of constructing a Mars colonization spacecraft.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.6% ★, Space 16%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #48 Guildmaster: Gratuitous Subtitle
70% matchPositive84% of 32 reviews2020
Dev: Jim Makes Games
Windows · Linux
Command an ever changing party of four heroes into turn-based tactical combat, in this challenging and irreverent fantasy adventure.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 37.1%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Tactical 10.4%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #49 Frogman Magmaborn
69% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Disc-O-Key
Windows
A story-based rogue-like strategy RPG. Discover story and characters each run, battle in diverse hand-crafted maps, and edit everything with the dedicated modding tool!
Why similar: Moddable 29.6% ★, Level Editor 26.5%, Tactical RPG 22.7%, Strategy 6.8%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #50 Starnova Aerospace
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: DogGottenGame
Windows
As the CEO of a spaceship design company, arrange blocks with different modes and functions to build powerful ships. Use resources from battles to upgrade blocks and acquire new ones through supplies. Strategically enhance your ship to maximize performance and defeat competitors.
Why similar: Space Sim 39% ★, Strategy 13.4%, Space 12.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #51 Don't Lose Your Ship
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stonecrop ResearchPub: Stonecrop Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step aboard your starship and prepare for an intergalactic showdown in Don’t Lose Your Ship, a fast-paced, team-based 2D multiplayer game that combines strategy, coordination, and chaos. This game pits two teams against each other in a battle for supremacy on a grid-based map.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.3% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Space 13.4%, Grid-Based Movement 12.9%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #52 Pawsecuted
68% matchPositive97% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: Poking Water Games
Windows
A brutal, slightly absurd tactical survival RPG. Play a rabbit escaping a koala-run convict camp in a procedurally generated, post-human apocalyptic world. Battle emus and hire kangaroo mercenaries. Scavenge supplies, gather and trade materials, recruit followers and rebuild society.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.8%, Moddable 15.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Grid-Based Movement 8.7%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #53 FUTURETECH SPACE COMBAT ACADEMY
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: POLYFOUNTAIN MEDIA LLC
Windows
Will you make the grade and save the planet? Become a cadet on your first day of training in this 3rd person space combat simulator.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.3% ★, Space 23.3%, Simulation 21.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%
- #54 Elite Dangerous
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,113 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 146.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 47.6% ★, Space 24%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Simulation 5.4%, Multiplayer 4.7%
- #55 X3: Reunion
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 725 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9% ★, Space 32.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #56 链接塔防 Link Tower
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aimstein
Windows
This is a 3D multiplayer cartoon-style tower defense game. Players control characters to walk on an island, build towers to protect castles, work together or hinder each other. Players can edit and share levels, and support making and uploading their own cell, building, and monster mods.
Why similar: Moddable 33.5% ★, Level Editor 30.3%, PvP 8.3%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #57 Galduen of the Void
66% 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 42.9% ★, Space 24.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #58 _space_train
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh McNamee
Windows
What if there was a train, in space? Embark as a simple passenger or take a longer-term role as a member of staff in an asymmetric gaming experience like no other.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.2% ★, Space 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Top-Down 9.8%, Simulation 7.1%
- #59 TAXINAUT
64% matchPositive90% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: mosgrom
Windows · Linux
A space-taxi-sim / open-world-RPG with a seamless transition between planetary and in-space flight set in a large galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9% ★, Moddable 26.2% ★, Sci-fi 11.6%, Space 10.7%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #60 Space Cats Tactics
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Mitzi Games
Windows
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.1% ★, Tactical RPG 25.2%, Space 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Top-Down 7.1%