
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sandbox, Singleplayer, Simulation, Space.

Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.

Mechanic Miner
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.

Star Crafter
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Steampunk 32.9% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12.3%, Old School 12.3%, Retro 8.6%
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 45.7% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10.8%, Open World 9.9%, Simulation 7.5%
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 43.5%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Physics 7.7%, Building 7.5%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.3%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 15.2%, Open World 15%, Sci-fi 8.5%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Flight 25.3%, Building 18%, Sandbox 17.3%, Physics 16.5%, Open World 9.6%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Mining 29.8% ★, Space Sim 26.2%, Sandbox 15.2%, Open World 10.2%, Simulation 9.6%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.5%, Building 12.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Physics 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.7%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1%, Building 19.7%, Sandbox 18.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Open World 8.4%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.7%, Building 19.5%, Physics 18.8%, Space Sim 16.9%, Simulation 11.7%
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 26.6%, Flight 18%, Sandbox 13.7%, Physics 12.1%, Building 11.7%
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...
Why similar: Sandbox 44.1%, Building 39.6%, Simulation 16.4%
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Mining 40.2% ★, Space Sim 39.1%, Open World 13.3%, Adventure 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Space Sim 29.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Physics 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.4%, Puzzle 10.7%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 27.6%, Mining 25.5% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.7%, Open World 9.6%
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 Sim 29.4%, Sandbox 22.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Building 27.6%, Sandbox 25.9%, Open World 23.5%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Adventure 5.9%
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 31.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Physics 15.2%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 8.8%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Sandbox 26%, Mining 22.5% ★, Building 20.9%, Open World 12.2%, Simulation 7.4%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 58.3%, Open World 19.8%, Sci-fi 11%, Adventure 5.7%, Simulation 3.3%
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Space Sim 42%, Open World 21%, Sandbox 18.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Atmospheric 4.3%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Sandbox 41%, Open World 19.3%, Building 18.4%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Sci-fi 7.1%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Mining 23.6% ★, Space Sim 19.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 11.2%, Physics 10.6%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Sandbox 36.3%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Open World 17.7%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Adventure 7.5%
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Building 30.9%, Open World 27.1%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Simulation 14.6%, Adventure 6.3%
You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.
Why similar: Sandbox 45%, Puzzle 30.4%, Simulation 13%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.3%, Sandbox 15.7%, Building 13.2%, Open World 11.5%, Simulation 10.6%
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.7%, Sandbox 15.1%, Physics 13.6%, Open World 12.5%, Retro 10.9%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.1%, Open World 33.9%, Building 18.9%, Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 4.6%
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 24.6%, Mining 21.1% ★, Flight 12.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 8.6%
Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.5%, Flight 17.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Open World 10.3%, Adventure 6.7%
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 42.9%, Physics 20.5%, Building 16.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Open World 4.4%
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Why similar: Open World 48.7%, Sci-fi 30.2%, Adventure 13.6%, Singleplayer 7.5%
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.8%, Flight 23.3%, Puzzle 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Simulation 8.1%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World 28.7%, Sandbox 26.5%, Building 19.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Adventure 5.5%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Building 25.4%, Steampunk 23.9% ★, Sandbox 22.8%, Open World 14.8%, Atmospheric 6%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Building 25.3%, Open World 24.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Adventure 6.8%
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Building 20.6%, Physics 17.5%, Open World 11.9%, Sci-fi 9%
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space Sim 59.7%, Simulation 18.4%, Adventure 11.6%, Stylized 9.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Sandbox 19.6%, Building 17.7%, Physics 17.5%, Open World 14.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%
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 Sim 24.7%, Physics 17.1%, Sandbox 15.6%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Puzzle 9%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Steampunk 42.2% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Open World 15.6%, Simulation 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space Sim 30.8%, Sandbox 14%, Building 13.8%, Open World 12.2%, Physics 12.2%
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, Building 14.5%, Open World 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%
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 30.6%, Physics 14.3%, Difficult 13.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 10.2%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.9%, Mining 25.2% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Open World 9.9%, Simulation 8.1%
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets. Use explosives to mine metal ores or watch your newly constructed home get smashed to pieces by a meteorite impact.
Why similar: Sandbox 55.7%, Simulation 44.3%
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.8%, Building 23.9%, Open World 22.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Adventure 7.9%
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 33.1%, Sandbox 17.2%, Building 14.8%, Open World 11.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
Why similar: Steampunk 53.3% ★, Sandbox 22.2%, Building 10.7%, Open World 10.6%, Adventure 1.9%
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: Sandbox 27.1%, Open World 21.6%, Building 21.2%, Simulation 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Mining 29.2% ★, Sandbox 22.8%, Building 14.5%, Simulation 11.2%, Open World 8.6%
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.7%, Building 24.7%, Open World 22.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Adventure 6.3%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5%, Sandbox 11.7%, Physics 10.2%, Building 10.2%, Puzzle 9.6%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 43.9%, Mining 40.2% ★, Simulation 6.6%, Adventure 4.6%, Atmospheric 3.6%
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Building 34.3%, Open World 28.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Atmospheric 3.1%
Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind!
Why similar: Space Sim 26%, Mining 25.9% ★, Flight 17.8%, Old School 11.2%, Open World 7.9%
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Why similar: Open World 30.6%, Simulation 27.7%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Adventure 17.5%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Old School 12.2%, Open World 11.8%, Retro 11.6%
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 57%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 12%, Retro 6.9%, Sci-fi 4.9%
Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?
Why similar: Mining 40.6% ★, Steampunk 38.9% ★, Sci-fi 7.6%, Simulation 5.5%, Puzzle 5.1%