
Trade, fight and explore. Build a fleet, level your captain and dive through wormholes for rare loot — a single-player 2D space RPG of free corsairs.
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Trade, fight and explore. Build a fleet, level your captain and dive through wormholes for rare loot — a single-player 2D space RPG of free corsairs.

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The top-down space sim. Fly, trade, and fight in a galaxy shaped by simulated history, where production, freight, and war reshape a living economy.

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Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
The top-down space sim. Fly, trade, and fight in a galaxy shaped by simulated history, where production, freight, and war reshape a living economy.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.8%, Trading 16.9%, Space 14.2%, Open World 9.4%, RPG 5.8%
Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.8%, Trading 12.1%, RPG 8.5%, Open World 6.7%
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7%, Pirates 17.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Space 11.5%, Open World 7.9%
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Why similar: Space 30%, Space Sim 19.7%, Trading 17%, Open World 11.5%, Sci-fi 5.5%
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 47.4%, Space 20.5%, Trading 13.8%, Economy 5.3%, Simulation 5.2%
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.1%, Trading 23.1%, Space 17.2%, Open World 10.3%, RPG 6%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.9%, Space 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.8%, Open World 10.8%, RPG 5%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Space 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, RPG 8.9%, Open World 8.5%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Space 25.1%, Trading 18.4%, Economy 9.2%, Open World 8.5%
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Space 22.6%, Trading 21.3%, Economy 8.2%, Simulation 6.8%
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 28.5%, Space Sim 27.3%, Trading 18.6%, Open World 7.8%, Economy 6.5%
Experience large space ship battles. Uncover the secrets of the mysterious alien race. Upgrade your ship or even start a fleet. Survive
Why similar: Space Sim 34%, Trading 19.2%, Open World 11.4%, Top-Down Shooter 10.7%, Space 10.5%
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 34.3%, Space 25.4%, Trading 12.3%, Economy 9.8%, Open World 6.8%
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 41.8%, Space 27.2%, Open World 9.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%, RPG 5.3%
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.6%, Trading 16.8%, Space 13.7%, Open World 11.6%, RPG 6.5%
An action packed strategic space adventure with trading and procedural generation. A space vagabond with a gambling problem must trade and fight off pirates to pay a debt before he is turned into space dust.
Why similar: Trading 26%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Pirates 15.7% ★, Space 12.4%, Economy 11.1%
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Space 17.3%, Trading 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 12.7%, Open World 10.1%
Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it.
Why similar: Space Sim 39%, Trading 23.9%, Open World 10.4%, Economy 9.9%, Space 8.2%
A lo fi space salvage game. Strip dead warships for parts, fuel and gear. Fit your ship, manage your heat, and fight the machines that still hunt out here. Two hundred star systems, thousands of rolled drops, stations to build up. Made by one person. Trust nothing. Stay adrift.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.4%, Top-Down Shooter 21.2%, Space 13.2%, Open World 7.5%, Economy 5.2%
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 45.9%, Space 19.6%, Open World 12.1%, Trading 10.3%, Sci-fi 5.4%
Top-down space trading and combat on a working frontier. Run cargo, hunt salvage, fight pirates, and build a corporation that survives twenty cycles of pressure from the Cryos Foundation, the Frontier Allegiance, and the Sable Syndicate.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.9%, Trading 23%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Space 11.2%, Sci-fi 4.5%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 31.8%, Space Sim 27.6%, Open World 12.8%, Trading 9%, Sci-fi 7%
Fly a rented corporate vessel in a procedurally-generated universe, navigate risky routes, profit from changing markets before the opportunity disappears and you lose it all. Take jobs, navigate the markets, smuggle, lie. Do everything in order to keep flying.
Why similar: Space Sim 49.8%, Economy 10.4%, Space 9.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Trading 7.8%
A 2D space trading game with a real economy. NPC ships haul cargo between 78 stations and prices move whether you're there or not. Good routes die as other traders catch on, so you keep hunting new ones. No quest markers, no "best trade" arrows. Just you, a map, and the prices.
Why similar: Space Sim 41%, Pirates 17.1% ★, Space 8.9%, Economy 8.6%, Simulation 7.3%
Seek adventure, fortune and fame in a sector of space riddled with faction conflict, dastardly pirates, & deft merchants.
Why similar: Trading 19.8%, Pirates 17.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Space 14.1%, RPG 12.3%
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 32.7%, Space Sim 29.1%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Trading 7.5%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Space 27.9%, Trading 10.2%, Open World 10%, Simulation 6.8%
Space. Ships. Resources. Trading. Production. Combat. Mine ore, haul cargo, and find profitable trade routes. Buy and capture ships, build your fleet, construct stations, and develop your production. Start with your first ship. Build your empire!
Why similar: Space Sim 39.9%, Space 15.7%, Open World 13.2%, Economy 12.5%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade, and combat in a large and vibrant universe. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting, and performing missions.
Why similar: Space Sim 32%, Trading 25.1%, Space 15%, Open World 8.6%, RPG 5.2%
Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.7%, Space 23.2%, Trading 21.5%, Open World 11.1%, Simulation 6%
Solar Sails is a space action RPG with steampunk ships and cosmic ducks. Control a pirate ship, plunder the royal navy, launch a scout duck to search for treasures, upgrade your ship with alien technologies, and sail onwards to unveil the darkest secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.6%, Pirates 23.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, Space 15.8%, Top-Down 4.5%
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 35.1%, Trading 26.8%, Space 16.8%, Economy 11%, Sci-fi 4.8%
Far from Earth, mankind hasn't changed in the centuries since we've reached the stars. Across this wide-open galaxy, you'll find merchants, builders, and explorers. The more adventurous are colonizers, conquerors, and even space pirates. And you, Voyager? What will you be?
Why similar: Space Sim 35.1%, Space 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Open World 10%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.2%, Trading 22.8%, Space 13.2%, Open World 9.4%, Economy 8%
Starport Tycoon is a trade and management simulation set it space. Obtain landing rights, transport goods, plan profitable routes, develop spaceports and your fleet. Hold your ground against competitors and pirates.
Why similar: Space Sim 43.6%, Economy 16.9%, Trading 13.5%, Space 9.5%, Simulation 6%
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 38.4%, Space 26.2%, RPG 10.7%, Open World 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Why similar: Space 23.6%, Space Sim 19.5%, RPG 12.1%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Open World 10.6%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.8%, Space 30.9%, RPG 14.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Indie 5.6%
One wrong delivery can start a war. Smuggle cargo in a Tetris-style hold. Dodge faction inspections. Betray whoever pays. A pixel-art space rogue-like where every run is one bad jump from total loss.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Trading 21.6%, Space 13.2%, Top-Down 4.1%
Distance Travellers is a single player extraction space simulator, set in the distant future, fight, mine and loot your way around the galaxy. Upgrade your equipment and ship and do your best to survive the barren wastes of the new world.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.6%, Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Space 18.5%, PvE 6.7%, Simulation 4.2%
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 57.7%, Space 22.7%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Simulation 4.9%, Action 3.7%
A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.
Why similar: Space Sim 52.3%, Space 20.5%, Open World 13.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Simulation 5.6%
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Trading 20.7%, Space 13.6%, Open World 9.7%, RPG 5.5%
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Space Sim 45.1%, Space 23.9%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Open World 6.6%, Indie 5.9%
"Sirius-4" is a plot-oriented space simulator that gives the player complete freedom of action as a hired pilot of the "Sirius" unit. The action takes place on the outskirts of human space during a turbulent time for the galaxy after a global war.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.5%, Trading 14.7%, Space 14.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Open World 6.7%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: Space 32.3%, Space Sim 29%, Open World 10.7%, RPG 9.3%, Sci-fi 8.3%
Shoting!!!
Why similar: Space Sim 43.8%, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Space 12.1%, Simulation 8.6%, Aliens 6.4%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.5%, Trading 23.5%, Space 15.8%, Open World 10%, Sci-fi 5.2%
Become spacefaring merchant in a galaxy filled with diverse planets, each with its own economy, resources, and challenges. Amass wealth and reputation by trading goods, negotiating with factions, and navigating the intricacies of interstellar commerce.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.7%, Trading 24.1%, Space 15.2%, Economy 11.3%, RPG 5.7%
Crossfire II is an Retro / Arcade / Top-Down Shooter, originally released in 2002 for the AMIGA. The main part of the game is a classic, fast paced, single player story campaign. Fly different space ships and fight, to save the universe as you know it. Also you get a survival and a local PvP mode.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.1%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Space 14.4%, Aliens 5.3%, Action 5%
In "Space Mechanics: Repair | Hiring | Craft" you are the owner of a space repair station in which you have to work. Repair spaceships, get money for it, hire them and create items for sale or for your own purposes.
Why similar: Space Sim 50.1%, Space 17.7%, Trading 11.1%, Futuristic 6.6%, Simulation 5.9%
Explore a scientifically grounded version of our solar system in this 2D space adventure. Mine asteroids, fight hostile ships, navigate the cold silence between worlds, and choose your place among rival factions.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.5%, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, Space 11.6%, Open World 6.5%, Simulation 4.9%
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 30.7%, Trading 18.4%, Pirates 18.1% ★, Space 11.9%, Open World 9.4%
Run your own supermarket in outer space. Keep shelves stocked and nicely organized. Supply your store with drone delivery. Will you take the duty of running a space supermarket?
Why similar: Trading 29.4%, Space Sim 27.1%, Space 19.6%, Economy 13.9%, Simulation 7.2%
A fleet combat and space exploration game. Pilot ships, control a fleet, build and upgrade colonies, mine resources, craft items, trade, upgrade your ships and fleet, carry out missions, board ships, destroy ships and get revenge on the empire that conquered your home planet.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Space 16.1%, Economy 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.4%
Mine a vast, lonely asteroid field at the edge of a giant solar system. Tear ore from drifting rocks, haul it back to the station, and upgrade a rust-bucket into a roaring hauler. Dodge mini-suns, the sun, and a black hole — and clear the whole field to win.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.9%, Trading 22.4%, Space 13.4%, Economy 10.1%, Open World 8%
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: Trading 32%, Space Sim 30.2%, Space 16.9%, Economy 11.3%, Sci-fi 4.4%