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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 83% — of 250 reviews
Released: 2018-05-08
Developer: Schmidt Workshops
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 80%

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    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown!Travel an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story.

    Why similar: Space 29.3%, Open World 16.6%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 12%, Sci-fi 11.5%

  56. #56 Astrometica
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 43.9%, Space 17.7%, Open World 16.3%, Sci-fi 8%, First-Person 6.9%

  57. #57 Desecrators
    64% matchVery Positive97% of 373 reviews2025
    Dev: WoodhoundPub: Perp Games
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Desecrators is a retro FPS inspired by '90s six-degrees-of-freedom shooters. Plunder your way through the galaxy to destructive weapons and technology powerful enough to take on the ultimate heist: The legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.

    Why similar: Boomer Shooter 22.8%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Old School 15%, Retro 12.1%, Sci-fi 8.5%

  58. #58 Starbase
    68% matchMixed56% of 6,702 reviews2021
    Dev: Frozenbyte
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 91.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

    Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Space 15.2%, Open World 14.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Sci-fi 7%

  59. #59 Planet Miner
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
    Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
    Windows

    Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.

    Why similar: Space Sim 61.8%, Space 14.1%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 8.6%, Indie 2.3%

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