Games Like Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Roguelike 22.6%, Space Sim 20.2% ★, Space 16.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive roguelike experience for managing a starship crew and systems during a desperate journey through hostile space.

Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Why similar: Space Sim 23% ★, Aliens 12.4%, Space 12%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the survival and resource management aspects of keeping a ship functional in a dangerous galaxy.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Roguelike 23.1%, Space 22.8%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Tactical 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that perfectly mirrors the narrative-heavy, ship-management feel of a desperate space odyssey.

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 34.2% ★, Management 18%, Strategy 13.5%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides detailed ship-building and crew management mechanics that require constant attention to survival needs.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Roguelike 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep ship-simulation roguelike that emphasizes complex system management and tactical decision-making.

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Space 31.6%, Strategy 26.8%, Survival 14.8%, Management 13.3%, Choices Matter 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a high-stakes survival experience where you must manage a massive space station and its crew while navigating a dying universe.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Strategy 54.1%, Space 42.5%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base management, crew development, and tactical combat with a distinct Star Trek-inspired aesthetic.

Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 26.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.9%, Space 12.5%, Drama 10.8%, Futuristic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The best choice for players seeking a narrative-driven, choice-heavy experience that feels like a classic Star Trek episode.

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Strategy 30.4%, Space 25.1%, Roguelike 18.8%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Exploration 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the struggle of navigating a damaged ship through unknown space while balancing limited resources and crew morale.

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: Space Sim 41.5% ★, Management 20.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Space 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deep RPG that allows you to captain your own ship, manage your crew, and make choices that impact the galaxy.

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 39.6% ★, Space 19.4%, Aliens 12.5%, Lore-Rich 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends exploration and ship customization with a strong focus on discovery and scientific investigation.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Tactical 19.3%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Exploration 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features intense ship management and tactical combat with a unique, gritty aesthetic that emphasizes the difficulty of survival.

The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

Why similar: Space Sim 31.2% ★, Interactive Fiction 15%, Aliens 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven god game that lets you make critical choices for the survival and development of space-faring civilizations.

Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Space 32.2%, Roguelike 18.1%, Survival 12.5%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the responsibility of managing a fleet and protecting civilians during a desperate, long-distance journey.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Roguelike 32.4%, Space 21.5%, Exploration 17.3%, Survival 16%, Choices Matter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-rich survival game where managing your ship's resources and crew sanity is as important as exploration.

Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.

Why similar: Space Sim 36.4% ★, Management 20.1%, Space 16.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Exploration 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that allows you to manage the fate of entire factions within the Star Trek universe.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Roguelike 22.5%, Space 21.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Survival 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tense, atmospheric survival game where you manage drones to salvage resources from derelict ships.

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Roguelike 18.3%, Space 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused survival game where resource management is the key to surviving the unknown.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Management 32.5%, Survival 24.6%, Strategy 22.6%, Sci-fi 20.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-tension reality of maintaining a vessel and keeping a crew alive in a hostile, alien environment.

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

Why similar: Strategy 26.7%, Management 23.6%, Survival 19.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%, 3D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: While planet-based, it offers the same intense survival and management gameplay required to keep a group alive.

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Strategy 30.7%, Space Sim 27% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical and mechanical management of a starship, perfect for players who enjoy the 'engineering' side of space sims.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Space 31.2%, Roguelike 23.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Survival 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic space simulation that focuses on ship management and fleet combat against overwhelming odds.

CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Management 14.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Space 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines branching narrative choices with survival and management mechanics in a space setting.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.8%, Space 20.2%, Futuristic 19.5%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Exploration 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply narrative-driven game that uses survival and resource management mechanics to tell a personal, high-stakes story.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelike 40.5%, Strategy 34.4%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Exploration 7.9%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that emphasizes narrative choices and resource management while traveling through a dangerous wasteland.

Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.

Why similar: Space Sim 30.9% ★, Management 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Space 12%, Strategy 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of exploration, diplomacy, and crew management with a charming retro aesthetic.

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 41.3% ★, Space 21.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Roguelike 5.2%

Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.

Why similar: Strategy 38.9%, Space 34%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Tactical 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a tactical approach to fleet management and ship-to-ship combat in a sci-fi universe.

Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

Why similar: Strategy 16.8%, Management 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Futuristic 11.9%, Survival 10.5%

Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!

Why similar: Space Sim 36.7% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Roguelike 14.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Space 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical space game that focuses on ship positioning and combat strategy.

Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Management 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Space 10.1%

Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.

Why similar: Strategy 40.2%, Space 31.1%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Space Sim 13.1% ★, Exploration 2%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that emphasizes the management of a fleet and the survival of your crew during a long-range mission.

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 Sim 40.5% ★, Space 33%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Indie 1.6%

Lightracer Spark is a Sci-Fi Narrative game. You are an amender from a high civilization, descending to various extraterrestrial worlds. Guide living beings to prosperity, or nip a spark in the bud. Accumulate strength through choices and strategies to grasp the rise and fall of all civilizations.

Why similar: Space Sim 26.7% ★, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Space 10.8%, Lore-Rich 10.2%, Aliens 9.5%

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Space Sim 42.2% ★, Space 19.4%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Aliens 10.6%, Exploration 6.5%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Space 22.4%, Strategy 22.3%, Roguelike 16%, Survival 10.8%, Tactical 10.8%

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Why similar: Management 34.8%, Strategy 22.2%, Survival 14%, Exploration 11.4%, Choices Matter 10.3%

Explore the Final Frontier in the ultimate sci-fi strategy RPG, Star Trek Timelines! Join Starfleet and overcome challenges as you boldly go where no game has gone before – across the entire history of Star Trek.

Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Space 35.8%, Sci-fi 22.8%

Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes.

Why similar: Space Sim 41% ★, Strategy 24.9%, Management 17%, Space 14.8%, Indie 2.2%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelike 52.5%, Strategy 44.2%, Indie 3.3%

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Space Sim 33.6% ★, Space 16.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%

Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...

Why similar: Space Sim 34.1% ★, Strategy 30%, Space 11.3%, Aliens 9.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!

Why similar: Space Sim 37.4% ★, Management 13.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Futuristic 9.7%, Space 7.9%

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 39.5% ★, Management 20.3%, Space 14.6%, Strategy 14.4%, Choices Matter 6.4%

Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?

Why similar: Strategy 67.7%, Space 28.7%, Indie 3.6%

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Space 24.3%, Roguelike 22.8%, Strategy 21.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Choices Matter 11%

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

Why similar: Space Sim 27.6% ★, Management 16.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Space 11.1%, Futuristic 11%

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Roguelike 18.7%, Space 18.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%

"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"

Why similar: Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 24.2%, Space 18%, Aliens 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.4%

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: Management 43.9%, Strategy 35.8%, Tactical 20.3%

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

Why similar: Space 21.8%, Strategy 20%, Roguelike 16%, Management 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.6%

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 33.3% ★, Management 19.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Space 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.8% ★, Strategy 17.7%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Tactical 9%

In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%

Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!

Why similar: Space Sim 45.8% ★, Strategy 20.1%, Space 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Exploration 6.5%

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Why similar: Management 22%, Strategy 20.5%, Lore-Rich 19.5%, Futuristic 16.6%, Drama 15.3%

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

Why similar: Strategy 47.5%, Space 33.1%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Indie 2.7%

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.6%, Strategy 18%, Lore-Rich 15.7%, Space 10.7%, Management 10.2%