- #1 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
97% matchVery Positive89% of 22,322 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 20.1%, Space Sim 19.2%, Physics 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the blue-collar, industrial side of space work, focusing on the meticulous maintenance and disassembly of spacecraft.
- #2 Euro Truck Simulator 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 938,734 reviews2012
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.4 hrsMean: 145.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Why similar: Transportation 23% ★, Automobile Sim 16.4%, Driving 14.3%, Moddable 14.1% ★, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It serves as the definitive gold standard for the relaxing, long-haul trucking loop that defines the core of Star Trucker.
- #3 American Truck Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 195,403 reviews2016
Dev: SCS Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 95.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Experience legendary American trucks and deliver various cargoes across sunny California, sandy Nevada, and the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. American Truck Simulator takes you on a journey through the breathtaking landscapes and widely recognized landmarks around the States.
Why similar: Transportation 22.6% ★, Automobile Sim 17.1%, Driving 13.9%, Moddable 13.8% ★, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides the terrestrial equivalent to Star Trucker's gameplay, focusing on realistic driving physics and cargo delivery.
- #4 Elite Dangerous
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 107,282 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 148.6 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 38.7%, Space 19.2%, Open World 13.4%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers the most expansive space-sim experience for players who enjoy long-distance hauling, trading, and ship management.
- #5 SnowRunner
94% matchVery Positive90% of 55,659 reviews2021
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.5%, Driving 19.7%, Open World 9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Physics 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: The focus on challenging terrain, vehicle physics, and cargo logistics provides a similar sense of accomplishment when completing difficult hauls.
- #6 X4: Foundations
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 30,013 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 95.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9%, Moddable 18.2% ★, Space 13.5%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep space economy and ship management systems for players who want to scale their trucking operation into a fleet.
- #7 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,449 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 23.5%, Space 15.5%, Physics 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Open World 9%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-heavy space mining game mirrors the technical, hands-on approach to operating a spacecraft in a dangerous environment.
- #8 Flight Of Nova
92% matchVery Positive93% of 561 reviews2022
Dev: Aerovery Lab
Windows · Linux
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.6%, Transportation 11.7% ★, Futuristic 10.3%, Physics 7.4%, Open World 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on realistic atmospheric and space flight, appealing to those who enjoy the technical piloting aspects of Star Trucker.
- #9 Pacific Drive
91% matchVery Positive83% of 26,666 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Transportation 27.2% ★, Driving 26.5%, Survival 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Sandbox 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the atmospheric, survival-focused vehicle maintenance loop in a mysterious, hostile environment.
- #10 Expeditions: A MudRunner Game
91% matchMixed57% of 4,775 reviews2024
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Embark on scientific expeditions with this new off-road adventure game. Lead research missions as you drive a variety of all-terrain vehicles, using high-tech tools and managing your camp and crew to ensure your success in the wild.
Why similar: Transportation 23.1% ★, Moddable 20.7% ★, Automobile Sim 16.5%, Driving 14.8%, Open World 7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes technical driving and logistics planning, requiring careful navigation and vehicle management.
- #11 Derail Valley
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,700 reviews2019
Dev: Altfuture
Windows
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Drive massive trains and build your career in a vast open railway network. For both PC and VR.
Why similar: Transportation 31% ★, Driving 17.7%, Open World 8.9%, Physics 8.1%, Immersive Sim 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The complex train simulation offers a similar 'operating a heavy machine' feel with high levels of immersion and manual control.
- #12 Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
90% matchMixed63% of 1,188 reviews2020
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.3%, Open World 14.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Futuristic 11.3%, Space 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a gritty, retro-futuristic aesthetic and space trucking mechanics that feel very similar to the vibe of Star Trucker.
- #13 Motor Town: Behind The Wheel
89% matchVery Positive94% of 9,605 reviews2021
Dev: P3 Games
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 46.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enjoy realistic driving in the open world. Relaxing cargo deliveries or driving buses and taxis will give you enough money to buy new cars and parts. You can test your driving skills at the race track. It's all about pure driving pleasure!
Why similar: Transportation 27.4% ★, Automobile Sim 19.7%, Driving 18.3%, Open World 9.4%, Immersive Sim 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing driving simulation that emphasizes job-based transport in an open-world setting.
- #14 Space Engineers
88% matchVery Positive89% of 134,313 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 22.2%, Moddable 18.5% ★, Space 11.6%, Open World 9.2%, Physics 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The emphasis on complex ship maintenance, engineering, and physics-based interaction aligns well with the repair mechanics of Star Trucker.
- #15 Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,394 reviews2021
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Work your way to a service empire. Get your hands dirty in a highly realistic simulation game that pays major attention to details. Pay a visit to a new Auction house and buy cars in various conditions. Expand your range of services by investing in a new work space and equipment.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 33.1%, Moddable 17.3% ★, Driving 15.7%, Sandbox 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses entirely on the vehicle repair and maintenance loop, which is a significant component of the Star Trucker experience.
- #16 Truck & Logistics Simulator
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 2,465 reviews2023
Dev: Simula GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 33.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 21.2%, Driving 16.2%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Open World 8.9%, Physics 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the logistics and cargo handling side of trucking, providing a grounded simulation experience.
- #17 Void Crew
85% matchVery Positive86% of 8,426 reviews2024
Dev: Hutlihut GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!
Why similar: Space Sim 41.4%, Space 15.2%, Futuristic 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Exploration 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This co-op experience highlights the chaotic but rewarding nature of maintaining and piloting a ship while under pressure.
- #18 Frontier Pilot Simulator
86% matchMixed70% of 956 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
Why similar: Transportation 30% ★, Space Sim 21.8%, Space 12.8%, Open World 7.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the flight and economy aspects of space transport, requiring players to manage their cargo and routes carefully.
- #19 Mars First Logistics
83% matchVery Positive95% of 3,744 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Transportation 34.4% ★, Space Sim 24.8%, Physics 10.7%, Open World 10.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based cargo delivery game on an alien planet mirrors the core mission loop of Star Trucker.
- #20 Stationeers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 9,229 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 85.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Moddable 29.2% ★, Space 18.6%, Physics 15.4%, Sandbox 12.8%, Survival 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: The deep mechanical and electrical maintenance simulation appeals to players who enjoy the hands-on repair tasks in Star Trucker.
- #21 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
82% matchVery Positive92% of 1,938 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Transportation 25.3% ★, Driving 18.2%, Open World 8.8%, Physics 7.3%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It blends survival mechanics with the operation of a heavy vehicle, requiring constant maintenance and attention to detail.
- #22 Heavy Cargo - The Truck Simulator
84% matchMixed55% of 251 reviews2024
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Transport oversized cargo in a variety of missions across a 175km² open world. Drive customisable, highly detailed trucks through dynamic weather and day and night. The official cooperation with Gruber Logistics allows you to get behind the wheel of real-life heavy cargo transports.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 22%, Driving 17.7%, Transportation 14.6% ★, Open World 8.9%, Immersive Sim 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the technical aspects of heavy load transport, requiring precision and planning for every delivery.
- #23 No Man's Sky
82% matchVery Positive85% of 414,381 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Space 20.3%, Open World 17.2%, Space Sim 16.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a vast space sandbox that allows for extensive exploration and cargo hauling across diverse planetary systems.
- #24 Junkyard Truck
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,286 reviews2022
Dev: Keystone Knight
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Junkyard Truck is an open-world off road driving and mechanic simulator. Build, upgrade, and maintain your old off road truck. Make money using your skills in driving, scavenging, gambling, or moonshine brewing. Try to build a truck capable of taking on the difficult challenges around the map.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 36.8%, Driving 27.1%, Open World 15.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines vehicle maintenance and driving in an open world, capturing the 'fixer-upper' feel of a long-haul vehicle.
- #25 RoadCraft
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 16,200 reviews2025
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 34.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Why similar: Transportation 24% ★, Automobile Sim 21.3%, Driving 21.3%, Physics 10.3%, Immersive Sim 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based construction and heavy vehicle simulation offers a similar challenge in operating large machinery.
- #26 Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator
81% matchMixed62% of 5,662 reviews2024
Dev: SimteractPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Climb into the driver's seat of your car and your business, transport passengers across Barcelona and grow your company! Can you help relieve the transportation challenges of a city that never sleeps?
Why similar: Transportation 19.3% ★, Automobile Sim 17.9%, Driving 17.8%, Open World 7.9%, Immersive Sim 6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a driving simulation with a focus on job-based transport and vehicle upkeep in a dense environment.
- #27 Avorion
80% matchVery Positive90% of 14,549 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 99.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.3%, Space 17.1%, Open World 13.3%, Sandbox 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game allows for building and trading with custom space vessels, focusing on the logistics of space-based commerce.
- #28 Starminer
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,858 reviews2026
Dev: CoolAndGoodGames
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Space 16.1%, Open World 11.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Physics 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on space-based resource extraction and logistics, appealing to the industrial side of space simulation.
- #29 Ostranauts
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,152 reviews2026
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Space 15.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 9.9%, Open World 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space ship maintenance and survival game that rewards players for understanding their vessel's complex systems.
- #30 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
78% matchVery Positive94% of 12,820 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Survival 10.1%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It combines ship design with logistics management, perfect for those interested in the technical side of space transport.
- #31 The Slaverian Trucker
77% matchVery Positive85% of 819 reviews2026
Dev: SawyerK Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.
Why similar: Transportation 26.5% ★, Automobile Sim 22.1%, Driving 16.9%, Open World 8.4%, Immersive Sim 6.2%
- #32 Alaskan Road Truckers
77% matchMixed62% of 3,262 reviews2023
Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.1%, Driving 19.5%, Open World 10%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Survival 7.6%
- #33 Car Dealer Simulator
73% matchVery Positive89% of 10,250 reviews2025
Dev: Garage Monkeys
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Uncover a goldmine in the used car market! Sniff out deals, buy low, modify, and sell high. Your journey from amateur grease monkey to car dealer magnate awaits. How fast will you rise in this lucrative venture?
Why similar: Automobile Sim 31.5%, Driving 26.6%, Open World 12%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #34 Junkyard Simulator
76% matchMixed65% of 2,237 reviews2021
Dev: Rebelia GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Why similar: Transportation 21.7% ★, Automobile Sim 21.2%, Driving 14.5%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #35 Docked
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,232 reviews2026
Dev: Saber Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Operate massive cranes, terminal tractors and reach stackers in a realistic dock simulator. Play the story-driven Campaign to rebuild Port Wake or jump into Free Play Mode and take on cargo contracts with no mission constraints.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 24.4%, Driving 18.4%, Physics 13.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
- #36 Space Engineers 2
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,449 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Moddable 17.9% ★, Space Sim 16.3%, Space 12%, Physics 8.7%, Open World 8.7%
- #37 Railroader
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,545 reviews2023
Dev: Giraffe Lab LLC
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 78.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You and your fellow railroaders are the lifeblood of your railroad, just like it is the lifeblood of the communities it serves. Switch cars at industries. Keep people moving while running local passenger trains. Run trains with a purpose in transition era Appalachia – in Railroader!
Why similar: Transportation 30% ★, Automobile Sim 21.2%, Open World 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.9%, Physics 6.2%
- #38 Truck Driver
75% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2021
Dev: SOEDESCO
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your career as a Truck Driver! Haul a wide range of cargo and make a name for yourself amongst the local community. Start from the bottom, take on jobs, buy new trucks & parts and become a respected Truck Driver!
Why similar: Transportation 30.7% ★, Automobile Sim 22.3%, Driving 18.7%, Open World 8.5%, Relaxing 6.2%
- #39 On The Road - The Truck Simulator
75% matchMixed48% of 1,158 reviews2019
Dev: tox² interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
From 18 tonners to the Gigaliner, ON THE ROAD – The Truck Simulator offers everything a trucker’s heart desires.
Why similar: Transportation 21.2% ★, Automobile Sim 17.5%, Driving 14.1%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Open World 7.2%
- #40 My Truck Game
73% matchVery Positive82% of 253 reviews2022
Dev: Chris
Windows
Physics based, off road truck and bus simulation.
Why similar: Transportation 29.9% ★, Driving 21.1%, Automobile Sim 20.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Physics 9.3%
- #41 Jalopy
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 11,327 reviews2018
Dev: MinskworksPub: Excalibur Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.4%, Driving 25%, Open World 9.4%, Survival 7.3%, Simulation 5.5%
- #42 MudRunner
70% matchVery Positive92% of 43,969 reviews2017
Dev: Saber InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 30%, Driving 24%, Moddable 9.1% ★, Open World 8.3%, Physics 8.1%
- #43 SpaceCraft
69% matchMixed65% of 2,687 reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 13.4 hrsMean: 47.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Space Sim 28%, Space 16.9%, Open World 13%, Sandbox 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #44 Space Trash Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive84% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 20.5%, Space 18.2%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 11%
- #45 IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,453 reviews2026
Dev: Nick Nieuwoudt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
IRON NEST is a brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery game where you dominate the battlefield through a colossal war machine. Take map measurements based on the received coordinates, strain the hydraulics, and gunlay the cannons to unleash devastating blows ⟹ Will you obey High Command, Operator?
Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.5%, Physics 19.4%, Realistic 17.2%, Simulation 17%, First-Person 11.9%
- #46 Bus World
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,076 reviews2023
Dev: KishMish Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Bus World is a game about passenger transportations in various conditions, starting from standard days of a bus driver and ending with rescuing people who suffered from disasters.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.3%, Driving 18.5%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Open World 8.9%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #47 Interstellar Rift
71% matchMixed68% of 1,666 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 26.8%, Space 11.2%, Open World 10.7%, Futuristic 9.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #48 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,295 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Space 17.4%, Physics 12.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #49 Interstellar Transport Company
71% matchMixed67% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space 30.8%, Space Sim 19.1%, Transportation 17.5% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #50 Used Cars Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DreamWay GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Used Cars Simulator - trade used or stolen cars, fix and customize them, drive around, and explore the open world! Grow your business, complete quests, and have fun with a physics-based sandbox!
Why similar: Automobile Sim 26.4%, Driving 22%, Open World 10.5%, Physics 9.1%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #51 My Garage
66% matchVery Positive90% of 4,210 reviews2026
Dev: Viking Game Studio
Windows
Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 69.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
MY GARAGE is a car simulation game with main focus being simulating real car repair, maintenance and physics.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 28.1%, Driving 15.3%, Open World 10.3%, Physics 8%, Sandbox 8%
- #52 Moving Simulator
69% matchMixed44% of 133 reviews2026
Dev: Corpix GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Dive into the ultimate moving experience in Moving Simulator! Manage chaotic house moves, carefully pack belongings, load trucks, and navigate through hilarious disasters. Precision, speed, and creativity will make you a moving master!
Why similar: Transportation 28.8% ★, Driving 20.2%, Physics 10.8%, Sandbox 8%, Open World 7.7%
- #53 Sailwind
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,349 reviews2021
Dev: Raw Lion Workshop
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Sailing simulator featuring realistic sailing physics and a vast open world to explore. Embark on cargo delivery missions, customize your boat, try fishing and cooking. A relaxing day sail, or an epic ocean voyage? Your sailing adventure starts here!
Why similar: Transportation 35.9% ★, Open World 12.2%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Survival 9.1%, Relaxing 8.1%
- #54 Kerbal Space Program 2
70% matchMostly Negative26% of 31,953 reviews2023
Dev: Intercept GamesPub: Private Division
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.2%, Space 13.7%, Moddable 13.5% ★, Physics 10.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #55 Garbage Packer
67% matchVery Positive84% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Trash Games Studios
Windows
Garbage Packer is a physics-based garbage truck simulator where you experience what it is like to drive a garbage truck!
Why similar: Transportation 28.1% ★, Automobile Sim 19%, Driving 17.6%, Immersive Sim 8.6%, Physics 8.3%
- #56 Food Truck Simulator
68% matchMixed69% of 1,334 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGO entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Renovate, equip and restore the shine of the food truck that belonged to your father. Create recipes, cook the food and serve customers across an entire city. Customize and upgrade your food truck to reach more customers and expand your menu.
Why similar: Automobile Sim 30.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Simulation 14%, First-Person 11.6%, Physics 10.5%
- #57 EVERSPACE™ 2
65% matchVery Positive86% of 12,991 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
Why similar: Space 33.2%, Open World 24%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Exploration 12.9%, Simulation 9%
