- #1 Infinity: Battlescape
97% matchVery Positive80% of 754 reviews2019
Dev: I-Novae Studios, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 36%, Space Sim 29.1%, Space 19.9%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Action 5.1%
- #2 Trepidation
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SmokeyDev
Windows
An open world looter shooter. Shoot, loot, and defend yourself against others in a post catastrophic mountain environment!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 32.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 28.9%, Shooter 7.2%, PvP 6.5%, Realistic 6.4%
- #3 Galaxy Empires Online
96% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Ice Dragons
Windows
A massive multiplayer game where thousands of players battle for control over a planet, belonging to rival empires! Communicate via voice chat, gather resources, upgrade technologies, build colonies, join clans or groups, and wage wars for dominance.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.7%, Looter Shooter 22.5% ★, Massively Multiplayer 21.5%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Shooter 5.9%
- #4 CYBERPHOBIA
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
CYBERPHOBIA - In the near future, A.I. droids are attacking the city. Grab Your weapons and Go get 'em! (Multiplayer or Single Player)
Why similar: Looter Shooter 44.5% ★, Cyberpunk 20.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Action 8.3%, PvP 5.9%
- #5 Galactic Vanguard
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Galactic Studio
Windows
In Galactic Vanguard, embark on an epic adventure across a galaxy filled with mystery and conflict. As a brave space explorer, your choices will shape the fate of planets and civilizations. Discover uncharted worlds, engage in strategic battles, and forge your path in this handcrafted universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Massively Multiplayer 28%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Realistic 6.7%
- #6 Null Anchor
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TotesAwks
Windows
Null anchor is a space-sim-lite where you fly, fight, scavenge, steal, trade, refuel, upgrade, repair, evade cops, hunt bounties and run, because you can't hide.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.1% ★, Space Sim 24.5%, Cyberpunk 9.9%, RPG 6.3%, PvE 6.2%
- #7 The Netcode Conflict
91% matchMixed46% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Patrick Siebarth
Windows
The Netcode Conflict is a community-event-driven online multiplayer game. Our goal is to develop and improve the game together with the community. We host regular events where players can win in-game rewards. TNC is still actively in development, and your ideas and feedback help shape its future!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 15.7%, Cyberpunk 14.2%, Shooter 7.1%, PvE 6.3%
- #8 RFA Station
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: AK Studio
Windows
A space shooter in which you must defeat alien robots.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 30% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Cyberpunk 13.8%, Space 8%, Shooter 6.6%
- #9 NecroMerc
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gilded Octopus
Windows
Play as X a mercenary whose job is being replaced by robots and is reskilling into necromancy.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 28% ★, Space Sim 23%, Cyberpunk 16.4%, Space 6.9%, Shooter 6.4%
- #10 Elite Dangerous
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 105,919 reviews2015
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 147.5 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 42.9%, Massively Multiplayer 22.7%, Space 19.2%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Open World 4.4%
- #11 Distance Travellers
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RF Games Studio
Windows
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 32.7%, Space 16.9%, Looter Shooter 15.2% ★, Cyberpunk 15.2%, PvE 7.9%
- #12 Extirpate
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mälinä
Windows
Extirpate is an open-world survival where one will face a fight against hungry zombies and relentless survivors. Armed with a range of weapons, from silent handguns to explosives, your skills will be tested as you scavenge for resources. Will you survive or become another victim?
Why similar: Looter Shooter 53% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.5%, Shooter 10.1%, PvP 8.9%, Action 6.2%
- #13 Beyond Orbit
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Beyond Orbit Games
Windows
A persistent-world space MMO where you mine, craft, trade, and fight alongside your guild. Build your ship, run dangerous routes, and pick a side in a three-way conflict centuries in the making.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 39.5%, Space Sim 21.7%, Space 15.4%, Sci-fi 5.9%, PvE 4.5%
- #14 Supernova Deliveries
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Desdedalt
Windows
Transport cargo, optimize your inventory, and upgrade your convoy. Command your space-truck through a 2D pixel-art space filled with asteroids and hostile pirates and master the art of deep space logistics.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.6%, Looter Shooter 28.3% ★, Cyberpunk 13.3%, Space 9.1%, Shooter 8.2%
- #15 欢乐金蟾捕鱼
86% matchMixed46% of 24 reviews2022
Dev: 欢乐金蟾捕鱼
Windows
经典街机捕鱼风向标,开启捕鱼新纪元,海量金币每天领,豪华礼包送不停!游戏匠心巨作,扩展超多玩法!画面升级、爆率升级、福利升级、通通升级!超高炮倍、超多BOSS、超高倍率、超级好爆、一炮暴富、祝您成壕!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 39.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 32.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Combat 5.6%, Casual 5.1%
- #16 DarkOrbit Reloaded
84% matchMostly Negative29% of 403 reviews2025
Dev: Bigpoint GmbH
Windows
Dark Orbit is a free-2-play space MMO where three companies battle for galactic domination. Customize ships, trade resources, fight aliens and uncover a grand conspiracy on your epic cosmic journey. Thrilling PvP and PvE missions await! Will you lead your faction beyond the final frontier?
Why similar: Space Sim 29.3%, Looter Shooter 26.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 13.2%, RPG 9.2%, Space 7.7%
- #17 Allspace
85% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: ShilohGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
100 pilots battle with lasers, plasma, and missiles in Allspace.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 49.4%, Space Sim 18.5%, Space 14.1%, Action 7.1%, Shooter 6.4%
- #18 街机休闲捕鱼-Classic Arcade Fishing
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 28 reviews2024
Dev: Classic Arcade Fishing
Windows
A masterpiece of classic arcade fishing shooting game with many expanded ways to play! Picture upgrade, explosion rate upgrade, welfare upgrade, everything upgrade! Super high gun magnification, super many bosses, super high magnification, super explosive, and make you rich in one shot!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 41.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 27.6%, Shooter 11.2%, Casual 7.3%, 3D 4.2%
- #19 Pixelorbit
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PixelPrintStudio
Windows
Pixelorbit is a Space ARPG about loot, progression and building your own combat ship. Fight through hostile sectors, explore an MMO-inspired galaxy, collect 500+ items and combine Extras, Mods and Passives into powerful endgame builds.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 44% ★, Space Sim 20.3%, Cyberpunk 10.1%, RPG 7.4%, Space 5.7%
- #20 The Infinite Black 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: SpellbookPub: www.Spellbook.com
Windows
Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.8%, Massively Multiplayer 20.7%, Space 14.1%, PvP 6.7%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #21 SPL: Skilled Pilots Live
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: Me Vs Game
Windows
SPL is a genre mix of fast paced looter shooter, souls-like and 3D space sim, with realistic physics dogfights.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 38.2% ★, Space Sim 30.3%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Combat 4.1%
- #22 Cosmic Miners
80% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Space 14%, Cyberpunk 12.7%, Shooter 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #23 Verse Project
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Synthes Games
Windows
In this multiplayer game you have to explore the Solar System in real scale. Control spaceships of the near future, explore planets, moons and asteroids, mine resources, fight for space domination and build the future of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 28%, Massively Multiplayer 24.5%, Space 13.9%, Realistic 7.1%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #24 Wrath and Retribution
79% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Vulture Games
Windows · Mac
Become an unstoppable force in this intense high-speed space combat roguelike. Master the Specter Drive’s displacement dash, build a devastating arsenal with your companion Merlin, and grow more lethal with every mission as you spearhead the counter attack across a solar system under siege.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.6% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Space 12%, Shooter 8.8%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #25 Darkstar One
79% matchVery Positive83% of 614 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 42.6%, Space 29.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 8.4%, RPG 5.6%
- #26 Star Wrath
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Star Wrath is a multiplayer space extraction-action where you design your own ship and fight other players for resources in intense PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.1%, Massively Multiplayer 17.7%, Space 14.3%, Shooter 7.8%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #27 Destiny 2
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 648,710 reviews2019
Dev: Bungie
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 325.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Destiny 2 is an action MMO with a single evolving world that you and your friends can join anytime, anywhere, absolutely free.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.4% ★, Massively Multiplayer 20.5%, Space 10.3%, Shooter 6.9%, PvE 6%
- #28 Starship Empire
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bantam City Games
Windows · Linux
Starship Empire is an intense PvP-filled space MMO where you not only lead your ship into epic battles, but manage the entire crew inside!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.3%, Space 17.8%, RPG 7.9%, PvP 7.8%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #29 Xurb
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FAFF Games
Windows
Society has collapsed, use any means to survive in XURB. Loot and shoot your way out of intense PvPvE raids. Use what you find to build up a camp, and recruit survivors you find along the way to help you. Play solo, or with friends, and explore the dangerously desolate exurbs.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 52.2% ★, Shooter 13.4%, Realistic 11.5%, Action 9.9%, PvE 6.8%
- #30 MAINCORE
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Milan Prekop
Windows
An open-world survival game featuring building, raiding, PvP, and PvE elements, playable in first- or third-person view. Scavenge resources to construct and fortify bases. Raid player structures for loot. Engage in PvP battles with survivors. Survive PvE threats from wildlife and AI.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 33.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 29.5%, Cyberpunk 15%, Shooter 9.9%, Action 7.6%
- #31 Second Galaxy
76% matchMixed52% of 1,202 reviews2019
Dev: Zilong Game Limited
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Second Galaxy is an open world sci-fi game that combines RPG and SLG elements. You can navigate hundreds of different space ships, team up with players to form alliances, and engage in intergalactic battles with other players around the world.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.1%, Space 24.9%, RPG 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Open World 4.7%
- #32 AQ2: Expanse
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seven Point Red Ltd
Windows
AQ2: Expanse is a massively multiplayer space strategy game. A single persistent universe with open PvP and PvE. Fight for control over the Aquila system's sectors in huge corporation wars, play with everyone, play in a group or play solo with plenty to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4%, Massively Multiplayer 30%, Space 12.3%, PvE 6.3%, PvP 6%
- #33 Warrecs 2
74% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Kronecker Delta
Windows
You are a small planet in the universe. With time, you're losing mass, therefore you have to eat smaller planets to survive. The rule is the bigger planets eat the smaller.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 50.4%, Space 22.7%, Action 10.5%, PvP 9.8%, 3D 6.6%
- #34 Subdivision Infinity DX
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
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 43.7%, Space 23.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Action 9.3%, Shooter 8.2%
- #35 Big Flying Asteroid
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Fury Games Pty Ltd
Windows
A fun little space shooter inspired by the 1979 classic Asteroids.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Looter Shooter 30.7% ★, Shooter 9%, Space 5.8%, Realistic 5.4%
- #36 Stream Dogfighter
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
Stream Dogfighter is a dog-fighting space ship game for Twitch.tv streamers. Streamers can enjoy hosting their own space battles with your viewers joining in. Is your stream geared towards space or scifi genre, now engage more with your viewers by giving them a space battle on your stream.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2%, Massively Multiplayer 20%, Space 19.6%, PvP 8.5%, Casual 7.7%
- #37 EV2
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funtico
Windows
EV2 is a Open World, looter-shooter set in the frontier where cutting-edge technology meets the remnants of an ancient civilization. Defend humanity against a relentless global infestation of the Hive.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 32.3% ★, Massively Multiplayer 24%, Shooter 6.8%, Realistic 6.2%, PvP 5.3%
- #38 Star Hunter - Infinite Lagrange
72% matchMixed57% of 1,028 reviews2021
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 91.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
In a remote corner of the Milky Way, you, a star hunter, will control a fleet, take on a wide variety of bounty contracts and missions, and venture into the vastness of space. You will hunt for mysterious items for your employers and explore specific targets in uncharted territory.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 46.9%, Space Sim 28.2%, Space 21.4%, 3D 3.5%
- #39 SpaceCraft
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
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 28.5%, Massively Multiplayer 23.2%, Space 15.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%, PvP 5.9%
- #40 Multiplayer Survivors
71% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
MULTIPLAYER SURVIVORS - a highly advanced multiplayer and single player RPG survival looter shooter game, packed with lots of great maps to explore.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 52.2% ★, RPG 16.6%, Shooter 13.4%, PvP 6.8%, Co-op 5.8%
- #41 Instarion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Animus Digital
Windows
Massive ground and space battles with hundreds of units. Seamless landings on huge spherical planets. Interplanetary flights with explorable ship interiors. Boarding vessels anywhere in combat, space or surface. All in a single-server PvE co-op space-sim shooter.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.2%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Co-op 7.6%, Shooter 7.3%
- #42 P.R.O.T.O.C.O.O.L.
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Irondoor Games
Windows
P.R.O.T.O.C.O.O.L. It is a multiplayer TPS game with fantastic and colorful graphics, developed by a small team. Fight across multiple game modes and ever-growing maps. Take to the Field, Fight and Survive!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 42.2% ★, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Shooter 10.3%, Action 5.3%, PvE 5.2%
- #43 Aircraft Infinity
70% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: yEvolution Studio
Windows
We present you a fun simulation game in which you pilot an aircraft and have the mission to destroy parts of a large asteroid that has broken into millions of pieces and is heading towards Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.3%, Space 13.6%, Shooter 11.3%, Action 10.3%, Casual 8.9%
- #44 Ship of Theseus
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Lucian
Windows
"Ship of Theseus" is an intense Sci-Fi shooter with a deep, immersive storyline. Experience an atmospheric single-player campaign and a fully featured co-op multiplayer mode where teamwork and individual skills are equally crucial. Explore dynamic levels and unravel reconfiguring gameplay.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 45.2% ★, Space 13.4%, Shooter 12.5%, Action 9.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #45 Warframe
68% matchVery Positive88% of 663,362 reviews2013
Dev: Digital Extremes
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 277.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Why similar: Looter Shooter 43.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 17.5%, Space 9.1%, RPG 7.6%, Shooter 5.2%
- #46 Astroflux
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 345 reviews2016
Dev: Fula Fisken
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play Astroflux - a retro styled, action packed MMO space shooter.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 59.8%, Space 19.4%, RPG 12.7%, Action 8.1%
- #47 Starblast
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,093 reviews2017
Dev: Neuronality
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 52.9%, Space 27.4%, Action 7.4%, Shooter 6.3%, Casual 6.1%
- #48 Aster Force
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Gold Turtle Games
Windows
Aster Force is a 3D sci-fi spaceship shooter game set in the far reaches of space. Players may choose from multiple ships to pilot, as they patrol and protect Sector 7184 from the sinister space pirates known as Specter. Join the crew of SS Gallaway to bring peace and order to the stars.
Why similar: Space Sim 48%, Space 14.6%, Action 10%, Casual 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #49 Parsector
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Manacaster Games
Windows · Linux
In Parsector, you play the role of a starship captain at the outer rim of the galaxy. Begin the game in your own fighter ship, accept missions, mine space metal, and build your way up to a capital flagship while you dodge Imperial blockade drones & avoid the Starshadow Guild's harvester crews.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.9%, Looter Shooter 27.6% ★, Cyberpunk 18.3%, Shooter 5.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #50 Drop Point
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Indie Studio
Windows
How long can you last in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies? Will you team up or go solo?
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 31.9%, Looter Shooter 27.1% ★, Shooter 9.8%, PvP 7.7%, PvE 5.9%
- #51 PIONER
65% matchMixed63% of 3,493 reviews2025
Dev: GFAGAMES
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.
Why similar: Looter Shooter 34.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 24.5%, Shooter 7.8%, PvP 6.1%, Realistic 5.9%
- #52 PollyDestroyer 3D
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CrunchyCode Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The sequel to PollyDestroyer, PollyDestroyer 3D! A 3D Shoot Em Up Space themed game! Fight enemies and level up to survive and progress the levels!
Why similar: Looter Shooter 36.4% ★, Space Sim 33.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Space 7%, Action 5.4%
- #53 Stars End
66% matchMixed61% of 1,419 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 29.6%, Space Sim 22.1%, Space 13.1%, Co-op 7.3%, PvP 6%