- #1 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
97% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 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 31.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 21.3%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Indie 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a highly detailed ship-building system combined with tactical combat that mirrors the design-and-test loop of the seed game.
- #2 Space Engineers
96% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 95.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39%, Simulation 32.8%, Strategy 28.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for complex ship engineering and construction, allowing for intricate system management in a space environment.
- #3 Starship Theory
96% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Space 23.9%, Management 22.5%, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 18.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused base-building game that requires players to manage ship systems and crew while navigating deep space.
- #4 Avorion
95% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 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 33%, Management 31.1%, Simulation 24.7%, Sci-fi 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines modular ship building with a deep economic management layer, perfect for players looking to build a galactic corporation.
- #5 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 84,235 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 37.7%, Simulation 29%, Strategy 20.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the high-stakes management of ship systems and emergency response, capturing the tension of testing spacecraft in hostile environments.
- #6 Interstellar Transport Company
94% matchMixed67% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 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 31.3%, Management 26.5%, Simulation 23.1%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 5%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the corporate management and logistics side of space travel, tasking players with building a profitable shipping empire.
- #7 From the Depths
92% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Space 36.3%, Simulation 32.5%, Strategy 31.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep engineering sandbox where players design vehicles from the ground up to excel in complex combat scenarios.
- #8 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
93% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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: Management 28.6%, Space 22.9%, Simulation 20.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Sci-fi 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the modular construction and management of space stations, emphasizing resource efficiency and system stability.
- #9 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
91% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: Simulation 51.8%, Strategy 48.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features a sophisticated ship design system where component placement directly impacts tactical performance in fleet battles.
- #10 Dyson Sphere Program
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Space 32.9%, Management 26.7%, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on automation, it captures the grand scale of building industrial infrastructure across a star system.
- #11 Interstellar Rift
91% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 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 46.9%, Simulation 36.7%, Sci-fi 16.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a robust ship-building editor and interior management system that allows for complex, functional spacecraft design.
- #12 Reassembly
89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 52.4%, Strategy 28.4%, Indie 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Simulation 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural ship-building game that emphasizes modular design and tactical fleet combat in a vibrant universe.
- #13 Celestial Command
89% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 36.9%, Simulation 30.3%, Strategy 18.6%, Indie 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Uses realistic physics for ship construction, requiring players to balance mass, thrust, and structural integrity.
- #14 Stationeers
87% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 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: Management 48.3%, Space 37.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers extreme depth in atmospheric and electrical engineering, perfect for players who enjoy the technical side of ship management.
- #15 HighFleet
86% matchVery Positive88% of 7,155 reviews2021
Dev: Konstantin KoshutinPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 36.5%, Simulation 35.1%, Indie 14.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique ship design mechanic where internal component layout is critical for survival in a harsh, strategic campaign.
- #16 Space Station Manager
88% matchMixed45% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Ondrej Hroch
Windows
Space Station Manager is an exciting game where you own a space company, your main goal is to build a space station, make profit, grow your business, build an economical network, and expand beyond the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 45.7%, Management 17%, Indie 15%, Space 14%, Strategy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated management sim that tasks players with the day-to-day operations and expansion of a space station.
- #17 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
84% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 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 40.7%, Simulation 30.9%, Strategy 14.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an industrial, blue-collar perspective on space simulation, focusing on the mechanical deconstruction of spacecraft.
- #18 BossConstructor
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Simulation 33.9%, Space 32.1%, Management 16.4%, Indie 12.5%, Sci-fi 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building custom ships from modular parts to survive and thrive in a hostile, procedurally generated galaxy.
- #19 X4: Foundations
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space 29.1%, Simulation 24.3%, Management 24.1%, Strategy 15%, Sci-fi 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive sandbox where players can manage fleets, build stations, and influence a dynamic galactic economy.
- #20 Into the Stars
85% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Space 33.3%, Simulation 31.6%, Strategy 26.3%, Indie 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy space sim that tasks players with overseeing a fleet and its resources during a desperate exodus.
- #21 Terra Invicta
79% matchVery Positive81% of 9,023 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 42.8%, Simulation 30.1%, Strategy 27.1%
Why You'll Like It: A grand strategy game that captures the corporate and political maneuvering required to dominate space development.
- #22 Void Destroyer 2
82% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 30.4%, Simulation 26.3%, Strategy 24%, Sci-fi 11%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends ship design, fleet management, and real-time combat into a cohesive space simulation experience.
- #23 Starship EVO
82% matchVery Positive84% of 1,210 reviews2020
Dev: Moonfire Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Space 39.3%, Simulation 38.1%, Indie 13.8%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An advanced building sandbox that allows for complex mechanical and logical systems within custom-built ships.
- #24 Space Company Simulator
83% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Simulation 25.3%, Management 23.9%, Strategy 22.2%, Space 20.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the corporate growth aspect of the seed game, focusing on managing a space agency from the ground up.
- #25 Space Station Tycoon
81% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Management 37.1%, Space 27.1%, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 14.7%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the business and construction aspects of running a commercial space station for profit.
- #26 Carrier Command 2
78% matchVery Positive82% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: Management 36.6%, Simulation 33.1%, Strategy 30.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical management of a massive vehicle and its sub-units, requiring careful planning and system oversight.
- #27 Starport Delta
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Cloudfire Studios
Windows
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: Simulation 35.2%, Strategy 31.4%, Space 16.1%, Indie 12%, Sci-fi 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic station-building game that emphasizes resource management and defensive planning.
- #28 The Last Starship
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space 24.4%, Management 21.7%, Simulation 20.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Sci-fi 9%
- #29 Space Mechanic Simulator
78% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Simulation 35.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Indie 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a hands-on look at the maintenance and repair of spacecraft, appealing to the technical side of the seed game.
- #30 Solargene
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Management 36.9%, Space 24.1%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 13.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #31 Satellite Command
79% matchMixed64% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: Stormtide
Windows
Satellite Command is a realistic, relaxing astrophysics simulator. Complete contracts with real data, launch and take control of ever more powerful Satellites, research advanced technology and build your Space Agency!
Why similar: Management 27.2%, Space 25.8%, Simulation 23.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Indie 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic simulation of satellite management that requires careful orbital planning and resource monitoring.
- #32 Startup Company
76% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 50.9%, Simulation 28.5%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #33 Sid Meier's Starships
77% matchMixed50% of 2,454 reviews2015
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Space 47.4%, Strategy 39.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%
- #34 Space Haven
74% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Management 29.6%, Space 21.6%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #35 Star Merchant
77% matchMixed66% of 180 reviews2017
Dev: SimProse StudiosPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
Why similar: Strategy 35%, Simulation 26.8%, Management 13.8%, Space 11.5%, Indie 8.8%
- #36 StellarHub
75% matchMixed60% of 277 reviews2017
Dev: CasualogicPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
StellarHub is a starbase management game where your job is to build a safe and functional space station. Deal with the challenges of managing a station crew while taking care of everyone’s needs. Your tasks include construction, extraction of resources, defense, trade, and more.
Why similar: Simulation 57.7%, Management 23.8%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #37 Mars Horizon
72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Management 35.5%, Space 27.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 17.9%
- #38 Space Architect
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Management 31.3%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Space 16.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #39 Pax Nova
73% matchMixed57% of 447 reviews2020
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.
Why similar: Management 30.7%, Space 26.7%, Strategy 25.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Indie 5.8%
- #40 Dawn of Andromeda
75% matchMixed44% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Grey Wolf EntertainmentPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dawn of Andromeda is a pausable, real-time 4X space strategy game providing an accessible, fun and immersive experience, introducing fresh ideas to the genre. Build your empire, colonize new planets, interact with other factions and characters, research technologies and build great fleets.
Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, Space 32.9%, Indie 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #41 Planetbase
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Space 33.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Management 18.9%, Simulation 15.5%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #42 StarDrive
73% matchMixed45% of 1,482 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 40.7%, Space 38.6%, Indie 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #43 SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD
67% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Logix Interactive
Windows · Mac
Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, single-player, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game.
Why similar: Space 33.3%, Management 28.2%, Strategy 26.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%
- #44 Ancient Space
73% matchMixed44% of 365 reviews2014
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Space 45.2%, Strategy 42.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 2%
- #45 Particle Fleet: Emergence
69% matchVery Positive92% of 1,261 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 32.4%, Simulation 28.5%, Space 23.3%, Indie 10.8%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #46 Rocket Science
70% matchVery Positive80% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: unbeGames
Windows
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Space 41%, Simulation 30.5%, Strategy 22.6%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #47 AstronTycoon
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: ANG People s.r.o.
Windows
Take the role of an astronomer exploring the depths of the universe. Build large telescopes to explore distant stars. Discover a habitable planet or an unknown anomaly in a far corner of the galaxy. Get scientific grants, publish your results and explore new technologies.
Why similar: Simulation 39.2%, Strategy 33.3%, Management 14.6%, Indie 12.9%
- #48 Helium Rain
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 36.4%, Simulation 30.7%, Strategy 24%, Indie 9%
- #49 Habitat
72% matchMostly Negative40% of 261 reviews2016
Dev: 4gencyPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox Mode for true creative control.
Why similar: Space 35.2%, Simulation 27.8%, Strategy 27.3%, Indie 9.7%
- #50 The Sentient
71% matchMostly Negative39% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Uncaged Studios
Windows
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: Simulation 26.9%, Strategy 23.7%, Management 20.7%, Space 19.1%, Indie 9.6%
- #51 Good Company
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Management 45.8%, Simulation 29%, Strategy 25.2%
- #52 Software Inc.
67% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Management 45.9%, Simulation 28.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Indie 8.3%
- #53 Spaceflight Simulator
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space 50.8%, Simulation 41.3%, Indie 5.5%, Sci-fi 2.4%
- #54 The Spatials: Galactology
69% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Management 37.8%, Space 25.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 14.2%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #55 StarShip Constructor
68% matchMixed67% of 267 reviews2017
Dev: SSCTEAM
Windows
Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the most powerful ships in galaxy!
Why similar: Space 72.7%, Indie 27.3%
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68% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: Strategy 43.5%, Space 37.2%, Indie 11.6%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #57 InfraSpace
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Management 31.3%, Space 27.7%, Simulation 19.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.9%
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69% matchMixed46% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: NuclearFirecracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.
Why similar: Simulation 35.9%, Strategy 26.9%, Space 26.8%, Indie 10.4%
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64% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 70.8%, Sci-fi 18%, Indie 11.3%