- #1 Between the Stars
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,444 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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 30.5%, Space 22.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Flight 8.5%, RPG 8.5%
- #2 Cosmic Miners
96% 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 27.4%, Flight 16.7%, Space 11.6%, Shooter 8.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #3 Transcendence
96% matchVery Positive88% of 223 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Trading 19.8%, Space 16.9%, Open World 10.3%, Old School 8.8%
- #4 Rebel Galaxy
95% matchVery Positive85% of 8,321 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 28.3%, Space Sim 22.8%, Open World 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Trading 9.6%
- #5 Subdivision Infinity DX
94% 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 34.4%, Space 19.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Shooter 7.4%, Exploration 6.3%
- #6 Interstellar Rift
94% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.5 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 23%, Mining 19.6% ★, Trading 18.9%, Space 8.9%, Open World 7.8%
- #7 Starcom: Nexus
92% matchVery Positive91% of 2,295 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.4 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 30.3%, Space Sim 25.5%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Open World 10.5%, Exploration 8.7%
- #8 Naev
93% matchVery Positive80% of 224 reviews2017
Dev: Naev Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.
Why similar: Trading 26.9%, Space Sim 26.3%, Space 13.3%, Open World 7.9%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #9 Void Destroyer 2
91% matchVery Positive80% of 667 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 Sim 21.9%, Mining 17.4% ★, Trading 17%, Flight 13.4%, Space 9.1%
- #10 Space Commander: War and Trade
91% matchMixed67% of 694 reviews2020
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9%, Flight 26%, Space 10.4%, RPG 8%, Exploration 7.6%
- #11 Endless Sky
89% matchVery Positive92% of 7,005 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Why similar: Space 28.7%, Trading 19.7%, Space Sim 17.3%, Open World 11.5%, Sci-fi 9%
- #12 Frontier Pilot Simulator
89% matchMixed70% of 954 reviews2021
Dev: RAZAR s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.8 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: Flight 23.9%, Trading 18.4%, Space Sim 18.1%, Space 9.9%, Third Person 5.8%
- #13 Jumpdrive
90% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
Why similar: Space 47.5%, Simulation 22.4%, Open World 20.9%, Action 9.2%
- #14 SpaceBourne
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 807 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.2%, Space 30.4%, Simulation 13%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 6.5%
- #15 SpaceBourne 2
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,057 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Flight 21.3%, Mining 14.2% ★, Space 9.6%, Open World 8.1%
- #16 Elite Dangerous
86% 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 36.9%, Space 17%, Open World 11%, Trading 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #17 VoidExpanse
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 763 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Why similar: Space 40%, Open World 19.4%, Sci-fi 16.2%, RPG 12.1%, Simulation 7.4%
- #18 Gaia Beyond
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 263 reviews2020
Dev: Warp Turtle
Windows
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.6%, Mining 21% ★, Trading 19.5%, Space 10.6%, Open World 7.8%
- #19 X4: Foundations
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 28,557 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 94.7 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 20.9%, Trading 20.1%, Flight 16.8%, Space 10.9%, Open World 7.5%
- #20 Starcom: Unknown Space
82% matchVery Positive93% of 4,302 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 32.2%, Space 23.2%, Open World 13.1%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%
- #21 Evochron Legacy SE
84% matchVery Positive83% of 442 reviews2016
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.3%, Trading 23.3%, Space 13.1%, Open World 8.5%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #22 Avorion
81% matchVery Positive90% of 14,391 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.7 hrsMean: 99.8 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 Sim 23.1%, Flight 18.2%, Trading 15.8%, Space 10.7%, Open World 7.6%
- #23 Celestial Command
83% matchMixed63% of 698 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 33.3%, Space Sim 26.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, RPG 7.4%
- #24 Starpoint Gemini 3
82% matchMixed50% of 870 reviews2020
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Space 15.8%, Open World 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Third Person 7.4%
- #25 Space Trash Scavenger
79% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 23.6%, Space 19.5%, Open World 13.2%, Shooter 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #26 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
81% matchVery Positive84% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Mining 28.7% ★, Space Sim 27.3%, Space 24.1%, Open World 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%
- #27 EVERSPACE™ 2
77% matchVery Positive86% of 12,733 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Flight 21.1%, Space 16.3%, Open World 10.9%, Shooter 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #28 Star Valor
77% matchVery Positive89% of 3,349 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Mining 34.8% ★, Space 24%, Open World 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Exploration 7.8%
- #29 Space Battle VR
79% matchMixed66% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: Raba Games
Windows
Space Battle VR is an action shooter set in space. It supports VR controllers to give you a real feel how it is to be a spaceship pilot. You can truly feel the cosmos with this game. Jump into an awesome adventure, help mankind, win a war, bring freedom and happiness to the universe. People need you!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.8%, Flight 21.6%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Open World 7.9%
- #30 Star Nomad
80% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #31 Helium Rain
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 332 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 Sim 45.1%, Space 21.1%, Trading 16.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Exploration 6%
- #32 Sector Space
75% matchVery Positive96% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 48.4%, RPG 14.6%, Simulation 13.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Space 7.6%
- #33 Star Explorers
78% matchVery Positive83% of 251 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.8%, Space 15.9%, Old School 13.4%, Open World 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #34 Astrox Imperium
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,220 reviews2019
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6%, Space 24.3%, Mining 22.4% ★, Open World 9.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #35 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,151 reviews2017
Dev: Bird in SkyPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8%, Space 25.8%, Open World 13.5%, Sci-fi 12%, Simulation 9.1%
- #36 Stellarion
72% matchVery Positive97% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Zana Domán
Windows
Upgrade your spaceship and conquer the stars in this thrilling space-mining adventure! Mine asteroids, battle enemies, and trade resources for powerful upgrades to customize your ship. Master the galaxy and embark on the ultimate journey!
Why similar: Space 18.4%, Arcade 16.6%, Trading 13.6%, Exploration 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #37 Evochron Mercenary
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.3%, Space 23.3%, Flight 11.7%, Trading 10.2%, Simulation 9%
- #38 Destination Sol
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!
Why similar: Space 38.2%, Open World 22.7%, RPG 16.5%, Arcade 10.4%, Action 7.4%
- #39 Ostranauts
72% matchVery Positive80% of 2,556 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 30.3 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: Flight 27.6%, Space Sim 18.7%, Trading 18.4%, Space 9.5%, Exploration 7%
- #40 Deep Space Exploitation
70% matchVery Positive97% of 120 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Mining 29.5% ★, Space Sim 27.3%, Flight 17%, Space 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #41 Darkstar One
73% 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 34.5%, Space 24.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Open World 9.1%, Exploration 5.9%
- #42 Alliance Peacefighter
70% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Urban Logic Games
Windows
A linear, story-driven space sim in the style of 90s classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander. As a newly qualified Alliance pilot, you find yourself caught up in a plot to break the fragile peace between two galactic superpowers.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.9%, Flight 24.7%, Space 13.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Old School 6.3%
- #43 Silent Sector
71% matchVery Positive86% of 146 reviews2021
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 29%, Space 15.3%, Old School 13.6%, Open World 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%
- #44 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
73% matchMixed68% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.1%, Trading 19.6%, Space 13.4%, Open World 11.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #45 Miner Wars 2081
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 391 reviews2012
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!
Why similar: Space 28.2%, RPG 20.2%, Simulation 18.3%, Action 11.6%, Shooter 11.1%
- #46 Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
71% matchMixed64% of 1,154 reviews2020
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 28.9%, Old School 12.5%, Open World 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Flight 8%
- #47 SOL: Exodus
73% matchMixed51% of 109 reviews2012
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.
Why similar: Space 40.6%, Simulation 39.8%, Action 19.6%
- #48 EVE Online
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 38,745 reviews2010
Dev: CCP
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 138.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.2%, Trading 21.8%, Mining 17.6% ★, Space 10.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #49 Star Conflict
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,162 reviews2013
Dev: Star Gem Inc.Pub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!
Why similar: Space Sim 22.4%, Trading 21.7%, Flight 18.4%, Open World 7.8%, Third Person 6.9%
- #50 Interstellar Pilot 2
68% matchVery Positive91% of 155 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelfactor Ltd.
Windows
The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind. Play how you like in this open world space-sim developed by Pixelfactor.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.5%, Space 14.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Open World 9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #51 Terminal Velocity™: Boosted Edition
69% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Terminal RealityPub: Ziggurat
Windows
In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron, flying the fastest, most dangerous crafts ever made. You're outgunned, outmanned, and strapped into a flying coffin.
Why similar: Old School 17.9%, Flight 12.2%, Space 11.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Space Sim 11.3%
- #52 Objects in Space
71% matchMixed52% of 614 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.4%, Space 25.7%, Simulation 15%, RPG 12.5%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #53 Last Horizon
70% matchVery Positive81% of 260 reviews2015
Dev: PixeljamPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 112.4 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast expanse of space. Collect resources and search for a new world to call home in this minimalist space exploration and survival game.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.8%, Space 17.4%, Flight 15.9%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Arcade 8.6%
- #54 Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
67% matchVery Positive94% of 7,172 reviews2013
Dev: SNK GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!
Why similar: Space 47.2%, RPG 14.5%, Open World 13.5%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Simulation 7.6%
- #55 Jitter
66% matchVery Positive86% of 159 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9%, Space 18.7%, Open World 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Combat 8.3%
- #56 EVERSPACE™
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,424 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
Why similar: Space 28.8%, Space Sim 27.6%, Flight 16.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Shooter 5.6%
- #57 Star Traders: Frontiers
67% matchVery Positive84% of 3,777 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Trading 30.5%, Space Sim 27.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Space 10.8%, Open World 8.2%
- #58 Star Trucker
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,148 reviews2024
Dev: Monster and MonsterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Space 17.8%, Open World 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #59 Starway Fleet
68% matchMixed69% of 113 reviews2017
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Experience the heat of space combat and discover the Universe as a fighter pilot assigned to the fleet. Be the famous fighter ace, let the whole Universe know your name!
Why similar: Simulation 64%, Action 36%
- #60 Warspace 2
65% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Game Art
Windows · Mac · Linux
Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5%, Space 16.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Shooter 9.2%, Open World 9%