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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Simulation.

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

Reviews: Mixed — 55% — of 303 reviews
Released: 2018-02-20
Developer: Sleepless Clinic
Publisher: IMGN.PRO
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 1.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 56%

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    96% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
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    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

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    95% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
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    Windows · Mac

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    94% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
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    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    92% matchVery Positive90% of 16,976 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    93% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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.

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    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  10. #10 Derelict Void
    91% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
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    Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

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    91% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    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.

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    89% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
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    89% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    85% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    75% matchMixed68% of 1,409 reviews2022
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    74% matchVery Positive88% of 9,052 reviews2019
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    73% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
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    75% matchMixed64% of 213 reviews2017
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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,739 reviews2016
    Dev: Misfits Attic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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

    Why similar: Space 25.7%, Survival 20.8%, Tactical 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Strategy 9%

  58. #58 Between the Stars
    65% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,427 reviews2024
    Dev: Isolated Games
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 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 28.1%, Space 27.2%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%

  59. #59 Voidship: The Long Journey
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2019
    Dev: Cydonian Games
    Windows

    Design your battleship and fight your way through unforgiving space. This is a tale of a lone spaceship on a centuries-long mission. As the captain, you´ll make strategic decisions, explore unknown sectors, meet allies and enemies, gather resources, technology and crew. To battle stations!

    Why similar: Space 25.1%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 16.1%, Indie 8.5%

  60. #60 Maia
    69% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Survival 18.7%, Management 18.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%

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