- #1 Increlution
97% matchVery Positive85% of 1,223 reviews2021
Dev: Gniller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 55.8 hrsMean: 556.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
Why similar: Time Management 55.2%, Text-Based 32.1%, Resource Management 4.4%, Idler 3.7%, Survival 3.5%
- #2 Asbury Pines
96% matchVery Positive92% of 498 reviews2025
Dev: Chaystar Unlimited LLC
Windows
A grisly mystery in a small town unfolds across centuries through the stories of its residents. Orchestrate their work, grow resources, upgrade skills, and create automated production loops between past and future eras. All to uncover a sprawling secret embedded in the flow of time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Exploration 11.3%, Story Rich 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Mystery 9.4%
- #3 SYMMETRY
96% matchMixed55% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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?
Why similar: Time Management 35.4%, Space 12.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 8.2%
- #4 Adaptory
95% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Story Rich 24.1%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Management 14%, Exploration 13.8%, Survival 12.9%
- #5 The Alters
94% matchVery Positive90% of 16,976 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Time Management 21.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Space 10.8%, Management 10.4%
- #6 Neoproxima
94% matchVery Positive97% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Lonestone Studio
Windows
Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.8%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Story Rich 13.5%, Exploration 13.2%, Space 12.6%
- #7 Feed the Reactor
93% matchVery Positive82% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Management 27%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Mystery 8.6%, Idler 7.4%
- #8 Waking Mars
92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,195 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Sci-fi 30.7%, Exploration 25.9%, Puzzle 16.3%, Adventure 13.4%, Story Rich 11%
- #9 Breached
91% matchMixed55% of 128 reviews2016
Dev: HRA INTERACTIVE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unveil the truth in a genre-blending sci-fi mystery. Awaken from cryogenic slumber you find your shelter damaged by unknown circumstances. Scavenge your surroundings, repair the shelter and explore the ruins in hopes of uncovering – or perhaps avoiding – the uncomfortable truth of what has transpired.
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.8%, Adventure 25%, Story Rich 21.3%, Mystery 20.8%, Indie 4.1%
- #10 ALONE IN SPACE
91% matchMixed53% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Butterflyware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...
Why similar: Space 25.3%, Exploration 17.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Adventure 12.3%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #11 Event[0]
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,270 reviews2016
Dev: Ocelot Society
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.
Why similar: Space 20.8%, Text-Based 17.2%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Mystery 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%
- #12 Universe Horizon
88% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Jarkem
Windows · Linux
An idle incremental game where you decide to travel across the whole Universe. Embark on this journey in your little ship and get as far away as possible from Earth, gathering resources and upgrading your spaceship along the way.
Why similar: Space 28.7%, Exploration 23.2%, Strategy 15.2%, Resource Management 11.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #13 Unnamed Space Idle
87% matchVery Positive93% of 3,991 reviews2023
Dev: SylvPub: Jdog Corp
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 282.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
Why similar: Space 45.7%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Resource Management 17.7%, Idler 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #14 The Artifact
89% matchMixed64% of 213 reviews2017
Dev: Colin WrenPub: Enigma Games LTD
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Woken from a hypersleep, you find yourself alone on a drifting star cruiser, light years from home. The crew has disappeared, leaving behind nothing but a few scattered records and a strange artifact that seems to hold the key to an alien civilisation.
Why similar: Puzzle 56.1%, Adventure 30.5%, Indie 13.4%
- #15 Trimps
85% matchVery Positive91% of 1,419 reviews2022
Dev: Greensatellite
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 384.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A text-based incremental idle game with a ridiculous amount of unique content. Automate old stuff as you unlock new stuff to keep things interesting for hours and hours, no spam clicking necessary! Trimps is everything you love about your favorite games, distilled to their purest form.
Why similar: Text-Based 51.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Management 10.2%, Time Management 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #16 Your Future Self
86% matchVery Positive81% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Contortionist Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your Future Self is a 1-2 hour long story-driven experimental text adventure with unique conversational mechanics, time loop based gameplay, and an emotionally gripping time travel mystery set against the backdrop of a darkly realistic vision of our world ravaged by climate change.
Why similar: Text-Based 38.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.4%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 10.1%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #17 Low Oxygen
84% matchVery Positive89% of 299 reviews2023
Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
Windows · Linux
Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.
Why similar: Puzzle 40%, Adventure 25.8%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Space 16.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #18 Idle Research
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,828 reviews2022
Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
Why similar: Text-Based 42.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 11%, Adventure 8.9%
- #19 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Text-Based 28.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #20 Techtonica
82% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Strategy 24.9%, Exploration 23%, Management 18.6%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Resource Management 15.1%
- #21 Neospace: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
You wake up in a spaceship, you realize that strange things are going on there, you try to get back to civilization. However, this is harder than you think, the encounters will drive you crazy and you will doubt yourself.
Why similar: Space 30.8%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Exploration 20.5%, Puzzle 13.5%, Adventure 12.9%
- #22 Lost Crew
83% matchVery Positive84% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Gamecosm
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
This is text adventure game of survival of the astronauts on the orbital station that is lost in time. You will have to take care of the rescue of the station's crew, and lots of complicated riddles and situations will make this adventure even more interesting.
Why similar: Adventure 49.9%, Interactive Fiction 33.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #23 Astrometica
79% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space 30.4%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Survival 15.3%, Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 10.4%
- #24 Prominence
82% matchVery Positive85% of 155 reviews2015
Dev: Digital Media Workshop
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?
Why similar: Sci-fi 17.8%, Space 17.7%, Adventure 13%, Exploration 12.9%, Puzzle 12.2%
- #25 i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
80% matchVery Positive95% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: Ricardo Cancela
Windows
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab. Explore their chat records to uncover the mysteries of Inturg Technologies. How can they escape their doom?
Why similar: Nonlinear 22.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Text-Based 19.4%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Mystery 10.7%
- #26 The Last Caretaker
77% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.2%, Exploration 18.5%, Sci-fi 16.1%, Management 12.9%, Survival 10%
- #27 Temporian
79% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: ChallAcc
Windows · Linux
Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?
Why similar: Text-Based 47.4%, Management 16.8%, Puzzle 15.4%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #28 Anomaly Loop
78% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: DidOne
Windows
You woke up and found yourself in an anomalous endless place from which it is not so easy to get out. Carefully observe your surroundings to find a way out of this place.
Why similar: Puzzle 51.1%, Adventure 45%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #29 The Planet Crafter
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Space 23.8%, Exploration 19.1%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Story Rich 13%, Survival 11.6%
- #30 Microbial Sector
77% matchVery Positive99% of 273 reviews2024
Dev: MadBug Studio
Windows
It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Exploration 72.4%, Mystery 27.6%
- #31 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Exploration 27.5%, Space 20.8%, Survival 17.7%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 9.7%
- #32 How We Got Here
78% matchVery Positive85% of 544 reviews2021
Dev: Euphoric Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
You wake up on a floating island with no idea how you got there. Find ways to reach new and strange islands and meet other survivors all while uncovering the story of how you all got there.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 27.1%, Lore-Rich 26%, Story Rich 13.9%, Exploration 13%, Mystery 11.5%
- #33 Terraformers
76% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Nonlinear 35.9%, Space 15.6%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Exploration 12%, Management 9.3%
- #34 Rock Crusher
74% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Strategy 25.8%, Sci-fi 21.1%, Survival 12.5%, Adventure 6.8%
- #35 ASTROBOTANICA
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Space Goblin Studio
Windows
Science-driven survival with a relaxing vibe. Farming, base building, crafting, animal taming, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.9%, Exploration 26.8%, Survival 25.7%, Adventure 19.5%
- #36 Dead in Antares
73% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
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.
Why similar: Strategy 20.3%, Resource Management 15%, Survival 14%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Management 12.8%
- #37 Arctic Awakening
72% matchVery Positive87% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
A first-person narrative adventure set in the unforgiving Arctic. Your plane crashed in a storm, leaving only your court-mandated therapy bot for company as you journey to find your co-pilot and uncover the mysteries buried beneath the ice.
Why similar: Exploration 20.8%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Story Rich 19.1%, Mystery 16.7%, Survival 10.9%
- #38 Orb of Creation
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,469 reviews2022
Dev: MarpleGames
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Puzzle 24.2%, Resource Management 20.6%, Mystery 9.9%, Idler 6.5%
- #39 Oxygen Not Included
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Survival 18.3%, Space 16.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 13.1%
- #40 no signal
72% matchVery Positive99% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: exodrifter
Windows · Linux
An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind.
Why similar: Space 21.3%, Exploration 16.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Story Rich 14%, Puzzle 13%
- #41 Planetbase
74% 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 33.9%, Strategy 21%, Sci-fi 13%, Survival 12.7%, Management 9.2%
- #42 Don't Let Me Fade
71% matchVery Positive99% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: AinkOink
Windows
Don't Let Me Fade is an interactive adventure about memory, identity, and loss. Piece together fragments of a life - even if a simple teddy bear is the last symbol of connection to oneself in a world without time.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 35.4%, Text-Based 26.5%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Space 5.8%
- #43 Starmancer
73% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Space 23.1%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Exploration 16.7%, Management 16.1%, Strategy 14.7%
- #44 Skyformer
70% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Space 24.1%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Exploration 14.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Survival 12%
- #45 Stuck In Time
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,023 reviews2021
Dev: Housemade Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A unique mix of adventure and idle game. Plan and optimise your loops carefully and let the grind happen automatically. Explore this unique world, meet strange characters and escape the loop. A high-quality idle game that elevate the mechanics through an old school pixel-art adventure.
Why similar: Time Management 38.3%, Exploration 29.1%, Adventure 12.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Idler 6.3%
- #46 The Pale Beyond
68% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 22.2%, Story Rich 16.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Exploration 14.5%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #47 Life Not Supported
70% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows · Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what’s left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Space 46.1%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Survival 20.1%, Adventure 11.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #48 Incremental Factory
69% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Significant Steak
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
Why similar: Text-Based 40%, Strategy 27.6%, Resource Management 19%, Idler 6.8%, Management 5.9%
- #49 Mercury Fallen
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Space 20.5%, Sci-fi 19.7%, Exploration 18.7%, Management 15.8%, Strategy 13.4%
- #50 Nobody Nowhere
67% matchVery Positive93% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: 深渊标记 Tag:hadal
Windows
a side-scrolling, story-driven text adventure game in pixel art. The story is set in 2079, when a Replicant awakens in a lab facility amidst a life-or-death situation. The replicant aid agency tries to rescue him but fails. In the process they stumble on the real secret of the Replicant project...
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #51 星球之间/Between Planets
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: 宇镇(个人)
Windows
You were attacked on the way back to the mission. When you wake up, you will find that the escape cabin has fallen onto a planet. You need to survive on the planet and find the truth of the matter.
Why similar: Adventure 61.9%, Survival 28.4%, Indie 9.7%
- #52 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Time Management 48.1%, Exploration 20%, Sci-fi 19%, Survival 11%, Indie 1.1%
- #53 Starstruck Vagabond
67% matchVery Positive86% of 560 reviews2024
Dev: Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw
Windows
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy. Fortunately, there's always someone who needs cargo delivered.
Why similar: Story Rich 27.1%, Sci-fi 24.4%, Exploration 19.9%, Adventure 19.8%, Resource Management 6%
- #54 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Time Management 29.5%, Interactive Fiction 18.5%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Story Rich 9.8%
- #55 Through The Fragmentation
67% matchVery Positive96% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Máté PribelszkyPub: Crow Bar
Windows
Atmospheric first person adventure game focusing on immersion and exploration. Meet strange characters, discover secrets and try to unfold the mystery of the Fragmentation.
Why similar: Nonlinear 49.2%, Exploration 20.1%, Mystery 13.7%, Adventure 9.1%, Story Rich 7.2%
- #56 Citizen Sleeper
65% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Text-Based 31.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Story Rich 10.6%
- #57 Prospector
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Space 21.9%, Exploration 18.2%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #58 Procrastinaut
66% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: cptbuk
Windows
Stranded for unknown reasons in the lower orbit of a purple gas giant, you are kind of just chilling out. You should probably get on with your mission. There's still plenty of time, though.
Why similar: Space 46.6%, Sci-fi 22%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 12.1%, Indie 2.4%