Games Like The Captain

Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.

Why similar: Old School 14.7%, Point & Click 14.2%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Comedy 9.8%

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 45.2%, RPG 20.6%, Sci-fi 18.2%, Adventure 8.1%, Exploration 4.5%

Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.

Why similar: Point & Click 18.4%, Incremental 14.4%, Comedy 13.4%, Sci-fi 11%, Retro 9.8%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Space 27.4%, Sci-fi 19.7%, RPG 18.6%, Adventure 14.9%, Story Rich 8.7%

Live a full life in the future as a human, an alien, or even a robot as you rise through the ranks to become captain of your very own starship.

Why similar: Space 35.9%, Sci-fi 21%, RPG 19.5%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Adventure 9.1%

A point and click adventure. Bik and his newfound alien friends outsmart hijackers, (eat some brownies), accept a perilous mission, (make some sandwiches), foil a dastardly plot by an evil corporate empire, (argue with disgruntled robots), and save a planet on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Space 20.9%, Point & Click 18.4%, Comedy 14.7%, Third Person 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%

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: Incremental 30.9%, Space 20.8%, Point & Click 17.7%, Exploration 9.8%, 2D 5.5%

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: Space 20.1%, Multiple Endings 18.3%, Choices Matter 15.8%, Sci-fi 15.1%, RPG 11.5%

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: Sci-fi 19.9%, Story Rich 16.4%, Adventure 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Exploration 10.1%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Point & Click 17.9%, Incremental 13.1%, Space 11.2%, Old School 10.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Join the journey of a funky space archaeologist who crashed on an unknown planet. A text turn-based adventure RPG in which your choices actually matter. Talk, explore, fight, make decisions to find a way out! Colourful graphics and the old comic book spirit.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Point & Click 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15.2%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Crafting 10.3%

Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.

Why similar: Retro 14.4%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.6%

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 40.5%, Sci-fi 19.7%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Adventure 6.2%

Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.

Why similar: Space 26.1%, Point & Click 22.2%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 11.7%

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: Choices Matter 27.9%, RPG 17.6%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Adventure 9.7%

A sci-fi comedy adventure game

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Third Person 16.7%, Comedy 16.5%, Space 14.2%, Adventure 10.2%

Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?

Why similar: RPG 23.8%, Point & Click 17.9%, Comedy 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.8%

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: Space 22%, Multiple Endings 19.1%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, RPG 12.8%

Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.

Why similar: Space 25.5%, Sci-fi 23.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.6%, Story Rich 13.9%, Adventure 8.8%

Captain Gail Pilgrim has been flying starships since she was a kid, ferrying passengers between planets and space stations across the galaxy. She has no reason to expect that this latest trip to Alpha Centauri will be anything special, even if her passengers are a little more diverse than usual....

Why similar: Adventure 33.5%, Space 21.6%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Point & Click 8.6%, Comedy 7.8%

Chapter 1 is now free! Relive 1980s nostalgia in this text parser driven graphic adventure game. You and your molluscan crew embark on an epic journey to find a new home world. In Chapter 1 - Intershellar, wake up from your long trip only to discover a saboteur has been at work.

Why similar: Point & Click 29.7%, Space 22.4%, Retro 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Adventure 10.6%

60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.

Why similar: Point & Click 25.9%, Comedy 23.1%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Exploration 12.2%, RPG 12%

Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.

Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.1%, RPG 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%

The Twin paradox is an RPG where you must prepare yourself for the first time travel. Make decisions, explore, and learn real science with the scientists of the "Beyond" laboratory. It's up to you to make the journey a success.

Why similar: Space 19.4%, Multiple Endings 17.6%, RPG 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.5%

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Why similar: Old School 17.2%, Space 14.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Multiple Endings 10.6%

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

Why similar: Space 37.2%, Sci-fi 27.4%, Choices Matter 19.1%, Exploration 16.3%

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.

Why similar: Space 50.5%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Exploration 16.2%, Crafting 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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: Space 38.4%, Sci-fi 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 16%, Exploration 15.8%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.4%, Point & Click 18.1%, RPG 16.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Story Rich 9.3%

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: Turn-Based Combat 32%, Sci-fi 26%, Space 21.8%, RPG 12.5%, 2D 7.7%

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: Choices Matter 17.5%, Space 15.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Exploration 9.8%

Beyond Galaxyland is a thrilling adventure-RPG combining cosmic exploration, strategic turn-based combat, and epic boss battle events across a vast solar system. Join Doug and his gun-toting guinea pig on an exhilarating quest to save Earth, itself.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 13%, RPG 9.5%, Retro 9.1%

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: Point & Click 21.3%, Space 17.5%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Old School 16.6%, Adventure 9.9%

Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

Why similar: Space 25.1%, RPG 23.4%, Sci-fi 18.1%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Adventure 12.1%

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: Sci-fi 19.8%, Space 19.2%, Crafting 18.7%, Third Person 14%, Exploration 12.8%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Point & Click 19.9%, Space 19.4%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Retro 10.7%, Comedy 9.4%

VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 17.3%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Space 15.4%, Exploration 15.1%, RPG 15%

Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters. Eliminate their forces and steal their technology to upgrade your squad with different abilities and save the galaxy!

Why similar: Space 38.5%, Sci-fi 24.8%, RPG 17.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 5%

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 84.4%, Adventure 15.6%

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Space 38.8%, RPG 22.3%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Story Rich 7.1%

As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.

Why similar: Multiple Endings 18.3%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Comedy 13.3%, Story Rich 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 25.8%, Space 21.2%, Exploration 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.1%, RPG 14.4%

It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...

Why similar: Space 42.8%, Sci-fi 27.6%, Retro 25.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Embark on an interplanetary adventure as the first robo reporter for the Times & Galaxy, the solar system’s most trusted holopaper. You’re just an intern, but if you can get the scoop, write great stories, and impress your colleagues, maybe you'll get to keep your job!

Why similar: Point & Click 20.2%, Space 18.6%, Comedy 16.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Sci-fi 14%

Her Majesty's SPIFFING is a quaint graphic adventure game following the exploits of Captain Frank Lee English and his trusted regional accented colleague, Aled, as they travel through the cosmos in search of planets to claim for a new Galactic British Empire!

Why similar: Point & Click 58.4%, Comedy 22.4%, Adventure 19.2%

500 Years is an old school episodic space opera with non-traditional combat controls. The game is an adventure where you explore different star systems and meet the inhabitants, some friendly, and some not so friendly.

Why similar: RPG 65.2%, Adventure 34.8%

BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.

Why similar: Point & Click 20.7%, Multiple Endings 15.4%, Old School 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Retro 10.3%

Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!

Why similar: Incremental 36.6%, Space 23.5%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Old School 11.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%

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 40.9%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Exploration 13.4%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 5.2%

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 38.2%, Sci-fi 28.2%, 2D 11.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Adventure 8.6%

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 38%, Sci-fi 24.2%, Story Rich 17.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Space 23.7%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, RPG 11%, Story Rich 10.7%

Tardy is a quest about fiddling with computers, terminals gadgets and other hi-tech scrap of all sorts. Deal with crazy machines, solve the mystery of the crew disappearance and help Ramto to come back home!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 52.1%, Adventure 47.9%

General Horse and the Package of Doom is a space travel adventure with choice-based resource management, simple yet risky barter system, and full motion video sequences that feature awesome special effects and Oscar-worthy method acting.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.2%, Comedy 20.8%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Exploration 9.5%

Pants Quest is a tiny, lovingly crafted point & click adventure game about finding your way in life. And your pants. Sometimes just getting dressed & leaving the house feels like an impossible task. Follow one man's emotional journey to deal with the hurdles that life can throw at you on a bad day.

Why similar: Point & Click 26.3%, Retro 17%, Comedy 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Multiple Endings 7.9%

It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next? That’s up to you… In this story-driven adventure game you will explore strange and wonderful communities, uncover a deep conspiracy, and chart a journey through twists and turns, difficulties and delights.

Why similar: Point & Click 32.8%, Choices Matter 26.9%, Story Rich 17.3%, Adventure 9.8%, 2D 9.2%

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 23.5%, Sci-fi 21.7%, Retro 18.9%, Adventure 17.5%, 2D 8.5%

Pilot your Airship, prepare your party, and explore a vast World Map in 8-Bit Adventures 2 – an exciting, emotional tribute to the Golden Age of JRPGs. Dynamic turn-based battles & pixels with personality!

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Old School 16.2%, Story Rich 10.7%, Retro 10.5%, RPG 10%

Step into a hilarious, steampunk-tinged point n click space adventure! Play as Captain Brawe, Agent Luna and Danny across four colorful planets — solve clever puzzles, uncover conspiracies, and meet unforgettable characters (space pirates, secret agents, and eccentric aliens).

Why similar: Point & Click 28.2%, Comedy 23.8%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 7.4%