Games Like The Long Drift

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 20.7% ★, Mars 20.5% ★, Mining 20% ★, Trading 16.2% ★, Top-Down 5.6%

Manage your parcel, build, collect and expend. Research to unlock new possibility. Explore to increase profitability. Dive under the surface to discover secrets. Is this planet hiding treasures or threats?

Why similar: Mars 43% ★, Automation 20.2%, Trading 12.1% ★, Mining 11.9% ★, Space Sim 8.5% ★

Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!

Why similar: Mars 25.6% ★, Mining 23.9% ★, Space Sim 23.8% ★, Automation 18%, Minimalist 4.2%

Robot Miner Vidis. Return to Earth with a mysterious gemstone on Mars, where asteroids crashed. A classic color-based puzzle where simple rules, different strategies, and order matter.

Why similar: Mars 39.9% ★, Mining 24.6% ★, Exploration 8.3%, Top-Down 8.1%, Relaxing 6.7%

HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!

Why similar: Mars 37.2% ★, Automation 23.8%, Space Sim 22.3% ★, Exploration 6.3%, Top-Down 4.6%

The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.

Why similar: Mars 38.6% ★, Mining 26.6% ★, Space Sim 22.2% ★, Exploration 4.8%, Sci-fi 4.2%

You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.7% ★, Trading 27.6% ★, Mining 15.4% ★, Top-Down 10.3%, Exploration 5.4%

A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.

Why similar: Mining 37.1% ★, Space Sim 25.2% ★, Automation 18.3%, Top-Down 5.8%, Simulation 5.4%

Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.

Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Mining 25.8% ★, Space Sim 25.4% ★, Top-Down 6.6%, Sci-fi 4.8%

Asteroids go boom. Zoom around in your lil' ship and learn how to accurately hit weakpoints on asteroids to extract the precious crystals within allowing you to purchase upgrades.

Why similar: Mining 33.2% ★, Space Sim 30.4% ★, Top-Down 7.9%, Relaxing 7.5%, Exploration 7%

Asteroid Mining Empire is a sci-fi mining progression game where you harvest asteroid fields, earn credits, unlock upgrades, expand your ship and drone systems, and push toward powerful long-term rebirth progression as your small operation grows into a space industry.

Why similar: Space Sim 48.9% ★, Mining 20.1% ★, Top-Down 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Casual 5.7%

A virus is attacking your cells, and its up to you to defend them! Buy and combine cells to assemble your immune response. Discover powerful synergies to overcome a constantly evolving enemy in this physics-based auto battler. Can you achieve IMMUNITY?

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.4%, Automation 22.6%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Deckbuilding 11.7%, Top-Down 6.9%

Build and navigate your ship as it barrels through space. Machines, pipes, and wiring; all necessities to keep your ship running. Survive and explore.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.7% ★, Mining 25.4% ★, Automation 21.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Exploration 6.7%

A rocket simulation game inspired by SpaceX's rocket recovery technology: Precisely control rocket engines, plan launches, complete missions, secure government funding, deliver supplies to Mars, and ultimately achieve Mars terraforming and human colonization.

Why similar: Mars 42.6% ★, Automation 23.9%, Space Sim 22.3% ★, Top-Down 5.2%, Simulation 3.9%

A story-driven incremental game with idle and auto-battler mechanics, inspired by Factorio logistics, Path of Exile itemization, and Eve Online's economy

Why similar: Auto Battler 26.3%, Mining 24.2% ★, Space Sim 20.2% ★, Automation 16.8%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Opportunity is an atmospheric narrative game where you become the famous NASA rover and brave the many obstacles littering the desolate red planet in order to finally complete its mission.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.5% ★, Mars 38.3% ★, Exploration 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Sci-fi 4%

Mars Bot Battle is a simulation of American and China robots sent to Mars to prepare for future human colonists. It is based on the technologies proposed for a Mars base.

Why similar: Mars 58.5% ★, Space Sim 30% ★, Simulation 6%, Exploration 5.4%

A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.2% ★, Mining 24.3% ★, Trading 24.2% ★, Exploration 7.5%, Choices Matter 6.1%

Star Defence is a unit-placement real-time tower defense game in which you can place any unit you like on a 2D free-form plane. All units in the game, including enemies, are composed of units you place. Place your units in a balance between enemies and allies to develop your civilization.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.8% ★, Tower Defense 27.7%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Top-Down 9.9%, Automation 7.2%

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: Mining 29.9% ★, Space Sim 28.8% ★, Automation 16.3%, Top-Down 8.1%, Sci-fi 5.1%

The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters.

Why similar: Mars 35% ★, Mining 26.8% ★, Space Sim 26% ★, Exploration 4.8%, Sci-fi 4.3%

Deep Space Tavern is a clicker management game. Command your cantina with an arsenal of trash-guns, booze-drones and a Scottish AI.

Why similar: Mars 35.1% ★, Mining 23.5% ★, Automation 17.7%, Top-Down 7.4%, Relaxing 6.9%

Mars Training Camp is a simulation to build the human first base on Mars based on NASA and SpaceX science and plans. You must find ice and build critical facilities of green houses, O2 & H gas plant, launch pads and a habitat, and react just in time to emergencies of fire and low oxygen supply.

Why similar: Mars 50.3% ★, Space Sim 36.5% ★, Simulation 8%, Exploration 5.2%

Hydra TD is a stylized tower defense game built around smart placement and careful decisions. Place towers along the path, upgrade them over time, and hold back incoming waves before they reach the end. Complete the campaign, then continue into Endless mode to see how long your defense can hold.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Auto Battler 23.7%, Minimalist 10.3%, Top-Down 9.6%, Choices Matter 6.7%

Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.

Why similar: Space Sim 47.5% ★, Trading 17.8% ★, Exploration 10%, Top-Down 8.6%, Minimalist 6.1%

Beautiful pixel art space roguelite autobattler where your ship fights for you. Upgrade your ship, collect loot, stack wild synergies, and become ridiculously overpowered.

Why similar: Auto Battler 34.7%, Space Sim 25% ★, Tower Defense 16.5%, Top-Down 6.1%, Sci-fi 6.1%

Mars training camp realistic VR simulation based on current Mars mission plans. Includes SpaceX Starship, rover, astronauts, robot dog medic, food gardens, and events of fire, rescue teammates, build launch pad, fix equipment and collect rock samples to find evidence of Mars life.

Why similar: Mars 67.3% ★, Space Sim 20.6% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Exploration 5.3%

Pulslink is a strategy tower defense with Roguelite building. Drag cables to route pulse energy to towers, design circuit networks, and defend the core against escalating enemy waves.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Automation 28%, Auto Battler 19.5%, Minimalist 9%, Choices Matter 6.4%

Survive against a relentless horde in a single-player space sandbox blending factory automation, RTS combat, and deep RPG progression. Pilot humanity's last ark, the Mothership, on a desperate mission back in time to build a fleet powerful enough to change the destiny of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space Sim 33.2% ★, Trading 27.7% ★, Automation 21.7%, Top-Down 7.4%, Sci-fi 3.9%

The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.

Why similar: Mars 38.1% ★, Mining 27.6% ★, Space Sim 26.4% ★, Exploration 4.9%, Simulation 3%

Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.1%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Top-Down 8.6%, Minimalist 7.2%

Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind!

Why similar: Space Sim 29.8% ★, Mining 28.5% ★, Trading 26.5% ★, Exploration 6.7%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Buy, sell, and merge towers in this tower defense roguelike inspired by Bloons TD6 and Super Auto Pets. With 40+ towers and 15 enemy types, this chill tower defense game provides hours of fun replayability!

Why similar: Auto Battler 38.2%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Top-Down 8.5%, 2D 4%

Build & defend a small remote mining base on Taichin XI from the alien hordes. Deploy defenses, upgrade your turrets and get ready for the nightfall. The Unearthened is a classic Idle Tower Defense game where you build towers and prepare for the invasion.

Why similar: Mining 27% ★, Auto Battler 24.2%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Top-Down 6.1%, Choices Matter 5.4%

The mission is simple: land the Falcon! Try to use your fuel as efficiently as possible and land safely. This Arcade game is easy to start and fun to play! Back to the basics with the minimalistic style that still knows how to catch the players attention.

Why similar: Space Sim 46.6% ★, Mars 31.7% ★, Exploration 9.5%, Minimalist 7.8%, 2D 4.4%

You will own all the kungfu in the world. "Solider AutoChess" is a cricket-fighting auto-chess game. Every battle is 1V1. You need to constantly upgrade and skillfully combine kungfus to reach the top.

Why similar: Auto Battler 48.5%, Automation 25.2%, Deckbuilding 21%, 2D 5.4%

Weird Wormholes is a casual game about traveling through wormholes to try and get back home. Use your ship to mine planets for resources and process these resources into components to enable your travels.

Why similar: Space Sim 43% ★, Mining 22.6% ★, Exploration 9.4%, Top-Down 8.4%, Casual 5%

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 32.5% ★, Mining 28.8% ★, Trading 24.2% ★, Exploration 7.1%, Sci-fi 4.3%

Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.

Why similar: Mining 30.8% ★, Trading 24.1% ★, Automation 13.9%, Simulation 8.2%, Minimalist 6.6%

Endless Escalation is a strategy-driven incremental game where you must carefully choose your army composition, buildings and upgrades to overcome ever-evolving enemy forces.

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.1%, Mining 28.5% ★, Tower Defense 21.1%, Relaxing 8.7%, Simulation 3.9%

Experience large space ship battles. Uncover the secrets of the mysterious alien race. Upgrade your ship or even start a fleet. Survive

Why similar: Space Sim 37.6% ★, Trading 25.1% ★, Narration 11.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%

A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.

Why similar: Mining 31.3% ★, Space Sim 26.5% ★, Automation 24.6%, Top-Down 6.8%, Relaxing 5.4%

Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.5%, Automation 25.8%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%

Tame spinning asteroids with harpoons and thrusters. Mine them for profit. Upgrade your ship. A physics sandbox where every rock fights back.

Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Space Sim 29.4% ★, Trading 23% ★, Exploration 7.2%, Sci-fi 4.2%

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: Space Sim 32.9% ★, Trading 30.5% ★, Top-Down 9%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Exploration 8%

The Last Mission is an auto-battler and space battle simulation game where you command a fleet of spacecraft in vast, strategic battles. Equip, configure and upgrade your ships to be ready to battle the enemy.

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.7%, Space Sim 28.5% ★, Tower Defense 20.9%, Top-Down 7.7%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!

Why similar: Space Sim 38.4% ★, Mining 29.1% ★, Top-Down 8.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Sci-fi 4.7%

A single-player 2D top-down pixel game with space physics. Mine asteroids in the middle of an asteroid field using manual controls or by directing mining drones. Protect the outpost, buy from trading ships, mine as much ore as you can and survive as long as possible! Do you have what it takes?

Why similar: Mining 37% ★, Space Sim 29.7% ★, Top-Down 9.7%, Sci-fi 5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

Galactic Merchant is sci-fi business simulator (a.k.a space tycoon game). Starting from single ship startup you can grow it to intergalactic monopoly. To do so, you could trade, mine, produce goods, smuggle, rob, give bribes, engage in politics, save planets and use many other options.

Why similar: Trading 36.1% ★, Space Sim 28.9% ★, Automation 27.2%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Simulation 3.6%

A cozy space-trucking game about hauling cargo, docking at industrial stations, and cruising between planets at your own pace. Take on delivery contracts, manage your ship, and enjoy the quiet life of an interstellar transport pilot.

Why similar: Space Sim 54.6% ★, Trading 26.1% ★, Exploration 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Hard-core action with easy controls! The METAL SLUG we all love is back as a tower defense game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Auto Battler 28.6%, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Simulation 5.2%

Take the helm of a cutting-edge space agency with the mission to explore and exploit the Solar system. Realize the historical, and futuristic mission to establish humanity as the Interplanetary species.

Why similar: Mars 29.2% ★, Trading 25.9% ★, Space Sim 24.5% ★, Exploration 6.9%, Top-Down 6.5%

Perfect for players who love the intuitive satisfaction of merging puzzles and the tense excitement of tower defense battles.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Auto Battler 23.6%, Choices Matter 18%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Colorful 4.4%

Become the space captain you always wanted to be. There are just a few problems, your ship needs work, there’s a price on your head, and your crew are idiots. Seek your fortune and the truth in The Galactic Junkers, a comedic space combat adventure game.

Why similar: Mining 30.7% ★, Space Sim 30.5% ★, Trading 26.8% ★, Exploration 7%, Sci-fi 5.1%

This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.9%, Tower Defense 27.1%, Automation 21.7%, Top-Down 7.6%, Relaxing 6%

Startron is an ASCII-based space colony sim where you can mine, harvest, build and automate your way across a procedurally generated cosmos. Lead a crew of sentient cats (or dogs) as they take their first steps out and discover the mysteries of the cosmos.

Why similar: Mining 29.8% ★, Space Sim 27.9% ★, Automation 24.5%, Exploration 7.8%, Sci-fi 3.6%

Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

Why similar: Mars 44.2% ★, Space Sim 25.6% ★, Tower Defense 22.2%, Sci-fi 4.7%, Simulation 3.2%

Experience classic RTS gameplay with pixel art style! Gather resources, build armies, master strategic formations, and crush your enemies. Up to 16-player multiplayer battles, epic campaign, and challenging AI await!

Why similar: Auto Battler 29.2%, Tower Defense 26.7%, Automation 23.7%, Relaxing 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

Miracle Brave blends inventory management, deck-building, tower defense, and shooter combat! Strategize your gear, forge your unique build from countless progression paths, take control of your hero, and hold back endless waves of beasts. Carve out your path to victory and forge your own legend!

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Auto Battler 23.9%, Automation 19.7%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Relaxing 6.6%