- #1 The Battle of Sol
97% matchMixed57% of 102 reviews2015
Dev: Bit Planet Games, LLC
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.
Why similar: Action 65.2%, Indie 34.8%
- #2 Deep Space Battle Simulator
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 410 reviews2021
Dev: yeswecamp
Windows · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!
Why similar: Multiplayer 47.7%, Strategy 27.3%, Action 15.9%, Indie 9.1%
- #3 Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
94% matchVery Positive83% of 865 reviews2014
Dev: Hassey Enterprises, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!
Why similar: Real-Time 33.1% ★, Multiplayer 23.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Team-Based 16.9%, Indie 6.3%
- #4 Worbital
94% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jolly Roger
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Why similar: Multiplayer 49.8%, Strategy 26%, Action 14.6%, Indie 9.6%
- #5 Space Reign
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 377 reviews2026
Dev: Propulsive Games
Windows
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Why similar: Strategy 36.6%, 3D 24.6%, Action 23.8%, Indie 14.9%
- #6 Iron Armada
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 177 reviews2024
Dev: Bluedrake42Pub: Drakeling Labs
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 816.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Iron Armada is a multiplayer, space-faring combat game where players must team up to build a fleet of ships in order to survive the perils of space and defeat the opposing player faction. Build ships of all shapes and sizes, mine resources, and scavenge parts with friends to conquer the universe!
Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, Action 30.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Indie 2.9%
- #7 Firmament Wars
93% matchMixed65% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Neverworks Games
Windows
Firmament Wars is a multiplayer strategy game with fast-paced real-time warfare. Build a wall, fire cannons, and launch missiles on your way to victory! Select from 7 government types and compete with up to 8 players on a variety of maps! Go forth and conquer!
Why similar: Real-Time 47.5% ★, Team-Based 20.6%, Strategy 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Indie 5.4%
- #8 Natural Selection 2
92% matchVery Positive85% of 13,305 reviews2012
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Why similar: Team-Based 49.2%, Multiplayer 26.6%, Strategy 15%, Action 6.4%, Indie 2.7%
- #9 Flotilla
90% matchVery Positive82% of 239 reviews2010
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!
Why similar: Strategy 50.3%, 3D 31.2%, Action 18.5%
- #10 Executive Assault 2
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Real-Time 68% ★, Multiplayer 15.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Action 5.1%
- #11 Void Destroyer
89% matchMixed60% of 351 reviews2015
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
Why similar: Strategy 59.5%, Action 27.9%, Indie 12.6%
- #12 Galaxy Control: 3D Strategy
89% matchMixed59% of 530 reviews2016
Dev: FX Games Media
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Build your base and battle with other players to control the galaxy! Galaxy Control is an ultimate space combat strategy game with fast-paced combats! Gather minerals and extract uranium, defend your base with laser towers, missile turrets, cannons, walls and mines.
Why similar: Strategy 86.5%, Action 13.5%
- #13 Infinity: Battlescape
86% matchVery Positive80% of 751 reviews2019
Dev: I-Novae Studios, LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 38%
- #14 Stellar Commanders
86% matchMixed58% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows
Conquer the stars in this straightforward multiplayer real-time strategy game from the creators of First Strike and become a Stellar Commander!
Why similar: Real-Time 67.4% ★, Multiplayer 17.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #15 Disputed Space
84% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2017
Dev: ShilohGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Experience epic space battles while piloting a small, fast fighter ship as part of a fleet that lashes out against enemy factions across stunning procedurally generated star systems in Disputed Space.
Why similar: Action 62%, Indie 38%
- #16 Freefall Tournament
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 113 reviews2018
Dev: y8.com
Windows · Mac
A space marines team-based TPS (third person shooter).
Why similar: Team-Based 53.1%, Multiplayer 24%, Strategy 12.7%, Action 10.2%
- #17 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
82% matchVery Positive85% of 14,430 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: Multiplayer 52.3%, Strategy 41.3%, Indie 6.4%
- #18 Nuclear Dawn
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,481 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Real-Time 40.7% ★, Team-Based 23.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Action 5%
- #19 Allspace
82% matchMixed63% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: ShilohGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
100 pilots battle with lasers, plasma, and missiles in Allspace.
Why similar: Action 45.9%, Multiplayer 44.6%, Indie 9.4%
- #20 BattleGroupVR
78% matchVery Positive92% of 943 reviews2023
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.
Why similar: Real-Time 58.9% ★, Multiplayer 23%, Strategy 12.1%, Action 6%
- #21 Starblast
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,077 reviews2017
Dev: Neuronality
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%
- #22 [MARS] Total Warfare
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 117 reviews2018
Dev: TCR
Windows
[MARS] Total Warfare uses authentic Martian landscapes to create an intense RTS experience best described as a hybrid between team multiplayer and massively multiplayer online. Fight over natural resources vs human or AI opponents and conquer a crater ridden world, with pink sky and blue seas!
Why similar: Strategy 65.7%, Action 34.3%
- #23 Codename: Rogue Fleet
81% matchMixed59% of 318 reviews2016
Dev: SionoiS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Codename: Rogue Fleet is a multiplayer team-based game about spaceships combat.
Why similar: Multiplayer 61.1%, Action 24.7%, Indie 14.2%
- #24 Beyond the Void
79% matchMixed57% of 136 reviews2018
Dev: B2Expand
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Beyond the Void is a new hybrid strategy game in space, with RTS and MOBA mechanics. It's F2P. Experience the thrill of being a Captain and lead epic space wars in 1 vs1. Design your own strategy and fleet to become the one who'll dominate the galaxy!
Why similar: Strategy 49.1%, Multiplayer 37.5%, Indie 13.4%
- #25 GoD Factory: Wingmen
79% matchMixed68% of 298 reviews2014
Dev: Nine Dots StudioPub: Nine Dots Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
GoD Factory: Wingmen is a multiplayer space combat game played through fast-paced and intensely tactical 4 vs 4 player matches. Customize gunships and start frantic battles with your friends to survive the relentless fire of enemy players.
Why similar: Multiplayer 47%, Strategy 26.9%, Action 17.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #26 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
78% matchMixed58% of 194 reviews2017
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.
Why similar: Real-Time 58.2% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Action 11.2%, Indie 7.9%
- #27 Cannon Brawl
76% matchVery Positive91% of 796 reviews2014
Dev: Theresa DuringerPub: Temple Gates Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Cannon Brawl is action RTS and artillery hybrid. Pilot an airship, command powerful weapon emplacements and use the destructible terrain to out think and destroy your enemy! It's a new take on artillery strategy!
Why similar: Multiplayer 51.5%, Strategy 25.1%, Indie 11.8%, Action 11.6%
- #28 Space Aces
71% matchMixed63% of 350 reviews2026
Dev: DewEnforcerPub: Space Aces
Windows
Space Aces is an indie space shooter that plunges you into an online universe full of action, strategy, and fierce competition. Step into the cockpit and evolve from a rookie pilot into the most feared Ace in the galaxy!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #29 Planets Under Attack
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,241 reviews2012
Dev: Targem GamesPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.
Why similar: Strategy 91.9%, Multiplayer 4.6%, Indie 3.6%
- #30 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
71% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Multiplayer 52.9%, Strategy 34.2%, Indie 12.9%
- #31 Space Battlecruiser
76% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2018
Dev: Less Describable Games
Windows
Space Battlecruiser is an arcade style, top down space shooter where you control a heavily armed capital ship. Battle against squadrons of fighters, fleets of warships, heavily defended space stations, and powerful command ships. Learn to master weaponry and special abilities like the Energy Shield.
Why similar: Action 59.4%, Indie 40.6%
- #32 Hyper Space
72% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Fennec Game Studio
Windows
Hyper Space is a “Dodge ’Em Up” Arcade game. Collect stars while avoiding space hazards to reach the highest score, unlock new skins, compete with your friends and travel through space to the most distant galaxies.
Why similar: Action 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #33 Etherium
77% matchMostly Negative37% of 953 reviews2015
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Etherium is a real-time strategy game set in a science-fiction universe, where three factions battle it out for a mysterious and rare resource known as ‘Etherium’.
Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Multiplayer 38.1%, Action 4.1%
- #34 Interstellar Rift
73% matchMixed68% of 1,655 reviews2020
Dev: Split PolygonPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.2 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: 3D 59.2%, Action 40.8%
- #35 LOCKDOWN Protocol
66% matchVery Positive86% of 18,919 reviews2025
Dev: Mirage Creative Lab
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, playable up to 16 players. While most players will cooperate to complete objectives to ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try their best to stop them at all cost, without being caught.
Why similar: Team-Based 41.5%, Multiplayer 34.1%, Strategy 9.6%, 3D 7.8%, Action 7%
- #36 Aetherspace
75% matchMixed63% of 84 reviews2017
Dev: Munchkin's Lair
Windows
Aetherspace is a game about turn-based battles between outlaw gangs. In space. With starships.
Why similar: Strategy 73.6%, Indie 26.4%
- #37 SQUIDS FROM SPACE
74% matchVery Positive86% of 238 reviews2017
Dev: Fun Bits
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
SQUIDS FROM SPACE is an 8v8, team-based PvP top-down shooter where humans and the sinister Squid aliens wage war for the future of the Earth!
Why similar: Team-Based 49%, Multiplayer 26.2%, Action 17.3%, Indie 7.6%
- #38 The Infinite Black
75% matchMixed66% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: SpellbookPub: www.Spellbook.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Fleet up with thousands of players in The Infinite Black -- The wildly popular online space combat and adventure game! Command massive spaceships, form powerful corporations, and battle it out in never-ending intergalactic warfare!
Why similar: Strategy 75.5%, Indie 24.5%
- #39 Antisphere
74% matchMixed64% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: Soap InteractivePub: Starbreeze Publishing AB
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Antisphere is a PvP competitive twin-stick shooter where you compete against other players.
Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Action 29.7%, Indie 18.6%
- #40 Mr Blaster
73% matchMixed64% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: ENTERiPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Mr Blaster is a higher-level space adventure with an aim to conquest the universe. It’s a way to test strategic playing skills and the precision of shooting. A galactic war over the conquest of a planet and seizing the opponent’s flag
Why similar: Action 64.6%, Indie 35.4%
- #41 Thunder League Online
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Thunder LeaguePub: Thunder League Studio
Windows
A strategic fast-paced MOBA-styled game where you play as a team to complete objectives against the opposing team. Play as unique agents with a third-person view and use their abilities to change the outcomes of the chaotic battle arena with various game modes! No pay to win, just pure skill!
Why similar: Team-Based 49.8%, Multiplayer 24.1%, Strategy 13.5%, 3D 9.6%, Action 3%
- #42 Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 809 reviews2011
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
Why similar: Real-Time 79.9% ★, Strategy 11.5%, 3D 8.7%
- #43 XOL: Space Mech Wars
65% matchVery Positive91% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Michigames
Windows
Mech FPS game in all directions of space; follow the story and contribute to the fight for your homeland! Survive the space wars as an up-and-coming soldier with the toughest warriors around!
Why similar: Action 50.8%, 3D 35.5%, Indie 13.6%
- #44 Aerial Guardian
73% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2018
Dev: Maddnuss GamesPub: Matthew Nuss
Windows
Aerial Guardian is a large scale multiplayer battle first person shooter. Choose from several classes and play as a soldier to embroil yourself in a space fleet battle. Choose from a variety of over 20 weapons and several vehicles including mechs.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, Action 28%, Indie 19%
- #45 Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
69% matchVery Positive85% of 919 reviews2017
Dev: Team Jolly RogerPub: Black Smoke Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.
Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Multiplayer 32.6%, Indie 13.7%
- #46 Arena
70% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2019
Dev: FX GAMES
Windows · Mac
Enter the Arena! From the creators of Galaxy Control comes a real-time multiplayer game starring the space stations assault and defence, your favorite Galay Control characters and much, much more.
Why similar: Strategy 75.4%, Indie 24.6%
- #47 Slam Bolt Scrappers
70% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2013
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Action 29.3%, Indie 19.1%
- #48 Aeon Command
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 414 reviews2014
Dev: Bat Country Games, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.
Why similar: Strategy 79.2%, Indie 20.8%
- #49 Redout: Space Assault
68% matchMixed46% of 106 reviews2021
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows
Redout: Space Assault is arcade space battle, coupling the trademark Redout adrenaline with the thrill of combat. Outsmart, outmaneuver, overpower, outclass your opponents in lightning-fast, adrenaline-inducing single-player space combat.
Why similar: Multiplayer 36.1%, Action 24.3%, 3D 23.6%, Indie 16%
- #50 Annihilate The Spance
61% matchVery Positive91% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: Skyglow Softworks
Windows
The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses. An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships.
Why similar: Strategy 56.4%, 3D 22.2%, Indie 21.4%
- #51 Dominari Empires
67% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Tiny RTS
Windows
Got 5-10 minutes? Annihilate your enemy in a lightning fast micro 4X/RTS game set in deep space. Gameplay relies heavily on strategy, forward-thinking, and twitch-like reflexes.
Why similar: Strategy 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #52 Ballistic Craft
66% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Palladium SoftPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows
A bullet hell of your own making! Play the game where strategy and creativity meet - duel rival wizards in real time battle arenas with custom shot crafting to win the League of Crafters!
Why similar: Action 45%, Indie 28.9%, Multiplayer 26.1%