- #1 Starcom: Unknown Space
97% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space 22%, Space Sim 18.1% ★, Action RPG 12.5%, Open World 11.3%, Top-Down Shooter 9.6%
- #2 Starcom: Nexus
96% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.9%, Space Sim 15.3% ★, Sci-fi 10.4%, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #3 Rebel Galaxy
96% matchVery Positive85% of 8,230 reviews2015
Dev: Double Damage Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
Why similar: Space 38%, Space Sim 17.8% ★, Open World 14.6%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Trading 7% ★
- #4 Between the Stars
95% 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 30.8%, Space Sim 24.4% ★, Sci-fi 8.7%, RPG 8%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #5 Star Valor
94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Space 26.8%, Open World 13%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #6 Battlevoid: Harbinger
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,057 reviews2016
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.
Why similar: Space 42.7%, Roguelite 14.9%, Roguelike 12.3%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Open World 6.5%
- #7 Approaching Infinity
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 709 reviews2025
Dev: IBOL
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Space 14.2%, Space Sim 14% ★, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Open World 12.3%, Perma Death 10.5%
- #8 Star Traders: Frontiers
93% matchVery Positive84% of 3,754 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Trading 17.6% ★, Space Sim 17.2% ★, Space 11.5%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #9 Gaia Beyond
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Warp Turtle
Windows
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 18.7% ★, Space 15%, Trading 14.9% ★, Action RPG 11.4%, Open World 10.2%
- #10 Endless Sky
91% matchVery Positive92% of 6,938 reviews2015
Dev: Michael Zahniser
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Why similar: Space 35.6%, Trading 13.2% ★, Open World 13.1%, Space Sim 12.6% ★, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #11 Destination Sol
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,362 reviews2015
Dev: MovingBlocks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter!
Why similar: Space 37%, Open World 20.2%, RPG 11.1%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Action 5.4%
- #12 VoidExpanse
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 760 reviews2015
Dev: AtomicTorch Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Why similar: Space 42.2%, Open World 18.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Top-Down 9.3%, RPG 8.9%
- #13 EVERSPACE™ 2
87% matchVery Positive86% of 12,587 reviews2023
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player spaceship shooter with exploration in space and on planets, tons of loot, RPG elements, mining, and crafting. Experience an exciting sci-fi story set in a vivid, handcrafted open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils.
Why similar: Space 26.7%, Action RPG 20.3%, Open World 16.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #14 Space Pirates and Zombies
89% matchVery Positive91% of 3,143 reviews2011
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
Why similar: Space 38.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Open World 9.6%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #15 Star Singularity
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Star Bunny Enterprises
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A space action-adventure unlike any other: navigate your spacecraft through a galactic-scale mystery. Make sure to loot, craft and upgrade your space fleet. Play the story campaign or test your skills in vicious arena modes against AI opponents.
Why similar: Space 20%, Open World 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Action RPG 10.6%, Top-Down Shooter 9.8%
- #16 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,148 reviews2017
Dev: Bird in SkyPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.
Why similar: Space 30.5%, Space Sim 18.6% ★, Open World 14.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Exploration 7%
- #17 X4: Foundations
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Trading 24.1% ★, Space 20.6%, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 8.5%
- #18 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
86% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.6% ★, Space 17.5%, Open World 14%, Trading 13.9% ★, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #19 Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
84% matchMixed68% of 2,477 reviews2020
Dev: Radiation BluePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.9% ★, Space 17.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Open World 13.3%, Procedural Generation 13.2%
- #20 EVERSPACE™
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 11,373 reviews2017
Dev: ROCKFISH Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
EVERSPACE™ combines fast-paced combat with roguelike elements, great visuals and a captivating story. It takes you on a challenging journey through an ever-changing, beautifully crafted universe full of surprises. Shoot, craft and loot your way to victory while the odds are stacked against you.
Why similar: Space 39.5%, Space Sim 22% ★, Roguelite 11.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Action 5%
- #21 Power of Ten
83% matchVery Positive80% of 249 reviews2023
Dev: Pew Times Three
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
Why similar: Space Sim 16.4% ★, Space 16.1%, Roguelite 11.6%, Top-Down Shooter 11%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
- #22 Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters
81% matchVery Positive95% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Pistol Shrimp
Windows · Mac
Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!
Why similar: Action RPG 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Open World 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%
- #23 Landinar: Into the Void
82% matchMixed57% of 243 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space 26%, Space Sim 23.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Open World 10.7%, RPG 7.5%
- #24 Avorion
79% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.6% ★, Space 19.4%, Trading 15.5% ★, Open World 12.7%, Action RPG 11%
- #25 The Long Journey Home
82% matchMixed59% of 1,915 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 36.6%, RPG 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Roguelike 10.3%, Exploration 10%
- #26 Blacksea Odyssey
81% matchVery Positive80% of 205 reviews2016
Dev: Blacksea OdysseyPub: Spiral Summit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.
Why similar: Roguelite 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Space 12%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Perma Death 11.2%
- #27 Silent Sector
80% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.7% ★, Space 15%, Action RPG 13.3%, Open World 9.8%, Top-Down Shooter 9.3%
- #28 Ostranauts
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,398 reviews2020
Dev: Blue Bottle GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 17% ★, Trading 15.6% ★, Space 14.8%, Procedural Generation 11%, Exploration 9.8%
- #29 Shortest Trip to Earth
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Space 25.8%, Space Sim 20% ★, Roguelite 19.2%, Sci-fi 12%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #30 BossConstructor
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 40.7%, RPG 15%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Top-Down 8.1%, Action 7.9%
- #31 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
74% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space 22.6%, Space Sim 21.5% ★, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Open World 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #32 Objects in Space
77% matchMixed52% of 612 reviews2019
Dev: Flat Earth GamesPub: 505 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Space Sim 22.9% ★, RPG 12.4%, Open World 8%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #33 Jitter
73% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9% ★, Space 21.5%, Open World 14.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 8.3%
- #34 SpaceBourne 2
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,992 reviews2025
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.7% ★, Space 26.6%, Open World 20.5%, RPG 10.2%
- #35 Naev
76% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2017
Dev: Naev Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 20.4% ★, Trading 19.2% ★, Space 17.6%, Open World 9.7%, Exploration 7%
- #36 Star Nomad 2
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 158 reviews2015
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Why similar: Space 28.1%, Space Sim 12.6% ★, Roguelite 12.4%, Open World 12%, RPG 9.1%
- #37 X Rebirth
77% matchMixed44% of 7,305 reviews2013
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 43.9%, Space Sim 21.1% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Open World 8%, Trading 6.5% ★
- #38 Reassembly
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 48.2%, Open World 11.8%, Top-Down 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Exploration 6.4%
- #39 Darkstar One
75% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space 32.6%, Space Sim 27.2% ★, Sci-fi 11.9%, Open World 11.3%, Exploration 7.1%
- #40 Void Destroyer 2
73% matchVery Positive80% of 664 reviews2020
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2% ★, Trading 20.2% ★, Space 20%, Open World 15.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #41 RymdResa
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 303 reviews2015
Dev: Morgondag
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A relaxed roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated universe! Travel through a lonely and mysterious cosmos. Customize your ship, explore and survive!
Why similar: Space 24.1%, Roguelite 12%, Procedural Generation 11%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 10%
- #42 SpaceBourne
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 805 reviews2020
Dev: Burak Dabak
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Why similar: Space 43.1%, Space Sim 30.9% ★, RPG 12.7%, Exploration 8.2%, Indie 5.1%
- #43 Arcadium - Space Odyssey
69% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Luciano Bercini
Windows · Mac
Arcadium is a survival roguelite set in a dynamic, ever-changing universe. Journey across space, harvest planetary resources, and craft powerful builds to eradicate relentless waves of aliens. Each playthrough unveils a new and uncharted universe, ensuring endless challenges and discoveries.
Why similar: Space 19.1%, Roguelite 18.6%, Action RPG 17.1%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%
- #44 Space Trash Scavenger
70% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space 26.4%, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Open World 16.4%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #45 Warspace 2
71% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Game Art
Windows · Mac · Linux
Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.6% ★, Space 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #46 Interstellar Rift
71% 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: Space Sim 27.3% ★, Trading 20.7% ★, Space 18%, Open World 14.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #47 Evochron Mercenary
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 434 reviews2012
Dev: StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Why similar: Space 37.6%, Space Sim 24.9% ★, Open World 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Trading 8.9% ★
- #48 Void Resurgence
68% matchVery Positive95% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Roguelite 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16%, Space 15.2%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Perma Death 12.8%
- #49 Void War
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Space 26.6%, Roguelite 18.9%, Perma Death 17.1%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #50 Sector Space
67% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.7% ★, RPG 14.9%, Exploration 11.7%, Space 10.4%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #51 Drox Operative 2
69% matchVery Positive90% of 282 reviews2021
Dev: Soldak Entertainment
Windows · Linux
Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.
Why similar: Space 20.4%, RPG 15.1%, Action RPG 14.5%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Open World 9.6%
- #52 Voidship: The Long Journey
70% 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 27.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Roguelite 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 7.6%
- #53 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,826 reviews2017
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Design and then improve the ultimate mothership. Explore a persistent living galaxy populated by 200 unique captains that can do everything you can do. Survive the zombie infection and then fight them back. Make allies and start your own faction. Build your empire. Also includes Sandbox Mode.
Why similar: Space 42.8%, Open World 16%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, RPG 7.2%
- #54 Nova Drift
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,407 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Space 26.8%, Action RPG 24.3%, Roguelite 22.1%, Roguelike 13.1%, 2D 4.9%
- #55 Into the Stars
71% matchMixed41% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 70.4%, Roguelike 15%, Indie 7.8%, Action 6.8%
- #56 Nienix: Cosmic Warfare
66% matchVery Positive87% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: HolmCom
Windows · Mac · Linux
Search for the legendary lost artifact Nienix through galaxies in conflict! An open world space action RPG adventure that can be played both alone and together!
Why similar: Action RPG 18%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Space 15.3%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Open World 11.1%
- #57 Star Explorers
68% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.9% ★, Space 20%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Open World 13%, Old School 8.1%
- #58 Jumpdrive
70% matchMostly Negative39% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Meteoric Games
Windows
Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power and upgrade and purchase new ships.
Why similar: Space 58.9%, Open World 23.9%, Action 8.6%, Indie 8.6%
- #59 Starship Inspector
68% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
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 17%, Roguelite 14.1%, Space Sim 12.9% ★, Perma Death 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #60 Space Rangers HD: A War Apart
65% matchVery Positive94% of 7,116 reviews2013
Dev: SNK GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!
Why similar: Space 54.7%, Open World 14.3%, RPG 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Procedural Generation 5.2%