Games Like Trigon: Space Story

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 17.9% ★, Space 15.2%, Roguelike 13.7%, Perma Death 11.2%, Difficult 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive tactical space roguelike that established the ship-management and crew-command mechanics found in Trigon.

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 18.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, Difficult 15.6%, Survival 12.4%, Roguelike 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly brutal roguelite experience focused on ship survival, complex resource management, and tactical combat.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.3% ★, Space 12.9%, Perma Death 11.9%, Roguelike 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the narrative-heavy, tactical decision-making and top-down space combat style of the seed game.

Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Why similar: Perma Death 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Roguelike 12.8%, Survival 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It applies the FTL-style crew and ship management formula to a naval setting with a strong focus on tactical combat and roguelite progression.

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 23.5%, Resource Management 21.1%, Survival 18%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title provides a deeper focus on ship construction and crew survival, perfect for players who enjoy the management aspect of space travel.

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: Real-Time with Pause 31.1% ★, Space 15.2%, Difficult 12.4%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled depth in ship design and tactical combat, allowing for highly customized vessel management.

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: Perma Death 23.4%, Procedural Generation 19.3%, Difficult 17.2%, Space 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a rich, open-ended space RPG experience with deep tactical combat and crew management systems.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 15.1%, Resource Management 11.9%, Roguelike 10.4%, Difficult 9.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging space survival game that prioritizes resource management and difficult narrative choices over direct combat.

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 29.6%, Real-Time with Pause 21.4% ★, Roguelike 15.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Perma Death 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A focused tactical space combat game that incorporates roguelike elements and fleet management.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelike 26.7%, Difficult 16.4%, Strategy 13.7%, Top-Down 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that emphasizes resource management and branching choices while traveling through a dangerous, hostile environment.

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29% ★, Space 16.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Top-Down 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical game that allows for creative infiltration and combat on enemy ships, capturing the intensity of space boarding actions.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 57.9%, Strategy 29.9%, Indie 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines base building, crew management, and turn-based tactical combat in a pixel-art space setting.

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Space 31%, Resource Management 22.6%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Exploration 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the high-stakes resource management and survival aspects of managing a massive space vessel under pressure.

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 48.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Exploration 11.8%, Top-Down 10.6%, Story Rich 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy space RPG that features tactical combat and ship customization in a vast, mysterious galaxy.

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 26%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10%, Survival 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends space exploration with survival mechanics, forcing players to make difficult choices to keep their crew alive.

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: Real-Time with Pause 26.3% ★, Space 20.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on tactical ship management and combat in a procedurally generated space environment.

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!

Why similar: Space 21.7%, Perma Death 19.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Difficult 13.8%, Roguelike 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A direct take on crew management and ship combat that requires constant attention to tactical threats.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Roguelike 23%, Perma Death 16.1%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Difficult 10.3%, Resource Management 10%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that requires careful resource management and strategic placement to survive waves of enemies.

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 49.9%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Roguelike 9.6%, Difficult 7.9%, Survival 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike space combat game that features resource gathering and ship upgrades, focusing on the action-oriented side of space survival.

Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

Why similar: Difficult 25.4%, Strategy 21.6%, Survival 15.8%, Perma Death 13.7%, Roguelike 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the frantic nature of crew management and tactical survival during high-pressure combat situations.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Perma Death 20.3%, Space 15.8%, Difficult 15.3%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Roguelike 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical roguelike that demands careful resource management and strategic combat to survive extraction missions.

Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.

Why similar: Space 48.8%, Strategy 30.9%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that emphasizes ship-to-ship combat and strategic positioning.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Roguelike 27.6%, Perma Death 15.2%, Space 13.9%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Strategy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that focuses on squad management and combat within claustrophobic, dangerous environments.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Roguelike 16.6%, Space 16.3%, Survival 14.9%, Top-Down 14%, Exploration 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven space exploration game that emphasizes survival, resource management, and the consequences of your choices.

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: Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, Perma Death 14.8%, Space 12.7%, Difficult 10.4%, Resource Management 9.2%

Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.

Why similar: Space 25.2%, Strategy 21.9%, Resource Management 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Procedural Generation 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game set in space that features fleet management and tactical combat scenarios.

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 41.2%, Survival 19.6%, Strategy 17.9%, Roguelike 15.6%, Indie 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused space strategy game that requires careful management of your ship and crew while fleeing an enemy force.

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: Roguelike 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 10.3%

Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

Why similar: Resource Management 26.1%, Space 24.9%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Roguelike 12%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game that focuses on resource management and survival while navigating a dangerous space sector.

Sign up to be a galaxy trucker today! An adaptation of Vlaada Chvátil’s award-winning board game is now on Steam. Already includes the ALIEN TECHNOLOGIES expansion!

Why similar: Space 40.9%, Sci-fi 22%, Resource Management 19.9%, Strategy 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on ship building and survival, where the design of your vessel directly impacts your ability to survive hazards.

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 43.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Roguelike 7.2%, Survival 6.5%

Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 32.7% ★, Space 31.1%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Indie 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that features ship management and tactical combat within a space-faring narrative.

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 51.5%, Strategy 26.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Indie 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space simulation that focuses on navigation, ship systems, and tactical awareness in a realistic setting.

Reclaim the Sea is a roguelike strategy game set in a pirate fantasy world. Fight your way through randomly generated maps and text events. Command your pirate crew, upgrade your ship and make tactical decisions to beat the boss and save the world… or die trying.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 31.1% ★, Difficult 14.1%, Perma Death 13.7%, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 12.4%

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: Isometric 44.3%, Space 20.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Atmospheric 7%

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: Real-Time with Pause 22.4% ★, Perma Death 13.5%, Space 11.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Roguelike 8.6%

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 25.2%, Survival 15%, Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%

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: Resource Management 15.7%, Space 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Roguelike 11.7%, Survival 11.1%

Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Why similar: Roguelike 32.1%, Procedural Generation 28%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Indie 5.1%

Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.

Why similar: Space 23.3%, Roguelike 20%, Survival 16.1%, Sci-fi 16%, Strategy 10.7%

A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

Why similar: Perma Death 20.9%, Space 18.4%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.7%

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 46%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Exploration 14.2%, Story Rich 11.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%

LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

Why similar: Perma Death 29.6%, Difficult 21.5%, Roguelike 21.1%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Strategy 10.4%

Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes.

Why similar: Space 22.5%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Perma Death 14.2%, Roguelike 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%

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 35%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Top-Down 11.8%, Exploration 9.8%

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 23.5%, Roguelike 17%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Top-Down 10.8%

Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.

Why similar: Roguelike 26.7%, Difficult 26.1%, Procedural Generation 25.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Indie 4.3%

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 39.4%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Top-Down 13.5%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 8.5%

Strategy from the front lines! Starpoint Gemini Warlords combines 3rd person capital spaceship combat with 4X strategy and RPG gameplay elements. Build mighty war fleets and send them into battle or lead them into combat yourself. Become the Warlord and conquer the Gemini system!

Why similar: Space 49.8%, Sci-fi 23.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 4.8%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.

Why similar: Space 40.8%, Procedural Generation 24.9%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Strategy 12.6%, 3D 8.2%

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: Perma Death 22.9%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Space 17.1%, Roguelike 14%, Sci-fi 13.4%

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a hybrid roguelike game of space exploration, adventure and starship combat.

Why similar: Strategy 19.7%, Roguelike 19.4%, Perma Death 17.6%, Space 16.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

Why similar: Isometric 38.7%, Roguelike 21%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Story Rich 12%, Strategy 10.7%

Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.

Why similar: Space 59.9%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Strategy 16.6%, Indie 6.3%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: Space 30.1%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Exploration 10.2%

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: Space 32.2%, Top-Down 19.2%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Exploration 8.6%

Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!

Why similar: Isometric 37.2%, Space 16%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%

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 62.9%, Sci-fi 20.8%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Exploration 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 32.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Sci-fi 17%, Exploration 13.1%, 3D 8.4%

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Space 19.1%, Difficult 16%, Roguelike 13.7%, Procedural Generation 13%, Survival 12.3%