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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Singleplayer, Simulation, 2D.

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A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.

Reviews: Very Positive — 91% — of 468 reviews
Released: 2025-10-30
Developer: Bat Roost Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Rafael Burgos
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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.

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  2. #2 Astrox Imperium
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,232 reviews2019
    Dev: Jace Masula
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    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.

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  3. #3 Galaxy Idle Clicker
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,164 reviews2025
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    Windows
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  4. #4 Endless Sky
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 7,035 reviews2015
    Dev: Michael Zahniser
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 13.7 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.

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    94% matchVery Positive93% of 4,230 reviews2023
    Dev: SylvPub: Jdog Corp
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 295.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

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    94% matchVery Positive89% of 3,066 reviews2025
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    Dev: FrontRunnerTek
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    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.

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    92% matchVery Positive84% of 935 reviews2021
    Dev: Windybeard
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  9. #9 Space Rock Breaker
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,735 reviews2025
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  10. #10 Idle Spiral
    91% matchVery Positive80% of 1,873 reviews2022
    Dev: Idle System, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 117.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!

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  11. #11 Starvester
    89% matchMixed70% of 696 reviews2026
    Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  12. #12 Idle Space Navy
    90% matchMixed48% of 58 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac

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  13. #13 Reassembly
    89% matchVery Positive94% of 4,074 reviews2015
    Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  14. #14 Far Mining
    87% matchVery Positive95% of 220 reviews2026
    Dev: LostVolBytes
    Windows

    Far Mining is a short and relaxing incremental game about mining asteroids. Mine resources, upgrade your ship, unlock new tools, and find your way out of deep space.

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  15. #15 Void Destroyer 2
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    Windows
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    86% matchVery Positive90% of 660 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows · Linux
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    Windows
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    77% matchMixed63% of 541 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac

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    74% matchVery Positive85% of 758 reviews2024
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    Windows
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  36. #36 Idle Research
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 1,866 reviews2022
    Dev: Considera Games LLCPub: Considera Core LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,079 reviews2026
    Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    75% matchVery Positive91% of 3,156 reviews2011
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    75% matchMixed62% of 125 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    71% matchVery Positive89% of 222 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive90% of 14,443 reviews2020
    Dev: Boxelware
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 99.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    70% matchVery Positive81% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: Who Nose Studios
    Windows · Mac

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  44. #44 Interstellar Rift
    73% matchMixed68% of 1,660 reviews2020
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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 51 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    69% matchMixed69% of 1,804 reviews2026
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    Windows
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    71% matchMixed63% of 119 reviews2023
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    73% matchMixed61% of 424 reviews
    Dev: MadJones
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    Windows
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  51. #51 Milky Way Idle
    70% matchMixed47% of 2,297 reviews2025
    Dev: cheze
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  52. #52 Star Merchant
    72% matchMixed64% of 183 reviews2017
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    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    67% matchVery Positive90% of 143 reviews2023
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  55. #55 Lazy Galaxy
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 204 reviews2018
    Dev: Coldwild Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    66% matchVery Positive80% of 1,142 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,646 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    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.

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    66% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
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    Windows

    Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

    Why similar: Resource Management 20.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Crafting 19%, Space 18.8%, Sci-fi 10.7%

  59. #59 RymdResa
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 304 reviews2015
    Dev: Morgondag
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 59 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Space 18.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Procedural Generation 10%, Relaxing 8.6%

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