- #1 Void Destroyer 2
97% 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 22.7%, Space Sim 19% ★, RTS 16.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it refines the hybrid space-sim and RTS mechanics that made the original game a standout experience.
- #2 Starpoint Gemini Warlords
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,569 reviews2017
Dev: Little Green Men Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 35.2%, Space Sim 20% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It successfully blends tactical fleet management with ship-based RPG elements, mirroring the strategic depth found in Void Destroyer.
- #3 Executive Assault 2
95% 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: RTS 26.8%, Space 24.1%, Space Sim 20.6% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Sci-fi 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the hybrid RTS and space-sim experience by allowing you to build bases and command fleets from a strategy view or pilot ships directly in first-person.
- #4 House of the Dying Sun
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,001 reviews2016
Dev: Marauder Interactive, LLC
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.
Why similar: Space 33.7%, Space Sim 23.9% ★, Simulation 17%, Action 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a visceral, tactical space combat experience where you can pause to issue orders to your fleet before jumping back into the cockpit.
- #5 Battlevoid: Sector Siege
94% 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: Space 28.4%, Strategy 20.1%, Simulation 16.2%, RTS 15.7%, Action 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the tactical management of space fleets and base defense, capturing the core RTS essence of the seed game.
- #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 44.1%, Strategy 23.4%, Simulation 16.5%, Sci-fi 6.6%, Action 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike take on space fleet management that emphasizes tactical combat and ship upgrades in a hostile environment.
- #7 Homeworld Remastered Collection
93% matchVery Positive88% of 13,977 reviews2015
Dev: Gearbox SoftwarePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.
Why similar: Space 40%, RTS 25.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Simulation 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive tactical space RTS, providing the deep fleet control and cinematic scale that fans of Void Destroyer's strategic side will appreciate.
- #8 Ancient Space
92% matchMixed44% of 365 reviews2014
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
Why similar: Space 36.8%, Strategy 24.6%, RTS 23.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Space Sim 3.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated space RTS that focuses on tactical fleet positioning and mission-based objectives in a sci-fi setting.
- #9 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,053 reviews2007
Dev: Mithis GamesPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."
Why similar: Space 37.5%, Strategy 21.1%, RTS 16.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Simulation 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space combat game that emphasizes ship-to-ship maneuvering and fleet management over simple arcade shooting.
- #10 Particle Fleet: Emergence
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,261 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Space 25.8%, Strategy 25.2%, RTS 19%, Simulation 18.2%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An innovative RTS that focuses on tactical positioning and resource management against a fluid, encroaching enemy.
- #11 Space Reign
88% 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: Space 27.8%, Space Sim 22.2% ★, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A modern space-sim that emphasizes tactical fleet control and realistic ship management in a combat-heavy environment.
- #12 Space Pirates And Zombies 2
90% 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 44.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Action 8%, Sci-fi 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on fleet building and tactical combat in an open-world setting, matching the sandbox feel of the seed game.
- #13 Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 159 reviews2015
Dev: Black Lab GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 34.5%, Strategy 27.8%, Simulation 21.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Adventure 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space combat game that uses a unique pause-and-plan system to manage fleet engagements.
- #14 Nomad Fleet
89% matchMixed67% of 212 reviews2016
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
Why similar: Space 33.5%, Strategy 29.1%, RTS 19.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Indie 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game centers on managing a small fleet in a hostile galaxy, requiring careful tactical decisions similar to Void Destroyer.
- #15 Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
87% matchVery Positive93% of 16,246 reviews2012
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
Why similar: Space 25.1%, RTS 20.5%, Space Sim 18% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: While grander in scale, it offers the same satisfying blend of 4X strategy and real-time tactical fleet combat.
- #16 Star Ruler
86% matchVery Positive83% of 340 reviews2010
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
Why similar: Space 36.7%, Strategy 30.2%, RTS 19.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A 4X/RTS hybrid that allows for massive-scale fleet battles and deep customization of individual ships.
- #17 Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
86% matchMixed68% of 101 reviews2014
Dev: Digital RealityPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
From the makers of the award-winning Imperium Galactica 1 and 2 games, discover a powerful space-opera like RTS game.
Why similar: Space 34.8%, Strategy 26.1%, RTS 23.8%, Action 6.2%, Sci-fi 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic space RTS that balances tactical combat with strategic research and exploration.
- #18 Carrier Command 2
82% matchVery Positive82% of 3,658 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: RTS 38.7%, Strategy 28.1%, Simulation 25.1%, Adventure 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep tactical experience where you manage a carrier and its fleet of drones, requiring the same multi-tasking skills as the seed game.
- #19 Voidship: The Long Journey
84% 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 25.7%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 20.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action 10%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space management game where you must maintain your ship and crew while navigating a dangerous galaxy.
- #20 Celestial Command
84% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 37.5%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Space Sim 10.5% ★, Sci-fi 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a physics-based approach to space simulation and ship construction that appeals to the technical side of the seed game.
- #21 Between the Stars
80% 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 34%, Space Sim 16% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Blends space exploration with tactical combat and RPG elements, offering a similar variety of gameplay styles.
- #22 Kinetic Void
85% matchOverwhelmingly Negative17% of 1,556 reviews2014
Dev: Badland Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.
Why similar: Space 49.9%, Simulation 19.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Space Sim 7.6% ★, Action 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on modular ship building and sandbox space exploration, allowing for a high degree of customization.
- #23 The Battle of Sol
83% 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: Space 29.6%, Simulation 26.9%, Space Sim 16.1% ★, Action 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented space combat game that captures the intensity of dogfighting within a larger strategic conflict.
- #24 Galaxy Reavers
81% matchMixed70% of 204 reviews2016
Dev: Good Games
Windows
This is a fun yet challenging RTS game. To survive in the vast galaxy, you need to build up your own fleet and customize your warships. You will also learn to control them efficiently in battle to defeat your enemies, conquer planets, and expand your galactic empire!
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Strategy 26.5%, RTS 23.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space game that focuses on fleet composition and real-time ability management during combat.
- #25 Gratuitous Space Battles
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 874 reviews2009
Dev: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
Why similar: Space 33%, Strategy 21.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, RTS 12.1%, Simulation 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the tactical design and deployment of fleets, perfect for players who enjoy the strategic planning aspect of Void Destroyer.
- #26 Sins of a Solar Empire II
74% matchVery Positive84% of 8,167 reviews2024
Dev: Ironclad Games CorporationPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Why similar: Space 41.9%, RTS 25.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%
- #27 Distant Worlds 2
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,478 reviews2022
Dev: CodeForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.
Why similar: Space 32.7%, Strategy 28.7%, Simulation 23.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%
- #28 VoidExpanse
79% 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 50.1%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Action 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world space RPG that features action-packed combat and a focus on ship progression.
- #29 Void War
72% 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 47.2%, Strategy 21.1%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Simulation 12.1%, Adventure 4.8%
- #30 Rebel Galaxy
77% 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 53%, Space Sim 14.8% ★, Sci-fi 13.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Action 4.3%
- #31 Universal Combat CE
79% matchMixed42% of 267 reviews2015
Dev: 3000AD
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The ultimate space capital ship combat compendium is the evolution of hard core space combat sims. The only game of its kind currently in existence.
Why similar: Space 39%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 18.8%, Sci-fi 17%, Space Sim 3.3% ★
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore space simulation that provides a complex strategic layer for players who enjoy deep system management.
- #32 Distant Worlds: Universe
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014
Dev: Code ForcePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Why similar: Space 39.3%, Strategy 23.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.2%, RTS 10.8%
- #33 Into the Void
78% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: Mozg Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !
Why similar: Space 53.1%, Strategy 32.8%, Adventure 9.7%, Indie 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic space adventure that focuses on resource management and tactical combat encounters.
- #34 From the Depths
73% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Space 32.5%, RTS 31.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 16.7%
- #35 Star Command Galaxies
73% matchMixed43% of 508 reviews2024
Dev: Warballoon
Windows · Mac
Take command in the ultimate starship simulator: Star Command Galaxies. Become a Captain, recruit your crew, customize and upgrade your starship, battle alien vessels, teleport to away missions and repel boarding invaders in this real-time strategy simulation adventure from indie studio Warballoon.
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Space 18.3%, Space Sim 16.6% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #36 Star Ruler 2
76% matchVery Positive82% of 719 reviews2015
Dev: Blind Mind Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Massive scale 4X-RTS set in space. Control hundreds of planets, manipulate galactic politics, research numerous advanced technologies, and command thousands of units and hundreds of planets in your quest for galactic dominance.
Why similar: Space 36.1%, Strategy 23.5%, RTS 23.4%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #37 Shallow Space
78% matchMostly Negative25% of 231 reviews2015
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Construct your Taskforce and lead your forces to domination in the ultimate Fleet Warfare RTS!
Why similar: Space 32.3%, Strategy 21.7%, RTS 18.8%, Simulation 16%, Sci-fi 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: An RTS-focused space game that emphasizes fleet management and tactical combat in a sandbox environment.
- #38 Reassembly
73% 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 55.4%, Strategy 21.1%, Action 8.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Indie 4.1%
- #39 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
71% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: RTS 42.3%, Strategy 30.7%, Simulation 27%
- #40 X3: Reunion
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 725 reviews2006
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue.
Why similar: Space 40.3%, Space Sim 17.7% ★, Simulation 15%, Strategy 14.4%, Sci-fi 10%
- #41 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
69% 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: Space 29.7%, Space Sim 19% ★, Sci-fi 17.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 11.5%
- #42 StarDrive
75% matchMixed45% of 1,482 reviews2013
Dev: Zero Sum Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Why similar: Space 37.1%, Strategy 27.4%, RTS 19.8%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #43 Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
74% matchMixed48% of 1,166 reviews2012
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, RTS 25.2%, Action 15.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Simulation 5.9%
- #44 Children of a Dead Earth
71% matchVery Positive90% of 902 reviews2016
Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
The most scientifically accurate space warfare simulator ever made. Now with Steam Workshop!
Why similar: Space 35.2%, Simulation 21.5%, Strategy 21.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Space Sim 9.8% ★
- #45 StarMade
71% matchMixed68% of 2,981 reviews2014
Dev: Schine GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 54%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 50.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Space Sim 9.7% ★, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #46 Ceres
72% matchMixed52% of 156 reviews2015
Dev: Jötunn GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Space 34.5%, Strategy 24%, Simulation 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Action 11.3%
- #47 Homeworld 3
67% matchMixed41% of 8,530 reviews2024
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 58.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
Why similar: Space 35.2%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #48 Eternal Starlight VR
68% matchVery Positive91% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: White Noise Games
Windows
Activate your Neural Link to gain an omniscient view of the battlefield. Experience the conflict at any scale, as you plot the course that will lead your fleet to victory. Eternal Starlight is a tactical space combat game, built from the ground up for VR.
Why similar: Space 25.2%, RTS 22.4%, Space Sim 15.1% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #49 Subdivision Infinity DX
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2019
Dev: MistFly GamesPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels!
Why similar: Space 36.6%, Space Sim 23% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Action 13.2%, Simulation 6.5%
- #50 Space Run
68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,123 reviews2014
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
Why similar: Space 51.2%, Strategy 28%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Indie 4.3%, Action 2.4%
- #51 O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2014
Dev: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 37.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
An epic struggle for control!
Why similar: Space 38.4%, Strategy 32.8%, RTS 20.9%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #52 Space Empires V
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 469 reviews2006
Dev: Malfador MachinationsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Space 40.1%, Sci-fi 15.4%
- #53 SPACECOM
69% matchMixed68% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Flow CombinePub: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.
Why similar: RTS 35.6%, Space 25.5%, Strategy 20.9%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Indie 4.6%
- #54 X4: Foundations
66% 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 32.6%, Space Sim 25.4% ★, Simulation 15.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #55 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
66% 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 37.5%, Simulation 16.4%, Space Sim 13.6% ★, Sci-fi 11.5%, Action 8.1%
- #56 Catharage
61% matchVery Positive82% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: Björn MichalskiPub: Games Foundation GmbH
Windows
A space tactics extraction roguelite. Explore space, pick fights, collect loot, then escape. Upgrade and unlock new ships to strengthen your fleet and face tougher foes.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.2% ★, Strategy 48.8%
- #57 Strike Suit Zero
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,666 reviews2013
Dev: Born Ready Games Ltd.Pub: Born Ready Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Immerse yourself in massive fleet battles where your dog-fighting skills will directly affect the fate of the cosmos.
Why similar: Space 48.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Simulation 12.4%, Space Sim 10.5% ★, Action 10.2%
- #58 Deep Space Battle Simulator
64% 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: Space 22.6%, Space Sim 17.5% ★, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 10.6%