Games Like Void War

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: Space 18.1%, Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Perma Death 13.4%, Roguelike 12%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive space roguelite that pioneered the ship management and real-time-with-pause combat mechanics found in Void War.

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 24.9% ★, Space 13%, Perma Death 12%, Roguelite 9.4%, Procedural Generation 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven tactical roguelite that emphasizes fleet management and deep space exploration in a dying empire.

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 18.2%, Roguelite 14.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Roguelike 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a brutal, complex simulation of ship survival where every choice and resource management decision is critical to your journey.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.5% ★, Perma Death 14.8%, Space 12.9%, Difficult 10.2%, Resource Management 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric roguelite that focuses heavily on managing ship systems and crew during intense, tactical space encounters.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Choices Matter 26.5%, Tactical 23.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Simulation 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It features intense real-time-with-pause combat and complex ship management that perfectly captures the high-difficulty, resource-strained atmosphere of Void War.

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: Roguelite 22.9%, Difficult 21.9%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Roguelike 19%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical space combat with deckbuilding mechanics, requiring careful strategy to survive against hostile factions.

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 34% ★, Space 19.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides an incredibly deep ship-building system that directly mirrors the 'war engine' customization found in Void War.

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 21%, Space 14.7%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelite 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep space simulation that offers complex crew management, trading, and tactical combat within a reactive, living galaxy.

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 29.3%, Real-Time with Pause 18% ★, Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game that focuses on fleet combat and ship upgrades, providing a solid foundation for fans of tactical space warfare.

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

Why similar: Space 21.2%, Roguelite 15.9%, Difficult 15.4%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Roguelike 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, tactical game where you manage drones to scavenge derelict ships, emphasizing resource management and tension.

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Space 24.4%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic, roguelite shooter that features a unique aesthetic and requires careful planning to survive dangerous space environments.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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: Space 17.3%, Difficult 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Roguelike 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, tactical roguelike that emphasizes resource extraction and survival in a brutal, unforgiving sci-fi setting.

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 18.9%, Perma Death 18.1%, Difficult 10%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that blends tower defense and resource management as you protect your ship's power source through dangerous levels.

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 27.4% ★, Space 19%, Roguelike 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Perma Death 9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, tactical roguelite that focuses on infiltrating enemy ships, offering a similar sense of agency and high-stakes decision-making.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Space 19.7%, Roguelike 18.1%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that balances mining for resources with defensive combat, capturing the core loop of upgrading your vessel to survive waves of enemies.

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 24% ★, Space 21.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Roguelite 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-action game that tasks you with managing a massive ship and its crew across a dangerous, procedurally generated galaxy.

True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.1%, Space 16.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Roguelike 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An innovative mix of real-time strategy and roguelite progression that focuses on building and commanding units in fast-paced battles.

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: Space 22.3%, Roguelite 22.1%, Resource Management 17.2%, Strategy 9.3%, Procedural Generation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused roguelite that centers on resource management and ship survival in the depths of space.

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 22.4%, Roguelite 18.6%, Difficult 16.9%, Strategy 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, roguelite game that focuses on managing a convoy through a hostile wasteland, sharing the same 'journey' feel as Void War.

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: Space 37.3%, Roguelike 27.7%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Adventure 6.2%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy space survival game that emphasizes exploration, resource management, and the psychological toll of deep space travel.

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

Why similar: Space 54.2%, Strategy 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Simulation 7.1%, 2D 3%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends base management, crew development, and tactical space combat with a retro-inspired aesthetic.

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 35.3%, Resource Management 21.7%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Why You'll Like It: A ship-building and survival game that requires you to manage crew needs and ship systems while navigating a hostile universe.

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Roguelite 21.4%, Difficult 17.6%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Roguelike 13.4%, Resource Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite mining game that features a mobile base you must upgrade and defend, mirroring the ship-centric progression of Void War.

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Why similar: Difficult 22.9%, Roguelike 17.7%, Space 13.8%, Procedural Generation 13%, Sci-fi 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based roguelite that emphasizes positioning and defensive strategy against overwhelming odds.

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: Perma Death 24%, Space 20.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Roguelike 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that focuses on ship combat and resource gathering, providing a more arcade-like take on the space survival genre.

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 71.2%, Sci-fi 19.7%, 2D 3.6%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy game that features modular ship building and a focus on discovering the mysteries of the galaxy.

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 49.4%, Procedural Generation 29.2%, Sci-fi 19.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world space RPG with roguelite elements that allows for extensive ship customization and combat variety.

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 21.2%, Perma Death 15.9%, Space 14.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, squad-based roguelike that emphasizes positioning and resource management in a sci-fi environment.

In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28.1% ★, Roguelite 11.9%, Space 11.8%, Difficult 11.1%, Resource Management 9.1%

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 27.1% ★, Perma Death 14.1%, Difficult 12.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

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: Perma Death 22.7%, Roguelite 18%, Space 14.8%, Difficult 13.9%, Procedural Generation 12.5%

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 19.9% ★, Perma Death 14.2%, Space 12.5%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 9.1%

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

Why similar: Perma Death 24.9%, Space 21.6%, Roguelite 18.2%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Tactical 8%

This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, Space 23.1%, Roguelite 19.1%, Roguelike 9.9%, Strategy 8.1%

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 32.3%, Difficult 27.2%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Roguelike 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%

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 30.6%, Tactical 12%, Roguelike 10.8%, Perma Death 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

Why similar: Space 35.9%, Roguelite 34.3%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Adventure 5.6%

Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 33.2% ★, Perma Death 18.7%, Difficult 11.6%, Roguelite 11.1%, Roguelike 9.2%

Collect an intergalactic bounty of eccentric allies and deadly weapons, explore vibrant planets, and engage in risky turn-based battles to restore the Eyes of Chronos and save the galaxy in this strategic roguelike deckbuilder!

Why similar: Roguelite 18.2%, Difficult 18.1%, Roguelike 15.1%, Space 15%, Procedural Generation 12.6%

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.

Why similar: Space 47.6%, Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 15%, Simulation 11.9%, Adventure 4.9%

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

Why similar: Perma Death 21.8%, Strategy 20.4%, Space 20.2%, Roguelike 17.6%, Sci-fi 12.2%

Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

Why similar: Space 20.2%, Roguelite 16.2%, Resource Management 14.5%, Roguelike 12.2%, Tactical 10.7%

Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.

Why similar: Space 26.2%, Difficult 21.5%, Procedural Generation 13%, Roguelike 12.5%, Sci-fi 12.1%

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Resource Management 48.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Simulation 12.6%, 2D 3%

Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.4% ★, Perma Death 19%, Roguelite 13.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%

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 24.2%, Space 18.1%, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Roguelike 10.9%

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 48.2%, Sci-fi 21.8%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 10%, Singleplayer 2.5%

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 26%, Difficult 16.3%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%

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 56.9%, Strategy 23.1%, Tactical 10.6%, Adventure 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Difficult 17.3%, Space 16.7%, Roguelite 16.7%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Roguelike 12%

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 27.3%, Roguelite 18.5%, Perma Death 17.1%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%

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 26.8%, Roguelite 19.4%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, Roguelike 11.4%

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 21.2%, Space 18.6%, Roguelite 16.2%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Roguelike 10.7%

A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.

Why similar: Perma Death 17%, Gothic 14.4% ★, Resource Management 13.8%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Roguelite 12.7%

Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.

Why similar: Difficult 24.5%, Roguelite 24.1%, Roguelike 21.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.2%

Fight fierce hostile alien space ships to neutralize their defenses before you board their ships and battle intense on-foot encounters. Eliminate their forces and steal their technology to upgrade your squad with different abilities and save the galaxy!

Why similar: Perma Death 21.5%, Space 20.3%, Roguelite 16.7%, Difficult 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.7%

Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!

Why similar: Perma Death 27.1%, Space 26.3%, Procedural Generation 14%, Tactical 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.

Why similar: Space 30.1%, Roguelite 27.7%, Roguelike 18.1%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 6.1%

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: Real-Time with Pause 39.5% ★, Space 26%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Sci-fi 6.9%