Games Like What the Stars Forgot

A fantasy space agency management game! Manage your team, design your space ship and research new technology! Reach moons, planets and the void beyond. Can you reach the void? Can you bring Galduen to the void?

Why similar: Space Sim 25.2%, Management 21.8%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Resource Management 8.8%

Survive and explore space in Astrobound! Visit strange planets, encounter cosmic calamities, and keep your crew alive as you journey through the stars in a retro-inspired whimsical space adventure.

Why similar: Space Sim 19.4%, Management 17.4%, Survival 15.4%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Space 10.1%

CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.

Why similar: Space Sim 23%, Management 17.8%, Survival 17.2%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Navigate star systems using real orbital mechanics. Pilot a cockpit with controls inspired by the Apollo command module. Manage heat, energy, and trajectory.

Why similar: Space Sim 20.6%, Survival 13.2%, Management 11.3%, Roguelike 10.8%, Difficult 10.5%

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: Roguelike 16.5%, Space 13.7%, Space Sim 11.9%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Difficult 10.4%

A minimalist space survival game about managing fuel in a field of procedurally generated planets. Scan atmospheres, land carefully, and keep moving—because if you run out of antimatter, it's over.

Why similar: Survival 20.1%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Space Sim 18.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Space 10.9%

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Space Sim 17.9%, Space 12.2%, Management 11.2%, Sci-fi 11%

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 16.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Survival 12%, Roguelike 11.1%

A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

Why similar: Space Sim 17.6%, Survival 16.2%, Management 15.3%, Procedural Generation 9%, Resource Management 7.9%

Blend of planet system exploration, discovery, real time space combat, together with player needing to maintain and upgrade his space ship to overcome numerous obstacles. An experience quite unlike other games in its genre.

Why similar: Management 19.4%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Space Sim 14.3%, Roguelike 13.7%

Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.

Why similar: Space Sim 26.1%, Simulation 14.7%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

Why similar: Space Sim 16.5%, Management 16.1%, Survival 16%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Resource Management 10.4%

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

Why similar: Survival 15%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Space 13.6%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Roguelike 12.5%

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 Sim 19.3%, Management 18.2%, Sci-fi 13.2%, Space 10.8%, Difficult 10.4%

A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.

Why similar: Management 32.9%, Simulation 20.4%, Strategy 19.4%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%

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: Survival 16%, Space Sim 14.7%, Difficult 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Space 10.6%

Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.

Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Management 16.1%, Space Sim 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

Shields up, red alert! YOU are the captain. Experience the thrill of command in this captain's chair roguelike: engage in combat, manage your crew, upgrade your ship, explore, make scientific discoveries and perform a dash of diplomacy.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 23.2%, Space 17.9%, Roguelike 17.2%, Strategy 15.3%, Resource Management 13.7%

A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!

Why similar: Space Sim 26.3%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 14.8%, Management 14.7%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Why similar: Space Sim 16.8%, Survival 14.8%, Management 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%

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 Sim 19.4%, Management 14.7%, Dark Humor 12%, Roguelike 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%

It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.

Why similar: Management 22%, Survival 13.1%, Space 12.7%, Sci-fi 12%, Space Sim 10.4%

Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes.

Why similar: Space Sim 27.8%, Management 19.3%, Strategy 18%, Simulation 15.9%, Space 13.9%

Fly a rented ship in a procedurally-generated universe, navigate risky routes, and profit from changing markets before the opportunity disappears and you lose it all. Take jobs, navigate the markets, smuggle, lie. Do everything in order to keep flying.

Why similar: Space Sim 35.9%, Simulation 17.3%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Space 7.4%

Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.

Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Management 17.6%, Space Sim 15.8%, Procedural Generation 10%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Condemned to work in an endless void, you must mine ore from asteroids, search wrecks and upgrade your ship to survive. Explore vast spaces, unlock upgrades, manage your crew and avoid constantly changing threats. Can you survive your sentence?

Why similar: Space Sim 18.8%, Survival 17.8%, Roguelike 14%, Management 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.4%

DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.

Why similar: Survival 41.1%, Management 18.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Resource Management 5.7%

Care for a mysterious alien plant in this retro-style horror game. Manage resources, maintain your ship, and keep Project Váyu alive — or face the deadly consequences.

Why similar: Survival 20.9%, Management 15.8%, Resource Management 14.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Space 11.2%

Beautiful pixel art space roguelite autobattler where your ship fights for you. Upgrade your ship, collect loot, stack wild synergies, and become ridiculously overpowered.

Why similar: Space Sim 18.1%, Procedural Generation 17.8%, Survival 13.7%, Roguelike 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%

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: Space Sim 26.5%, Management 19.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Roguelike 12.7%, Sci-fi 9%

Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.

Why similar: Space Sim 18.5%, Management 18.4%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Survival 10.2%

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: Strategy 17%, Space Sim 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Space 10.3%

Captain a space freighter on its perilous voyage to deliver vital supplies to the Parvin Frontier! Select your crew, then lead and command their efforts to manage the ship's navigation, engineering, weapons, and more on the fly as crises and obstacles arise in real time.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.6%, Management 21.9%, Space 14%, Simulation 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.6%

Sanguis OS is a dark, claustrophobic UI-based horror simulation. Take control of a blood-fueled drilling machine descending into the 9 layers of Hell. Manage engine heat, harvest demons for fuel, and fight off corrupting demonic malware before your system crashes and the hull is breached.

Why similar: Resource Management 19.1%, Simulation 15.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%

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: Management 19.8%, Resource Management 15%, Space 13.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12%

The essence of the Heliconian is to manage a mixed crew of renegades aboard the starship Heliconian. Manage the crew member’s actions and the ship’s functions to survive as long as possible while exploring the star system in the hopes of earning upgrades and ultimately a safe haven.

Why similar: Strategy 22.2%, Simulation 19.6%, Space Sim 11.1%, Management 10.2%, Survival 8.9%

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: Survival 24.5%, Space 18.3%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Roguelike 11.7%

Command your starship through a galaxy-spanning conspiracy in this real-time tactical roguelike. Manage power, shields, weapons and more. Featuring permadeath progression, seamless portal travel, and intense capital ship combat using Newtonian Physics with Damped Velocity.

Why similar: Space Sim 30%, Roguelike 16.5%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 12.9%

Run a funeral business in this management sim. Organize ceremonies, support grieving families, manage staff and resources, and protect your reputation. Balance empathy and business to succeed.

Why similar: Management 26.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 19%, Dark Humor 17.8%, Resource Management 11.1%

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: Survival 24.6%, Space 22.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 17.7%, Roguelike 11.6%

Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.

Why similar: Survival 14.8%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Difficult 11.9%, Management 11%, Space 10.9%

Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast expanse of space. Collect resources and search for a new world to call home in this minimalist space exploration and survival game.

Why similar: Space Sim 26.8%, Survival 18.7%, Space 13.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Procedural Generation 11.1%

Above Earth is a science fiction survival game. Experience a struggle for life in the fragile artificial environment of a damaged space station.

Why similar: Survival 19.5%, Space Sim 17.6%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Space 12.9%, Sci-fi 11.8%

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 Sim 19.1%, Management 16.9%, Survival 16.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Space 10%

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: Space Sim 19.4%, Difficult 14.7%, Survival 11.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Resource Management 9.9%

Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Management 19.1%, Space 15.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Deep Claims is a space exploration game where you upgrade your ship and equipment in order to mine increasingly valuable and hazardous asteroids. Can you make it to the core?

Why similar: Management 26.8%, Space Sim 23.4%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Space 12.8%, Simulation 10.3%

Big Tech Time is a simulation game about building your own modern tech company. Grow your company and hire skilled employees. Research promising technologies and develop top-tier software. Unlock upgrades to keep up with constant innovation. Start from the ground up and reach for the top!

Why similar: Management 40.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Simulation 22.2%, Indie 6.3%, 2D 5.7%

Primal chronicles is a prehistoric tribe management roguelike. In real-time, you have to order your tribes men to gather, hunt and craft. Every game is a unique journey across multiple lands filled with spirits. You will either lead your tribe to salvation or doom them all.

Why similar: Survival 24%, Management 21.9%, Resource Management 17.4%, Strategy 12%, Roguelike 10.7%

X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier. The expansion is not limited by a linear plot line but makes use of new ways to expand your empire. You can now take part in missions that are offered to you throughout the game.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.5%, Simulation 19.3%, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Strategy 15%

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Management 33.8%, Difficult 22.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 7.1%

Build a colony on an alien planet. Supply settlers, defend against meteors, upgrade your base, develop your economy, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 16.2%, Survival 12.6%, Management 11.1%

Take the reins of the newly founded Office of Interstellar Production, annex newly discovered star systems, mine resources and refine quality components to build mighty warships to deliver to the unceasing needs of the Navy. A chill sandbox resource management game.

Why similar: Space Sim 29.8%, Simulation 15.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Management 11.1%

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 Sim 21.2%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Survival 14.5%, Difficult 13.4%, Space 11%

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 Sim 28%, Space 20%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 11.4%

This is a "This War of Mine" like game with 2D pixel art style. You need to manage your resources and find a way to survive on Planet Carol.

Why similar: Survival 28.8%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 13%, Resource Management 12.8%

Lead humanity’s final journey beyond Earth. Launch ships, harness gravity slingshots, and explore distant star systems to make humanity multi-planetary.

Why similar: Space Sim 26.6%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Space 11.2%, Management 10%, Resource Management 9.8%

Build, launch and manage realistic space missions across our solar system, placing satellites and telescopes in precise orbits. Explore planets, collect valuable scientific data and sell your findings to expand your rising aerospace empire.

Why similar: Space Sim 32.4%, Management 22.3%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 12%, Space 9.7%

Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

Why similar: Difficult 20.6%, Dark Humor 19.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Roguelike 9.1%