- #1 black screen
97% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: captkuso
Windows · Linux
Trade to make your fortune in this lo-fi, laid back space adventure, where you'll get help from anthropomorphic animals, gear up your ship, and search for the mythical key to immortality hidden in the depths of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.8%, RPG 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Open World 6.7%
- #2 Exploration: Light
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rednax
Windows
Experience large space ship battles. Uncover the secrets of the mysterious alien race. Upgrade your ship or even start a fleet. Survive
Why similar: Space Sim 27.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 13.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 10.2%, Open World 9.8%, PvE 7.2%
- #3 Starcom: Unknown Space
96% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 Sim 25.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Space 12.1%, Action RPG 11.5%, Open World 9.8%
- #4 Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters
94% matchVery Positive95% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: Pistol Shrimp
Windows · Mac
Experience the award-winning space saga. Travel to hyperspace, discover alien worlds, and meet an eclectic cast of characters. Find out what happened after the Ur-Quan invasion. And if the war still rages, fight for Earth and the Alliance of Free Stars!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Action RPG 12.1%, PvE 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9%, Open World 7.9%
- #5 Transcendence
95% matchVery Positive88% of 221 reviews2015
Dev: Kronosaur Productions
Windows
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 Sim 19.7% ★, Action RPG 13.3%, Top-Down Shooter 12.1%, Space 10%, Procedural Generation 9.9%
- #6 ARESDA
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drnagol
Windows
An open-world space exploration game. Explore, trade and fight to rise the ranks, discover new worlds and new species, and leave your mark on the Galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 16.1% ★, Space 11.3%, Exploration 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #7 DRONE SMUGGLER
92% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Debauched Sloth Games
Windows
DRONE SMUGGLER is an old-school, top-down space shooter with ship customization, randomly generated levels & obstacles to navigate/destroy, and thematic sounds that seek to capture some of the magic of classic video game music & effects. Battle shadespace hazards and fight for the HIGH SCORE!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7% ★, Vehicular Combat 17.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.3%, PvE 9.8%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #8 Infinite Voyager
93% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: cGh ONE
Windows
Far from Earth, mankind hasn't changed in the centuries since we've reached the stars. Across this wide-open galaxy, you'll find merchants, builders, and explorers. The more adventurous are colonizers, conquerors, and even space pirates. And you, Voyager? What will you be?
Why similar: Space Sim 28% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.8%, Space 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Open World 8.6%
- #9 AntiShatter
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: EsperVisions
Windows
Pilot your own Spaceship in this Sci-fi Space Shooter game! Shoot Asteroids to collect Antimatter, Metals, and Pickups! Use the Metals and Antimatter you collect to upgrade your Spaceship! Level up to unlock stronger Metal tiers to collect, craft or buy Parts from the Store! Survive endless Space!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.6%, Vehicular Combat 15.7% ★, Action RPG 10.7%, PvE 9.9%, Class-Based 9.3% ★
- #10 IRON WORLD
91% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: IRON GAMES
Windows
IRON WORLD is a top-down open world RPG. Experience the unforgiving life of a space settler travelling across the post-apocalyptic world. Drive your own car, fight, explore.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Vehicular Combat 18.7% ★, Action RPG 14.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Open World 8.2%
- #11 Relative Frame
89% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: pangolin studios
Windows
Explore space in a hand crafted, physics based universe, with immersive sound and atmosphere. Fight and board ships, collect rare cargo, and upgrade your ship.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Vehicular Combat 11% ★, Exploration 7.3%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #12 Asteroid
90% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Alestore Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Asteroid is an open world action adventure RPG set in space! Explore the universe to save planets, upgrade your ship and equipment, and defeat increasingly fearsome enemies!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Action RPG 12.9%, PvE 9.9%, Open World 9.8%, Space 8.7%
- #13 Primalpha
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SymbiOptic Games
Windows
You are a frog, one of the Animal Kingdom's best combatants. The world's water has become corrupted, causing animals to attack each other. Fight, change color, explore and become strong enough to save the world from a slow and hopeless demise.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Action RPG 17.4%, Action-Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 10%, RPG 9.1%
- #14 Fortified Space
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Nightsail Game Studios
Windows
Seize control of hostile planets in this nostalgic space sim and tower defense hybrid inspired by classic Flash games. Fight for orbital supremacy in starship combat with railguns, turrets, and shields. Then descend to the surface to build a base, deploy defenses, and shred waves of enemies.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.6% ★, Vehicular Combat 22.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Space 7.5%, Top-Down 6%
- #15 Silent Sector
87% matchVery Positive86% of 145 reviews2021
Dev: Rake in Grass
Windows
Oldschool action open-world sci-fi with a unique storyline, frenetic battles, crude humor, loose morals and cows.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.6%, Action RPG 12.7%, Open World 8.9%, Space 8.6%
- #16 Into the M.A.W.
85% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Moonrise Studios
Windows
In this action-packed co-op adventure, 2-4 players must unite to crew a spaceship through a web of interconnected story missions. Choose your role—Captain, Pilot, Gunner, or Engineer—and make decisions that shape not only your journey, but the future of a galaxy on the brink of war.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1% ★, Vehicular Combat 21.2% ★, Class-Based 10.2% ★, PvE 9.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9%
- #17 Landinar: Into the Void
86% matchMixed57% of 243 reviews2019
Dev: Convoy Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
Why similar: Space Sim 32% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Space 13.9%, RPG 9.2%, Open World 9%
- #18 Leaks In Space
84% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Frostech Game Studio
Windows
Build your own Spaceship, Mine, Trade, Craft, Explore & Survive! Leaks in Space is a 2D space-sim sandbox where you pilot a pressurized ship. Battle and destroy pirate ships piece by piece, while managing your own ship's integrity and fatal leaks.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, PvE 9.1%, Space 7.5%
- #19 Where is Earth?
86% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Where is Earth is a top-down vehicular combat game. Traverse planets, evading threats and obstacles, in search of your crew. Gather resources to assemble upgrades, landing vehicles, space craft, weaponry and support modules to aid you in your fight against an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 22.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Space 8.4%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #20 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
83% matchVery Positive93% of 3,305 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 21.2% ★, Space 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #21 Solar Echoes: Star Fated
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Corefun Studios, LLC
Windows
Solar Echoes: Star Fated is a 2D open-world Action-RPG where your combat skill is as crucial as your ship build and gear. Explore space and play as the villain in this fully voice-acted adventure. Battle bounty hunters, pirates, the law, a powerful crime syndicate, and any NPC you pick a fight with!
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9% ★, Action RPG 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Open World 11.6%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #22 I Bring The Chaos
82% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Synesthesia Games
Windows
Embark on a relentless bullet heaven in I Bring The Chaos. Vanquish foes, level up and dial up the challenge to earn hefty EXP bonuses and coin rewards. Explore 3 unique worlds, delve into deep strategy and master your firepower. Become the ultimate harbinger of chaos!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.8%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, PvE 10.9%, Top-Down 9.8%, RPG 8.9%
- #23 Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls
82% matchMixed68% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Reason Generator Inc.
Windows
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 18% ★, Open World 11.7%, Space 9.3%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #24 Space Salvage: Ship Happens
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fruity Systems
Windows
Welcome to the SSC, where life is cheap but scrap is priceless. Pilot your pod through neon-soaked junkyards, dodge deadly hazards, and take "advice" from your amoral AI, SARA. Upgrade your ship, swap gear mid-mission, and try not to get fired—or exploded. The galaxy isn't going to clean itself.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Vehicular Combat 18% ★, Top-Down 8.2%, Exploration 7.7%
- #25 Starcom: Nexus
81% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 Sim 25.1% ★, Space 19.8%, Open World 10%, Exploration 9.4%, Sci-fi 9%
- #26 Warspace 2
79% matchMixed61% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Magic Game Art
Windows · Mac · Linux
Warspace 2 is a 1-4 player CO-OP space shooter with RPG elements, open-world and procedurally-generated galaxy. You can trade, craft, and fight your way through a universe, either solo or with friends.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.6%, PvE 10.7%, Space 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #27 Stardust Origins
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Nikolaj Piet PaghPub: PetskullGames
Windows
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.8% ★, Space 12.5%, Open World 11.5%, Top-Down 10.6%, Action RPG 7.2%
- #28 Parsec Express
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thulu Games
Windows · Mac
Explore a scientifically grounded version of our solar system in this 2D space adventure. Mine asteroids, fight hostile ships, navigate the cold silence between worlds, and choose your place among rival factions.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.1%, Top-Down 7.7%, Space 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%
- #29 Cosmic Armada
78% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: Charged Software
Windows
A fleet combat and space exploration game. Pilot ships, control a fleet, build and upgrade colonies, mine resources, craft items, trade, upgrade your ships and fleet, carry out missions, board ships, destroy ships and get revenge on the empire that conquered your home planet.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Space 9.8%, Top-Down 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.3%
- #30 Astral Wake
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fern Forest Games Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space trading and combat game in an ever-evolving galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Open World 11.6%, PvE 8.9%, Space 7.5%
- #31 Stellaxy
78% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2020
Dev: EcrosoGames
Windows
Stellaxy is a space exploration immersive sim with alien cultures, boss battles, and massive Universes containing billions of planets to explore! Discover the mysteries of the Universes and find collectibles while completing quests.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.7%, Space 9.9%, Action-Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 6.7%
- #32 Core Order
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sernato Games
Windows
Customize your ship to fit your needs in the deep space. Explore the Milky Way in this ultimate open world sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, PvE 8.8%, Open World 8.1%
- #33 Star Singularity
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2018
Dev: Star Bunny Enterprises
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A space action-adventure unlike any other: navigate your spacecraft through a galactic-scale mystery. Make sure to loot, craft and upgrade your space fleet. Play the story campaign or test your skills in vicious arena modes against AI opponents.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Space 11.9%, Open World 11.4%, Action RPG 10.5%
- #34 Grindstar
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: morelootgames
Windows
A fast-paced, loot-driven sci-fi Action RPG where you are Earth’s last hope. Blast through enemies, hunt powerful gear, create powerful builds and take on the Swarm and the factions united under its banner in a desperate fight for humanity.
Why similar: Action RPG 22.8%, RPG 12.9%, Space 12.4%, Class-Based 9.5% ★, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #35 ARISING
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Capacitor
Windows
First person space combat and exploration in an open world in a variety of star systems. Pilot ships, fight, run missions and trade.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.8% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.9% ★, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Open World 8.9%, Space 8.5%
- #36 Cozy Space Survivors
73% matchVery Positive97% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: simonschreibt
Windows · Mac · Linux
A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Top-Down 8.4%, Exploration 8%, RPG 6.2%
- #37 Distance Travellers
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RF Games Studio
Windows
Distance Travellers is a single player extraction space simulator, set in the distant future, fight, mine and loot your way around the galaxy. Upgrade your equipment and ship and do your best to survive the barren wastes of the new world.
Why similar: Space Sim 27% ★, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, PvE 13.4%, Space 11.4%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #38 Darkstar One
76% matchVery Positive83% of 609 reviews2008
Dev: Ascaron Entertainment ltd.Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice. The story-based missions gradually lead you deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. Explore a vast array of solar systems in search of hidden artifacts of ancient races, essential objects for upgrading your ship--the Darkstar One.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.4% ★, Space 19.4%, Open World 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Exploration 7.8%
- #39 Critical Upload
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nic Taylor
Windows
Embark on a fast-paced action journey through space, discovering new weapons and abilities through acquisition and research to better each run. Invite friends to experience it with you!
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.2%, Action RPG 14.3%, PvE 13.3%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Exploration 8.5%
- #40 Jitter
71% matchVery Positive86% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: Berko Games
Windows
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI. Explore, fight, and survive across a mining colony in the Main Asteroid Belt. Rebuild your ship. Rescue your crew. Reveal the truth behind your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.7% ★, Open World 11.8%, Space 11.3%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 8.1%
- #41 Avorion
72% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 Sim 26.5% ★, Vehicular Combat 14.3% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, PvE 9.6%, Open World 8.4%
- #42 Virestoma
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CodevalierPub: Produzioni Varie e Casuali
Windows
Virestoma is an RPG built on emotions and social interaction. To grow stronger, you must interact with NPCs. The type and amount of power gained changes based on how you interact with them. What matters isn’t the role you play in a party, but the role you choose to hold in society.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.6%, Action RPG 22.3%, RPG 16%, Class-Based 15.1% ★, Exploration 10.1%
- #43 Omega Squad
73% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: AstroMonkey
Windows
Lead a team of marines inside a space station infested with monsters. Level up your squad and upgrade your weapons in order to clean the station of any threat. But don't forget to manage your squad as health and fatigue will play a big role in your squad's performance.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.9%, Action RPG 24.9%, Top-Down 14%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Action 8.4%
- #44 Veridian Expanse
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Howling Moon Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Top-Down 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%, Space 7.6%
- #45 Space Salvage
71% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Fruity Systems
Windows
Space Salvage is a first-person adventure seeking game. Your job is to skillfully maneuver your spaceship through wreckage and asteroids while destroying mines and enemy factions! All while your eager yet amoral ship AI guides you. Do you have what it takes to dominate space?
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 20.5% ★, Action RPG 12.7%, Space 10.8%, Action-Adventure 8.3%
- #46 OnSlaught
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChainShot Games
Windows
OnSlaught is a combat driven space game, but plays like a classic boomer shooter! Rip through fleets of horrifying alien ships and obliterate destructible environments as you shoot, grapple, and bring carnage to your creators.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.2% ★, Space 11.7%, Open World 10.5%, Action RPG 9.7%, Exploration 9.1%
- #47 Beyond the Storm
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2022
Dev: LeandroGabriel.net
Windows
Be NEARLY vaporized, crushed, blown to pieces, flame broiled, and electrocuted using your incredible targeting skills and class 1 fancy flying to keep you alive in this SHMUP that brings back the essence of the classic arcade shmups!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 27.4%, Top-Down 7.6%, Open World 7.5%, Action-Adventure 6.4%
- #48 Dust & Rain: Post-apocalyptic RPG
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Balci Games
Windows
Face hostile wasteland, face combat challenges and do moral choices in immersive, story-driven top-down RPG Dust & Rain. You will need to adapt and learn new skills to survive. Your actions shape devastated world. Who will you become?
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Action RPG 18.3%, Top-Down 9.2%, RPG 9.1%
- #49 Tiny Pixel Planets
69% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: SP Possibilities
Windows
Explore the pixel cosmos, jumping from star system to star system. Land on fully procedural planets, and make them your home.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.2% ★, PvE 13.4%, Space 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10%, Exploration 9.8%
- #50 System of Sentinels
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Gorev
Windows
A space exploration horror RPG with open world and customization.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.4%, Open World 13.9%, Space 11.9%, Action RPG 11%, RPG 10.1%
- #51 Glory Hunters
67% matchPositive91% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: 2think design studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Glory Hunters is an all-new action-adventure RPG using retro handheld graphics with a unique and original twist: you progress through the game by obtaining achievements.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.2%, Action RPG 14.5%, Open World 12.8%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #52 Salvager
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fox and Hollow Studios
Windows
Physics-based arcade, top-down space shooter. Pilot the Salvager, collect salvage to upgrade your ship, balancing an economy by mining asteroids and fending off waves of enemy ships, ultimately growing so large as to destroy planets.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.1%, Top-Down 7.8%, Space 6.7%, Sci-fi 5.1%
- #53 Aluanda
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gato Preto Games
Windows
Aluanda is an open-world action RPG that inaugurates a new aesthetic genre in video games. Revolutionary visual style that redefines RPG aesthetics Vast open world with surreal landscapes and fantastic architecture Innovative MOBA-inspired combat system
Why similar: Action RPG 21.1%, PvE 18.8%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Open World 11.9%, Exploration 11.6%
- #54 Galactic Warship
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Box of Tricks Entertainment
Windows
I always wanted to play an action game where I could take direct control of a capital ship in 3D space. One day, I decided to make that game. As a solo developer I spent two years crafting Galactic Warship - letting you pilot massive capital warships in full 3D with complete 6-axis freedom.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 19.1% ★, Action RPG 12.1%, Space 11.6%, PvE 10.9%
- #55 Dice Trek
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RefresherTowel Games
Windows
Roam the galaxy, destroy enemy ships, and encounter special events as you explore! Make smart decisions with your dice rolls in order to survive. Buy upgrades at Galactic Bazaars, unlock new ships, and manage your fate in the cold expanse of space. Your choices decide your destiny!
Why similar: Space Sim 27.5% ★, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Vehicular Combat 12.5% ★, Space 10.5%, Procedural Generation 7.7%
- #56 Starfield
65% matchMixed57% of 170,771 reviews2023
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 36.0 hrsMean: 72.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.4% ★, Space 16.7%, Open World 16%, Action RPG 10.8%, RPG 9.2%
- #57 Star Control I and II
69% matchVery Positive82% of 169 reviews2017
Dev: Toys for BobPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.
Why similar: Vehicular Combat 25% ★, Top-Down Shooter 24.5%, PvE 13.4%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Space 8.7%
- #58 Defense of the Earth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 铖心
Windows
A【Pixel style, rouge、type horizontal、 shooting、 defense 】 game
Why similar: Space Sim 40% ★, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, RPG 9.7%, Top-Down 8.3%, Space 6.9%
- #59 Forces of Ether
66% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Kaloyan Kaludov
Windows · Linux
Blast your way through an Isometric Open World Galaxy. Fly seamlessly to space. Lead your chosen faction in ground and space battles. Stop the imminent Collapse of civilization... Or let it all fall into ruin.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.6%, Action RPG 15%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Open World 11.4%, Space 8.6%
- #60 Solar Sails: Space Pirates
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Duck Games
Windows
Solar Sails is a space action RPG with adventure elements. Control a pirate ship, plunder the royal navy, launch a scout duck to search for treasures, upgrade your ship with alien technologies, and sail onwards to unveil the darkest secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.7%, Action RPG 15.5%, Space 11.3%, Top-Down 9.9%