60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Space Sim, Simulation, Sci-fi.
Start with your own character and a small ship in a world that lives independently of the player. Develop your skills, explore space, trade, build industry, and grow your fleet to survive real-time battles against hostile fleets—and something far more terrifying lurking in the darkness.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
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!
Among The Stars
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
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: 4X 19.6% ★, Spaceships 19.4% ★, Space Sim 18.4%, Space 9.7%, Strategy RPG 7.8%
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 39%, Sandbox 15.2%, RPG 8.7%, Strategy RPG 8.4%, Exploration 7.8%
A galaxy with its own economy, its own wars, and no reason to wait for you. Trade, mine, fight, and salvage a living - alone on the rim, or at the head of an empire the great powers can't ignore. A single-player space sandbox that never stops moving.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, 4X 24.1% ★, Space 11.5%, Sandbox 7.8%, Economy 5.6%
Run a spaceship's lab module all by yourself while trying to find a cure for close-to-extinct humanity. Make repairs to various systems of the ship, solve technical problems, perform maintenance, and upgrade tools that will help you to overcome the most unusual challenges.
Why similar: Spaceships 39.3% ★, Space Sim 29.6%, Space 11%, Simulation 10.1%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Become the Lord Captain of an ancient space fortress in a galaxy where railguns sit next to necromantic hull plating, steam-powered tesla cannons, and biological spore launchers. Build your ship and then build your empire!
Why similar: Spaceships 20.6% ★, 4X 19.4% ★, Space Sim 16.7%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%, Simulation 9%
Customize your ship to fit your needs in the deep space. Explore the Milky Way in this ultimate open world sandbox.
Why similar: 4X 26.4% ★, Space Sim 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 12.2%, Space 9.2%, Sandbox 8.9%
Build your unique spaceship and explore space. Travel between planets, fight different opponents, trade and develop. Build the most efficient ship and fight with other players in multiplayer. 17 languages available.
Why similar: Spaceships 29.1% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 11.5%, Space 9.5%, Sandbox 8.1%
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship. Manage resources, explore new areas, face growing threats, and strengthen your colony a little more with each passing day.
Why similar: 4X 32% ★, Space Sim 31.5%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Simulation 5.1%
2d pixel art, top down sci- fi space ship building, resource management simulation with some arcade, tower defense elements. You build spaceship, collect necessary resources and defend yourself against waves of enemies. Equip ship with: rockets, life support, electric system and weapons.
Why similar: Spaceships 38.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Space 10.6%, Simulation 4.8%
Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.
Why similar: 4X 27.7% ★, Space Sim 20.4%, Space 13.5%, Simulation 10.4%, Sandbox 9.7%
The accessible space-sim. Fly, fight, and trade through a galaxy where the prices and borders came from 700,000 days of astropolitical generation that keep ticking.
Why similar: Space Sim 38%, Space 14.1%, Sandbox 7.7%, RPG 7.7%, Sci-fi 6.7%
Spaceship Pro Simulator. Strapped in and ready. One ship, one mission—survive the unknown. Enemies ahead, systems online. This is my journey through deep space, and I'm not going down easy.
Why similar: Spaceships 42.5% ★, Space Sim 30.7%, Space 8.9%, Simulation 7.4%, Exploration 3.1%
Build your own spaceship. Protect ship's core, manage Hull & Pressure to survive. Fight pirates. Explore themed sectors of the Syntar System. Uncover the mysterious of the Syntarian Empire!
Why similar: 4X 23.8% ★, Spaceships 21.3% ★, Space Sim 20.7%, Space 8.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
Embark on a sci-fi survival adventure on Halley's Comet as a retired astronaut on a top-secret mission. Build, manage limited resources, and survive the desolate space environment to complete your mission.
Why similar: Space Sim 23%, Spaceships 20.3% ★, Space 11.2%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
Space trips across the your personal universe
Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Spaceships 25.4% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Space 9.4%, Exploration 6.3%
Travel with your spacecraft throughout the solar system based on realistic Kepler's laws of gravity. Invent your own routes between planets, use gravity, explore space, trade, upgrade your spaceship and enjoy the beautiful scenery!
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2%, Spaceships 25.9% ★, Space 13%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 7.3%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.1%, Spaceships 20.5% ★, Sandbox 15%, Space 14.1%, Simulation 5.8%
Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.
Why similar: Spaceships 24.4% ★, Space Sim 22.6%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Space 9%
Explore a scientifically accurate Milky Way galaxy and discover distant uncharted worlds, while having unrestricted access to every deck of your Magellan Class deep space exploration vessel. Interact with numerous fully simulated ship systems, or simply relax in the bar and watch the stars drift by.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.4%, Spaceships 27.6% ★, Space 11.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Sci-fi 5.4%
An in-depth space and economy simulation meets simple twin-stick controls. Iskhaari people have been exiled by the Khanid Emperor to a contested region of the galaxy. Through the means of military, economy and politics conquer this region for the House of Iskhaar.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Space Sim 23.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Space 11%, Economy 7.8%
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: Spaceships 23.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Space Sim 14.3%, Space 11.6%, Sandbox 11%
Lead humanity's first deep survey beyond Sol in a research-first space strategy game. Explore star systems, investigate worlds, deploy probes, and turn scientific discoveries into strategic power.
Why similar: 4X 37.8% ★, Space Sim 26.9%, Space 12.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Exploration 5.3%
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 32.6%, Space 20.8%, RPG 11.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 7.5%
Take the helm of a state-of-the-art warship as you fight epic space battles in a sandbox campaign. Upgrade and customize your ship, master the art of maneuvering, and use a blend of tactical prowess and heavy firepower to overcome deadly threats.
Why similar: Space Sim 26%, 4X 22.3% ★, Space 11.1%, Sandbox 10%, Economy 7.3%
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 41.6%, Top-Down Shooter 21.7%, RPG 11.5%, Exploration 6.9%, Top-Down 5.7%
Evolve from simple drone to massive dreadnaught in eXoSpace Combat Engineer! Explore a vast galaxy, design custom drones, and battle diverse factions. Defeat epic bosses in thrilling missions, or unleash your creativity in Sandbox and Arena modes.
Why similar: Spaceships 35.8% ★, Space Sim 24.7%, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.1%
Star Zeal is a space based 4x strategy and rpg hybrid. A mixture between a procedural, open ended RPG and a space civilization builder. Go on an adventure with your character and their faction whilst making friends, enemies and exploring a vast galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 29.3% ★, Space Sim 22.3%, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, RPG 6.7%
Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.
Why similar: 4X 26% ★, Spaceships 25.3% ★, Space Sim 23.4%, Space 7.1%, Sandbox 6.5%
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 Sim 28.6%, Spaceships 19.6% ★, Space 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Exploration 5.2%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
Why similar: 4X 26.6% ★, Space Sim 23.5%, Space 11.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Economy 6.8%
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
Why similar: Space 19.1%, Space Sim 16.9%, RPG 13%, Sandbox 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 10.5%
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 35.1%, Space 19.3%, Simulation 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.5%
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 Sim 33.1%, Space 23%, Sandbox 12%, Economy 8.4%, Simulation 7.5%
This pixelated game has 99% more RPG than modern games. Immerse yourself in any role, from a janitor to a space station captain or the head of an SCP facility. Just remember, something can always go wrong.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.7%, Strategy RPG 17%, Sandbox 13.7%, RPG 13%, Top-Down 5%
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 32.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Space 18.3%, RPG 11%, Sandbox 9.2%
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 38.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Space Sim 19.7%, Space 7.3%, Top-Down 4%
Build your own galactic empire and lead it to dominance across the cosmos. Develop technology, manage your fleet, colonize planets, and engage in turn-based battles. Every decision shapes your path to victory in a dynamic sci-fi strategy game.
Why similar: 4X 34.5% ★, Space Sim 20.9%, Space 11.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Sci-fi 6.3%
Sci-fi RTS and Top-Down
Why similar: Spaceships 36.3% ★, Space Sim 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Space 10%, Sci-fi 5.9%
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.5%, Space 25.9%, Sandbox 12.8%, Simulation 8%, Sci-fi 6.8%
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Spaceships 35% ★, Space Sim 32.2%, Space 10.4%, Simulation 6.8%, Sci-fi 6.2%
A logistics-focused turn-based space 4X. Govern through Administrative Nodes, connect systems with wormhole infrastructure, assign population to production and research, and expand only as far as your empire can support.
Why similar: 4X 43.3% ★, Space Sim 28.3%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Simulation 5.2%
A third-person space survival game where seamless planet landings meet debt, fuel costs, fines, taxes, base ownership, and rebellion.
Why similar: Spaceships 28.8% ★, Space Sim 27.8%, Space 13%, Economy 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
A 2D space trading game with a real economy. NPC ships haul cargo between 78 stations and prices move whether you're there or not. Good routes die as other traders catch on, so you keep hunting new ones. No quest markers, no "best trade" arrows. Just you, a map, and the prices.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.9%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 11%, Space 7.7%, Economy 7.1%
Deep Space Exodus is a sci-fi narrative simulation with multiple endings. You manage The Noah, an immigrant starship searching for a new home. Face unprecedented cosmic events, allocate energy, supplies, and population, and decide the fate of an entire civilization.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6%, Spaceships 20.4% ★, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Space 6.9%
A real-time sci-fi 4X strategy game where you explore procedurally generated star systems, expand your empire, manage resources, build fleets, and wage war against multiple AI factions in a dynamic and evolving galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 38.7% ★, Space Sim 28.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Space 7.2%, Strategy 4.9%
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 32.3%, Spaceships 28.6% ★, Space 12.3%, Sandbox 8.1%, Simulation 5.6%
AVIK is an atmospheric space sandbox where you explore space. Following a recent tragedy, you must begin your story from scratch, unraveling the mysteries of the past while upgrading your spaceship, mining resources, crafting new parts, and fighting for your survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.2%, Spaceships 24.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Strategy 4.4%
Trade, fight and explore. Build a fleet, level your captain and dive through wormholes for rare loot — a single-player 2D space RPG of free corsairs.
Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Space 12.9%, RPG 7.9%, Economy 6.2%
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 35.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Sandbox 14%, Space 9.5%, Simulation 7.1%
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 41.1%, Space 25.1%, Sci-fi 10%, RPG 6.4%, Exploration 6%
Build your ship, defend against drone waves and explore hundreds of sectors filled with stations, asteroids and planets with lots of POIs. The ship systems can be controlled via consoles with several hundred buttons. Craft equipment and blocks, loot the POIs and disabled drones.
Why similar: Spaceships 37.5% ★, Space Sim 35%, Space 11.9%, Exploration 5.8%, Survival 5%
Player bases are located on asteroids, which travel within the Oort Cloud. Once they’ve acquired the appropriate skills, players can control their asteroid’s movements. Mass-combat enthusiasts will love the Arena: here, players can battle it out against alien races or other Astro Lord players.
Why similar: Spaceships 26.4% ★, Space Sim 21.7%, Space 11.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Economy 6.7%
Station Commander is an economy strategy game that has you take control of a futuristic space station. Your goal is to build ships, gather resources, and trade with neighboring planets to upgrade your station and ships. Upgrading your station gives you access to better ships and ship abilities.
Why similar: 4X 27.2% ★, Space Sim 24%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Space 9.3%, Economy 7.2%
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 26.2%, Spaceships 25.4% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Space 10.5%, Economy 6.7%
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Why similar: Spaceships 30.8% ★, Space Sim 28.9%, Space 11%, Sci-fi 5.9%, RPG 5.7%
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.1%, Space 24.4%, Sandbox 11%, Economy 8.5%, Simulation 7.9%
Kuiper Wanderer is a 2D top-down space sandbox RPG. Command and deeply customize your ships and mechs, recruit a diverse crew, and freely explore, scavenge, or fight in a dynamically evolving universe. Experience highly freeform emergent gameplay wrapped in a classic retro sci-fi aesthetic.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Space 12.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
Nebula Strike is a space-themed 2.5D top-down twin-stick shooter game.
Why similar: Space Sim 31%, Twin Stick Shooter 27.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.3%, Space 9.1%, Top-Down 6%
Sequel to a sci-fi exploration game Ironseed written in 1994, the story continues in Ironseed 2 : Consensus!
Why similar: Space Sim 40.2%, Strategy RPG 20.8%, RPG 9%, Exploration 8%, Space 6.4%
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
Why similar: Space 29%, Space Sim 27.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%
