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Fermi Paradox“Where are they?” To date, we have found no reliable evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations have visited Earth. With countless stars and planets throughout the galaxy, why does intelligent life appear to be so rare? Humanity has survived its own journey through the Great Filter and become an interstellar civilization. Now it is time to leave the Solar System and search for civ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Simulator 3.

You are a High Frontier crew: 4 astronauts in a 40 tonne crew module, equipped with on board chemical rockets and prospecting gear for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) recovery of water from ice frozen in the regolith on high hydration sites like Mars and Ceres. Water is the key to unlock the solar system: it can be used as rocket propellant and fuel, as well as supporting industrializatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 60 Years in Space.

At least some of the world's great powers and private corporations have re-engaged in a new space race. This time the conquest of space is economically driven, enabled by a confluence of events and technologies including the falling price of getting to low Earth orbit and the use of 3D printing and in-situ resource utilization to enable factories to be constructed at extraterrestrial claims. The r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Space Intentionally.

By 2070, a significant human presence throughout the solar system is driven by extraterrestrial industrialisation and new science facilitated by extraterrestrial labs and gigawatt-scale beamed power from push factories. Advances in medical and prosthetic technologies, nootropics and genetic engineering, have reached a point where humans can reshape themselves within any set of parameters that coul… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Facility with Words.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

88% User Score Based on 324 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transcendence.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 878 reviews

The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fermi Paradox.

Guide one family across centuries of collapse, evacuation, settlement and interstellar expansion. Preserve memories, establish laws, command crews, inherit ships and face the Afterless as every choice becomes part of history. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Long Shadow.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 65,302 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations. Play through Spore's five evolutionary stages: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Each stage has its own unique style, challenges, and goals. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spore.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

91% User Score Based on 7,052 reviews

Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic Hero Get out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions. PLAY a variety of Maxis-created missions as you explore planets all over the galaxy! LEVEL UP your S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SPORE™ Galactic Adventures.

Stellar Archipelago is a third-person base builder set among the stars. On the far frontier, your mission is clear: transform a chain of isolated micro-worlds into thriving, interconnected settlements capable of sustaining life far beyond the Inner Sphere. Humanity’s core systems are overcrowded and depleted — success in your sector could open the door to a new era of expansion. Each procedurall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Archipelago.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

92% User Score Based on 1,944 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 15 reviews

A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 1,395 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 2 reviews

Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans.You live in the village of Omen, and your favorite snack is the fingers of small children. As a Monster, you pop up in the most interesting places — what do you do when three angry bears discover a young child in their cabin? Or when you spy a wolf hunting down that woman w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monster Loves You!.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

77% User Score Based on 270 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Banished Vault.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization

85% User Score Based on 5,966 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Command your ship and crew as a space pirate, merchant, bounty hunter, and more If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Traders: Frontiers.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics

62% User Score Based on 42 reviews

Here is a planet whose Supreme Lord, Main Logos can be You! The fate of mankind and fauna who inhabit the planet and that of the wandering extraterrestrials may be in your hands. Teach them or destroy them, set the army of the undead on them, or blow them up with an alien invasion. It’s up to you what future brings for your mortal proteges. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Logos.

Arcbound is a colony simulation game set entirely on a single evolving starship. Everything is connected. And everything can fail at any moment. Design and expand your ship room by room, manage oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide a fragile civilisation from Earth’s final evacuation into deep space. WHAT YOU DO Design and expand your Arcship room by room Manage oxygen, power, water, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcbound.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, atmosphere

93% User Score Based on 1,380 reviews

To understand the future, you must first discover the past. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lapse 2: Before Zero.

89%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 6,503 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

SURVIVAL HAS NEVER BEEN SO PERSONAL If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Alters.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

50% User Score Based on 796 reviews

Critic Score 64%Based on 12 reviews

The Long Journey Home combines the endless freedom of space with a new open questing system that always leaves you in command. Deliver the stranded Glukkt to his homeworld as he asks, or to your new slaver friends? Attempt to make allies with everyone, or pin your hopes on the tougher races, and hope they never turn on you? Jump by jump, make hard decisions and live with the consequences, in a uni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Journey Home.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,997 reviews

Terraformers is a 3X game with roguelite elements in which you terraform Mars. Explore the planet’s wonders, exploit its resources and expand by settling new cities. Start the terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terraformers.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

94% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Critic Score 86%Based on 1 reviews

Mission Critical is a first-person graphic adventure. It is 2134, and the human race has been at war for 50 years since the Alliance declared independence from the stifling rule of the UN and its anti-technology policies. The Alliance is losing the war to the UN's greater numbers, but recently, Alliance scientists discovered an alien artifact on the planet Persephone. You are onboard the USS Lexi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mission Critical.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

89% User Score Based on 277 reviews

Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer. As a Drox Operative it's NOT your job to manage all of those annoying people, build thousands of buildings, play nice with your enemies, or balance the budget. It IS your job to pick the winning side and maybe even help them conquer the galaxy if you're being … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drox Operative.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

90% User Score Based on 144 reviews

Explore the peculiar universe of ADIOS Amigos. A game with serious astrophysics in a comic setting for 1-4 players. Explore solar systems and discover planets, space stations, aliens, and artifacts. Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running (and you might see your home planet once again). Toy with accurate and delightful space physics. Break into a space station with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers.

VALTERION: THE LOST EARTH is a sci-fi colony-building strategy game. Lead 50 survivors on Elyra, build a thriving colony, develop its economy and research, return to the stars, and search for the lost path back to Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VALTERION: THE LOST EARTH.

Titan: The Ascension is a colony management strategy game on Saturn’s moon Titan. Build and expand an off-world industrial colony, extract ice to produce water for Earth, trade resources, and defend against ancient automated systems that react to technology growth. Will you prevail? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titan: The Ascension.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:stability, story

100% User Score Based on 2 reviews

Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits. It began as a research station, but it became so much more… Sky Base Venus is a colony simulation set in the upper a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sky Base Venus.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 96 reviews

A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1, 000 colonists. One ship. A destination that may be fifty years away — or centuries. Some will land. Some will be born, age, and die in the dark between stars without ever knowing if the mission succeeded. Inspired by John Ayliff's Seedship, Dead Reckoning is a game about the slow, invisible erosion of civilization across generations. Every decision you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

88% User Score Based on 868 reviews

In Solar Expanse, you take the lead of one of the early XXI century space exploration companies. Your goal will be to reach the planets, moons and asteroids of the system in order to mine and colonize them. Optimize the costs and schedule of the flights. Mind that each object is in constant motion, so exact planning is crucial. Utilize the gravity effects and slingshot your rockets further b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 2,190 reviews

Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voidling Bound.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story

65% User Score Based on 31 reviews

Fairspace is an amateur developed open-ended space exploration, trading and combat game. A full and rich persistent universe awaits your discovery.Key Features If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fairspace.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

79% User Score Based on 5,039 reviews

Owners of this edition of Frostpunk 2 will receive future DLC for the game directly after its release. Breach of Trust Breach of Trust is the second DLC for Frostpunk 2, featuring a scenario that takes you through a trial by fire as you struggle to overcome an erupting volcano crisis in the city of New Edinburgh. Fractured Utopias The first DLC for Frostpunk 2 embraces the core concept of Utopia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frostpunk 2.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

90% User Score Based on 2,632 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 10 reviews

You didn't ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pale Beyond.

99%Game Brain Score

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99% User Score Based on 117 reviews

A refreshing twist on roguelite and storytelling, Endless Dark is a psychological horror game about the pressures of monotony and the purpose of existence. You, the Custodian, are a sentient machine onboard a sleeper colony ship, charged with keeping it intact. No combat, enemies, or NPCs await you - only a myriad of system failures and the decay of your own sanity as you whittle away the deca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Dark.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

70% User Score Based on 660 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Space roguelike adventure. Take a chance to become a spaceship captain and lead your own crew, make pivotal decisions, and inevitably win tactical battles. Uncover the mysteries of the galaxy, among which is the star of Trigon, the most sinister and enigmatic one. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Trigon: Space Story.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

91% User Score Based on 2,154 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 1 reviews

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar 2.

50%Game Brain Score

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Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

49% User Score Based on 117 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 4 reviews

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out There: Oceans of Time.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

78% User Score Based on 149,300 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 47 reviews

Buy No Man's Sky on PlayStation Store. Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Man's Sky.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

38% User Score Based on 485 reviews

Critic Score 56%Based on 6 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Stars.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

88% User Score Based on 133,145 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 32 reviews

The Stellaris: Console Edition - Starter Edition is crafted to guide you through your first steps in the Stellaris universe, giving you the tools to explore, expand, and conquer as you build your interstellar empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellaris.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

90% User Score Based on 4,546 reviews

A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men. Set out on a lifelong journey and carve out your own destiny. Will you become a judge, an inquisitor, or conspire against the old order? You decide! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

53% User Score Based on 659 reviews

What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story. Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors. Part board game, part machine, part nod to computer games of yore, it begins with a simple mechanic. Spend tokens to traverse … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat.

Humanity is turning its gaze towards space in the near future. A brand-new era has begun - the era of space exploration. When the planets of our solar system were settled, it was time to explore and colonize other worlds and star systems. A once-impossible dream became a reality. As science has reached unprecedented heights, people across the globe have become more united, forgetting about age-old… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Way Road.

47 million probes were launched into the void. Yours just found something alive. A living universe simulation where evolution never stops — not even when you do. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Universe Won't Pause.

PLAY ON BROWSER WEBSITE ________________________________________________________________ A story-driven colony management game where you balance resources while dealing with planetary events EXOPANET : COLONY In the twilight of Earth's golden age, humanity reaches for the stars. As leader of an interstellar expedition, you must establish humanity's first deep-space colony on one of thre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXOPLANET : COLONY.

Space: the best TTRPG setting. These are the voyages of 2-5 players. Their fifty-two-card mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly play an exploration-and-diplomacy-heavy GM-less RPG! Taking the roles of spacefaring anthropologist-soldier-diplomats, you journey out into a unique cosmos each time you play. Will you find friends or foes among th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WarpCrawl.

Build your starship alone or with friends and explore a seamless universe. Plot a course, burn your thrusters, and chill out in your retro tech ship while you play games and drift through the dangerous vacuum of space. Approach orbit around distant worlds to discover whether we are truly alone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpath.

Ironseed 3The Long ReturnThe Story Continues… The Ironseed did not die in deep space. It endured. Long after the escape from Mars, long after the fall of certainty, the ship still drifts... scarred, ancient, and carrying a burden no machine was ever meant to bear. You are no longer simply a captain. You are Vigil, the ship itself. A fractured guardian consciousness, holding together systems, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironseed 3 : Vigil.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics

93% User Score Based on 477 reviews

Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetary Life.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

75% User Score Based on 1,603 reviews

Colonize, craft, and rule planets in a randomly generated universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Planet of Mine.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

Embark on a space journey with your patched-together 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 sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.