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Games like Astrox : Hostile Space Excavation

Games like Astrox : Hostile Space Excavation

Games like Astrox : Hostile Space Excavation

Looking for games like Astrox : Hostile Space Excavation? Here are top survival simulation recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Drifter, The Last Starship or Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation.

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    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    56% User Score Based on 184 reviews

    Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky. Take on the role of a spaceship captain attempting to eke out a living among the stars by trading goods between star systems, hunting pirates for bounties, mining… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drifter.

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  2. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 1,191 reviews

    Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you the broken, unfinished and bug filled Alpha of The Last Starship. Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and rail guns and start your galactic adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Starship.

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  3. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 372 reviews

    Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation.

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  4. View Game
    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 103 reviews

    Sector Space is a cozy top-down single player space sandbox with retro graphics. The game takes place in a procedurally generated world with a seamless travel system. Each world represents a single galaxy in the void with hundreds of star systems and points of interest for the player to visit. Characters pilot their own ship and depending on the chosen character class (profession) may have up t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector Space.

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  5. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 1,702 reviews

    Climb from your cryo-pod and enter the Void... Astrox Imperium is a space based rpg that offers familiar game play in an open-world universe. With tons of ships, upgrades, and options, being lost in space might just be fun. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrox Imperium.

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  6. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 699 reviews

    Starmancer is a space station building game offering gameplay with consequences, a living sandbox environment, crafting, and managing the daily lives of colonists. Send crews out to mine on asteroids, trade with other factions, and explore old alien ruins. Obey protocol or go rogue as you take on the role of a powerful A.I.. Build bustling space ports, secret laboratories, and incubators for myste… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starmancer.

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  7. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    67% User Score Based on 710 reviews

    Celestial Command is a realistic sandbox space game which unites real space flight, real orbital mechanics, and all the fun of classic space action games. We want to show how games about space actually should look, without silly vacuum friction and the maximum speed limit. As in the real world, everything in this game is in continuous motion in orbit.Realistic Orbital Mechanic If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celestial Command.

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  8. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 2,619 reviews

    Space Engineers 2 is an open world sandbox game where engineering meets exploration, construction, and survival in the vastness of space. Become a pioneer in the distant Almagest system, a new uncharted world with infinite possibilities for creativity and discovery. Build everything from starships to space stations as you craft your own path in this highly anticipated next chapter of the Space Eng… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Engineers 2.

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  9. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    44% User Score Based on 502 reviews

    Star Command Galaxies is the ultimate starship simulator. Become Captain and recruit your crew, build your ship, explore a randomly generated universe and battle alien ships across the galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Command Galaxies.

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  10. View Game
    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 63 reviews

    Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Transverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Gather resources, farm asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lodestar.

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  11. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:stability, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    46% User Score Based on 52 reviews

    Early Access Roadmap About the GameKingdom Building, Villager Management & RPG Adventuring Dungeons & Kingdoms is a medieval fantasy strategy and RPG hybrid. Take control as leader of a small group of refugees fleeing from an unlivable homeland. Make landfall in a new world and start a new life. Build everything yourself. Or lay down blueprints and give orders to your loyal coloni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeons & Kingdoms.

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  12. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 235 reviews

    Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Digger: Galactic Treasures.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    57% User Score Based on 254 reviews

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farlight Explorers.

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  14. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    50% User Score Based on 1,444 reviews

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

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  15. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    50% User Score Based on 537 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Objects in Space is a modempunk stealth space-trading game set in Apollo, a huge cluster of star systems dozens of lightyears away from earth. You are a lonesome ship's captain, buying and selling wares in order to keep your bucket of bolts afloat and stay one step ahead of pirates, organized criminals, corrupt governments and shady laws. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Objects in Space.

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  16. View Game
    33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    33% User Score Based on 1,103 reviews

    The Untitled Game, or more commonly known as TUG, is a open-world, sandbox survival game where you craft from the resources around you while exploring a vast landscape of varying biomes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TUG.

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  17. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    32% User Score Based on 282 reviews

    Habitat is a successfully funded Kickstarter game from indie developer 4gency. It is a strategic space survival game where you have to build and manage the future homes of humanity from orbital debris that you find in space junkyards surrounding Earth’s orbit. Leading your team of engineers, you will have to build and fly your space stations in a zero gravity setting, mastering physics driven fli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Habitat.

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  18. View Game
    67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    67% User Score Based on 1,416 reviews

    Stars End is a multiplayer sci-fi survival game set hundreds of years in the future in a solar system colonized by humans. Come and join us for crafting, construction, missions and PvP on the wild frontier... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars End.

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  19. The belt is rich. The belt is dangerous. Break it open. (Please note: Screenshots are considered Work In Progress at this time, and will be updated as the game develops) Starbreaker is an open-world space sandbox about making your fortune at the edge of civilized space. Fly deep into procedurally generated asteroid fields wrapped around ringed planets and burning stars, crack rocks open with yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starbreaker.

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  20. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    38% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Build and upgrade your personal ship to travel around a strange new planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astral Shipwright.

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  21. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    32% User Score Based on 318 reviews

    Entropy is an open-universe science fiction MMO with a strong focus on freeform gameplay and large-scale space combat. Explore a hostile galaxy filled with over a hundred solar systems, each completely explorable, where you can hunt, trade, mine and salvage in order to survive. In Entropy, you can play the way you want, and take part in shaping a universe where you, the players, are in control. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Entropy.

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  22. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 838 reviews

    Explore the most realistic and beautiful realtime simulation of 'Lunar Flight' in this unique and challenging game. Experience the heart pounding sense of dread as you deliver supplies to moon bases with only seconds of fuel to spare! A modern take on the classic arcade game, Lunar Lander, Lunar Flight extends the experience to a fully fictionalized and accessible lunar module simulator providing… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lunar Flight.

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  23. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 15,950 reviews

    Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Osiris: New Dawn.

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  24. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    70% User Score Based on 935 reviews

    A hyperdrive malfunction sends Keith T. Maxwell tumbling through space and time to fight for his life against a mysterious alien armada that is wreaking havoc. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD.

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  25. View Game
    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 117 reviews

    Gates of Horizon is a space conquest online game.During your space journey you will gain power over the universe leading fleets, improving and managing crew and assets, taking control of entire sectors with your corporation and fighting the alien menace that threatens the human race. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gates of Horizon.

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  26. View Game
    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 14,354 reviews

    Avorion is a procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox where players start out at the edge of the galaxy and must find their way to its core. Players build their own ships, which they will use to explore the galaxy, trade and fight. Space ships are mainly of large scale, with crews, turrets and energy systems that you will have to manage. The galaxy gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the close… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avorion.

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  27. View Game
    36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    36% User Score Based on 394 reviews

    Rokh is a futuristic survival game, deeply rooted in scientific and realistic anticipation, where players will have to work together to overcome the numerous threats they will have to face on planet Mars. Playing on persistent servers, you will experience a truly sandbox experience. No mission or quest here, define your own goals according to your own needs! And to succeed, find your own way to p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROKH.

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  28. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 606 reviews

    Space exploration adventure RPG where you command a crew in a story driven sandbox universe. Work to destroy the sensor network and reach the heavily guarded planet before Shavala corporation goons hunt you down, or just go exploring. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls.

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  29. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,070 reviews

    Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Players will need to survive in a hostile galaxy with their own custom designed and constructed starship. Space is vast but you wont have to face it alone, other players will be able to join your ship and help out, or build their own rival fleet and fight you across the galaxy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Rift.

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  30. View Game
    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 559 reviews

    You are an immortal AI that will rebuild a spaceship and explore a vast procedural universe. Unlock the secrets of alien technology, automate factories in space and spoil, neglect or exploit the human survivors. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardeus.

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  31. View Game
    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    62% User Score Based on 136 reviews

    Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Merchant.

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  32. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remains.

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  33. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    80% User Score Based on 310 reviews

    Sirius Online is a unique, easy to play Space Action Shooter with Multiplayer components and ongoing progression. Join the Ranks of the Terran Reclaim Forces or the Sirius Colonial Council today and fight for your Faction! Explore forgotten battlefields, find Treasures, create an empire with your friends and rule the universe! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sirius.

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  34. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 4,868 reviews

    Your legacy is calling. Prepare yourself for fast-paced space combats. Take your ship, gird on your best gears and raise your new galactic empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceBourne 2.

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  35. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    80% User Score Based on 276 reviews

    You've always dreamed of shouting "Fire the torpedos! More power to the shields!" I have too, and this is why I built Quintet. Quintet is a multiplayer space game where players work harmoniously to control the same ship. There are 5 roles: Captain, Helm, Tactical, Engineering and Science. How successful you are will depend on how well you all work together. Quintet is especially fun to play in t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quintet.

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  36. View Game
    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    85% User Score Based on 147 reviews

    XO is a relentless, strategic fleet defense game blending real-time with pause, political intrigue and a punishing drive to survive. Take command of the last battleship, gather a fleet and try to unite five hostile factions in a desperate bid to save humanity from an unbeatable enemy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to XO.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 1,219 reviews

    A story-driven sci-fi survival-crafting game about mining, base-building, and carving out a future in the ruins of corporate greed. About AETHUSYou are Maeve - ex-mining engineer for the Astral Research Corporation (ARC), a galactic megacorp that profits by draining entire planets of their resources. She’s left the company. ARC has not left her, however. On Aethus, ARC claims there is n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AETHUS.

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  39. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    83% User Score Based on 440 reviews

    Inspired by classic space games, Underspace is an open-world space arcade dogfighting game, where every star system is crafted by hand, and every star system has something to see or do. Jump into the bizarre galaxy of Croft, step into the role you want, and thrive alone or online with friends. But beware! The storms rule the stars.Be a miner picking through crystallized bones of ancient star beast… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underspace.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 505 reviews

    In the not so distant future the cost of living on Earth has become astronomical - a paradise for the lucky few who can afford it and only an aspiration for those who can’t. Guess which kind of person you are?Fortunately you’ve got a sure fire path to profit in the asteroid belt with your pseudo employment contract with the Cube Corporation and their motivational representative CUBO. Features Send… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astronomics.

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    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.

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  42. 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.

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  43. View Game
    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    55% User Score Based on 3,964 reviews

    Hellion is a first person multiplayer space survival game. It is a fusion of survival and space simulation genres that pits players against the deadly environment and one another. Survive in the harsh conditions of space and scavenge for air, fuel and other items necessary for survival. But keep in mind, you are not the only one out there. There are others, but will they help, or will they throw … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HELLION.

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  44. View Game
    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    83% User Score Based on 334 reviews

    Evospace is sandbox game with fully dynamic, procedurally generated world. Game about digging, exploring, building and technologies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evospace.

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  45. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 684 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 1 reviews

    Trading commodities while sneaking past hostile forces, racing the best pilots in the area, mining for diamonds, negotiating for survival, spying for a curious energy company, cleaning dirty solar arrays, transporting an impatient passenger... and that's just on a Monday. The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. At times, you may choose to work under contract, while at ot… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evochron Mercenary.

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  46. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    59% User Score Based on 8,444 reviews

    Starbase is a massively multiplayer online game with gameplay focused on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat. Alternatively the game features a sandbox mode where players can explore the game alone or with selected friends in their own universe. Set in a universe of vast scale and detail, the fully-destructible environment… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starbase.

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  47. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    72% User Score Based on 4,430 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 8 reviews

    Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpoint Gemini 2.

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  48. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    46% User Score Based on 61 reviews

    Legends of Azulgar is a Sci-Fi Action oriented Strategy Roleplaying game that puts you in command of a space ship, space station and a fleet in a massive sandbox universe. The game immerses the player in a fully interactive environment and a world rich in lore and Legends. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legends of Azulgar.

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  49. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 350 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 9 reviews

    Detached is a space exploration VR game that demands tactics and skill to survive. Strap yourself in for hardcore gameplay uniquely designed for VR headsets. Trapped in an abandoned space station, you must race against borrowed time to find your crew before your oxygen supply runs out. As you solve puzzles to open airlocks, locate power cores and disable transmitters, something tells you that you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Detached.

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  50. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 2,258 reviews

    Ostranauts is a detailed simulation of owning and living aboard a spaceship, in a solar system where honest living is a slow death sentence. Set in the NEO Scavenger universe, where Earth has suffered cataclysmic collapse, the rest of the System lives on in a state of capitalistic dystopia. Players will create their captain, build or customize their starting ship from the spoils of their career h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ostranauts.

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