Games like Close Encounters

55%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

gameplay, grinding

53% User Score Based on 125 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 6 reviews

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SYMMETRY.

57%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, optimization

50% User Score Based on 543 reviews

Critic Score 70%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.

53%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

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.

78%Game Brain Score

gameplay, humor

grinding, story

78% User Score Based on 97 reviews

The Great Nacho Wars have ended. A corrupt galactic government saps life and resources from the many war-weary planets it controls. Your alien family risks everything across an open-world galactic odyssey to find a mysterious land of new beginnings. And they’re all aware of their simulated nature. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lilith Odyssey.

65%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 4 reviews

Explore an uncharted world of forgotten alien tech & lore, while crafting your way to freedom and stopping the spread of the ooze, a tenacious galactic menace! Brought to you by Apogee, THE original indie publisher, famous for Wolfenstein, Duke Nukem, Rise of the Triad, Prey & Max Payne. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Residual.

44%Game Brain Score

music, optimization

graphics, gameplay

44% User Score Based on 219 reviews

The ultimate space capital ship combat compendium is the evolution of hard core space combat sims. The only game of its kind currently in existence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Universal Combat CE.

54%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

stability, grinding

54% User Score Based on 354 reviews

Take on the role of captain managing your crew and fleet across the galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellaria.

90%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 895 reviews

Atomic Space Age was a blast! Until it became the Post-Apocalyptic Space Age. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 60 Parsecs!.

53%Game Brain Score

graphics, optimization

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Explore, build, craft and survive on a mysterious forest island. - Explore the open world - Collect resources for crafting & construction - Find food and water while you build a shelter - Hunt for food or just for fun - Plan & construct shelters, campfires, defences, traps and more - Craft weapons, tools or materials for construction - Escape the island or stay and make a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Woods.

50%Game Brain Score

story, atmosphere

71% User Score Based on 21 reviews

Nightmare on Azathoth is a dark game, in which you might not want to find the truth. Manage your base, scavenge, collect memory fragments, and collect resources to power up your spaceship to escape this planet. Death only brings an endless time loop, that restarts everything on the 4th day. You know you have to escape this planet, and this endless time loop. Yet there is something itching your min… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare on Azathoth.