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  1. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    94% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    An open-world galaxy adventure game about fixing your TV. Explore a procedurally generated universe full of diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. Find new parts for your spaceship and collect resources to craft weapons, tools and upgrades. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to helionaut.

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  2. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    83% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Earth is gone ... Humanity is faced with extinction ... Our only hope is to find another world. Star Explorers is a game that randomly generates a galaxy. Each star and and celestial object can be scanned and added to an ever expanding database, every planet can be landed on and explored. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Explorers.

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  3. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    45% User Score Based on 1,184 reviews

    Cast off! Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment. Are you ready for some hilarious adventures in outer space? Start by boarding a washed-up space cruiser and fulfill your destiny as an aspiring captain on the hunt for fame and fortune. Cosmonautica combines elements of space trading and crew simu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmonautica.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    68% User Score Based on 88 reviews

    In this space flight simulator you take control of the space vessel Eurisko XI in its quest through deep space. Its goal: find our new home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earth Analog.

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

    Have you got what it takes to survive on Mars? ROKH is a multiplayer survival game featuring scientific realism and extremely deep crafting and building. Make the red planet your sandbox and create a thriving colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ROKH.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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.

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  9. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 663 reviews

    Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way to success in this interstellar, open-world sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Trash Scavenger.

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  10. 40%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    40% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    JCB Pioneer: Mars drops you onto the surface of The Red Planet. Your mission: To survive and prepare Mars for future human colonization. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to JCB Pioneer: Mars.

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  11. 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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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 337 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    A poetic, roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated world When home is no more... Resources are sparse. The world is infinite and unknown. The universe is lonely, open and unforgiving. You're drifting, in a big, empty and silent space. Searching for a new home. You know a few coordinates to some random locations; but this is the only information you got. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RymdResa.

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  13. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 1,840 reviews

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Occupy Mars: The Game.

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  14. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 658 reviews

    Approximately Up is your best chance to experience spaceflight in whatever you and your crew (singleplayer or co-op multiplayer with up to 4 players) can bolt together! Build epic spaceships or barely flying trashcans — it’s entirely up to you. Control your creation from a first-person view right from the deck of your ship. Complete challenging objectives, hunt achievements, face the dangers of sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Approximately Up.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    58% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Embark on a thrilling space adventure in Cosmic Miners, a single-player sci-fi game that blends mining, exploration, and strategic upgrades into a rich galactic experience. Take on the role of a daring miner of Harvesters, navigating asteroid belts and planetary orbits to extract valuable resources, build your fleet, and rise to prominence in a universe full of opportunity and danger. Traverse d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Miners.

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  16. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    97% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    In the 798th parallel universe, there exists a gaseous planet known as "Gas Giant Voyage". It is entirely gaseous with no land, composed of various elemental gases, including metal elements and dust left by meteorites tearing through the atmosphere, all floating in the air. In its atmosphere, there are numerous remnants of floating islands left by other civilizations. As a brave astr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gas Giant Voyage.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    71% User Score Based on 336 reviews

    QANGA - Now Available in Early Access! Please Note: QANGA is an Early Access game, actively being developed by a small independent team. By choosing to purchase QANGA now, you are directly supporting its development and contributing to the ongoing improvement of the game. Expect to encounter bugs and see some features still in progress. Your support and feedback are crucial in helping us create… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to QANGA.

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  18. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    73% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Galactic Ruler Enlightenment provides 2 different campaigns, each with an option for an aggressive or peaceful path to victory. Built on the same systems and features from the original Galactic Ruler, but designed around 2 new playable races.Players begin with a single homeworld and limited military, and must explore a unique galaxy with each playthrough, expand their territory and military forces… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galactic Ruler Enlightenment.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    75% User Score Based on 1,855 reviews

    Welcome to the Crust - a game that gives you a role of the CEO of the gigantic Moon colonizing company. It is a large-scale economical simulator that also brings elements of survival along with rich setting and dramatic script. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crust.

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  20. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 125 reviews
    Critic Score 59%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.

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  21. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    66% User Score Based on 1,802 reviews

    A sandbox game of creation and survival. After crash landing on an unexplored planet you are left with nothing but a few tools and your imagination. Make yourself a shelter, secure food and water and start building towards making a spaceship capable of interplanetary travels. Planet Nomads is a true sandbox game with procedurally generated planets, total creative freedom to build all kinds of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Nomads.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    69% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Survive in high Earth orbit on a damaged space station after a global calamity. Craft equipment, perform dangerous EVA maneuvers and repair the station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Above Earth.

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  23. Astral OutlawCreated by a passionate team of high school students in South Korea, Astral Outlaw is a sci-fi survival adventure set in a dying universe. The year is 2419. Earth has fallen into ruin, and you are among the last to leave the planet for a new home. However, disaster strikes mid-journey—a critical malfunction leaves your ship stranded in the silent void of space. Your only hope lies w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AstralOutlaw.

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  24. "I have wanted a game like this for a long time but nobody was making it, and that really annoyed me" - Drummo Haul valuable cargo between sprawling star systems. Bounty Hunt outlaws for a fistful of credits. Mine planets for the raw materials that fuel the economy.  Upgrade over 50 ships I want to add another 50 ships and support craft. The galaxy is a cold, dark place, but it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Protospace.

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  25. Initial Civilization,the Intelligence and resources are the two core attributes of characters, determining whether players can advance to the next era. Progressing to a new era automatically unlocks new crafting methods and technologies. The eras are divided into: Primitive Age, Agricultural Age, Iron Age, Steam Age, Electrical Age, Interstellar Age, and Stellar Age. **Primitive Age**: Players … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Initial Civilization.

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  26. Sequel to a sci-fi exploration game Ironseed written in 1994, the story continues in Ironseed 2: Consensus! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironseed 2: Consensus.

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  27. You are stranded. Your jump went wrong, your ship is a wreck, and the only thing still connecting you to the rest of the galaxy is a drill that somehow still runs. Belt Zero is a space idle game that carries you from a crippled one-man miner to an empire of stations, colonies and trade fleets. It keeps running while you are away. Exactly as it would have run with you. Almost everything is… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Belt Zero: The Long Drift.

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  28. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    81% User Score Based on 2,217 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

    Solarpunk is a survival game set in a technically advanced world of floating islands! Alone or together with your friends, construct buildings, grow food, create gadgets and guide your airship to new islands hidden in the sky! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solarpunk.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 200 reviews

    A zombie virus, airborne and with an incubation period lasting years, has suddenly swept across the entire world. Almost everyone is already infected. You are one of the rare few born immune to the pathogen. Do whatever it takes… survive. Realistic physics collisions: Outstanding hit feedback, and the armor no longer provides abstract defense values — instead, it physically covers the body surface… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Human Host.

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  31. Collector's Edition Luft Gears is a dieselpunk space simulation originally built for the Game Boy! Now fully playable on Steam. This faithful port preserves every pixel, sound, and moment from the original cartridge, while adding modern comforts for PC players. Take command of your ship as a veteran pilot sent to investigate a mysterious distress signal from deep space. Manage your systems, ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Luft Gears.

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    99%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    99% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Fly a bush plane on the moon of a gas giant. Do deliveries, challenges and explore an open world. What to expect With a simplified flight model, you can just focus on the fun parts of flying, landing and manoeuvring the aircraft. You don't need to worry about any details for handling real aircraft, like propeller reaction forces and trim tabs. The controls are optimized for gamepad and keyboard… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bush 1022.

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  33. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    100% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Stranded Without A Phone is a desert island survival game set in the Space HoRSE universe. Four passengers on a space ship were on a mission to colonize a new planet when the ship crash landed on a planet that is almost completely covered by ocean. You are the only survivor. Now you must use your survival skills to stay alive long enough to get rescued. Build shelter, find food and drink, and col… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stranded Without A Phone.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    90% User Score Based on 196 reviews

    Archean is a deeply immersive Engineering Sandbox. Begin your journey on primordial Earth, over 3 billion years ago, in the Archean eon—a time when the world was raw, untamed, and full of potential. Craft, experiment, and engineer your own creations—solo or with friends—in a sandbox that doesn't hold your hand. Every system is simulated, every challenge earned. And when you're ready to go beyon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Archean.

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  35. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    68% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Stardust Exile is an RTS set in the Milky Way galaxy, containing currently known stars and exoplanets with their real characteristics. The remaining star systems are procedurally generated. It has both online mode and single-player skirmish mode. The online server is persistent and single-shard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Exile.

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  36. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    79% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Take charge of the Polaris Mk 0 and repair your damaged ship, learn from your crewmates, and discover the true nature of what lies beyond existence… before you do it all over again. Follow the core tenants of the Sectorian Collective as you: Seek Knowledge Each loop in the game will offer you new insights into how to efficiently rectify the Polaris Mk 0’s many misfortunes whilst traveling through… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond The Marion.

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  37. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 43,956 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 7 reviews

    You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect ressources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Crafter.

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  38. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 7,962 reviews

    Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected! Play on any city in the world, using real geographical data! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infection Free Zone.

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  39. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    81% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    Explore and colonize a vast universe. Twenty one galaxies filled with countless stars and planets and other things await your discovery.Start as an indigenous person on an undeveloped world. Hunt for food. Survive wild animals. Build a home.Discover natural resources. Build mines and wells to gather resources from the land.Establish an empire to govern your work.Found a city to manage its building… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hazeron Starship.

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  40. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 102 reviews

    Drift is a co-op survival adventure set in a mysterious asteroid field. Craft, build and explore alone or with friends to rebuild the technology you lost when your research ship crashed. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drift: Space Survival.

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  41. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    54% User Score Based on 225 reviews

    This game is a prologue for Stellar Settlers full game, click to see on Steam! Stellar Settlers is a space-base building and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, take control of a settlement, build your own thriving colony on 5 hostile planets. Earn profits, buy parts & build a better Starship, colonize even richer planets & REPEAT! In every new planet wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Settlers: Arrival.

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  42. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 20,953 reviews

    Get a great start into Empyrion - Galactic Survival with the Complete Edition! It includes the base game plus the Dark Faction DLC, where you must survive a terrible new threat to the galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Empyrion: Galactic Survival.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    Signals is a casual planet hopper strategy game. Explore systems, harvest resources and repair alien devices. You’ll need to strategically work with the market to maximize your income while covering the cost of your operation in order to follow strange signals and discover what waits at the source. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Signals.

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  44. View Game
    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    41% User Score Based on 1,328 reviews

    Maia is space colony building simulator from independent developer Simon Roth. Guide your colonists as they make planetfall on a hostile alien world and do your best to ensure their survival and safety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maia.

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  45. 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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  46. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 366 reviews

    Dig, Build & Explore. Manage a group of colonists as they attempt to survive underground on an alien world. Automated machine construction was sent ahead to create the underground Mercury facility, but something has gone wrong. Your colonists awake to find the facility in ruin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mercury Fallen.

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  47. 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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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    43% User Score Based on 244 reviews

    Jumpdrive is a sandbox space sim set in an alternative future heavily inspired by classic 80s sci-fi. Fight, trade and explore in a massive procedurally generated galaxy of millions of planets and stars. Amass money and power, upgrade and purchase new ships, and one day create your own small fleet with a base to call home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jumpdrive.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    42% User Score Based on 601 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Darkout is a sandbox action-game with survival and strategy components. You are the only survivor after your escape pod crashes on a strange planet. The environment is full of mysterious and hostile shadow creatures, and the only way to survive will be to gather resources used to craft and researching new weapons and technologies.The world is sunk in permanent darkness and the shadow creatures sur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkout.

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  50. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    85% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    An exploration and survival game where you captain a spaceship tasked to discover evidence of events that eradicated a populated sector of space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astra Protocol 2.

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