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Looking for games like Mainframe? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Fallalypse: Death or Cress, The Away Team or Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening.

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  1. 22%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    33% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    The communication with SH42, transporting the settlers to colonize the planet, was lost. A lot of light years passed when the last message was received from them. It said: "Death or Cress". A star hunter and a crusader of the Star Holy Church set out on a search of the survived or to read the funeral service for the remains of the settlers if they all had died. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fallalypse: Death or Cress.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 86 reviews

    In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew - the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Away Team.

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  3. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization
    56% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening is Coming SoonFollow Development and Join the CommunityLegacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening is currently in development and coming soon to Steam. The Ark has fallen, but its story is only beginning. Rebuild a shattered colony ship, restore damaged systems, automate production, expand your crew’s recovery efforts, and uncover the mystery hidden within the Ark… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening.

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  4. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    56% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Tarvotan.

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  5. Orbital Drift is a science-fiction adventure game set in low orbit around a world that has been extinct for centuries. Drift around the planet. Explore, gather resources, and solve mysterious puzzles. It is the mid-23rd century. Humanity encounters the first undeniable trace of an alien civilization. Within the Aldebaran system (Taurus constellation), the exoplanet Tauris b has been identifie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orbital Drift.

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    34%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    34% User Score Based on 119 reviews

    Play as an A.I tasked with helping mankind explore the vastness of space. Customize your ship, recruit a crew, battle alien vessels, research new technology and explore randomly generated universes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sentient.

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  7. 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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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    89% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    When the first manned mission to colonize Mars tragically ends with an inexplicable event without ever reaching the red planet, a new group of astronauts is sent to investigate what happened, only to find out an even stranger mystery that will forever change human exploration of space… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Event-D.

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  9. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    78% User Score Based on 83 reviews

    Titan Outpost is an isometric, single-player role-playing game set on Titan, the sixth moon of the planet Saturn. Humanity is engulfed in an energy crisis and it's up to you to harvest the moon's precious resources and uncover its mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titan Outpost.

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  10. 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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  11. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    69% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    It's a frenetic space action game. You must survive the enemies and the dangerous environment. Prepare your arsenal before battle and try to eliminate as many enemies as you can before they do. Trade, explore and survive this challenge! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Battle.

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    10%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    17% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Quantum Flux is an old school style rogue-like following the Artemis. A prototype vessel aiming to save humanity from destruction, to do so it must find a way through a difficult and hostile universe to create a new home for the human race. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quantum Flux.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    96% User Score Based on 212 reviews

    A drifting traveler boards a one-man space shuttle destined for Alpha Centauri. This shuttle is piloted by Budapest, an artificial intelligence program designed to serve humanity. When disaster unexpectedly befalls their ship, the two of them are sent careening through uncharted space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Palinurus.

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  14. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    100% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Zly.ii The Hacked Station is a first person scifi adventure game with challenging puzzles, made for the 10th anniversary of the Black Cube series (ASA: A Space Adventure, Catyph, Myha, Kitrinos, Boinihi, all available on Steam), commonly compared to such games such as Myst or Rhem, or to escape games. Storyline "You are an astronaut from planet Terra who has been invited to the Table of th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zly.ii: The Hacked Station.

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  15. 55%Game Brain Score
    55% User Score Based on 9 reviews

    Aliens: Redacted is a fan-made retro-style 2.5D shooter set in the Alien universe in the year 2171. You take on the role of Sgt. Braun Rodriguez, a mercenary for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, tasked with investigating a distress call from the prison transport USS Boethiah crash-landed on LV-059, a planet suspected of Xenomorph activity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aliens: Redacted.

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  16. Welcome to another galaxy. Project Coreward is an open world role playing adventure. Upgrade your ship. Assemble and train its crew. Their mission? To survive, explore and eventually uncover the ancient choices that now weigh darkly on the fate of every world. Project Coreward features an extensive galaxy created for VR. Guide your ship through the stars in 3rd person and explore large scale sol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Coreward.

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  17. 8%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    13% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Build, Earn and Survive that's the aim of Station 21. Start from nothing and work your way to building a massive scale space station with crew to run it. Manage your station by keeping your crew fit and healthy, adding new modules and managing your incoming and outgoings. The possibilities are endless. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Station 21 - Space Station Simulator.

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  18. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    71% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Depart your home world of Avalon to begin the longest journey ever attempted by mankind, to find the end of the universe. What is at the end of the universe and where is the end of the universe? This is where your journey begins. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avalon: The Journey Begins.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Join the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. Embark on an immersive adventure as you analyze strange radio signals, decipher hidden messages, symbols, sounds, and translate alien languages. Follow an engaging story with countless dialogues and game-changing choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to First Contact.

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  20. What The Stars Forgot is a starship and crew management sim. As the cutting-edge AI on the most advanced research vessel ever built, you have to guide a procedurally generated crew of hundreds as they embark on a dangerous mission to discover the source of an anomalous signal emanating from deep space. You will need to optimize crew assignments and maximize the performance of your ship, always wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to What the Stars Forgot.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Leaks In Space is a space-sim sandbox where you Construct your spaceship, Mine resources with your droids, explore & combat across hostile space where every hit on your hull can cause fatal leaks! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaks In Space.

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  22. About the DeveloperThe Journey of Project SWARM The core concept of this project dates back to 2015. In 2016-2017, I presented a detailed pitch for this drone-based simulation to several major Polish publishers. They chose a different, corporate path, but I refused to compromise on my vision. I decided to take the long road as a lone wolf developer—truly independent. Unlike many projects that us… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project SWARM: Drone Space Exploration Program.

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  23. After starting the game, players will see a small spaceship landing on the apron inside the starship. After that, 4 minions will disembark from the small spaceship. The minions have AI for construction, production, life, and combat, and do not require players to manually operate the minions. Players only need to specify which planets can collect resources, and the villain will drive a small spaces… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StarShip-DF.

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  24. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    83% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    About This GameA remote space station has fallen silent after a mysterious outbreak spread through its corridors. The remaining crew is missing, and infected creatures now roam the facility. In Dead Station Together, you must recover DNA samples, uncover the truth behind the disaster, and rescue what remains of the crew before it's too late. Play solo or team up with up to 4 players in a coopera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Station Together.

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  25. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 636 reviews

    PremiseThe Message from Deep Space is an odyssey of puzzles. Take the role of the mission's Translator, working alongside a scrappy band of scientists, and venture headfirst into the world of deciphering an alien language --- completely from the ground up.  ScenarioSet in 1973, Earth is the recipient of a meteorite that broadcasts radio waves. In the role of the mission's Translator, the player i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Message from Deep Space.

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  26. 39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    48% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Chaotic Era is an intense and brutal strategy game inspired by classic science fiction, following a stranded human crew on an alien planet. Scavenge for resources and fight back against mysterious alien terrors in this frantic real-time strategy nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHAOTIC ERA.

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  27. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:character development, gameplay
    81% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    These dark, deep woods are home to wild creatures and wild magic, and they're only dangerous if you disrespect either one. They're also your home. Here, you're safe, loved, and free, and tonight is a very special night; a good one for a ritual. Until a stranger interrupts your plans, and turns your night, and your life in an entirely new direction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Three-Body Problem.

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  28. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    A mining fleet gone rogue on the edge of space. Dangerous figures emerging from the past. This year could be a killer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 3.

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  29. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    50% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Nomad.

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  30. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    60% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    A first-person procedural VR roguelike shooter, set in deep space. Find old wrecks adrift in space, board them and fight your way to the bridge to claim the salvage rights. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Space Salvage Crew VR.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    57% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    Dune Strider is an Adventure-Strategy Game in which you, the player, take command of a merchant controlling a Sand-Barge in a desert and use it to travel and explore the land around you. The road to settlements to sell your goods is filled with dangers and opportunities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dune Strider.

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  32. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 340 reviews

    The Infinite Black 2 casts the player in the roll of a Captain managing a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources, loot treasures, and craft equipment. Join player-run corporations with friends to build shipyards, discover (and use) strange alien technology, and vie for territorial control. Test your mettle in a PvP Arena against other Captains, or declare yourself an Outcast Corporation, w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Infinite Black 2.

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  33. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Originally released in 1994, this is the rewritten-from-scratch 25th Anniversary Edition!  The entire game has been recreated using a modern 3D engine to be as faithful to the original as possible....  It is the thirty-eighth century.  The fall of Earth is but a legend and humanity has migrated to a terraformed Mars.  The Pentateuch, a group of five priests, rules the newly risen technocracy with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironseed.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    49% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    Design, build and command your fleet of spaceships! Navalia allows you to freely design ships for your fleet, lead them in battle against formidable foes and gradually conquer the galaxy. Unleash your creativity with the innovative Navalia ship editor and bring your creations into battle! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Navalia.

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  35. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    75% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Starship Horizons is a multi-player experience allowing 2-6 players commanding a Starship as the bridge officers in the roles of Captain, Flight, Tactical, Science, Operations, and Engineering. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere
    48% User Score Based on 79 reviews

    Eterium is a space flight sim in the spirit of 90's games like Wing Commander and X-Wing. Developed by a two-man team, Eterium aims to bring the classic style of space combat games into the modern era. You play as a pilot serving aboard United Earth Alliance carrier Canopus during a war against an vicious alien race known as the Revi. Experience story-driven gameplay, advanced artificial intellige… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eterium.

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    23%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    23% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Shallow Space focuses on organised mass RTS space combat in a fully 3D environment. Shallow Space focuses on the strategy of 3D combat with a diverse ship configurator allowing players to develop loadouts to suit particular tasks. The scope of play will be mission based instances inside of a fully realised planetary system in which you will be tasked to assemble your battlegroup to deny the oppo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shallow Space.

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    43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    58% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Flatspace IIk is a top-down space trading game with the emphasis on free exploration. In Flatspace, you choose your profession and are given a small spaceship with a scattering of random weapons, then you are free to earn a living, explore, hunt, trade, grow; upgrading your ship and equipment. Each game is different, with an intelligent random universe, populated by thousands of intelligent ships. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flatspace IIk.

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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    73% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    Psst hey computer entertainment enthusiast... wanna get weird in space?! Take my virtual cyberhand and follow me/us into the void on a real wild ride through space to end up the savior of the human race! Whaddaya say, wanna take your brain out? Put it in the Pilot's seat? ...? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetship.

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    32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    45% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Derelict is a post-apocalyptic, top down, sandbox, rogue like(like). You have woken up from stasis long after the fall of humanity. Thousands of years of human colonization and war have left countless derelict space craft, abandoned space stations and settlements ripe for looting. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Derelict.

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  41. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 7,130 reviews

    Team up to operate an advanced starship and explore a randomized galaxy falling into chaos. Each player assumes a role aboard the ship: Captain, Pilot, Scientist, Weapons Specialist and Engineer. Coordination between your crewmembers will be essential in order to survive the perils that await you. Control the various stations that run your ship. Reroute power between ship systems, scan alien plan… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PULSAR: Lost Colony.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    65% User Score Based on 80 reviews

    Season One: Landfall is the initial Bot Colony core game featuring the Intruder and Arrival playable episodes, in addition to the pre-order and first access to Riot, this season’s third episode. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bot Colony.

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  43. 36%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    45% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Are you ready to sit in the Captain’s Chair? From the creators of Vincere Totus Astrum comes a universe of exploration and adventure. As the Captain of your own Starship begin your journey of literally endless worlds by first selecting and editing your randomly generated race and ship, then set out for the stars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bit Odyssey.

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  44. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Tales From The Arcade: Starship Murder is an experimental murder mystery roguelite in which the killer changes every time you play. The astro hauler the SS Persephone is falling apart. You - the on-board AI - are being reactivated to perform the necessary repairs. The crew claims that the captain died in a mysterious accident, the same one that conveniently erased your memory banks. Who is tellin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tales From The Arcade: Starship Murder.

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  45. Have you ever dreamt of venturing out into deep space with nothing but your own spaceship filled with everything you need to survive a lifetime in space? Have you wondered how it feels to be a weightless astronaut and be the first human to step on an entirely unexplored planet.. or an entire galaxy? Will you find out if there is anyone else out there, or is it just an infinity of nothingness? T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpath.

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  46. 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.

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  47. Last Planet is a science fiction survival experience blending exploration, constant tension, and intense combat on a hostile planet overrun by an extraterrestrial threat. You play as an isolated survivor sent to a distant world to investigate an abandoned base, uncover the origin of the invasion, and find a way to escape alive. Every area you explore deepens the mystery, and every encounter tests… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Planet.

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  48. The year is 2436. Space travel within and beyond the Solar System has long been the norm. Long-haul space freighters transport goods between star systems. As a result, space stations have been established in orbit around stars and their moons. Most of these stations serve as border points, quarantine zones, cargo transfer and refueling stations, as well as places for rest and other activities. Th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal Breach: Final Dawn.

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  49. It was never meant to be understood.  ABOUT THIS GAMEA New Kind of Survival HorrorMost horror games begin when the monster appears. X300 begins the moment you step into the Australian Outback. Search for your missing brother across the Australian Outback and beneath a forgotten Cold War facility. Above ground, a living wall of black ash stalks the horizon. Below, an unseen intelligence still bel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X300.

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  50. IN THE YEAR 10000, HUMANITY HAS REALIZED ALL TOO LATE THAT THEIR FATE HAS BEEN SEALED IN DOOM BY THE MALICIOUS VOX AND THE ABYSMAL HORRORS THAT LURK IN THE SURROUNDING DARKNESS. ONLY ONE HOPE REMAINS: AN ULTRA-ADVANCED STARSHIP HELLBENT ON DESTROYING ALL THAT EXISTS TO REBOOT THE UNIVERSE AND RESTORE THE GOLDEN AGE. GO NOW, SPACE FIGHTER, BRING FORTH CATACLYSMIC DESTRUCTION!EXPLORE UNIQUE SOLAR … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Space Planet Fighter.

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