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Games like No Man's Mines

Games like No Man's Mines

Looking for games like No Man's Mines? Here are top open world simulation recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with PlanetSmith, MineEngineer or Starbreaker.

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  1. Disaster strikes a remote research base on a distant moon. Your escape pod malfunctions and slams into an uncharted, Earth-like planet. You wake with nothing but wreckage, your instincts, and a whole world to tame. Survive. Build. Escape. But escape is only the beginning. The creatures hunting you are connected to the catastrophe that stranded you here, and whatever caused it has spread across th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PlanetSmith.

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  2. MineEngineer is a 2D space-survival sandbox where engineering, exploration, and creativity collide in a universe full of planets, asteroids, and unknown dangers. You start alone in the void with only basic tools and a fragile survival pod. From there, you'll mine resources, explore planets, fend off threats, and build bases and ships piece by piece — exactly the way you imagine them. Multipla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MineEngineer.

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  3. 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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  4. The surface was never the whole story. Something ancient calls from the floor of an alien sea. Dive with your crew through seven ever-darker layers: mine, craft, build bases, crew subs, and guard your air and sanity as the ocean turns hostile. It has been expecting you. It was here before the planet's first tide, and it is the reason you are here now. Its call pulls you down through a world stacke… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Divers.

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  5. Worlds sit closer together than anyone thinks, close enough to cut between. You are a Seam Walker, and everything you need is in one hand: a dimension gun that turns the gap between worlds into a tool. Traversal, mining and combat all run through the same weapon. There is nothing else in your hands. One gun, every verbThe dimension gun doesn't have an alternate fire — it has a vocabulary. Fire a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seam Walker.

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  6. Stranded in deep space with a failing ship, every decision matters. Manage life support, evade what hunts you, and explore a vast, hostile cosmos where survival depends on what you build—and what you risk. ️ What You'll Do Pilot and upgrade your spacecraft EVA into dangerous wrecks Mine asteroids and salvage debris Craft tools, weapons ship and suit modules Investigate abandoned facil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WarpedSpace.

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  7. Welcome to StarDune, an ambitious solo dev project where you step into the suit of a tiny astronaut exploring a vast, open world solar system. Uncover mysteries as you build modular bases, manage vital resources, pilot spaceships, drive rovers, and terraform the world around you to conquer the frontiers of deep space. Fully Deformable Terrain Reshape the ground around you to overcome challenge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StarDune.

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  8. Explore, mine, fight, and survive in a scientifically inspired 2D space adventure set in a fully explorable version of our own solar system—with distances modeled to real-world astronomical scale. You are a lone pilot navigating the delicate balance between warring factions, asteroid belts teeming with rare minerals, and hostile enemies lurking throughout. Choose your ship, customize your weapons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Parsec Express.

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  9. Astromine is a co-op survival game about scavenging fully destructible voxel planets. Land on planets and gather enough materials to fight off alien creatures, build structures and spaceships, and conquer the solar system If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astromine.

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  10. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 10,094 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 23 reviews

    Rebel Galaxy is a game of action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer in this swashbuckling spac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rebel Galaxy.

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  11. Mithril is a procedurally generated voxel mining survival game. Infinite caves to explore, where each world changes with you. Every stone you touch, every flow of lava you manipulate, all has consequence. Dig by hand. Build factories to process it for you. Survive what hunts you. Then trigger the Dormancy, a deep sleep, and watch a million years of geology reshape the cave around you. Every Sto… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mithril.

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  12. You're alone on Mars.The mission is over. Your crew left you behind. You've got a pressure suit, whatever you can pull out of the ground, and a long way to go before you see Earth again. There's a rocket between you and home. You just have to build it first. Sol One is a first-person open-world survival game that tries to get the science right. It's for people who like grounded, science-driven su… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sol One.

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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 47 crews went down before you. None reached the core.NARON is a co-op mining roguelite for 1-4 players. Your drillship eats its way through twenty depths beneath the surface of NARON-M, a dying moon. Every depth sets you a task. Complete it, and the drill moves on. If the crew falls, the run is over. What you learned comes with you into the next one. The loop: four steps, twenty times Ra… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Naron.

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  16. One small mining ship. An endless galaxy. Your desktop.Space Travelers is a relaxed 2D space mining and exploration sim. Start with a modest ship in a quiet corner of the galaxy, dig rare minerals out of asteroids and planets, trade at the station, and push your range outward sector by sector. The map never runs out: the universe grows with you. You do not have to stop playing to get on with yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Travelers.

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  17. Deep Haul is a one-more-run space-mining game set in an enormous, quiet solar system. You're a solo hauler: point your ship, hold the trigger, and watch big asteroids glow, crack, and shatter as your mining laser chews through them. Magnet the ore in, fill the hold, and run it home to the station for credits and upgrades. A genuinely huge place to fly. Space here is vast — the planets, the sun, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Haul.

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  18. Your Ship. Your Crew. Your Haul. Haul Yeah! is a chill co-op space trucking game where you live aboard a working space… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haul Yeah!.

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  19. Secure hostile asteroid sites across the outer solar system in a physics-based space combat expedition. You are alone in deep space, approaching silent asteroid sites where old machines have taken control. Your instruments are limited. The dark hides threats, and every maneuver matters in true zero gravity, where rotation, drift, and momentum can decide whether you survive the approach. Fli… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Expedition Astra.

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  20. Exonautis is an underwater sci-fi survival game set on an oceanic exoplanet. Dropped into a vast alien open world with nothing but your wreckage and S.A.L.T to guide your, you must make your way to Kappa Outpost and begin your exploration of the Calliope 4348A. Explore an Expansive Alien Ocean The planet is home to many biodiverse ecological systems brimming with vibrant but equally dangerou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EXONAUTIS.

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  21. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 71 reviews

    Drill and Delve is a mining game in which you must unravel a mystery by exploring your surroundings. Venture through a unique world made of a fully destructible terrain. Dig in every possible direction thanks to the 3D voxel technology. You're a miner in the far future who works for a mega-mining corporation. Today was supposed to be just another day at work, but when things go wrong d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drill and Delve.

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  22. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 94,098 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 14 reviews

    Includes: Yogscast Cobra Mk III Paint Job Take control of your own starship in a cutthroat galaxy. Elite Dangerous is the definitive massively multiplayer space epic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elite Dangerous.

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  23. The Universe is Yours—Without Limits. Set in the fourth millennium, you enter a post-apocalyptic era where humanity has abandoned the ruins of the past to forge a new civilization among the stars. From your cockpit, you are free to explore, trade, and combat in a universe rendered at a true 1:1 scale, where every point of light in the sky is a destination you can actually reach. Core Feature… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Univoyager.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters. Operate a mining outpost on an asteroid. Mine valuable ore from large and small rocks on the surface. Sell the ore to earn credits (the currency in the Belt in the future). Build out your mining … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Belt Colony.

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  25. Persistent multiplayer space combat where you keep what you earn — finally. Full Store Description THE HOOK: ONE MOMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING You're hunting. The radar blips. Someone's coming. Your ship is good—legendary gun, rare armor, maxed-out thruster. You've built this loadout over hours. Kills. Risk. Survival. And now, *right now*, another pilot's silhouette cuts across the void. You… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subspace: Bounty Hunters.

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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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  27. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 3,619 reviews

    The unexpected discovery of valuable minerals within the rings of Saturn has sparked a thriving space excavation industry. Experience hard sci-fi, top-down space simulator, with every aspect backed up by real physics and science. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rings of Saturn.

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  28. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 379 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    Dark Star One combines the popular elements of a business simulation, a role-playing game and an action game to an epic space experience! An exciting story, full of intrigue and inter-stellar conflict are the main pillars of a multiple number of missions to survive on Dark Star One! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DarkStar One.

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  29. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Terrene is a pixel art space adventure game where you explore procedurally generated planets, fight enemy swarms, and craft unique weapons and tools. The game features a variety of gameplay mechanics, including exploration, crafting, mining, story, couch co-op, ship flight, and more. In Terrene, you will: Explore near endless procedurally generated planets, each with unique biomes. Fight enemy … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terrene - An evidence of life game.

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  30. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 959 reviews

    Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies in this open source space shooter! Destination Sol is a free-to-play hardcore space arcade/RPG. You start as a pilot of a small fighter ship on the edge of a star system, and you're free to explore the game world, land on planets, fight with enemies, upgr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Destination Sol.

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  31. 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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  32. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Craterbound.

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  33. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 56 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Subdivision Infinity is an immersive and pulse pounding sci-fi space shooter featuring stunning graphics and tight spaceship game play. Hunt down and destroy enemy spacecraft, crush capital ships, mine asteroids for rare minerals, and find blueprints to craft amazing new vessels! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Subdivision Infinity DX.

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  34. Strap into a sleek shuttle, drop through a planet's atmosphere, and walk its surface. Then lift off, break orbit, and aim for a new pinprick of light on the far side of the system. In Holospace there are no loading screens between worlds — just one continuous voxel universe that runs as far as you're virtually willing to fly. One seamless journey, surface to spacePilot your ship from the ground… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Holospace.

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  35. Every asteroid is worth more than the last. Until you die. Every core you collect draws more danger. Upgrade your ship. Fight back. Go deeper. You're a miner working the edge of known space. The sun is dying, and every ore core you bring home buys Earth a little more time. Mine asteroids, collect their cores, and stay ahead of the homing missiles drawn to your growing haul. The longer you s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Combat Miner.

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  36. Prepare your spaceship and travel through the void. Try different vehicles (space, land, atmosphere, sea and underground). Build and expand your station – add rooms, wings and specialized spaces. Focus on discoveries, researches or just on admiring this completely new worlds. Put on the space suit and go outside the station to explore the surroundings. Use the latest technology – weapons, dr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar System Colonist.

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  37. 40%Game Brain Score
    40% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    CURRENTLY IN VERY EARLY DEVELOPMENT BY A SOLO FIRST TIME DEV ALL FEEDBACK MORE THAN WELCOME STEAM PAGE COMING SOON Stake your claim in a belt of endless riches,and endless risks. Meridian: The Belt drops you into the asteroid belt orbiting the enigmatic planet Meridian, a miner bound by a 5,000,000-credit debt to the ruthless NexTerra Corporation. Your mission: pilot your ship, harvest r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meridian - The Belt.

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  38. Come chat with the devs! About the GameAs a novice space miner, you have been assigned to work on an unexplored, distant planet. With little local fauna and a poisonous atmosphere, it shouldn't be much of a problem to expand your base and extract valuable resources. It shouldn't... Throughout the day, discover new deposits of raw materials, mine and process them in advanced refineries. From the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosminers.

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  39. Welcome to the Anadeia Galaxy, start your journey in the Iarus Belt as you discover what it means to be starship pilot in a universe filled with danger and opportunity. Fight, Mine, Scavenge, Trade, Craft or Mission your way through the void alone or in split-screen with a wingman. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devoid Prototype.

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  40. One ship. One crew. No one flies it alone. DarkHelm is a co-op multiplayer starship bridge simulator for 6–25 players. Each crewmember takes a seat on the bridge, and every station controls only part of the ship. The pilot can't raise shields. The gunner can't see what's coming. Engineering keeps the lights on — or doesn't. To survive, you have to talk to each other. This is a game about a crew,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DarkHelm.

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    44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Submeris A deep-sea mining adventure filled with exploration, danger, and survival beneath a mysterious island! Dig. Upgrade. Descend. And uncover the treasure buried deep below. --- About the GameSubmeris invites you into an immersive underwater experience combining exploration, mining mechanics, and survival gameplay beneath a remote and mysterious island. Start with just a simple … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Submeris.

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  42. 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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  43. UNDERSTAR is an atmospheric 2D mining adventure built around one promise: Dig. Upgrade. Survive. Go deeper.Beneath a weathered surface settlement lies a persistent world of destructible stone, valuable resources, hidden caves, sealed geodes, lost stars, ancient Titans, and forgotten machinery waiting to wake. Choose your route, decide how long to push your luck, then return to the light with every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to UNDERSTAR: Dig Below, Rise Above.

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  44. [h2]Every grain of this world is real.[/h2] Sand falls, water finds its level, fire spreads, lava cools into stone - a full cellular-automata simulation, all the way down. Dig a channel and the ocean follows you in. Freeze a waterfall and climb it. The world doesn't play an animation of physics - it IS physics. [h2]Seven Keepers. One heart.[/h2] Each world scatters the Amulets of the Heart… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PixelFall.

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  45. The frontier is vast and unclaimed. Strip ore, chart trade routes, and raise colonies on distant worlds, then decide who you're building them for. The Federation, the Rebels, and the Syndicate hold ground across six connected star systems, and every move tips the balance between them. Push far enough into hostile territory and you'll find the Dominion, massing an invasion fleet at the edge of know… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Benders In Space.

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  46. A Sector Darkly is a 2-d real-time space exploration open-world RPG. Explore, trade, scavenge, research, craft and survive a sector in chaos. Interact and dialogue with more than 10 alien races. Imagine a 4x-LITE universe, where instead of being in command of the faction, you are in command of a single ship and crew just trying to survive. An open world exploration, with an underlying mystery: sec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Sector Darkly.

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  47. The mining crews that came before you are gone. Their wreckage is still on the surface, their tunnels are still down there, and the only way home is a rocket nobody has built yet. Legacy Miner is a 2D mining game for 1–16 players. You drive a little rig with a drill, a fuel tank, and a cargo hold, and everything you do comes back to one decision: every ore you haul up can be sold for cash to upgr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legacy Miner.

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  48. BEYOND ORBIT A persistent-world space MMO built on three things: Exploration. Trade. Combat. Pick a side. Pick a ship. Find out where you fit. Beyond Orbit is a tab-target space MMO with real-time combat, where ship builds and group coordination matter more than twitch aim. Travel the galaxy through connected gate networks, take on missions, mine asteroid fields, and fight in cooperative PvE enc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Orbit.

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  49. Fying in your own spaceship. Walking on the surface of planets and moons. Lots of weapons and other equipment for both your ship and character. No companions. Only your character. 27 star systems with 88 celestial bodies to land on. Talking to NPCs. Main story line. Lots of repeating miniquests. Character creation. Simple leveling system with 6 skills. Earning hyperdollars… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyperspacer.

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  50. 27%Game Brain Score
    27% User Score Based on 7 reviews

    Redshift 7 is an open world action adventure game taking place in a distant galaxy overrun by hostile alien life. There are multiple star systems and planets to visit in Redshift 7. You can trade, mine, explore and become a courier or a mercenary. Battle pirates and other creatures in space or on the surface of planets. Experience seamless transitions from piloting your ship to EVA in your space s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Redshift 7.

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