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Looking for games like Null Anchor? Here are top open world role playing recommendations with a economy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Elite Dangerous, Ostranauts or Astro Traveler.

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. A retro style space sim where you mine, trade, bounty hunt, pillage, and explore. In this game you choose you own path as you navigate the galaxy while balancing faction alligence and legality of your actions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Traveler.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    On the barren moon Titan, within the city of Misplaced Optimism, scavenger operators and ram-runners fight for the right to courier the last of Titan's worthless riches. Caught between the powerplays of neo-feudal corporations and mutant underworld cartels, there is only one escape. Off-planet. ...You're going to need all the Hardwar(e) you can get. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hardwar.

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  5. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    90% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Sol sector, 2200. Earth is ravaged by war and depleted natural resources. Despite advances in propulsion technology, humankind has failed to reach the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. What scarce minerals can be found in the Sol system are dominated by emerging pirate factions. A mysterious wormhole appears in the rings of Saturn with no explanation. Early pioneers venture through a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Pilot 2.

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  6. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Survive the void in Null Hørizøn. Trade, fight, and explore a retro-futuristic 3D galaxy with 2D sprites. Upgrade your ship, smuggle goods, and travel across the universe. Tactical Real-Time combat meets Grid-based exploration in this atmospheric space sim. The Null Hørizøn calls, Captain. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Null Hørizøn.

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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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    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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    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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  10. Peasant Simulator is an open-ended medieval sandbox. How will you survive and thrive? As serf or leige, smith, trade, farm, build, or conquer your way to fortune, glory, and a prospering medieval kingdom. Venture forth from forest or town, collecting or earning resources and securing for yourself a lodging to call home. From there, improve your constructions, equipment, and weaponry - graduall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Peasant Simulator.

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  11. 56%Game Brain Score
    56% User Score Based on 7 reviews

    beta decay is a dark, dystopian RPG where you can build spaceships, join factions, and fight for territory in a newly discovered star system. Become an engineer repairing starships, a mech pilot commanding war machines, to a syndicate leader, executing raids deep within a labyrinthic neon city. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to beta decay.

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  12. 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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  13. STAR-BOX – RPG Adventures in Space!Strap on your gravity boots, power up your laser, and climb aboard your spaceship for a retro-styled, RPG-jaunt into the unknown! Travel around an open-world, sandbox universe where you are the architect of your own story. Fly around an infinite universe exploring alien worlds, abandoned cities, overrun space-stations, derelict ships, and parallel dimensions with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star-Box.

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  14. Ironseed 3The Long ReturnThe Story Continues… The Ironseed did not die in deep space. It endured. Long after the escape from Mars, long after the fall of certainty, the ship still drifts... scarred, ancient, and carrying a burden no machine was ever meant to bear. You are no longer simply a captain. You are Vigil, the ship itself. A fractured guardian consciousness, holding together systems, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ironseed 3 : Vigil.

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  15. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    83% User Score Based on 440 reviews

    The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with mod support and PvP/co-op multiplayer. You're going to need a bigger ship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underspace.

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  16. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evochron Legacy.

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  17. 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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  18. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 149,300 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 47 reviews

    Buy No Man's Sky on PlayStation Store. Lose yourself in a vast sci-fi odyssey as you explore a near-infinite, procedurally generated universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Man's Sky.

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  19. 44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects: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.

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  20. Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it. Play solo or in online co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starlathe.

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  21. An open galaxy space sim of trade, mining, colonization, and real time combat. Explore a procedurally generated universe, strip mine asteroid fields, claim and fortify your own worlds, and climb through a galaxy of five rival factions. Play solo or with a friend in online co-op. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Wars 3033.

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  22. 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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  23. Iron Convoy is a turn-based tactical survival game set in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. Manage your convoy, battle enemies, gather resources, and make tough decisions to survive. In this unforgiving world, only the strongest endure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron Convoy.

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  24. Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecliptica.

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  25. A single-player space battleship simulator with slow, tense 3d battles and complex, realistic weapons. Manage and upgrade your ship, or capture something better. Play a campaign defending against a ruthless attack, or set up custom battles. Victory requires skill, clever tactics and heavy firepower. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Capital Command.

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  26. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music
    100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Blast off for fortune in Epic Space Trader, a classic trading adventure! Live the dream of a spacefaring tycoon! Embark on a thrilling voyage through a vast galaxy in this addictive space trading simulation. Chart your course across a living galaxy: Buy low, Sell high: Explore a dynamic marketplace and exploit fluctuating prices to become a galactic mogul. Beware of space hazards: Naviga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epic Space Trader.

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  27. Anarchy and lawlessness flourish in the city, and at the same time, due to the explosion of a chemical plant, all residents inhabiting the city are turning into unknown creatures and creatures that crave human flesh. No more rules and laws! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to STERN.

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  28. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Spiritus Astrum, or "Spirit of the Stars" is a persistent, open-world, roleplaying sandbox, with multiplayer support. It features an infinite, procedurally generated universe which players are free to explore without restriction. Spiritus Astrum is an indie title created by a single developer. Solar systems, Stellar phenomena, and planets, are realistically scaled, and players can land and explore… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spiritus Astrum.

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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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  30. 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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  31. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    83% User Score Based on 41 reviews

    Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt. Travel the open world, chase bounties, get new ships, upgrade your gear, and, why not, maybe even save humankind! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Wanderer DX.

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  32. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 550 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    X3: Reunion continues the epic space saga, blending deep space trading and intense real-time combat. Explore a vast universe, establish your empire, and shape the new frontier. With enhanced graphics and intricate economies, it's a journey of strategy, simulation, and interstellar intrigue. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X3: Reunion.

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  33. 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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  34. 47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    68% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Stardust Tycoon This project has been moved to Steam where current development is ongoing. Please visit the Steam page and wishlist the game. Steam link : Stardust Tycoon on Steam ***************** Old description below *********************** This game is a 2D sandbox space game, inspired by the original "Frontier Elite". I've taken some liberties regarding the gameplay, but overall, you're… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Tycoon.

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  35. 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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  36. 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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  37. 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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  38. 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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  39. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    65% User Score Based on 1,230 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

    Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. In the Dodge Sector it’s hard to get by – and even harder to get even. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.

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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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  41. 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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  42. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    57% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    At the sunset of human life on planet Earth, you are a military pilot controlling a space ship, and you find yourself at the very epicenter of the battle in the solar system. You are forced to retreat into the unknown, distant Arcanum system through hyper-jumping. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.

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  44. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    89% User Score Based on 340 reviews

    Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Infinite Black 2.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    92% User Score Based on 1,687 reviews

    Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet S.

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    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 11,528 reviews

    Cosmoteer (previously known as Starwright) is a 2D top-down starship design and combat game developed by Walt Destler for PC. The player's goal is to create powerful ships to destroy enemies for bounties used to further improve his fleet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmoteer.

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  47. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 3,414 reviews

    The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StarMade.

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  48. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 561 reviews

    Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airship: Kingdoms Adrift.

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  49. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 21,985 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Eve Online is a community-driven spaceship MMO where players can play free, choosing their own path from countless options. Experience space exploration, immense PvP and PvE battles, mining, industry and a thriving player economy in an ever-expanding sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EVE Online.

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  50. A turn-based space RPG in the spirit of Space Rangers. You are the captain of a small ship in a vast, living galaxy. Nobody is waiting for a hero: traders haul cargo on their own business, pirates hunt the weak, nations go to war and make peace, and market prices shift with harvests, plagues and battles. Start as a trader, mercenary, pirate or explorer — and become whoever you want.Features A li… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rimfarers.

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