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93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

93% User Score Based on 123 reviews

Sector Space is a cozy top-down single player space sandbox with retro graphics. The game takes place in a procedurally generated world with a seamless travel system. Each world represents a single galaxy in the void with hundreds of star systems and points of interest for the player to visit. Characters pilot their own ship and depending on the chosen character class (profession) may have up t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector Space.

Asteroid Lanes is a space logistics sim about mining asteroids, refining what you dig up, selling it, and pouring the money back into more ships and more lanes. Everything on screen is a symbol: ● for asteroids, ◎ for stations, ▲ for ships, the lanes between them, the rings of pirate territory, and terrain such as currents and reefs. Connect a mining site to a trade hub, drop a ship on the lane,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asteroid Lanes.

✅ NGC-404 is for you if you: Enjoy space strategy games with economy, fleets, colonies, and faction conflict Like games where logistics, fuel and supplies matter Want real-time 2D space battles with ship fitting and weapon control Enjoy sandbox campaigns Like managing a small fleet instead of controlling hundreds of units directly Want to explore unknown systems, survey planets, and reco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NGC-404: Fractured Sector.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 471 reviews

The Great Gate has opened; adventure and riches await!Welcome to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy! We hope that your trip through the Great Gate was a safe one; many of the fortune-seekers that embark on this dangerous journey never make it this far. After all, an unauthorized jump of 25,000 light years through a heavily guarded artificial wormhole is bound to cause some issues – both technical and le… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vanguard Galaxy.

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.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

71% User Score Based on 133 reviews

A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Nomad 2.

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.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

84% User Score Based on 127 reviews

Silent Sector is a crazy sci-fi action rpg from a new distant Wild West dominated by powerful corporations locked in a fight for a rare mineral called Eldorite. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silent Sector.

Space is big. Really big. And nobody's going to hold your hand out here. Outer Empires drops you into a persistent, player-driven galaxy with nothing but a starter ship and whatever ambition you brought with you.  What you do next is up to you.  Run trade routes between stations.  Hunt pirates ... or become one.  Stake a claim on a colony and build it into a hub of commerce.  Form alliances and w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Empires 2.

START WITH NOTHING. MINE YOUR WAY UP.Ore Bastards is a top-down space mining sandbox about starting with a fragile ship, an almost empty bank account, and one simple plan: Get rich without getting blown apart. Mine asteroids, haul ore to stations, trade resources, complete contracts, explore distant regions, fight pirates, and more. Every expedition can lead to valuable deposits, abandoned wrec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ore Bastards.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 510 reviews

In Final Upgrade, you will experience the role of artificial intelligence (AI), created by mankind to help spread colonists across the galaxy. In each game session, you are tasked with conquering one of the regions of the galaxy. Arriving at the site with one ship carrying minimal resources, you must build a massive factory spread over 100 sectors, producing all sorts of resources that the coloni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Upgrade.

ABOUT THE GAMEYou lost most of your squadron protecting civilian convoy when the Unnamed came through. What's left is a handful of ships, unpaid repair bills, and a contract board. Synvector is a 3D sci-fi Action RPG that combines fast-paced third-person space combat with real-time fleet command and tactical pause. The entire known universe exists within a single spiral arm known as the Thorn Ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synvector.

BUILT TO LIVE BESIDE YOUR WORKHollow Sector is a desktop companion designed to keep running while you do something else. Leave it docked to the edge of your screen and the interface shifts into a compact vertical layout. Landscape and portrait remember their own sizes, so switching between them is instant. Everything continues in real time, even when the game is closed. Keep it open and watch the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollow Sector.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 2,104 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome! Experience the brilliant climax of the legendary X-Trilogy , and take your place in the history of the X Universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X3: Terran Conflict.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

77% User Score Based on 19,846 reviews

X4: FOUNDATIONS, the long awaited sequel in the successful X series, brings our most sophisticated universe SIMULATION ever. Fly every ship, EXPLORE space or manage an empire; TRADE, FIGHT, BUILD and THINK carefully, while you embark on an epic journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X4: Foundations.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 2,269 reviews

Take control of your own spaceship, with a vast galaxy to explore, mine, quest, trade, fight and even craft your own weapons. Start small, improve, complete missions, gather allies (or hire mercenaries), grow big and powerful. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Valor.

-WELCOME TO THE STAR HEIR UNIVERSE- THE WAR ISN'T OVERStar Heir: Dark Crusade is a living space simulation set in the universe of the Star Heir, Star Heirs , and Star Heir Golden Age stories. The game takes place between Crusader King and The Star Throne — during a pivotal period in humanity's struggle against the Nephilim. The Alliance has survived. The Nephilim have not been defeated. Acros… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Heir: Dark Crusade.

ROME HAS COME TO BRITAIN. Invasion of Britannia is a third-person strategy RPG set during the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Step into a living, historically grounded world where settlements grow, trade, starve, fight, and fall without waiting for the player to arrive. You begin as part of Rome's expeditionary force, learning to survive on the edge of the empire by gathering resources, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Invasion Of Britannia.

Begin with a single ship and a handful of coin. Buy low, sail far, sell high — then turn profit into power. Argosy is a deep maritime trading simulation where a living economy rewards the sharp-eyed and punishes the careless. There are no quests to hand you a fortune; there is only the sea, the market, and your judgement. Every price you see is the sum of a thousand small decisions — yours and ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argosy.

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.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

61% User Score Based on 102 reviews

Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unending Galaxy.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

77% User Score Based on 352 reviews

Explore the vast emptiness of space. Take command of your ships, push the competition back and create your empire. Helium Rain is a realistic space opera. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Helium Rain.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

80% User Score Based on 249 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

X2: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games where you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to X2: The Threat.

A damaged scout ship. One awake crew member. Two lives locked in cryostasis.In 2420, humanity finally reached beyond its home systems. The warp engine opened the way to distant worlds, and the Zenith Expanse program sent small scout vessels ahead of the larger expedition. Whisper-1 was one of them. It was not a colony ark. It was a fragile recon ship with a crew of three, enough to scan planets,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zenith Expanse.

Wayfarer Protocol is a colony sim on a single starship. You get a cramped hull, a reactor that barely keeps up, and a crew who will suffocate if you look away too long. Everything past that, you build. Build the shipFloor and hull go down one tile at a time. Reactors, oxygen recyclers, hydroponics, bunks. Turrets and thrusters bolt onto the outside. Every system pulls power and throws off heat, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayfarer Protocol.

Join our Community About the GameYou are at the frontier of human-charted space in a small mining ship, tasked with expanding humanity's footprint amongst the stars. To succeed, you’ll need to collect resources, automate production, expand your base of operations, and research new technologies. You start out with a single mining ship in a resource-rich asteroid belt. Use your scanners t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Main Sequence.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

94% User Score Based on 4,618 reviews

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reassembly.

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.

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.

Star Fated is a 2D open-world Action-RPG where you pilot a starship commanded by a ruthless criminal who will do anything to survive. Explore space in this free-roaming adventure with a fully voice-acted character-driven story where your actions and choices have consequences. Your crew is trapped under the command of a dangerous villain and their fate lies in your hands. Bounty hunters, pirate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar Echoes: Star Fated.

Stellar Shipyard is a space colony base builder sandbox, focused on constructing modular ships and stations that can connect and interact as a single unit. Build ships tile-by-tile, manage complex production chains, and watch your colony evolve from a small mining operation into a galactic empire. Face various threats, whether playing solo, with your friends, or against them as rival factions. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Shipyard.

A galaxy that doesn't wait for youA sprawling simulation that runs behind the scenes - tens of thousands of spaceships, hundreds of stations, many factions. Start with a single spaceship. What you build from it is up to you. You are one captain among thousands. Every ship you come across is flown by a simulated NPC who earns rank, holds grudges, takes their own actions and can be killed. Faction… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayfallen.

Your airline. Your calls. Your consequences.Flightline is an airline management sim about building an airline that has to make sense. Passengers That Actually Travel Passengers in Flightline are not locked to airport pairs or pre-defined hubs. They come from real travel markets, choose from airports they can reasonably reach, and connect through any itinerary that makes sense. A passenger trav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flightline.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

97% User Score Based on 31 reviews

*STEAM DECK and PROTON users please note that a build is available in an accessible beta branch for testing This game is my homage to Trade Wars 2002, a text/ANSI graphic based multiplayer space-trading game from the '80s/90s that I've tried to recreate the core concept and look and feel faithfully without being an exact clone, and also inspired by the computer UI's from science-fiction films/T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warp to Sector One.

You arrive at a barren asteroid with a mining laser, a gravity generator and an empty shop. Mine your first ore, put it on the shelf, and watch space travelers dock to buy it. As the shop grows, add racks and displays, hire robots to restock and run the checkout, and build production lines so your shelves carry ingots, alloys and finished goods instead of raw rock. When you're ready, claim a neigh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrocraft.

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.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

78% User Score Based on 4,016 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

In SPAZ 2 you must survive in an evolving post apocalyptic Galaxy. The zombie threat is defeated, infrastructure has collapsed, fuel is scarce, and scavenging means survival. Initially the Galaxy contains hundreds of fleets, each trying to survive. AI captains do everything the player can. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Pirates And Zombies 2.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

93% User Score Based on 6,104 reviews

Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Sky.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 328 reviews

Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs. Focus on trading and personal interaction or embark on science missions – hunt down pirates and collect their bounty. Inf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gaia Beyond.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

84% User Score Based on 372 reviews

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation.

Kron Wars is a persistent browser-based sci-fi MMO where players trade, mine, build corporations, wage wars, hunt bounties, and control entire sectors across massive player-driven universes with dynamic economies and tactical space combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kron Wars.

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.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 3,698 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 9 reviews

Includes Original soundtrack - The complete original soundtrack from the game, composed and created by the very talented Nikola Nikita Jeremic (mp3 format) Digital Collector's Artbook - check out the breathtaking artwork and renders from Starpoint Gemini Warlords combined into a whopping 150-page digital artbook Stream overlays (layered PSD format, HD resolution, 1920x1080px) Gemini Starchart digi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpoint Gemini Warlords.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

66% User Score Based on 606 reviews

Space exploration adventure RPG where you command a crew in a story driven sandbox universe. Work to destroy the sensor network and reach the heavily guarded planet before Shavala corporation goons hunt you down, or just go exploring. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

77% User Score Based on 561 reviews

Airship: Kingdoms Adrift is an airship trading and combat simulator, set in the wake of a Great Sky War that ripped through the steampunk world of Spheara. An uneasy cease-fire holds between the Aecerlian Kingdom, the New Viridian Republic, and the Teutonic Confederation. As they lick their wounds, their suddenly jobless soldiers and skyfarers look for new opportunities among the desolation.Enter … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airship: Kingdoms Adrift.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 749 reviews

Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VoidExpanse.

Quest Industries is a top-down factory builder where you take direct command of a goblin operation. Mine resources with your own pickaxe, hire goblins to haul materials, design factory layouts across five biomes, and assemble a rocket to launch into space. Build the supply chain, optimize the routes, watch the base grow. SWING YOUR OWN PICKAXE You are the operation's first miner. Take direct con… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quest Industries.

As mankind takes its first steps into deep space they encounter an old enemy, the SEIDDAB. The player controls up to 9 ships which can be sent on missions flown remotely by the player or his co-pilots.  The  scenario spans several star systems and is gradually revealed as each sector is explored and warp gates are discovered.  Designed  retro style to run on a general laptop or pc  rather than … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deepest Blue.

Sector Prime A text-based space trading and combat simulator. Genre: Simulation / Strategy / RPG Platform: Windows Input: Keyboard (Text Command) Command Your Destiny in a Procedural Galaxy Sector Prime is a terminal-style space simulator where economic survival is just as dangerous as a pirate ambush. Starting with a small gift of 20k, you must navigate a living, breathing galaxy to buil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector Prime: A Text-Based Space Sim.

A galaxy grown from a single seedWayward Cosmos generates everything at runtime: the spiral galaxy of ~120 star systems, every ship hull, planet, station, asteroid field, nebula, enemy, weapon, and item icon. Enter a seed and the exact same universe is rebuilt, share it with a friend and you are exploring the same worlds. You start near home with a small ship and a handful of crew. The farther yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayward Cosmos.