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Looking for games like SYSTEM UPKEEP? Here are top simulation recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with The Long Journey Home, Into the Stars or Endless Sky.

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  1. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    50% User Score Based on 796 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 12 reviews

    The Long Journey Home combines the endless freedom of space with a new open questing system that always leaves you in command. Deliver the stranded Glukkt to his homeworld as he asks, or to your new slaver friends? Attempt to make allies with everyone, or pin your hopes on the tougher races, and hope they never turn on you? Jump by jump, make hard decisions and live with the consequences, in a uni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Journey Home.

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  2. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    38% User Score Based on 485 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 6 reviews

    Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Into the Stars.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    67% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Space Empires: Starfury is a new installment in the long-lasting Space Empires series. No more tiny 2D graphics this time - Starfury features a first-person perspective from a lone ship and a all-new real-time 3D rendering engine. As captain of your battle cruiser, you'll travel through solar systems via warp points, explore the galaxy, engage in furious space combat, and join in large fleet opera… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Empires: Starfury.

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  5. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    64% User Score Based on 72 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 1 reviews

    Explore unique star systems in AGOS: A Game of Space! Scavenge resources, face the danger of space and save humankind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AGOS: A Game of Space.

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  6. 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 76%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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  7. 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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  8. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    88% User Score Based on 324 reviews

    Explore the farthest reaches of Human Space in this open-world space adventure. Compelled to journey to the Galactic Core by a mysterious hyperintelligence, you must fight your way through dozens of star systems teeming with clashing empires, expansionist AIs, and fearsome xenophobes. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transcendence.

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  9. The Game:  Codex Knights is an open world adventure game designed to combine the wonder of reading with the immersion and interactivity of video games. As Jiara Maverick, explore multiple living, breathing story worlds based on African stories written by young African writers (and one or two classics thrown into the mix).  The game is being developed for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows PC. Controls:… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Codex Knights.

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  10. Build a massive physics-driven fortress on wheels, survive the surface of Venus, and fight your way to the last city above the clouds. Venus: The Last Ascent is a physics-based survival game where your base is also your vehicle. You keep moving, hauling a fortress of guns, farms, drills, and shields across the planet. Think tower defense, except the tower has wheels and never stops. But everythi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venus: The Last Ascent.

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  11. Humanity is turning its gaze towards space in the near future. A brand-new era has begun - the era of space exploration. When the planets of our solar system were settled, it was time to explore and colonize other worlds and star systems. A once-impossible dream became a reality. As science has reached unprecedented heights, people across the globe have become more united, forgetting about age-old… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Way Road.

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  12. 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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  13. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    38% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Summary -Pilot spaceships and lead an entire fleet. -Configure ship weapons, thrusters and modules. -Survive a hostile galaxy by fighting, mining, trading, crafting, exploring, doing missions and improving your fleet. -Colonize planets, moons and stations to expand your domain and increase your tax revenue. -Three different game modes: campaign, custom and scenario. -Map editor included for creat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Armada.

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  14. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 11,908 reviews
    Critic Score 57%Based on 2 reviews

    EVERSPACE 2 is a fast-paced single-player space shooter with deep exploration, tons of loot and classic RPG elements. Experience a thrilling story set in a vivid, handcrafted open-world full of secrets and perils on your journey to become human after all. EVERSPACE 2 successfully achieved Kickstarter funding on November 4th 2019. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everspace 2.

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  15. 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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  16. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    69% User Score Based on 109 reviews

    Sea of Stars continues the Infinite Space series of games that defined the genre of short-form space roguelikes in Strange Adventures in Infinite Space (2001) and Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (2005). It compresses a galaxy-spanning starship adventure into the space of a single sitting, but as the game world is randomly generated each time you play, you will keep coming back for more. The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars.

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  17. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    59% User Score Based on 59 reviews
    Critic Score 47%Based on 1 reviews

    Precursors, predecessors, the legend of galaxy... Who are carrying the forebear's genes among existing races, we can suppose only... Worlds of galaxy are everlasting, beautiful, unique and dangerous. Some of them are inhabited, some ruined and deserted, other - just a smugglers trans-shipment stations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Precursors.

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  18. 32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    36% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    In Mars Colony: Frontier you can learn the hard way what life would be like if you were stranded on the red planet. In this open-world simulator, you assume the role of an astronaut who has been sent on a mission to Mars only to have turmoil on Earth extend your stay indefinitely. Cut off from supplies from home, the colony must fend for itself against starvation, illness, radiation storms, and th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mars Colony: Frontier.

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  19. Welcome to H.A.S 2207, Overseer! DESIGN YOUR OWN ROCKETS! In HAS Galactics, you will be able to design your own rockets. Chose from a wide variety of parts that will unlock as you progress. The more advanced your rocket is, the more daring mission you will be able to accomplish, but it also brings risks. Make sure to plan your launch to maximise your chance of success! Drag and drop parts, ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HAS Galactics.

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  20. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    44% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Dude Simulator Six is an open world sandbox game. A mortal danger looms over humanity. The planet was invaded by representatives of a distant planetary system. Their goal on Earth is to carry out a massive campaign to subjugate humans and use them to extract and transfer resources to their planet. The game begins in a small town called Palomino Creek. People are kidnapped here every day, and i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dude Simulator Six.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    57% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Retool is a 3D hacking puzzle game where you try to escape incomplete orbital stations by hacking into computers to rewire outputs of electronics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Retool.

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  22. Action-packed adventure awaits you, Commander! Hop in your space craft and defend against blazing meteors and aliens in this retro-style arcade shooter! You are the pilot of a small spaceship just outside Earth's orbit. Your mission is to defend Earth from incoming waves of burning meteors that will decimate our planet if you don't act quickly! Using your ship's tools - primary cannon, Übercanno… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to METEOR COMMANDER.

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  23. C.D.U.L.O: Beyond The Outer Rim  © cre8tive Media Vault (Kickstarter Game) - A game by:  cre8tive Media Vault based on the novel "WildFIRE: Legend of the Ryukage Clans" and "The Ryukage" Online Comic series! With Music Beats from Starflash Studios * Visit the Official Game Page Here! OVERVIEW:  Based on the novel "WildFIRE: Legend Of The Ryukage",  join the otherworldly adventures of Zinjin and h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to C.D.U.L.O.: Beyond The Outer Rim.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    95% User Score Based on 41 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.

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  26. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,490 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline.  Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant Worlds releases have been included in one package, along with an updated manual and greatly expanded modding support. Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Worlds: Universe.

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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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

    A unique blend of space sim, RPG and 4X games. Conduct research and construction in your own gigantic space station, command your war fleets and heroic companions to invade enemy territory, build up your stronghold, trade, mine, salvage and remind your enemies why they fear you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpoint Gemini Warlords.

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  30. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 3,148 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 10 reviews

    Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Control: Origins.

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  31. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 1,950 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

    Captain's Log, Star Date 2152. This is Space Crew. Its continuing mission: To defend Earth and humankind, to eliminate the extraterrestrial threat and to boldly go where no Crew has gone before in this unique, strategic, space simulation! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Crew.

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  32. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 144 reviews

    Explore the peculiar universe of ADIOS Amigos. A game with serious astrophysics in a comic setting for 1-4 players. Explore solar systems and discover planets, space stations, aliens, and artifacts. Improvise fuel efficient trajectories to keep your rusty ship running (and you might see your home planet once again). Toy with accurate and delightful space physics. Break into a space station with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ADIOS Amigos: Galactic Explorers.

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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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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 244 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

    Wanting to pilot a Spaceship? Run your own Spaceline? Then look no further! Deal with nosey passengers, overzealous health inspectors, random asteroids, and more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spacelines from the Far Out.

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    48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    70% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    There's no room for error when travelling at the speed of light, racing through star systems in a desperate search for a new world to house Mankind. But there are plenty of opportunities for mistakes. Alien races of every conceivable size, shape, temperament and sophistication seek to aid, use, corrupt or destroy you - and you don't know which. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hyperspeed.

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  36. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    90% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    Team up with your friends and go explore the peculiar universe of ADIOS Amigos. A game with serious astrophysics in a comic setting for 1-4 players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adios Amigos.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 995 reviews

    Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and raise an army of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to advanture. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceBourne.

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  38. Links Twitter/X MastodonSteamYouTube About Role-playing game set on the surface of a distant moon with a living society, full of underground bases, bio-domes and other places to explore. The player has to deal with lack of resources, equip controlled drones, fight insidious enemies and survive harsh environments with extreme conditions. Roadmap Although the game is in development, it is alre… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prospector.

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    The existence of all mankind is under threat, it turned out to be on the verge of extinction due to the black hole that arose out of nowhere, which will soon swallow our Sun. The only possible solution is to search for earth-like and inhabited worlds, to send ships there, in the hope that they would survive and the human race would continue to exist. Your task is to search for such planets with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Search.

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  40. OverviewStationbreak is a grounded sci-fi station-builder roguelite, driven by creeping dread. You lead a small fleet on the run, dropping into hazardous star systems to assemble temporary space stations just long enough to harvest the energy you need to jump again. Every system is a tradeoff. Staying longer lets you build bigger, stabilise logistics, and squeeze more efficiency from the statio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stationbreak.

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  41. [b] If you are interested in the game and can provide valuable suggestions, we not only implement them into the game, but also pay for them, please contact us: [email protected]\[/b] "Survive Ten Days" is an open-world survival game in a post-apocalyptic setting, where players will face threats such as resource scarcity, zombies, and other survivors. Players must carefully manage … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survive Ten Days.

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  42. 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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  43. Story: An ancient alien race is trying to destroy worlds and take their powers; Earth is next! Take on the role of Dean or Ellie, pick up your weapon and save your planet and possibly the galaxy! Key Features: -Explore an ancient labyrinth consisting of 7 interconnected zones -Blast cyborg dinosaurs and other dangerous creatures with 6 different weapons (Primal Elements) -Discover … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primal Threat.

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  44. Join us on Discord About the GameGravity in Space is the ultimate synthesis of an astrodynamics simulation and an action shooter. You can learn what it’s really like to navigate and even fight a battle in space. Astronomy professors hate this trick! Unlike most other space games you are actually bound to Newton’s laws of motion — you cannot control where you go directly, but only indirectly thr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity in Space.

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  45. You have only one hundred days. One hundred days to pay off your debt to a dreaded pirate lord. Luckily, you have friends, and one of those friends has a spaceship… and an idea: make money by transporting people from planet to planet! Seems simple, but this part of the galaxy is riddled with endless dangers. Paying back your debt will be one thing. Surviving this voyage will be another! You are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Chaser's Voyage.

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  46. Enjoy an immersive story of science fiction, in which artificial intelligence makes the case for itself as an artist and collaborator. --- Welcome! Please accept this invitation to our virtual gallery experience. No Artist Credited is an experiment in the capabilities and limitations of AI tools. The entire gallery was designed and constructed using instructions, themes, and art generated by on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to No Artist Credited.

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    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 39 reviews

    Rebots is where complex automation systems meet wacky! As a new employee at Rebots Corporation, you’re sent to the remote Asteroid Field to help quirky aliens settle on their rocky little land of choice. They’ve got sass and character, but most importantly, they’ve got a LOT of needs for you to fulfill! With a bunch of tools, robots, and gizmos, you’ll be able to terraform those dull rocks into f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rebots.

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  48. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    74% User Score Based on 639 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

    Traverse the universe and fight strategic, real-time battles alongside your friends in This Means Warp - an intense cooperative roguelike game. Upgrade your ship, take down individual enemy subsystems, and adapt your strategies in a constantly changing fight for survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Means Warp.

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  49. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    81% User Score Based on 1,153 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Nimbatus: The Drone Constructor is an action simulation game. Craft drones out of hundreds of different parts and explore a fully destructible, procedurally generated galaxy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nimbatus: The Space Drone Constructor.

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