Games like The Away Team

"The Away Team" is a sci-fi, narrative-driven game where players lead ordinary people who survived an alien attack. Players must manage the crew, manage resources, and navigate political and ethical dilemmas while trying to find a way back to Earth. The game features branching dialogue options and consequences, with multiple endings based on the choices made.

"Orion Trail" is a humorously written, high-stakes space journey filled with random encounters and dangerous locales. Name your crew after friends and manage resources such as food, fuel, and hull strength while facing bizarre creatures and challenges. Away missions offer rewards but also increase risks for your crew's survival. [ 399 characters]

"Between Horizons" is a 2.5D pixel art adventure game set aboard the Zephyr, humanity's first generation ship. As Stella, the Chief of Security, you must investigate a conspiracy that threatens the ship's mission and social order. With a branching narrative and semi-open world, this game offers increased player agency in the investigation process and challenges players to make tough decisions that will question their moral compass.

In "A Long Journey to an Uncertain End" , play as a sentient A.I. with customizable pronouns, navigating a narrative space opera. Assemble an unruly crew from diverse characters while evading capture in an outlawed sentient ship. Manage fallout from crew members' mishaps, including a hacked anti-sentience rally and missing crew members.

"Starship Traveller" is a sci-fi PC game where you captain the starship Traveller, thrown into an unknown universe after passing through a black hole. Your mission is to find a way back to Earth while encountering alien races and planets. The game features physics-based dice rolling for battles, auto-mapping, and an auto-updated adventure sheet to keep track of your progress.

In "The Long Journey Home," your crew faces the perils of deep space as you try to return to Earth after being flung through an alien teleportation gate. Every decision matters in this challenging space survival simulation, where roguelike exploration, strategic resource management, and diplomacy with alien races combine. With multiple endings, permadeath, and a procedurally generated galaxy, each playthrough offers a unique and exhilarating journey home.

"Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander" is a strategy game where you reclaim and rebuild a derelict starbase to stop an impending alien invasion. Using gathered resources, you'll build station facilities, research new technologies, establish alliances, and manage diplomatic efforts. Inspired by classic games like Star Control and Master of Orion, Halcyon 6 also features base building and exploration.

"The Fermi Paradox" is a choice-driven galactic god game where players guide up to 10 alien civilizations through the ages, faced with decisions that can lead to thriving or survival. With 400 different civilization-development events, the game offers diverse stories and consequences that impact each civilization's history, from natural disasters to societal revolutions, even within starships and complex ecosystems. Meet unique alien species, including the enigmatic hairless mammals called Humans.

Your home planet is on the edge of a dangerous galaxy, and your people rely on an ancient planetary defense system to survive. One day, the system starts to break down. Top engineers work to repair it, but a critical piece is missing. It is an ancient part that no one knows how to manufacture: the SPACE DINGUS. The only hope is to find a replacement… in SPACE. Many of your planet’s bravest a…

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is a narrative-driven RPG set in the Starward Belt, a cluster of habitats in an asteroid belt teeming with secrets and characters. You play as a Sleeper, a digitized mind in an artificial body, seeking freedom from corporate and gang control. Forge alliances, manage your crew, and navigate risk-reward tabletop-inspired gameplay to shape your destiny.