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Looking for games like Unknown Horizon? Here are top open world role playing recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Starcom: Nexus, The Spatials: Galactology or Explore the Universe 2175.

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  1. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    91% User Score Based on 1,860 reviews

    Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Nexus.

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  2. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 164 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials: Galactology.

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  3. Survive a galaxy at war. MEGABOT's machine armada is exterminating all organic life — build and defend station networks, ally with the Mycelari faction and the rebels and fight physics-driven battles where momentum and gravity kill as surely as weapons. A punishing roguelike RTS in a living galaxy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Explore the Universe 2175.

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  4. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    50% User Score Based on 26 reviews

    Discover. Create. Manage.Discover new planets, gather resources, and explore ancient civilizations! Build outposts to repair your ship, and reaching your homebase remains your top priority! Calling Home offers a fresh take on the Resource Management genre. Begin by gathering resources, building, automating, and optimizing your outpost. Explore planets and adjust to their unique environments to fin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Calling Home.

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  5. 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.

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  6. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 3,472 reviews

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action adventure RPG of space exploration, ship building and fast-paced tactical combat. Enter a vast open-world universe filled with alien factions vying for power, strange worlds to explore, mysteries to investigate, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an ancient power.Explore Explore a fully-open world universe with over a hundred star systems filled… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starcom: Unknown Space.

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  8. Build your starship alone or with friends and explore a seamless universe. Plot a course, burn your thrusters, and chill out in your retro tech ship while you play games and drift through the dangerous vacuum of space. Approach orbit around distant worlds to discover whether we are truly alone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starpath.

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  9. Where is Earth is a top-down vehicular combat game. Traverse planets, evading threats and obstacles, in search of your crew. Gather resources to assemble upgrades, landing vehicles, space craft, weaponry and support modules to aid you in your fight against an unknown enemy.PLOT 2050 AD Earth's natural resources are depleted and corporations are forced to expand their mining operations to neighbour… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where is Earth?.

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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.

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  12. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

    Embark on a space journey with your patched-together crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.

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  13. 28%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    37% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    From the makers of Merchant, an exciting new saga. Explore the depths of space... for profit! Send your ships out on quests, deal with random adventure events, research the tech tree, make new weapons, armor, and service items for your ships. Find strange aliens, learn their language, and take on their quests for the advancement of your enterprise. The classic Merchant meets a new twist w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Merchant.

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  14. 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.

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

    A space-taxi-sim / open-world-RPG with a seamless transition between planetary and in-space flight set in a large galaxy. Explore the Kyprei-41 galaxy as a lonely TAXINAUT carrying fares across alien worlds. Descent onto planets and fly over alien cities and landscapes. Land at bars, diners, garages and many other common and exotic locations. Interact with the locals to ask for directions or lear… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TAXINAUT.

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  16. 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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  17. 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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    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.

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  19. CrossfallA cozy single-player top-down RPG that I’m developing on my own. A large world (well, eventually), deep systems, and zero pay-to-win nonsense — just sit down and play. Crossfall is a desktop turn-based RPG inspired by classic CRPGs, MMO-style progression systems, and cozy mini-games in the spirit of farming sims. You create a character, explore the world tile by tile, talk to its inhab… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crossfall.

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  20. A top-down naval roguelite where your ship is the only home you have. Fit her out gun by gun, pick your route through three hostile seas, and swing your broadside onto anything flying a black flag. Come home richer, or don't come home at all. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pirate Twist.

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  21. A Competitive Space Combat Game With a Persistent Universe Pilot powerful ships, master different weapons, compete on the leaderboards, and prepare for a growing online universe.Arena and the Persistent Online Universe Arena is the competitive side of Stellar Odyssey. Play Solo, Party, Versus, or Versus AI with free movement space combat. Improve your build, chase high scores, and compete against … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Odyssey.

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  22. A retro-future sandbox RPG set in a frontier era galaxy with procedurally-generated elements. Create, explore, trade, and battle to stake your claim among the stars of a wild galaxy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayward Beyond.

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  23. On October 28, 1943, the first Philadelphia Experiment took place. USS Eldridge, a Navy ship, by using experimental technology, was supposed to become invisible to radars; instead, it teleported into another dimension and returned moments later with no crew and showing severe signs of degradation. Soon after, the experiment was recreated, but this time a space shuttle was sent into the void. It … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horizon 1990.

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  24. Embark on a journey through space. Select the perfect ship to match your style and strategy, then arm it to the teeth against your adversaries. Explore uncharted territories filled with surprises and challenges. Engage in diplomacy, trade, or conflict with diverse civilizations, each with its own customs and agenda. Forge alliances, negotiate treaties, or engage in epic battles as you navigate thr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Pirateer.

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  25. Ecliptica is a first-person science fiction sandbox set in an ancient, self-organizing world. You and your colony are alien organisms. After a long flight, the colonists have lost the memory of their origin, retaining only their intelligence and thirst for profit. Now you must take root on a planet that existed long before your arrival and is ready to protect its resources from uninvited guests. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecliptica.

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  26. Escape from Andromeda is an overhead 2D sci-fi spaceship looter shooter based in a procedurally generated galaxy. In Escape from Andromeda, every planet is a level, and every star is a part of your story. Mine, trade, battle, customize, and explore your way to the top in Escape from Andromeda. Mining Shoot asteroids and pick up their ores to use for repairing and refueling ships. Realistic… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape from Andromeda.

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    32%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    50% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Mycro is a gateway to another dimension! A series of Micro-Games await you on the other side! Surely you wish to visit?!? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mycro.

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  28. 16%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    27% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Steam page (early access) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1687730/IRON_WORLD/ About this gameYou have come from outer space to the devastated Earth. You are a man of the past, trapped in a rough and bleak future of the IRON WORLD. Can you survive?A personal ride Drive your own car. Carry your stuff in the trunk. Shoot away with your turret or crush your enemies under the wheels.Random events Ra… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Iron World.

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  29. 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.

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  30. Autonomica is an open-world survival automation game where failed experiments fractured time. Build supply chains where farming fuels chemistry and mining drives manufacturing. Play solo or co-op, and launch time-jump extractions into unstable futures to recover tech that shouldn't exist yet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autonomica.

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  31. "Cybernetic mice and cheese in space. What's not to like?" - Donna J. Haraway A serious matter in a playful mannerYou are the first human to launch in a rocket since the AI Exodus, many generations ago. Your personal AI companion, Olli, is helping you steer and understand rocket physics. The Earth, abused by accelerating trade, unlimited capitalism and nuclear war, is nearing 16.7 degr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravity Break.

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  32. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    81% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Mars: Pioneer.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Build your own spaceship. Protect ship's core, manage Hull & Pressure to survive. Fight pirates. Explore themed sectors of the Syntar System. Uncover the mysterious of the Syntarian Empire! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaks In Space.

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    74% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Survive, Craft, Battle, Automate and Explore. Minicology lets you take to the stars and travel through a procedurally-generated universe of tiny planets! Build bases, defend against invasions, terraform worlds, and engineer factories that automatically farm and mine. Minicology encourages creative solutions to everything — from cultivating plants to fighting enemies! Immerse yourself in a world wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minicology.

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  35. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    95% User Score Based on 353 reviews

    You are the captainFree Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters® is a classic space game that captures the charm of retro science-fiction, space combat, and high adventure. Your story begins as the captain of the last human starship, with Earth trapped under a hostile forcefield. You are the last hope for humanity in a fight for control of the galaxy, as you explore thousands of unknown worlds and get dozens o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters.

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  36. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    38% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Game ModesCosmic Armada is an action-packed space combat and exploration game that takes you on a journey from refugee to galactic conqueror.There are three different game modes: campaign, custom game, and scenario. The game includes a map editor which allows you to create scenarios and mods.In the campaign, you start out as a refugee who's home planet has just been conquered by the tyrannical Sol… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmic Armada.

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  37. 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 64%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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  38. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 644 reviews

    Lumencraft is a top-down view action shooter with tower defence elements. Emerge into the fully destructible environment where light and shadow play key roles. Build your base, dig some tunnels... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lumencraft.

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  39. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    WarpVector is an immersive sci-fi roguelike built around exploration, tactics, and storytelling. It features a physics-based space combat and navigation system, retro ASCII graphics, and an original soundtrack.SynopsisStellarographers predict that in 1000 days a supernova will destroy your home planet, Altaris IV. It is believed, however, that there is an ancient artifact, the Orbitron Device, th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WarpVector.

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  41. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 85,966 reviews
    Critic Score 89%Based on 4 reviews

    FTL: Faster Than Light is a single-player strategy game with roguelike design. The player commands a spaceship from a top-down view, managing systems such as weapons, engines, shields, and life support while recruiting crew and upgrading the vessel. The ship travels across procedurally generated sectors, jumping between beacons that present random events, stores, and enemy encounters. Combat plays… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FTL: Faster Than Light.

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  42. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    71% User Score Based on 6,071 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 16 reviews

    Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage. A massive space hearse suffers a wreck in the deep space, leaving the area filled with debris, coffins, dead passengers and yourself. Survive in this interstellar dump, uncover a glob… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breathedge.

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  43. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,175 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 9 reviews

    Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro sci-fi strategy RPG with a unique blend of base building, exploration and deep tactical JRPG style combat system with capital starships and their idiosyncratic officers, all captured in stunningly beautiful modernized pixel graphics. In Halcyon 6, an unknown alien force is carving a path of destruction towards Earth and you, as the Commander of an immensely… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halcyon 6 Starbase Commander.

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  44. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    75% User Score Based on 16 reviews

    Stardust Tycoon is a 2D exploration, trading, mining and fighting space game in an ever expanding procedurally generated universe. Get rich or die fast! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stardust Tycoon.

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  45. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    80% User Score Based on 25 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 1 reviews

    Defend Humanity against an alien invader who is trying to freeze Earth. Explore space, conquer asteroid fields to mine and extract resources. Build a fleet of spaceships and destroy the enemies in this new space action strategy adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Extinction Eclipse.

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  46. You are the commander of the starship 'Cercopes', a freighter recommissioned as a scientific vessel. An ape designated as Subject 42 is hit by strange cosmic rays during an experiment. Now Subject 42 is faster, stronger and more vicious than any human... and he's out for revenge on your crew! That's not your only problem... also aboard is an agent from P.E.T.S.S. (Promoting Ethical Treatment … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Insanium.

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  47. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    95% User Score Based on 1,055 reviews

    Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horizon's Gate.

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  48. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 101,534 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 10 reviews

    You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starbound.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 337 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    A poetic, roguelike space odyssey in a procedurally generated world When home is no more... Resources are sparse. The world is infinite and unknown. The universe is lonely, open and unforgiving. You're drifting, in a big, empty and silent space. Searching for a new home. You know a few coordinates to some random locations; but this is the only information you got. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to RymdResa.

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