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278 games like Space Engine · 1985 – 2026
Novaquark · Windows
Dual Universe is a Continuous Single-Shard sandbox MMORPG taking place in a vast Sci-Fi universe, focusing on emergent gameplay with player-driven in-game economy, politics, trade and warfare. Players can freely modify the voxel-based unive
74 rating2 listsOften paired
Linux, Windows, macOS
An open-world, procedural space simulation game. A kickstarter game funded in 2012 that was canceled in 2018. The game was being made in a custom engine built using C, Lua and OpenGL.
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Mobius Digital · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth, the player navigates a s
87 rating8 lists12 h main storyOften paired
Timed Xbox exclusive
Hourences · PS4, PlayStation VR, SteamVR +2
A single player exploration and survival experience, played in first person and developed in Unreal Engine 4. Set on a mysterious and uninhabited alien planet. With Earth on the brink of destruction, as mankind's last hope, and stranded on
66 rating5 lists14 h main storyOften paired
Windows
Orbiter is a simulator that gives you an idea what space flight really feels like - today and in the not so distant future.
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Windows
Pollen is a first-person exploration game optimized for the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Pollen is a first-person exploration game set on Titan, the sixth and largest moon of Saturn and the only moon in the solar system wi
55 rating2 lists3 h main story
SteamVR, Windows
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the Empire's most deadly interceptor and in command of the Harbinger Fleet. Hunt down the enemies of your dying empire and upgrade your warships with new wea
70 rating1 list2.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Squad · Linux, Switch, PS4 +6
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbit
86 rating12 lists110 h main story
Microsoft · MS-DOS, PC-9800 Series
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator program, based on Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS. It was one of the first general-purpose space flight simulators and it incorporated concepts from astrodynamics and celestial mec
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Linux, MS-DOS, Windows +1
Discover a large, living landscape - the surface a world called Albia. You exist in this world only as a virtual presence, a sort of remote-control existence, which the computer portrays as a hand-shaped mouse cursor. In this world are a ra
70 rating1 listOften paired
Linux, Windows, macOS
Saurian is a video game project focused on living as a dinosaur in a dynamic open world through intense, survival-based gameplay.
60 rating1 list2 h main storyOften paired
PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera. 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-
73 rating4 lists22 h main story
Keen Software House · Windows
Miner Wars is a first-person action-survival space simulation game set in the year 2081.
43 rating2 lists12 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Minority Media · PS4, PlayStation VR, Windows
Time Machine VR is an exploration adventure game. Travel to the Jurassic era and engage with creatures like dakosaurus and pliosaurus. Use high-tech tools to track, probe, and scan them, and upload your findings to the DinoDex to unlock the
58 rating1 list3 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Meta Quest, PS4, PlayStation VR +3
Adr1ft is an immersive First Person Experience (FPX) that tells the story of an astronaut in peril. Floating silently amongst the wreckage of a destroyed space station with no memory and a severely damaged EVA suit slowly leaking oxygen, th
74 rating3 lists5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Red Storm Entertainment · Meta Quest, PS4, PlayStation VR +2
Star Trek: Bridge Crew puts you and your friends in the heart of a starship, where- as officers of the Federation- every action and decision you make together will determine the fate of your ship and crew. Developed specifically for VR, Sta
76 rating5 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Hello Games · Meta Quest, Nintendo Switch 2, PS4 +7
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while f
73 rating1 list31 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Pixel Reef · Meta Quest, PS4, PS5 +3
From the creative mind of renowned game designer Eric Chahi (Another World, Heart of Darkness, From Dust) comes Paper Beast, a playful exploration game of big data and vibrant wildlife. Paper Beast will see player-explorers discover an eco
75 rating5 lists3 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Brian Wilson · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
The Forest Cathedral is a first-person psychological thriller set on a remote island. Playing as scientist Rachel Carson, players will slowly uncover the effects of DDT by using advanced environmental technology to solve 2D/3D connected puz
3 lists1 h main story
Windows
The Last Caretaker is a thoughtful take on the survival-crafting genre, where every decision you make and every action has a consequence. Immerse yourself in a meticulously crafted world where the fate of humanity rests in your hands. Your
84 rating1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
Julian Glander · Switch, Windows, macOS
U r a froshmin at Art Sqool. Ur assignments are generated & graded by an A.I. Can a video game make you more creative? Can a video game make you a better artist? Can you graduate from Art Sqool? Idk,,, that's on u!
60 rating2 lists
Sega console exclusive
Dreamcast, Windows
A local multiplayer game for 2-4 players. Only the fastest guns and the fastest on their feet can win!
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Timed Xbox exclusive
Frontier Developments · Meta Quest, PS4, SteamVR +4
The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay, breath-taking scope and award-winning sound. All content can be enjoyed in game any mode: solo, personal invite-only group or open/MMO. Ca
81 rating2 lists112 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Cyan Worlds · PS4, PS5, PlayStation VR +3
"From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Obduction, comes a new steampunk adventure. The game of Firmament is a resplendent, magical, journey — a monumental voyage through four diverse and curious realms, working in concert w
75 rating4 lists8 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Cyan Worlds · Meta Quest, PS4, PlayStation VR +5
From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world. The new worlds of Obduction reveal their secrets only as you explore, coax, and consider them. And as you bask in the othe
72 rating6 lists12 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Meta Quest, Switch, PS4 +4
Become an indestructible interdimensional superbeing in this first-person superhero game, and save Earth from an alien invasion. Be careful though - you are so powerful you can destroy entire skyscrapers (unintentionally) when you miss your
70 rating5 lists3.5 h main story
Leafy Games · Linux, Windows, macOS
Team up to operate an advanced starship and explore a randomized galaxy falling into chaos. Each player assumes a role aboard the ship: Captain, Pilot, Scientist, Weapons Specialist and Engineer. Coordination between your crewmembers will b
69 rating3 lists18 h main story
Double Fine · Linux, Windows, macOS
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's d
36 rating1 list6.5 h main story
Tom Snyder · Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +1
In The Halley Project, the player assumes the role of a star pilot whose mission is to travel between the various bodies of the solar system.
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KeokeN Interactive · Switch, PS4, PS5 +4
Deliver Us the Moon is a sci-fi adventure game developed by KeokeN Interactive and released in 2019. Set in a near future where Earth's resources are nearly depleted, the game follows a lone astronaut on a mission to the Moon to restore ene
78 rating2 lists5 h main story
Eastshade Studios · PS4, Windows, Xbox One +1
Eastshade is a first-person, open world exploration game. You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make frien
77 rating4 lists4 h main story
Bit Planet Games, LLC · Windows
Eight epic missions take you across breathtaking landmarks of our solar system, including Pluto, Neptune, Triton, Uranus, Saturn, and Titan. SOL: Exodus is a 3D space-action game that leverages the power of the Unreal Engine to deliver epi
45 rating2 lists2.5 h main story
Schine, GmbH · Linux, Windows, macOS
StarMade is a 3D sandbox space shooter created by Robin "schema" Promesberger, founder of Schine. The game allows players to explore the vastness of space; building factories; creating ships, space stations and structures out of various blo
60 rating1 list
Timed Xbox exclusive
Unknown Worlds Entertainment · Android, Meta Quest, Switch +9
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more, all while trying to survive.
83 rating12 lists26 h main story
Egosoft · Linux, Windows, macOS
The Sequel to the award winning X2: The Threat introduces a new 3D engine as well as a new story, new ships and a new gameplay to greatly increase the variety in the X-universe. The economy of X3: Reunion is more complex than anything seen
69 rating2 lists18 h main story
Switch, PS4, PS5 +2
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.
76 rating3 lists17 h main story
Windows
As an engineer of Dyson Sphere Program, you will go to an alien galaxy building “Dyson Sphere”. Collecting resources, plan and designing production lines, gradually create a full automated factory. Develop your factory from a small workshop
80 rating2 lists68 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Monomi Park · Linux, PS4, Windows +2
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience. Play as Beatrix LeBeau: a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the 'Far, Far Range.' Each day will present new challenges and
76 rating7 lists15 h main story
PolyKnight Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
InnerSpace is an exploration flying game set in a world where physics are inverted. Take the role of an unnamed Cartographer to explore the Inverse, a collection of worlds where the Ancients once lived. Collect relics, and encounter each wo
56 rating2 lists5.5 h main story
Timed PlayStation exclusiveHello Games · Meta Quest, Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 +8
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade their equipment while f
73 rating20 lists
Xbox console exclusive
Little Green Men Games · Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series
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...
77 rating3 lists33 h main story
Tomas Sala · Linux, Switch, PS4 +6
The Falconeer: Warrior Edition includes the fully updated game, plus 'The Hunter' DLC, adding a new player class with a flyable Ormir dragon and a set of pyro pot guided rockets, and the new 'Edge of the World' DLC, containing 3 additional
90 rating3 lists
Windows
A starship builder perfect for fans of games like FTL, Starsector, SPAZ, Space Engineers, Escape Velocity, Avorion, and more. Design awesome starships using intuitive ship creation tools that are easy to learn but hard to master. Fully cus
72 rating1 list87 h main story
Windows, macOS
Award-winning physics puzzle game now in spatial format! Get your brain in gear!
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Phaser Lock Interactive · Windows, SteamVR, Meta Quest
Take control of the skies like never before in a full Virtual Reality world! Airplanes on fire, commuter aircraft low on fuel, mid-air collisions, emergency rescues, and military exercises all need your immediate attention. Manage your worl
80 rating1 list9 h main story
Timed Xbox exclusive
Keen Software House · PS4, PS5, Windows +1
Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.
72 rating7 lists19 h main storyDescribed alike
Starward Industries · PS5, Windows, Xbox Series
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make
75 rating3 lists6.5 h main story
Meta Quest, SteamVR, Windows
Immerse yourself in a bold new story in the beloved Homeworld saga that brings real-time strategic space battles to VR. Your fleet is at your fingertips in this all-new game where you can execute strategic attacks on your enemies from any d
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