Games like Star Control®: Origins
by Stardock Entertainment
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.
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$49.99Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
Aug 25 · Cold Iron Studios
Both: Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Third Person
This is a fight for survival. Xenomorphs swarm in overwhelming numbers. Every room could be your last.
ActionShooterThird-Person Shooter3DCo-opRealisticThird PersonMilitarySpaceAtmospheric👍 3,555
-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
High intensity co-op roguelite space adventure party game for 2–4 players (or bots). Take on crew jobs, keep a failing ship alive, and survive procedural missions with endless exploration, light RPG progression, and real-time crisis gameplay.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeExplorationStrategyRoguelitePvEArcadeParty GameAction-AdventureRoguelike
$29.99Active Matter
6 days ago · Matter Team
Join dangerous raids for loot or intense PvP battles in this new realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse. Fight in the quantum unstable zones over control of the active matter – the substance that bends time and space.
FPSHorrorExtraction ShooterPvEPvPAtmosphericCo-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerAction👍 802
-40%$14.99CONVRGENCE
4 days ago · Monkey-With-a-Bomb
Both: Shooter
CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.
VRAtmosphericPost-apocalypticShooterExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterLootSurvival HorrorSurvivalHorror👍 1,588
$9.99Friendly Steps
Sep 3 · KORO.GAMES
Both: Choices Matter
A HARDCORE physics-based 1-4 player co-op RAGE GAME about getting home after a wild night out. It was a fun night! Now grab your buddies and walk home. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW.
MultiplayerPhysicsWalking SimulatorOnline Co-OpChoices MatterAdventureDifficultComedyPlatformerCo-op👍 233
$12.99Not Quite Dead: Open World Survival
Sep 1 · Voidecho Studio
Both: Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter
Open world zombie survival Coop game with base building, looting, crafting, vehicles, and exploration.
ActionAdventureRPGAction RPGAction-AdventureEarly AccessThird-Person ShooterFirst-PersonMultiplayerIndie👍 221
$1.99Mars 2099
3 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Defend humanity's first Mars colony in this fast-paced modern arcade space shooter. Battle asteroid storms, hostile UFOs, complete challenging missions, and master skill-based gameplay inspired by the golden age of arcade classics.
ActionArcadeShoot 'Em UpPixel GraphicsSpaceRetroDifficultControllerSingleplayerMars
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
CELLS is a calm sci-fi trading game about goods, routes and decisions. Explore new worlds, build trade chains, mine resources and uncover the story of a broken network between the worlds.
CasualRelaxingMinimalistProcedural GenerationLogicAtmosphericPhysicsLinearTutorial2D
-15%$8.49Cube Crusaders
3 days ago · Frentwick Indie
Both: Exploration · Shooter · Action-Adventure
Adoros is dying. A catastrophic Void Anomaly has torn open the planet’s surface, warping reality and unleashing forces no one fully understands. You are a Cube Crusader sent to crush the Anomaly, at any cost.
ExplorationSide ScrollerPvEShooterPlatformerAction-AdventureCharacter Customization2.5DLinear3D
$12.99Void Cargo: Equilibrium
Aug 28 · Hammer&Hammer
Both: Exploration
A first-person sci-fi cargo flight sim. Pilot a physics-driven lander, plan risky routes, manage fuel and heavy cargo, and save deliveries by repairing system failures mid-flight. Earn credits and upgrade your ship.
TransportationSpace SimSimulationRelaxingSandboxExplorationControllerFlight3DFirst-Person
$11.99Sublight
6 days ago · CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogueliteArcade3DTop-DownActionCasualLootSci-fi
-30%$13.99Omega Pilot Evolution
4 days ago · XOCUS
Both: Third Person
Omega Pilot Evolution is a high-speed futuristic racing experience that pushes the limits of anti-gravity flight. Race in immersive VR or play on a regular screen in both first-person and third-person perspectives, and master precision piloting.
RacingArcadeCombat RacingFirst-PersonRealisticThird PersonVRFuturisticPvPCombat
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
-15%$4.24Welcome To Mars 9
5 days ago · Sonomio Games
Both: Choices Matter
You wake up in a luxurious space station orbiting Mars with no memory of your past. Explore, solve puzzles, and make ethical choices in this narrative adventure with multiple endings.
IndieAdventure2DPixel GraphicsSingleplayerPuzzlePoint & ClickCyberpunkDialogue HeavyChoices Matter
-10%$4.49Second Nature: Night Authority
4 days ago · ThunderRQN Games
Both: Action-Adventure
Explore a modern city in first person as a vampire blood sorcerer. Move with supernatural speed, master blood abilities, complete jobs for a hidden night authority, earn money, upgrade your abilities, and rise through the ranks of vampire society.
Early AccessActionAdventureCasualRPGSimulationAction-AdventureAction RoguelikeFPSHero Shooter
-15%$7.64Political Life
4 days ago · Terminalabs
Both: Choices Matter
A political life simulation: enter in middle age, assemble bills, run elections, take the money, bury the trail. There is no win condition — only how you are remembered when you die.
Political SimLife SimChoices MatterText-BasedStory RichMultiple EndingsSimulationStrategy2DPixel Graphics

