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$29.99SpaceEngine
Jun 11 · Cosmographic Software
Both: Sci-fi · Sandbox · Space
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Early AccessOpen WorldSci-fiCasualSandboxSpaceSpace Sim3DRealisticScience👍 15,848
$14.99Spaceflight Simulator
Feb 17 · Team Curiosity ✦
Both: Sandbox · Space Sim · Space
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
SandboxSpace SimSpaceSimulation2DExplorationSingleplayerScienceCraftingSpaceships👍 9,440
-75%$9.99Kerbal Space Program
Apr 27 · Squad
Both: Space · Sandbox · Science
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 orbital physics.
SpaceSimulationSandboxPhysicsScienceSpace SimBuildingModdableEducationIndie👍 120,709
$19.99Rocket Science
Feb 20 · unbeGames
Both: Space · Sandbox · Science
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
SpaceExplorationSandboxBuildingPhysicsScienceSimulationSpace SimFlightRealistic👍 165
$29.99Universe Sandbox
Aug 24 · Giant Army
Both: Sandbox · Space · Space Sim
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Early AccessSimulationSandboxIndieSpaceEducationSpace SimRelaxingPhysicsOpen World👍 27,857
-25%$26.24Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Nov 7 · Lyra Creative
Both: Space · Space Sim · Realistic
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
SpaceSimulationFlightSpace SimRealisticOpen WorldImmersive SimScienceExplorationPhysics👍 1,322
$19.99Juno: New Origins
Jan 26 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Science · Space Sim · Realistic
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
BuildingScienceSpace SimProgrammingFlightEducationBase BuildingRealisticSandboxPhysics👍 3,088
-50%$9.99Tin Can
May 12 · Tin Can Studio
Both: Space · Realistic · Sci-fi
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
SimulationSpaceSurvivalIndieRealisticSci-fiFirst-PersonStrategySingleplayerSpace Sim👍 1,074
$19.99Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
Sep 27 · Jim Offerman
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Sandbox
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
SimulationStrategySpaceManagementBuildingSci-fiResource ManagementSandboxRealisticSingleplayer👍 278
$15.99X3: Terran Conflict
Oct 16 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Sandbox · Sci-fi
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
SpaceSimulationSandboxSci-fiStrategySpace SimOpen WorldTradingSingleplayerEconomy👍 2,091
$19.99Archean
May 16 · batcholi, FloDKSM
Both: Sandbox · Science · Space
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Early AccessSandboxBuildingProgrammingImmersive SimOpen WorldCraftingScienceSpaceSpace Sim👍 240
$7.99SimpleRockets
Jun 3 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Sandbox · Space Sim · Space
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsSpace SimIndieSpace2D👍 280
$9.99Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Nov 30 · Jace Masula
Both: Space · Sandbox · Space Sim
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
SimulationSpaceIndieAdventureSandboxOpen WorldMiningSpace SimSingleplayerProcedural Generation👍 446
-30%$17.49Space Simulation Toolkit
Jun 5 · Pavel Kudinov
Both: Sandbox · Space · Space Sim
Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsEarly AccessIndieArtificial Intelligence2DSpaceSpace SimEducation👍 501
$9.99ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Jul 21 · Kodera Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
SpaceSci-fiPhysicsSingleplayerExplorationTop-DownSpace SimImmersive SimVehicular CombatOpen World👍 2,883
$4.99X-COM: Interceptor
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Space Sim
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
StrategySci-fiSpaceSpace SimFlightSingleplayerAliensSimulationClassic👍 162
$19.99Celestial Command
Nov 20 · Science Interactive
Both: Space · Sandbox · Sci-fi
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
SpaceSimulationIndieStrategyActionSandboxAdventureEarly AccessRPGSci-fi👍 689
