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by D247 Games
Star Merc is an open world rpg where player choices heavily affect outcomes and drastically change the storyline. The game is about exploring different planets, learning about the inhabitants and dealing with the different factions that like to think they control the universe.
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Galaxy of Pen & Paper +1
Jul 27 · Behold Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics · Sci-fi · Space
Turn-based RPG about a group of players rolling dice in the year 1999! Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks! (Includes +1 Edition content)
RPGIndieTurn-BasedPixel GraphicsSci-fiSingleplayerSpace2D👍 331
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi
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.
SpaceSci-fiRPGExplorationActionAdventureIndieOpen WorldSpace SimTop-Down👍 2,295
$14.99Starwisp Hyperdrive
Apr 3 · Ghost Cat Games
Both: Space · Pixel Graphics · Sci-fi
A cozy atmospheric exploration game about making your home in space, finding your way in a strange and whimsical universe, and the impact you have along the way.
Early AccessAdventureRPGExplorationSpacePixel GraphicsCharacter CustomizationSci-fiStory RichRomance
$14.99Particle Fleet: Emergence
Sep 29 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
StrategyIndieSimulationSpaceRTSReal-Time with PauseSci-fi2DSingleplayerPixel Graphics👍 1,198
$29.99Between the Stars
Mar 7 · Isolated Games
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
SpaceRPGActionSimulationIndieStrategyAdventureSpace SimSingleplayerSci-fi👍 1,965
Zigfrak
Dec 13 · Entheogen Studios LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Zigfrak is a space-based action RPG, featuring missions, exploration, and crafting. With an emphasis on loot and over-the-top items, it's not a traditional space sim. Enemy ships explode like loot piñatas, spewing forth useful pickups.Try the free demo first, you'll hate it!
ActionRPGIndieSpaceSci-fiOpen WorldSpace SimSimulationLoot👍 203
$4.99Star Merchant
Mar 7 · SimProse Studios
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
StrategySimulationIndieCasualSpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiResource ManagementManagementAbstract👍 136
$1.99Alien Attack
Jun 21 · Alien Jellyfish
Both: Pixel Graphics
You are a space trooper. Your crew finished the cleaning mission and left you alone by accident. Now you are surrounded by aliens. Persist them as long as you can.
ActionIndieCasualAdventureSimulationPixel GraphicsDifficultArcadeShoot 'Em Up2D👍 181
$19.99SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
Jun 23 · EA - Maxis
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.
SimulationActionSpaceAdventureExplorationOpen WorldSandboxSingleplayerStrategySci-fi👍 7,250
-50%$2.99Star Command (1988)
Dec 19 · Strategic Simulations, Doug Wood
Both: Space · Pixel Graphics
STAR COMMAND offers the thrill of the best sci-fi novels, and then some. In this epic multiple-character role-playing game, you don't just read about the adventure — you live it!
RPGParty-Based RPGSpaceExplorationTurn-Based Tactics1980sPixel Graphics1990'sText-BasedTop-Down
FreePixel Starships
May 23 · SavySoda
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Pixel Graphics
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Post-apocalypticSci-fiSpace SimSpacePixel GraphicsStrategyAutomationBase BuildingMassively Multiplayer2D
$24.99Starcom: Unknown Space
Sep 2 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
SpaceExplorationOpen WorldSpace SimAction RPGTop-Down ShooterSci-fiStory RichIndieRPG👍 4,465
$3.99Star Wolves
Mar 2 · X-Bow Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements. The game thrusts players into a world of freelance space hunters in the XXI-XXII century A.D. during a time of political crisis for the all-powerful Empire and the three mega-corporations that control all the known worlds.
RPGStrategySpaceSci-fiReal-Time with PauseSingleplayerTacticalRTS👍 396
$12.99Star Nomad 2
Dec 14 · Huy Phan
Both: Space · Sci-fi
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
RPGSimulationSpaceStrategyIndieOpen WorldSandboxSci-fiRoguelite2D👍 137
$4.99Star Wolves 3: Civil War
Mar 2 · Elite Games Team
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Large-scale battles have become a vestige of the past, depleting resources of conflicting parties. Settled space, where welfare and order had reigned, has become a cemetery for dead ships which is flooded with pirates and adventurists.
RPGStrategySpaceSci-fiTacticalReal-Time with PauseRTSSingleplayer👍 550
$5.99Phantom Signal — Sci-Fi Strategy Game
Jan 16 · Veslo Games
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Phantom Signal is a real-time sci-fi strategy game with unusual mechanics. Explore mysterious star systems and reveal the secret of the phantom signal.
StrategyCasualSimulationTower DefenseSpaceSci-fiIndieSingleplayerSpace SimRTS👍 134
$2.99Project Freedom
Oct 14 · City Interactive
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Get your dream job with a company called Project Freedom. Become a space pilot and serve for the corporation. You're going to get all the excitement and adventure you've ever wanted. Perhaps even more... 21 missions in the campaign Outstanding 3D graphics and special effects Original storyline with unexpected turns and surprises A...
ActionSimulationSpaceSci-fiSingleplayerFlightSpace SimShooter👍 180
