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by Schmidt Workshops
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
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$12.99Void Cargo: Equilibrium
Aug 28 · Hammer&Hammer
Both: Space Sim · Sandbox · 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
$3.99Cells
Sep 6 · Mousetrick Studio
Both: Procedural Generation
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
FreeThe Endless Sky
2 days ago · SundayGames
Both: Exploration · Space · Procedural Generation
The Endless Sky es un juego online en tiempo real de exploración espacial en un universo generado de manera procedural. Descubre todo un universo. Sistemas, planetas, lunas, flora, fauna, civilizaciones y mucho más!
CasualMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerExplorationSpaceProcedural GenerationMinimalistPoint & ClickIndieFree to Play
$29.99Valheim
11 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Open World · Exploration
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingCraftingBase BuildingExplorationCo-op👍 465,813
$19.99Midwinter Fan Remaster
13 days ago · Titanium Helix Games
Both: Open World · Exploration · Retro
Find allies. Recruit. Resist. Conquer. Nearly 30 years before Breath of the Wild perfected open world, there was Midwinter. Mike Singleton's 1989 landmark, faithfully remastered — 160,000 square miles of frozen island, 32 survivors with 32 personalities, and an invading army to resist and destroy.
StrategyOpen WorldSurvivalSingleplayerExplorationRemakeRetroSniperOld SchoolSnow
New-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
Yesterday · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
Both: Exploration
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
-15%$12.74Biovoid
2 days ago · Dzedou
Both: Sandbox · Procedural Generation
Biovoid is a creature-building roguelike game where you slay hordes of hostile aliens. Combine a variety of cells and mutations to create game-breaking builds and evolve from a fragile hatchling to a deadly predator.
Action RoguelikeSimulationSandboxNatureSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuildingPerma DeathDifficultAliens
-35%$20.79The Crust
10 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Space · Sandbox
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
$24.99Anymaker
2 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox · Open World
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$5.00GLITCHED MATRIX Prototype Lab
Aug 23 · GLITCHED MATRIX
Both: Exploration · Sandbox
Play a major role in an evolving simulation of simulations. Explore endless 2D and 3D dimensions spanning nearly every game genre, with 50+ experimental prototypes and stories whose worlds, systems, discoveries, and ideas can become part of the greater experience.
Action RoguelikeExplorationFPSCreature CollectorDungeon CrawlerColony SimSandboxUtilitiesEducationArcade
$19.99Spirit Animal Survival
7 days ago · TRUEFX GAMES
Both: Open World · Exploration · Sandbox
SAS is an Open World Multiplayer PVP and CO-OP Survival Game. Set in a vast environment that features Building, Crafting, Taming, Riding, Flying and Exploring Wildlife, Dinos and Dragons as well as Horrific Creatures and Instances with the ability to Morph into Spirit Animals.
SurvivalOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingNudityMultiplayerCraftingExplorationSandboxOnline Co-Op
-40%$29.99STRATA
2 days ago · Gamesforgames
Both: Exploration · Old School
STRATA is an arcade descent through rock that is destroyed cell by cell. You pilot a drilling capsule from a dome on the surface, and everything below the first metre is procedurally generated geology: dirt, clay, stone, shale, granite, basalt, obsidian, ironstone.
CasualRoguelikeExplorationDungeon CrawlerPixel Graphics2DAtmosphericFamily FriendlyOld SchoolSingleplayer
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
5 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$1.99Mars 2099
2 days ago · Oldschool Tobias
Both: Space · Retro
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
$4.99TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Aug 27 · AZAMATIKA
Both: Exploration · Sandbox · Open World
A challenging trading and combat game with a story and quests, where goods have unique properties, and the more you carry, the more dangerous the journey becomes.
ExplorationComedySide Scroller2DPixel GraphicsSandboxAuto BattlerTradingOpen WorldWalking Simulator👍 1,533
-20%$0.79Super Moncat
2 days ago · Urulginka Studio
Both: Space
Fly, dodge, and score points — this is a real test of reaction and concentration, where every new record feels like a big victory over the ruthless cosmos.
RoguelikeRogueliteDifficultFast-PacedPrecision PlatformerSurvival HorrorCatsSpaceMusicScore Attack
$3.99HOSHIKUI
Aug 28 · rspepe
Both: Procedural Generation
An action roguelite with no attack button. You are a dying star: ramming other stars is how you attack, heal, move, and grow. Steal their heat, gain mass, and outrun the heat death of the universe — across an infinite, procedurally generated galaxy.
Action RoguelikeRoguelitePerma DeathArcade2DTop-DownControllerProcedural GenerationActionMinimalist
