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Space Trader is an open world trading colony sim wrapped in a shooter. Start as a Rookie and earn your way to Master using shrewd trades, back alley deals, bribes, and well-placed bullet. Buy low, sell high and don’t take no for an answer.
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FreeShelf Life
Dec 22 · Bongwater Productions
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
Shelf Life is an action FPS set in a near future conglomerate, that will seem eerily familiar if you spend your time around online dumpster fires. Use your arsenal of weapons to shoot, burn and fungible-ize your way through the Edison facility fighting a lizardy hostile takeover.
FPSExplorationShooterDystopian Action-AdventureFirst-PersonCyberpunkParody TranshumanismUnderground
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: FPS · First-Person · Shooter
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
$22.00Ratopia
Apr 30 · Cassel Games
Both: Colony Sim
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
BuildingColony SimBase BuildingSurvivalDifficultStrategyCity Builder2DCuteManagement👍 4,639
$19.99Dawn Apart
Jul 14 · Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
Both: Colony Sim
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Colony SimBase BuildingAutomationStrategyCraftingVoxelSpaceSimulationResource ManagementPhysics👍 245
$4.99Space Station Tycoon
Nov 1 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Colony Sim
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
ManagementSpaceTower DefenseCity BuilderColony SimBuildingCraftingEconomyBase BuildingSpace Sim👍 190
$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Dec 7 · Owlcat Games
Both: Character Customization
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
RPGChoices MatterCRPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategyTactical RPGCo-opAdventure👍 33,727
Fortune's Run
Sep 27 · Team Fortune
Both: FPS · Cyberpunk
Explore a decaying industrial world left behind in humanity's never-ending race to conquer the stars. Beneath its iron skies, desperate souls kill and steal for passage to the still-plentiful frontier worlds. Sink or swim in this high-octane first-person shooter with immersive sim elements.
Sci-fiImmersive SimBoomer ShooterFPSCyberpunkRPGConspiracyStealthFemale ProtagonistAction👍 613
$24.99Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26 · Team Ranger
Both: FPS
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,637
$24.99M.A.S.S. Builder
Sep 14 · Vermillion Digital
Both: Character Customization · Shooter
Commander, customize and build your Mechanical Assault Skeleton Suit (M.A.S.S.) and lead the fight against an alien invasion bent on exterminating the human race. The fate of humanity is in your hands.
MechsAction RPGCharacter CustomizationRobotsGun CustomizationIndieHack and SlashSci-fiAnimeShooter👍 3,729
$29.99Starship Troopers: Extermination
Oct 10 · Offworld
Both: FPS · First-Person
Starship Troopers: Extermination is an up to 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!
Online Co-OpActionFPSSci-fiFirst-PersonCo-opMultiplayerCombatAliensPvE👍 29,725
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Colony Sim
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
FreeThe Dream
Mar 17 · Pablo Perez
Both: FPS · Shooter · First-Person
The Dream is a minimal extraction adventure game, enter a dystopian vision in a post world war 3 set in Barcelona 2033. Survive, explore and clean the radioactive AI slop in Barcelona . Warning there is AI dropping slop everywhere, join the heroes of the plaza and save the city
Extraction ShooterBoomer ShooterFPSThird-Person ShooterPvEPvPShooterArcadeThird PersonFirst-Person
$9.99Arctic Eggs
May 16 · The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex
Both: First-Person · Lore-Rich · Cyberpunk
Eggs: perfection in two parts. The simple whites. The sublime yolk. Each the lesser without its partner. Chorus and verse. A symphony of flavor. The catchy tune reminding us of warm baths and late-night movies. The elevator music to whatever lies beyond.
CookingSurrealPhysicsAtmosphericSci-fiFirst-PersonExplorationLore-RichCyberpunkCrime👍 5,344
$19.99Space for Sale
Apr 15 · Mirage Game Studios
Both: Colony Sim
Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!
SimulationStrategyColony SimSandboxSpace SimExplorationCute3DTop-DownCartoon👍 140
$19.99Havendock
Apr 22 · YYZ Studio
Both: Colony Sim
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
SingleplayerStrategyCity BuilderColony SimSandboxAgricultureAutomationBuildingCraftingBase Building👍 1,504
$9.99Space Architect
Nov 23 · Albert Wiatr
Both: Colony Sim
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
IndieColony SimBase BuildingManagementTop-DownStrategySurvivalAutomationCartoonySimulation👍 294
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$0.99Celestial Impact Invasion
Feb 13 · savage5609 Games
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
First-person Ability Shooter with fast-paced action, bosses, and multiple levels. A meteorite crashes, leaving a powerful resource that others are willing to do anything to obtain, alongside a dangerous creature that arrived with the meteorite. It's up to you to stop them and save the world.
ActionShooterFPS3DCartoonyFirst-PersonAliensDarkLootPost-apocalyptic
$19.99Surviving the Abyss
Nov 5 · Rocket Flair Studios
Both: Colony Sim
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
City BuilderColony SimExplorationUnderwaterBuildingManagementBase BuildingSurvivalDifficultEconomy👍 1,045
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Colony Sim
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
$9.99Kill Invaders
Mar 22 · Fabiano Sousa
Both: FPS
Kill Invaders - Dive into a thrilling multiplayer FPS with an alien storyline. Defend Earth in a battle against extraterrestrial invaders! Single Player, Multiplayer, Deathmatch and Battle Royale Modes !
FPSThird-Person ShooterActionMultiplayerRealisticeSports3DPvPBullet HellSci-fi
$9.99Casino Simulator
May 23 · Lodos Games
Both: FPS · First-Person
Build and run your own casino empire — alone or in 1-4 player online co-op. Deal blackjack, poker and roulette yourself, spin real slot games, hire staff, expand your building, buy houses and cars in a living city… and outsmart every cheater who walks in.
SimulationCasualLife SimFPS3DEconomyFirst-PersonEarly AccessBuildingGambling👍 787
$4.99Federation Mycha
Nov 12 · Derpy Nerd Studios
Both: Shooter · FPS
Step into a world over run with Mycha, a strange mineral with seemingly magical powers. Clear monster-infested environments and protect researchers on your own or with up to three other players online. Welcome to The Federation.
Early AccessShooterFPSMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opPvETacticalSci-fiFantasy
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Character Customization
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
-50%$9.99Microtopia
Feb 18 · Cordyceps Collective
Both: Colony Sim
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Colony SimAutomationProcedural GenerationResource ManagementSandboxSci-fiRobotsFuturisticBase BuildingCity Builder👍 881
$4.99Hexfactory
Aug 24 · Aquila Industrial
Both: Colony Sim
Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.
SimulationCity BuilderColony SimSpace SimExploration3D Platformer3DAutomationBuildingSpace
$0.99Not Enough Space
Sep 6 · r0kee
Both: FPS · First-Person
Land with your friends on the surface of various planets, gather resources, create items and buildings, defeat enemies and move to other planets to discover their secrets and secrets
Early AccessAdventurePuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationFPS3DMinimalistFirst-PersonColorful
$4.99X Invader
Aug 12 · ALLAF GAMES
Both: Shooter
X Invader is an action roguelite where you hack into big corporations' servers. Use add-ons from fellow hackers to defeat monsters. Powerful, cute bosses guard these servers!
Shoot 'Em UpArena ShooterAction RoguelikeBullet HellTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterRogueliteHack and SlashPvEShooter👍 531
-70%$11.99FREEDOM WARS Remastered
Jan 9 · Dimps Corporation
Both: Character Customization
Born into a one-million-year prison sentence, you must survive deadly missions to earn any hope of freedom. Die in prison or live on the battlefield. The choice is yours.
Dystopian Character CustomizationAnimeHuntingPost-apocalypticAction RPGJRPGFuturisticDarkWar👍 1,212






