Games like Kerbal Space Program
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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.
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$49.99Kerbal Space Program 2
Feb 24 · Intercept Games
Both: Space · Sandbox · Building
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
SpaceSandboxExplorationBuildingPhysicsScienceDifficultSimulationOpen WorldFunny👍 27,940
$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
$19.99Rocket Science
Feb 20 · unbeGames
Both: Space · Sandbox · Building
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
$19.99Juno: New Origins
Jan 26 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Building · Science · Space Sim
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%$9.99Space Engineers
Feb 28 · Keen Software House
Both: Sandbox · Building · Space
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
SandboxBuildingSpaceSurvivalSimulationPhysicsOpen WorldMultiplayerBase BuildingSingleplayer👍 102,609
$29.99Universe Sandbox
Aug 24 · Giant Army
Both: Sandbox · Space · Education
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
-20%$23.99Space Engineers 2
Jan 27 · Keen Software House
Both: Sandbox · Building · Space
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
SandboxBuildingSpaceSurvivalSci-fiSimulationPhysicsModdableDestructionOpen World👍 5,102
$7.99SimpleRockets
Jun 3 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Sandbox · Physics · Space Sim
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
$9.99Take On Mars
Feb 9 · Bohemia Interactive
Both: Space · Science · Building
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
SimulationSpaceMarsExplorationSurvivalScienceBuildingMultiplayerSpace SimSandbox👍 1,750
-75%$4.99KitHack Model Club
Aug 1 · Floating Origin Interactive
Both: Moddable · Physics · Sandbox
Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless freedom for you and your friends. Design, build, battle, fly (and crash!) your very own RC vehicles, or experiment with over 2,400 ready-made vehicles!
ModdableOpen WorldVehicular CombatIndiePhysicsSandboxExplorationSimulationEducationBuilding👍 599
$19.99Mars Horizon
Nov 17 · Auroch Digital
Both: Space · Education · Space Sim
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
ManagementSpaceStrategyEducationMarsSpace SimScienceHistoricalChoices MatterBuilding👍 2,757
$29.99SpaceEngine
Jun 11 · Cosmographic Software
Both: Sandbox · Space · Space Sim
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
$14.99StarMade
Dec 4 · Schine GmbH
Both: Space · Sandbox · Building
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
SpaceSandboxOpen WorldBuildingMultiplayerSci-fiVoxelAdventureIndieAction👍 2,199
$19.99Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Aug 5 · Eleon Game Studios
Both: Space · Building · Space Sim
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
SimulationCo-opSpaceOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalBuildingOpen WorldExplorationSpace SimSandbox👍 29,209
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Space Sim · Sandbox
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.
SpaceSimulationOpen WorldSpace SimExplorationSandboxSci-fi4XStrategyEconomy👍 25,274
$19.99Archean
May 16 · batcholi, FloDKSM
Both: Sandbox · Building · Science
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

