Games like eXoSpace Combat Engineer
by Fantastimaker
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander and Spaceflight Simulator play most like eXoSpace Combat Engineer. Of the 15 closest games below, most share its building and space; 1 came out in the last year and 9 are free or under $10. The best known is Kerbal Space Program, with 120,984 Steam reviews.
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Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Oct 24, 2022 · Walternate Realities
Both: Sci-fi · Building · Space
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Sci-fiSingleplayerBuildingSpace2DIndieStrategySpace SimExplorationMultiplayer👍 12,039Spaceflight Simulator
Feb 17, 2022 · Team Curiosity ✦
Both: Space Sim · Space · Exploration
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
SandboxSpace SimSpaceSimulation2DExplorationSingleplayerScienceCraftingSpaceships👍 9,463Out of Orbit
Oct 20, 2023 · Case Yellow Labs
Both: Spaceships · Building · Space
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
SandboxSpaceshipsSurvivalBuildingMiningPiratesSpaceExplorationSpace SimDestruction👍 168The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
StrategySandboxSpaceSimulationSingleplayerBase BuildingSci-fiSpace SimBuildingMining👍 1,628Kerbal Space Program
Apr 27, 2015 · Squad
Both: Space · Space Sim · Building
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👍 120,984Reassembly
Feb 19, 2015 · Anisoptera Games
Both: Building · Space
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
BuildingSpaceSandboxStrategy2DActionIndieSingleplayerTop-DownOpen World👍 3,611Kinetic Void
Nov 21, 2014 · Badland Studio
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Building
Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.
SpaceSimulationIndieActionSandboxSci-fiSingleplayerBuildingSpace SimAdventure👍 1,385Nova Drift
Aug 12, 2024 · Chimeric
Both: Shooter
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Action RoguelikeArena ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpRogueliteArcadeShooter2DRoguelikeAction RPG👍 13,003Exocraft
Mar 12, 2019 · GoldFire Studios
Both: Spaceships · Building · Sci-fi
Design unique spaceships and build the ultimate space mining fleet as you team up to battle for resources and glory in this massively multiplayer action strategy set in an alien wasteland.
SpaceshipsMassively MultiplayerFree to PlayResource ManagementCharacter CustomizationBuildingMiningSci-fiStrategyActionAvorion
Mar 9, 2020 · Boxelware
Both: Exploration · Space Sim · Building
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
SandboxExplorationSpace SimBuildingSpaceOpen WorldFlightChoose Your Own AdventurePvE3D👍 13,011Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
May 14, 2020 · Stray Fawn Studio
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Exploration
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
StrategySingleplayerAdventureSci-fiSpace SimExplorationRobotsSpaceSportsProgramming👍 1,761Landinar: Into the Void
May 1, 2019 · Convoy Games
Both: Space · Building · Space Sim
Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire. On your journey through the quadrant you will meet diverse characters, build your own spaceship and choose your battles.
AdventureActionRPGIndieSpaceBuildingSpace SimTop-Down ShooterOpen WorldEarly Access👍 234Starcom: Unknown Space
Sep 2, 2024 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Exploration · Space Sim
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👍 4,467Captain Forever Trilogy
May 22, 2018 · Farbs
Both: Building · Sci-fi
Millions of players worldwide have flown, built, and fought their way through Captain Forever. CF Trilogy brings Captains Forever, Successor, and Impostor to Steam with a beautiful new renderer, new modules, and a reimagined world written by acclaimed novelist Cassandra Khaw.
ActionStrategy2DShoot 'Em UpBuildingTop-Down ShooterCraftingIndiePhysicsSci-fi👍 139
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Space Engineers
Feb 28, 2019 · Keen Software House
Both: 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👍 102,661Trailmakers
Sep 18, 2019 · Flashbulb
Both: Space
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
SpaceFamily FriendlyActionCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpSingleplayerAdventureAction-AdventureFlightColorful👍 33,742Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Space · Building
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategySpaceManagementSandboxSimulationBuildingCity Builder👍 10,280
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