Games like Echelon
by MADia Entertainment
It's the year 2351, and you're a pilot trying to rise through the ranks all the way to glory. As a member of the Galactic Federation, you'll be granted more than 20 weapons to use in each pass-fail mission. Your goal is to defend the planet from attacking alien forces, and you'll put your skills into play across more than 30 campaigns.
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-30%$13.99Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter
Aug 22 · TruePlayers
Both: Flight
Fly a real FPV drone into battle. Dive, flip, and shoot your way through roguelite runs, endless swarms, and the clock, then take those skills into 10-player dogfights or 4-pilot co-op. True quadcopter physics, every crash is yours, and so is every kill.
SimulationFlightRealisticActionRacingFirst-PersonSurvivalImmersive SimPhysicsShooter👍 503
$19.99Nuclear Option
Oct 15 · Shockfront Studios
Both: Flight
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.
Early AccessFlightSimulationMilitaryActionWarWargamePhysics3DPvP👍 10,301
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Flight
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
FlightSimulationSpace SimSandboxDifficultSurvivalSpaceExplorationLife SimProcedural Generation👍 3,141
$19.99Flyout
Nov 17 · Stonext Games
Both: Flight
Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.
SimulationSandboxFlightBuildingPhysicsPsychological Horror3DMilitaryImmersive SimEarly Access👍 2,139
$1.99Seren Nova
Apr 3 · Galaeth Games
Both: Flight · Sci-fi
A top-down 3D retro sci-fi space shooter with free-roaming mission maps, mouse-and-keyboard and twin-stick controls, and live-action FMV cutscenes. Shoot, bomb, or pick up and drop explosives on your enemies.
SpaceFlightVehicular CombatAction1990'sTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterSci-fiFMVShoot 'Em Up
-25%$26.24Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Nov 7 · Lyra Creative
Both: Flight
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
SpaceSimulationFlightSpace SimRealisticOpen WorldImmersive SimScienceExplorationPhysics👍 1,322
$2.99Missile Pilot
Dec 15 · J. A. Davies
Both: Flight · Sci-fi
Pilot missiles around obstacles to detonate them in the core of enemy spaceships in this arcade-style flying game. Feel like ace pilot -- if your reflexes are good enough!
ActionFlightArcadeRunnerSci-fiDark HumorSatireSingleplayerPhysicsDystopian
$0.99Starship Destroyer
Nov 22 · North Star Studios
Both: Flight
A sci-fi space vehicle combat game, where the player must defend their capital ship from being destroyed, while attempting to destroy the alien force's own capital ship!
Third-Person ShooterVehicular CombatSpace SimWargameFlightPvEShooterActionThird Person3D
$19.99Underspace
Apr 10 · Pastaspace Interactive
Both: Flight
The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with mod support and PvP/co-op multiplayer. You're going to need a bigger ship.
Early Access3DFlightFuturisticActionSpaceAdventureIndieThird PersonRPG👍 435
$4.99Aim in Space
Jan 22 · Serhii Khramov, Davyd Moskalenko, Maksym Kanshin
Both: Flight
Help defend Earth's space base from invading enemy aliens in this incredible game to train reaction and aiming skills. Use your entire arsenal of weapons to destroy enemies of various types. Stand up to protect the planet. Best of luck!
Shoot 'Em UpFlightIncrementalPvEPoint & ClickSpace SimShooterArcadeRoguelike2D
$9.99Wrath and Retribution
Apr 2 · Mad Vulture Games
Both: Flight
Become an unstoppable force in this intense high-speed space combat roguelike. Master the Specter Drive’s displacement dash, build a devastating arsenal with your companion Merlin, and grow more lethal with every mission as you spearhead the counter attack across a solar system under siege.
SpaceAction RoguelikeLootFlightSpace Sim6DOFLooter ShooterRoguelikeSingleplayerThird Person
$4.99Shrink Assault
Sep 22 · Adam Earlston
Both: Sci-fi · Flight
Shrink Assault is a Sci-Fi game featuring a mix of Infinite Runners and Rail Shooter games! Skilfully control your spaceship to dodge obstacles and eliminate the threat! Can you survive?
ArcadeActionShooterSci-fi3D PlatformerBullet HellRunnerFlightPhysicsPvE
$19.99Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures
Nov 9 · Stardust Collective
Both: Flight
Ziggy's Cosmic Adventures is a VR cockpit game combining ship management with action-arcade combat. You play as a bounty hunter with possibly questionable morals, currently in possession of a little alien that you may or may not have stolen from the evil Empire. Do you have what it takes to survive?
VRActionAdventureAction-AdventureFlightCombatAliensFunnyArcadePhysics
$4.99Space Outpost Sigma
Apr 21 · SigmaReels
Both: Flight · Sci-fi
A single-player 2D top-down pixel game with space physics. Mine asteroids in the middle of an asteroid field using manual controls or by directing mining drones. Protect the outpost, buy from trading ships, mine as much ore as you can and survive as long as possible! Do you have what it takes?
SpaceMiningPhysics2DTop-DownPixel GraphicsFlightSingleplayerSpace SimSci-fi
$12.99Void Cargo: Equilibrium
Aug 28 · Hammer&Hammer
Both: Flight
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
$19.99POLARIS™
Jan 29 · POLARIS™ Team, Variable State
Both: Flight
Team up and take flight in this sci-fi co-op shooter with fully destructible environments. Soar through dynamic open levels using powerful abilities, master advanced weapons and vehicles, and lay waste to the armies of a hostile colonizing threat - defend your home worlds!
Online Co-OpMultiplayerExtraction ShooterThird-Person ShooterVehicular CombatPhysicsFlightPvESingleplayerShooter
$29.99Starship Troopers: Extermination
Oct 10 · Offworld
Both: Sci-fi
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
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$17.99Angels Fall First
Jul 11 · Strangely Interactive Ltd
Both: Sci-fi
From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever loved in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full Bot support included!
ActionFPSIndieMultiplayerSci-fiSpaceSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayerTactical👍 3,834
$59.99Homeworld 3
May 13 · Blackbird Interactive
Both: Sci-fi
Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.
SpaceRTSStrategySci-fiStory RichSingleplayerMultiplayerTacticalCo-opRoguelike👍 5,438
-75%$17.49Star Wars Outlaws
Nov 21 · Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio
Both: Sci-fi
Experience the first-ever open world Star Wars™ game and explore distinct locations across the galaxy, both iconic and new. Risk it all as scoundrel Kay Vess, seeking freedom and the means to start a new life.
SingleplayerOpen WorldActionThird PersonAdventureAction-AdventureFemale ProtagonistSci-fiShooterSpace👍 12,291
FreeWar Robots: Frontiers
Mar 4 · MY.GAMES
Both: Sci-fi
Gear up for tactical mech action in War Robots: Frontiers, a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter. Construct and customize, squad up with Pilots online, and fire up your engines in massive intergalactic battles.
Free to PlayThird-Person ShooterMechsPvPMultiplayerActionArena ShooterRobotsSci-fiFuturistic👍 739
$9.99Arctic Eggs
May 16 · The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex
Both: Sci-fi
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
-20%$15.99SENTRY
Mar 25 · Fireblade Software
Both: Sci-fi
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Tower DefenseStrategyFPSSci-fiSurvivalActionColorfulStylized3DFirst-Person👍 847
$39.99Xenonauts 2
Apr 2 · Goldhawk Interactive
Both: Sci-fi
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-BasedPvECharacter Customization👍 4,857
$9.99SCP: Fragmented Minds
Jan 27 · HST Studios
Both: Sci-fi
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
Early AccessHorrorFPSCombatPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorSci-fiShooterSingleplayerSimulation👍 1,247
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Sci-fi
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
SpaceGrand StrategySimulation4XStrategySci-fiExplorationSandboxMultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,210
$9.99Space Defender: Frontier Squadron
May 5 · Petit Vaisseau
Both: Sci-fi
Lead a squadron against the Drone invasion in a top-down space shooter with RPG depth. Take contracts across three galaxies, outfit and upgrade your ship, recruit wingmen, and push the story through to the Nexus.
Early AccessSpaceTwin Stick ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterRPGSpaceshipsActionArcadeSci-fi
$15.99Liftoff®: Micro Drones
Aug 4 · LuGus Studios
Explore the world of FPV like never before! In Liftoff®: Micro Drones any indoor area becomes an exciting aerial playground. Explore, customize and compete in this simulator dedicated to the micro drones class.
ActionSimulationRacingSportseSportsFirst-Person3DControllerThird PersonPhysics👍 1,422
$19.99Hyperspace Deck Command
Oct 7 · Sleeper Games
Both: Sci-fi
Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameRoguelikeDeckbuildingDifficultTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteSci-fiSpaceColorful
$29.99Between the Stars
Mar 7 · Isolated Games
Both: 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
Fortune's Run
Sep 27 · Team Fortune
Both: Sci-fi
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




