Games like SpaceCraft
by Shiro Games
X4: Foundations and Elite Dangerous play most like SpaceCraft. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its space, open world and exploration; 4 are free or under $10 and 2 have co-op. The best known is No Man's Sky, with 316,709 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
X4: Foundations
Nov 30, 2018 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Open World · Exploration
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👍 25,327Elite Dangerous
Apr 2, 2015 · Frontier Developments
Both: Space · Open World · Exploration
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
Space SimSpaceOpen WorldExplorationSci-fiSimulationMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerVRFirst-Person👍 82,486Dual Universe
Sep 27, 2022 · Novaquark
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Sci-fi · Sandbox
Dual Universe is a first-person Sci-Fi MMO built and driven by players, in a single persistent universe. You can build almost anything out of voxels, trade in a free economy, lead industries, travel through space, explore planets, or wage war in a fully editable sandbox universe. Subscription-based.
Massively MultiplayerMMORPGSpace SimBuildingSci-fiVoxelSandboxCity BuilderOpen WorldBase Building👍 533Starbase
Jul 29, 2021 · Frozenbyte
Both: Open World · Massively Multiplayer · Sandbox
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Open WorldBuildingMassively MultiplayerSpace SimSimulationSandboxSpaceSci-fiActionEarly Access👍 6,220EVE Online
Dec 15, 2010 · Fenris Creations
Both: Exploration · Open World · Space
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Space SimExplorationOpen WorldAdventureDifficultSpaceSimulationTradingSandboxMassively Multiplayer👍 7,806Starship EVO
Jun 19, 2020 · Moonfire Entertainment
Both: Space · Sandbox · Sci-fi
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
IndieActionSimulationSpaceBuildingAdventureSandboxSci-fiOpen WorldSpace Sim👍 1,332ASTRONEER
Feb 5, 2019 · System Era Softworks
Both: Open World · Space · Exploration
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldSpaceSurvivalExplorationBase BuildingCo-opSandboxAdventure👍 118,931Interstellar Rift
Sep 24, 2020 · Split Polygon
Both: Open World · Exploration · Sandbox
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Space SimOpen WorldBuildingExplorationCraftingSandboxPvPMiningSurvivalFirst-Person👍 1,411StarMade
Dec 4, 2014 · Schine GmbH
Both: Space · Sandbox · Open World
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 WorldMultiplayerBuildingSci-fiVoxelAdventureIndieAction👍 2,199Space Engineers
Feb 28, 2019 · Keen Software House
Both: Sandbox · Space · Open World
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👍 102,661Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Nov 30, 2015 · Jace Masula
Both: Space · Sandbox · Open World
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
SpaceSimulationIndieAdventureSandboxOpen WorldMiningSpace SimSingleplayerProcedural Generation👍 446Worlds Adrift
May 24, 2017 · Bossa Studios
Both: Open World · Massively Multiplayer · Exploration
We're tired of endless grinding, mini-maps and predetermined fun. That's why we intend to redefine MMOs and empower our players to find their own destiny, write their own stories, and leave a lasting impression on the world they helped us create. How will you impact it and what will your legacy be?
Open WorldMassively MultiplayerCraftingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSandboxPhysicsPvPMultiplayer👍 4,158Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Aug 5, 2020 · Eleon Game Studios
Both: Space · Open World · Exploration
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👍 29,214CSC | Space MMO
Sep 3, 2020 · Lucid Sight, Inc.
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space · Sandbox
CSC is a casual space MMO with fast-paced combat, a robust player economy, and an uncapped crafting system. CSC is a game in active development.
Massively MultiplayerSpaceSandboxSci-fiMMORPGOpen WorldIndieSpace SimFree to PlaySpaceshipsAvorion
Mar 9, 2020 · Boxelware
Both: Sandbox · Exploration · Space
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👍 13,011Stellaris
May 9, 2016 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Exploration
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
SpaceStrategyGrand StrategySci-fi4XExplorationSandboxSimulationMultiplayerReal-Time with Pause👍 145,865Evochron Mercenary
Jan 16, 2012 · StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Open World
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
SpaceSimulationIndieSpace SimSci-fiActionOpen WorldSandboxMultiplayerFlight👍 403
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