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You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
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$9.99Cosmonautica
Jul 31 · Chasing Carrots
Both: Trading · Sci-fi · Management
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
TradingSpaceSimulationStrategyEconomySci-fiManagementAdventureSpace SimSingleplayer👍 948
$24.99Interstellar Transport Company
May 24 · MT Worlds
Both: Management · Trading · Sci-fi
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
SpaceSimulationManagementTradingStrategyEconomySci-fiMultiplayerSandboxEarly Access👍 395
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Tactical RPG · Sandbox
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
$9.99Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Nov 30 · Jace Masula
Both: Sandbox · Space Sim · Procedural Generation
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.
SimulationSpaceIndieAdventureSandboxOpen WorldMiningSpace SimSingleplayerProcedural Generation👍 446
$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Dec 7 · Owlcat Games
Both: Turn-Based Combat · Tactical RPG
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
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space Sim · Sandbox · Sci-fi
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
$34.99Starpoint Gemini 2
Sep 26 · Little Green Men Games
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Moddable
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...It has been two years since the end of the second Gemini war, the situation in the wartorn system is further from resolution than ever.
SpaceSimulationRPGOpen WorldSci-fiSpace SimSingleplayerActionSpaceshipsModdable👍 3,020
$14.99Port Royale 3
May 4 · Gaming Minds Studios
Both: Trading · Management
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
StrategyTradingSimulationPiratesEconomyManagementNavalActionHistoricalNaval Combat👍 1,204
$9.99Interstellaria
Jul 17 · Coldrice Games LLC
Both: Sci-fi · Management · Trading
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
SpacePixel GraphicsExplorationDiplomacySci-fiSoundtrackRTSManagementTradingSpace Sim👍 353
-80%$1.99Space Empires: Starfury
Aug 3 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Trading · Space Sim · Management
In Space Empires: Starfury you are on a wild intergalactic ride through the Space Empires universe. You are an undercover agent for the TCN (Terran Confederation Navy) trying to determine the cause of a recent escalation of pirate attacks in the Neutral territories.
StrategySpaceReal Time TacticsRTSTradingSpace SimManagement3DActionSci-fi
$14.99Evochron Mercenary
Jan 16 · StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Sandbox
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
SpaceSimulationIndieSci-fiSpace SimActionOpen WorldSandboxMultiplayerFlight👍 403
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Space Sim · Sandbox · Procedural Generation
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
$19.99Horizon's Gate
Mar 9 · Rad Codex
Both: Tactical RPG
Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.
Tactical RPGOpen WorldExplorationSailingTurn-BasedCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based StrategyRPGPixel GraphicsParty-Based RPG👍 1,213
$4.99Star Merchant
Mar 7 · SimProse Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Management
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
StrategySimulationIndieCasualSpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiResource ManagementManagementAbstract👍 136
$12.99Star Nomad 2
Dec 14 · Huy Phan
Both: Sandbox · Sci-fi
A space trader & combat sim meets squad-RPG, large scale conquest, choice driven gameplay with fluid & punchy tactical real-time combat set in a dynamic open-world sandbox.
RPGSimulationSpaceStrategyIndieOpen WorldSandboxSci-fiRoguelite2D👍 137
$19.99Interstellar Rift
Sep 24 · Split Polygon
Both: Space Sim · 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 SimBuildingOpen WorldExplorationCraftingSandboxPvPMiningSurvivalFirst-Person👍 1,411
-80%$1.99Star Traders: 4X Empires
Dec 16 · Trese Brothers
Both: Sci-fi · Turn-Based Combat · Management
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
4XSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTop-DownDiplomacyTurn-Based CombatEconomyGrand StrategyManagementBuilding
