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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
$29.99X Rebirth
Nov 15 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Sandbox
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power.
SimulationSpaceSci-fiActionSpace SimSandboxSingleplayerOpen WorldEconomyTrading👍 5,156
$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
$4.99X: Beyond the Frontier
Oct 8 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Trading
The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.
SimulationSpaceStrategySci-fiSingleplayerSpace SimTradingEconomySandboxAction👍 295
$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
FreeEVE Online
Dec 15 · Fenris Creations
Both: Space Sim · Trading · Sandbox
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👍 7,803
$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
$4.99X2: The Threat
Jul 21 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim · Sandbox
X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.
SpaceStrategySimulationSci-fiSingleplayerOpen WorldEconomySpace SimSandboxTrading👍 444
-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
$19.99The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Sandbox · 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👍 1,625
$9.99Flotilla
Apr 29 · Blendo Games
Both: Sci-fi · Space Sim
Lead your orbital battleships to victory in Flotilla! Fight, trade, and explore new planets in your journey through the galaxy. Featuring tactically rich 3D combat, flank and surprise the enemy from any direction. When the dust settles, generate another randomized universe for a brand new adventure!
StrategyRogueliteExplorationTurn-BasedSci-fiFunnySpace SimRoguelike3DStory Rich👍 202
$9.99Space Rogue
Sep 15 · Red Beat
Both: Sandbox · Sci-fi
Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles. Develop unique battle tactics, upgrade your ship, and recruit crew members as you fight for peace or piracy.
SpaceStrategySurvivalIndieSandboxTacticalExplorationSimulationReplay ValueSci-fi👍 396
$14.99Heat Signature
Sep 21 · Suspicious Developments
Both: Sci-fi · Procedural Generation
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
SpaceStealthIndieTop-DownRoguelikeActionStrategySci-fiProcedural GenerationReal-Time with Pause👍 6,851
Smugglers 5
Apr 11 · Niels Bauer Games
Both: Trading · Sci-fi
Smugglers 5 is the fifth installment in the turn-based single-player space trading game series. Will you be a greedy trader, an ambitious fleet pilot or a ruthless pirate? Board enemy ships, manage factories, conquer star systems and forge your own galactic empire.
StrategyIndieSimulationRPGSpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTradingSci-fi👍 130
$19.99Elite Dangerous
Apr 2 · Frontier Developments
Both: Space Sim · Sci-fi
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👍 82,421
$24.99Frontier Pilot Simulator
Dec 7 · RAZAR s.r.o.
Both: Management · Trading · Space Sim
FPS is a Sci-Fi cargo pilot sim, with an engaging emergent mission-driven storyline, with a real-time economy with free flight and trading, on an alien world to explore. All in customizable upgradeable, well-simulated VTOL craft with real weather, and flight dynamics.
FlightEconomySpaceExplorationTransportationManagementTradingDifficultSpace SimThird Person👍 836
$19.99PULSAR: Lost Colony
Jun 22 · Leafy Games
Both: Space Sim · Sci-fi
The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits
Space SimOpen WorldCo-opSimulationFirst-PersonPvESpaceExplorationSci-fiMultiplayer👍 4,409
Galactic Crew
Mar 28 · Benjamin Rommel Games
Both: Management · Space Sim
Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. You and your valorous crew members will explore a galaxy with all its dangers and riches. Explore and colonize planets, customize your spaceship, raid underground dungeons, mine, trade and craft!
RogueliteColony SimExplorationDungeon CrawlerBase BuildingBuildingManagementSpace SimStrategy RPGSurvival👍 128
-90%$1.99Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Feb 25 · Radiation Blue
Both: Sci-fi · Management · Space Sim
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Sci-fiAction RoguelikeFPSBase BuildingOpen WorldRogueliteManagementHorrorBuildingSpace Sim👍 1,567
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Sci-fi · Sandbox
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👍 142,911
$24.99Starship EVO
Jun 19 · Moonfire Entertainment
Both: 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.
IndieActionSimulationBuildingSpaceAdventureSandboxSci-fiOpen WorldEarly Access👍 1,322
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Sandbox · Sci-fi
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$14.99Pixel Piracy
Jul 31 · Vitali Kirpu
Both: Sandbox · Procedural Generation
Embark on an epic 2D pirate simulator RPG adventure, where you navigate both land and sea. Upgrade your ship, recruit and level up your crew, and uncover hidden treasures as you become a legendary pirate.
Action RoguelikeSandboxSide ScrollerPiratesRoguelikeProcedural GenerationAction RPGRogueliteOpen WorldSimulation👍 5,713
