Games like Ascent - The Space Game
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Ascent is a PVE sandbox space MMO with 270 BILLION star systems and an emphasis on strong Sci Fi. It encourages Exploration, Colonization, Research, Asteroid mining, Farming, Trading, and Combat. Outside the tutorial sector, everything in-game has been built by players.
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FreeStarfighter General
Nov 21 · James Sager III, Steve Reynolds, Lokesh Dhanger
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Massively Multiplayer
Space ACTION-MMO. Control & upgrade more than one ship. Build a fleet! Turn a rag tag team into an armada. Aliens build relationships. Crew/attributes/skills/mastery/magic(legendary/unilegendary/unique)items. WORLD FIRST: Multicore MMO & INFINITE PLAYERS! Soon: Conquer star systems & Tax Players.
Space SimSpaceSci-fiMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerRPGAliensBase BuildingMMORPGScience
$19.99Elite Dangerous
Apr 2 · Frontier Developments
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Massively Multiplayer
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
FreeSubspace Discovery
May 18 · FLICK Comp GmbH, Dot8 Studio
Both: Space · Massively Multiplayer · Sci-fi
Fly through Subspace, build your own ship, and engage in epic battles. Mine asteroids and research new technologies. Uncover the origins of the alien homeworld by solving weekly events in this Co-op PvE MMO.
Free to PlaySpaceMassively MultiplayerPvEExplorationSci-fiMMORPGTactical RPGRPGStrategy
FreeStar Trek Online
Jan 31 · Cryptic Studios
Both: Sci-fi · Massively Multiplayer · Space
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
Free to PlaySci-fiMassively MultiplayerSpaceMMORPGRPGOpen WorldMultiplayerCharacter CustomizationAction👍 949
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space · 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
Dual Universe
Sep 27 · Novaquark
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Sci-fi
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👍 533
-60%$7.99Terraformers
Mar 9 · Asteroid Lab
Both: Sci-fi · Space · Science
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
SimulationProcedural GenerationSurvivalAtmosphericRoguelikeSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceChoices MatterScience👍 3,031
Sirius
Jun 1 · Digital Dawn Studios
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Massively Multiplayer
Sirius Online is a unique, easy to play Space Action Shooter with ongoing progression. Join the Ranks of the Terran Reclaim Forces or the Sirius Colonial Council today and fight for your Faction! Explore forgotten battlefields, find Treasures, create an empire and rule the universe!
ActionSimulationSpaceEarly AccessSci-fiAdventureIndieSpace SimMassively MultiplayerEconomy
$24.99Interstellar Transport Company
May 24 · MT Worlds
Both: Space · 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
$24.99Starship EVO
Jun 19 · Moonfire Entertainment
Both: Space · 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
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Space · Sci-fi
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
$1.99Evolvation
Feb 6 · Eric Ruts, Jacob Kooiman
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space · Sci-fi
Evolvation is a casual multiplayer and fast-paced and class based space flying shooter developed by a two-man-army (Eric and Jacob) from Amsterdam. Classes are: Highspeed, Fighter, Stealth, Support and Tank. Each class has its own special ability which provides a dynamic gameplay.
Massively MultiplayerActionIndieCasualSimulationSpaceMultiplayerSci-fiArcade
Worlds Adrift
May 24 · Bossa Studios
Both: Massively Multiplayer
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 MultiplayerCraftingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSandboxPhysicsMultiplayerPvP👍 4,158
Starfall Online
Feb 20 · Snowforged Entertainment
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space
Starfall Online is a real-time multiplayer strategy mixed with wargame. Three rival factions — Deprived, Vanguard and Eclipse rule the world, and you are to become the part of the confrontation between them. Gather your own fleet and embark on a journey through the Galaxy!
RPGMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree to PlayRTSSpace
Diaspora : Mass Exodus
Dec 21 · Angry Rabbit Studios
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space
Mass Exodus is a 2D/3D RPG MMO point-and-click. In Diaspora Mass Exodus you will take control of one of many types and classes of ships and make your way out into one of multiple solar systems within a large and expanding galaxy. Here you will carve out your destiny and make a name for yourself among the stars!
StrategyFree to PlayMassively MultiplayerIndieRPGSpace
$19.99SPORE™
Dec 19 · Maxis™
Both: Space · Science
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
God GameOpen WorldSandboxColony SimSimulationExplorationSpaceCasualCuteScience👍 66,890
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Space · 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
$9.99Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Nov 30 · Jace Masula
Both: Space
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
FreeEVE Online
Dec 15 · Fenris Creations
Both: Space · Massively Multiplayer
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
$14.99StarMade
Dec 4 · Schine GmbH
Both: Space · Sci-fi
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 WorldBuildingMultiplayerSci-fiVoxelAdventureIndieAction👍 2,199
$14.99Astrox Imperium
Mar 22 · Jace Masula
Both: Space
Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.
SpaceSimulationEarly AccessIndieSpace SimSandboxOpen WorldSingleplayerMiningAtmospheric👍 1,236
Cannons Lasers Rockets
Aug 25 · Net Games Laboratory
Both: Space · Massively Multiplayer · Sci-fi
For victory you need only three tools - Cannons, Lasers and Rockets! Discover a spaceship MOBA game with 2D combat in 3D environment, wide variety of play styles and fun gameplay for casual and pro gamers alike.
Free to PlaySpaceActionMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerIndieMOBASci-fiOpen WorldShooter
FreeAndromeda: Rebirth of Humanity
Jan 22 · Null Reference Games
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space · Sci-fi
Andromeda is a hybrid between a Space 4X and an MMO. An online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players, or just sit and chat with the friendly community.
StrategySpace SimColony Sim3DCapitalismMassively MultiplayerSpaceFuturisticSci-fiBuilding
$9.99ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Jul 21 · Kodera Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
SpaceSci-fiPhysicsSingleplayerExplorationTop-DownSpace SimImmersive SimVehicular CombatOpen World👍 2,883
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: Space · Sci-fi
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
StrategyRTSSpaceIndieSci-fiCo-op4XGrand StrategyDifficultTactical👍 993
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Forge an empire in a universe where population growth is stripping away planetary resources. Colonize unknown planets and trade with other races for their knowledge.
Strategy4XTurn-BasedSpaceSci-fiClassicTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRetro👍 1,658
FreeExocraft
Mar 12 · GoldFire Studios
Both: Massively Multiplayer · 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-fiStrategyAction
$12.99Star Nomad 2
Dec 14 · Huy Phan
Both: Space · 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
$14.99Heat Signature
Sep 21 · Suspicious Developments
Both: Space · Sci-fi
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
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: Space · Sci-fi
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
StrategySpaceSimulationIndieTurn-Based4XSci-fiGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseTactical👍 380
FreeThe Infinite Black
Oct 19 · Spellbook
Both: Massively Multiplayer · Space
Fleet up with thousands of players in The Infinite Black -- The wildly popular online space combat and adventure game! Command massive spaceships, form powerful corporations, and battle it out in never-ending intergalactic warfare!
Free to PlayStrategyMassively MultiplayerRPGIndieSpace
$14.99Evochron Mercenary
Jan 16 · StarWraith 3D Games LLC
Both: Space · Sci-fi
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



