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by Jumpdrive Studios
Build a fleet and lead humanity to safety. Grow your fleet using force, diplomacy or guile... and try to stay ahead of the relentless Harvesters. Each ship you add to your fleet gives you powers but also reduces your limited resources in this challenging RTS-with-pause game.
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$19.99Void War
Jun 2 · Tundra
Both: Roguelite · Perma Death · Choices Matter
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
SpaceRoguelitePerma DeathChoices MatterStrategyDifficultReplay ValueRoguelikeResource ManagementReal-Time with Pause👍 3,661
$14.99Particle Fleet: Emergence
Sep 29 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: RTS · Real-Time with Pause · Sci-fi
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
StrategyIndieSimulationSpaceRTSReal-Time with PauseSci-fi2DSingleplayerPixel Graphics👍 1,198
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: RTS · Real-Time with Pause
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$9.99Flotilla
Apr 29 · Blendo Games
Both: Roguelite · Sci-fi
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
-80%$1.99FTL: Faster Than Light
Sep 14 · Subset Games
Both: Sci-fi · Perma Death · Real-Time with Pause
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
RoguelikeSpaceStrategySci-fiIndieSingleplayerPerma DeathDifficultReplay ValueReal-Time with Pause👍 62,779
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: RTS · 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
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: 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
Outscape
Oct 22 · IDA Games
Both: Sci-fi · RTS
Outscape is everything you love about traditional strategy games, but places your empire within a vast online galaxy alongside other real players. Outscape rewards skillful long-term strategic gameplay with a brilliantly refreshing new take on the 4X genre.
StrategySci-fiOnline Co-OpRTSPvPSpaceExploration4XManagementEconomy👍 394
$12.99Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Sep 28 · Gas Powered Games
Both: RTS · Sci-fi · Real-Time with Pause
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSingleplayerBase BuildingGrand StrategyCo-opModdableReal-Time with Pause👍 9,920
$12.99Star Nomad 2
Dec 14 · Huy Phan
Both: Sci-fi · Roguelite
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
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
RTSBase BuildingReal Time TacticsPvPModdableStrategyOnline Co-OpSci-fiTranshumanismMilitary👍 2,705
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: Roguelite
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
$4.99Cargo Commander
Nov 1 · Serious Brew
Both: Roguelite · Sci-fi
Alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with only your Fistcannon™; you are Cargo Corps' latest recruit, a Cargo Commander.
IndieProcedural GenerationAtmosphericRoguelitePlatformerActionSci-fiScore AttackArcadeSoundtrack👍 661
$19.99Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Jun 12 · Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment
Both: Diplomacy · RTS
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
ManagementDiplomacyOnline Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayerSimulationSpaceStrategyRTS4X👍 10,243
$29.99Star Trek: Infinite
Oct 12 · Nimble Giant Entertainment
Both: RTS · Diplomacy
Star Trek: Infinite is a grand strategy experience that lets you play your own Star Trek story as the leader of one of four major factions in the galaxy. Follow the specially crafted story or blaze your own trail in the first Star Trek grand strategy game.
Grand Strategy4XSpaceExplorationSandboxManagementRTSDiplomacyPvEPvP👍 3,031
$9.99Interstellaria
Jul 17 · Coldrice Games LLC
Both: Diplomacy · Sci-fi · RTS
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
$7.99Star Ruler
Sep 20 · Blind Mind Studios
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species' ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves)...
StrategyIndieSpace4XRTSSci-fiGrand StrategyGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMultiplayer👍 261
$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Dec 7 · Owlcat Games
Both: Choices Matter
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
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: RTS
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: Sci-fi · Real-Time with Pause
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
$14.99Heat Signature
Sep 21 · Suspicious Developments
Both: Sci-fi · Real-Time with Pause
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
$49.99Stellaris
May 9 · Paradox Development Studio
Both: Sci-fi · Real-Time with Pause
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
$4.99Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Nov 16 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: RTS · Real-Time with Pause
Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map. Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope? Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion.
StrategyIndieSimulationTower DefenseRTSSingleplayerTop-DownReal-Time with Pause👍 913
$29.99Grey Goo
Jan 23 · Petroglyph, Six Foot
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerAliensBase BuildingGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMechsRobots👍 2,602
$29.99X Rebirth
Nov 15 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi
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
$19.99Mech Armada
Jun 16 · Lioncode Games
Both: Roguelite
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Turn-Based TacticsMechsRogueliteDeckbuildingTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeCharacter Customization3DIsometricRPG👍 653
$7.99Swarm Grinder
Apr 22 · Last Bite Games
Both: Roguelite
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
RoguelikeRogueliteAction RoguelikeBullet HellMechsProcedural Generation2DPixel GraphicsControllerAction RPG👍 1,164
-50%$4.9960 Parsecs!
Sep 18 · Robot Gentleman
Both: Dark Humor · Sci-fi
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Turn-Based StrategyText-BasedFunnyDark HumorSci-fiManagementLGBTQ+Turn-Based TacticsExplorationComedy👍 3,310
$29.99StarDrive
Apr 26 · Zero Sum Games
Both: Sci-fi · RTS
As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.
Strategy4XSpaceIndieSci-fiRTSSingleplayerReal-TimeExploration👍 1,253
$29.99Jumplight Odyssey
Aug 21 · League of Geeks
Both: Roguelite
Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew.
Early AccessStrategySimulationManagementColony SimBuildingRogueliteCartoonyRetroSingleplayer👍 961
$19.99Star Control®: Origins
Sep 20 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Choices Matter · Dark Humor
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
FunnyStory RichChoices MatterThird PersonShooterThird-Person ShooterExplorationCompetitiveAction-AdventureDark Humor👍 2,068
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: RTS
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
Starfall Online
Feb 20 · Snowforged Entertainment
Both: RTS
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
$12.99Stellar Interface
Nov 21 · ImaginationOverflow
Both: Roguelite · Perma Death
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
Bullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterAction RoguelikeRogueliteSide ScrollerExplorationPerma DeathCasualShooter👍 188
$19.99Alien Marauder
Nov 17 · Vexan Studio
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Early AccessRTSSurvivalColony SimStrategyTop-DownBase BuildingMilitarySci-fiBuilding👍 323
$19.99Space Tyrant
Feb 27 · Blue Wizard Digital
Both: Sci-fi · Roguelite
Terrorize the galaxy for fun and profit! Space Tyrant is a surprisingly deep beer & pretzels strategy game set in a darkly humorous future. Build a mighty space force, disintegrate peaceful aliens, and rule irresponsibly on your relentless march to total domination.
StrategyIndieTurn-Based StrategyVillain ProtagonistFunnySci-fi4XEarly AccessRogueliteSpace👍 549
$19.99Ancient Space
Sep 23 · CreativeForge Games
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.
StrategySpaceRTSSci-fiSingleplayerAtmosphericRealisticExplorationAdventureIndie👍 270
$3.99Void Destroyer
Jan 20 · Iteration 11
Both: Sci-fi · RTS
Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you decide to achieve it. Space combat on a RTS scale with space sim savagery.
StrategySimulationActionSpaceAdventureIndieSci-fiRTSSpace SimSingleplayer👍 268
$24.99Creeper World 4
Dec 3 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: RTS
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargameBuildingRTSSpaceStrategy3DPhysicsWar👍 4,554
$2.99Run Build Pew!
Jun 6 · Knight Owl Games
Both: Roguelite
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteAction RoguelikeTop-Down ShooterSpaceShoot 'Em UpShooterArcadeRoguelike2D👍 552
$6.99Meridian: New World
Sep 26 · Elder Games
Both: RTS · Sci-fi
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
StrategyRTSIndieSci-fiSingleplayerEarly AccessMultiplayer👍 325
$9.99Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
Apr 7 · Blazing Griffin
Both: Sci-fi · RTS
BAFTA award winning fleet-based RTS meets rogue-lite. In Distant Star: Revenant Fleet, build your fleet of up to 5 ships from a choice of 8 classes and traverse a randomly generated galaxy to defeat the Erebus Platform. NOW AVAILABLE ON MAC AND LINUX
IndieStrategyActionSpaceSci-fiProcedural GenerationSingleplayerRoguelikeRTSAtmospheric👍 258
$19.99This Means Warp
May 4 · Outlier
Both: Sci-fi · Roguelite
It’s co-op space survival fun, Jim, but not as we know it. This Means Warp is an intense spaceship management roguelite experience for 1-4 players. Explore a procedurally generated universe, upgrade your ship, battle dangerous enemies and adapt your strategies to survive in a hostile galaxy.
SurvivalOnline Co-OpSpaceCo-opMultiplayerTop-DownSci-fiLocal MultiplayerRogueliteCo-op Campaign👍 438
$24.99Starship EVO
Jun 19 · Moonfire Entertainment
Both: 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
$4.99X2: The Threat
Jul 21 · Egosoft
Both: Sci-fi
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
$5.99Battle Grid
Oct 25 · Barking Dogs
Both: Roguelite
Face relentless alien hordes, collect their resources and assemble an unstoppable squadron of mechs! In this Action Roguelite, discover game-breaking synergies, mix and match weapons and units, unlock upgrades, harvest and conquer alien planets.
MechsBullet HellRogueliteAuto BattlerAliensTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeStrategy2.5DAction Roguelike👍 204
-60%$7.99Terraformers
Mar 9 · Asteroid Lab
Both: Sci-fi · Choices Matter
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
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Sci-fi
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
SpaceSci-fiRPGExplorationActionAdventureIndieOpen WorldSpace SimTop-Down👍 2,295
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: 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
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: RTS
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866



