Games like Space Scaven
by Moon Pub Games
Space Scaven is a physical puzzle game about an engineer, whose job is to collect black boxes on abandoned space stations.
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$34.99Hardspace: Shipbreaker
May 24 · Blackbird Interactive
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Physics
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
SpaceSci-fiSimulationPhysicsSingleplayerDestructionSandboxPuzzleFirst-PersonSpace Sim👍 19,442
$9.99SPACE TOW TRUCK - ISAAC NEWTON's Favorite Puzzle Game
Jul 29 · Eric Laflamme
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Space
Control gravity, orbit around black holes, and have fun mastering physics with your car in space! With this educational puzzle game, only your genius and your analytical skills can get you out of trouble after a painful car crash on the Moon!
PuzzleEducationSciencePhysicsSpaceSci-fiParkourSingleplayerPuzzle PlatformerFunny
$1.99Beyond Gravity
Sep 23 · Qwiboo Ltd
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Physics
Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!
CasualActionIndiePlatformerSpace2DSci-fiAnimePhysicsProcedural Generation👍 790
$1.99Inside The Gear
Nov 21 · Mykhail Konokh
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Difficult
A physics puzzle game like no other! You are inside the big old machine. There are rusty gears and shafts all around you, along with interactive objects such as planks and cubes. Use each object and place the wheel on the platform – easy!
CasualIndiePuzzlePhysicsAtmospheric2.5DSingleplayerDifficultFamily Friendly
-80%$3.39Filament
Apr 23 · Beard Envy
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Sci-fi
Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).
PuzzleDifficultIndieSci-fiStory RichStrategySpaceBeautifulTop-DownGreat Soundtrack👍 623
$8.99PixelJunk™ Shooter
Nov 11 · Double Eleven, Q-Games Ltd.
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Physics
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
ActionLocal Co-Op2DTwin Stick ShooterPuzzleSci-fiPhysicsShooterIndieController👍 249
$9.99SpaceChem
Mar 2 · Zachtronics
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Sci-fi
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
PuzzleDifficultProgrammingIndieLogicSingleplayerAutomationSci-fiGreat SoundtrackScience👍 2,628
$14.99Nauticrawl
Sep 16 · Spare Parts Oasis
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Difficult
A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.
SimulationIndieAtmosphericSci-fiPuzzleDifficultSingleplayerPoint & ClickAdventureSteampunk👍 441
$7.99Gravity Shot
Nov 9 · Intrepid Marmot
Both: Puzzle · Physics · Space
Sling shot explosive nuclear warheads into collision course with your planetary assassination targets. Using the gravitation of a planet against itself, while navigating your payload around asteroids, moons and even Black Holes for devastating effect!
PuzzlePhysicsCasualSpaceArcadeSpace SimTop-DownSci-fiSingleplayerSimulation
$1.99Spaceslingers
Nov 17 · RefresherTowel Games
Both: Space · Physics · Difficult
Spaceslingers is a mind-bending gravity-based game, where the only obstacles between you and your goal are the most powerful celestial objects in the known universe!
CompetitiveTime ManipulationSpacePhysicsDifficultFlightSpace SimArcadeSimulation2D
$4.99The Station: Escape Room
Apr 26 · Exscape
Both: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Space
Escape the confinement of the space station and restart the systems to gain freedom. Cooperative Escape Room style game to challenge yourself and your friends. Seven rooms to solve the amazing and challenging mysteries before the timer runs out!
Sci-fiMysteryPuzzleAtmosphericSpaceFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpAdventureFuturisticTime Management
$14.99Still There
Nov 20 · GhostShark
Both: Space · Sci-fi · Puzzle
Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?
Point & ClickAdventureEmotionalStory RichSpacePsychologicalSci-fiAtmosphericPuzzleSingleplayer👍 771
$11.99SpaceKraft!
May 27 · Game Dev Garage
Both: Puzzle · Difficult · Physics
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
PuzzleSpace SimDifficultSteampunkSandboxSimulationMiningPhysicsHand-drawnRetro
$9.99Bob Came in Pieces
Jan 22 · Ludosity
Both: Puzzle · Physics
Bob has crashed on a strange planet, lost a bunch of parts for his ship and above all, is late for work! Find the lost parts and rebuild your ship along the way to solve challenging, physics-based puzzles. You can build your ship any way you like in the ship builder – try to find the coolest ship-design for the puzzle at hand!
IndieAdventurePuzzlePhysics
$29.99The Talos Principle
Dec 11 · Croteam
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
PuzzlePhilosophicalFirst-PersonSci-fiStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackRobotsExploration👍 29,240
$14.99Scavenger SV-4
Jan 31 · Deric Ruhl
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
SimulationSpaceIndieHorrorAdventureActionSci-fiAtmosphericReplay ValueExploration👍 652
-80%$2.99Habitat
Jan 26 · 4gency
Both: Space · Physics
Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox Mode for true creative control.
StrategySpaceIndieSimulationActionSandboxSurvivalAdventurePhysicsEarly Access👍 171
$14.99OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Apr 22 · SIGONO INC.
Both: Puzzle · Space
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Story RichAtmosphericVisual NovelSingleplayerPuzzleSpaceAdventureFemale Protagonist2DPoint & Click👍 1,404
$24.99Breathedge
Feb 25 · RedRuins Softworks
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Open World Survival CraftSpaceSingleplayerSurvivalSandboxIndieBase BuildingSci-fiFirst-PersonAtmospheric👍 14,703
$9.99Algo Bot
Feb 14 · Fishing Cactus
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Space
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
IndiePuzzleProgrammingSci-fiSingleplayerSpaceLogicRobots3DDark Humor👍 150
$4.99Space Outpost Sigma
Apr 21 · SigmaReels
Both: Space · Physics · Sci-fi
A single-player 2D top-down pixel game with space physics. Mine asteroids in the middle of an asteroid field using manual controls or by directing mining drones. Protect the outpost, buy from trading ships, mine as much ore as you can and survive as long as possible! Do you have what it takes?
SpaceMiningPhysics2DTop-DownPixel GraphicsFlightSingleplayerSpace SimSci-fi
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · 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
$9.99Out There Somewhere
Mar 14 · MiniBoss
Both: Puzzle · Sci-fi
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
PlatformerPixel GraphicsIndiePuzzleAdventure2DGreat SoundtrackRetroActionSci-fi👍 6,161
$14.99Particle Fleet: Emergence
Sep 29 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Space · 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
$5.99Last Horizon
Nov 18 · Pixeljam
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast expanse of space. Collect resources and search for a new world to call home in this minimalist space exploration and survival game.
ActionIndieExplorationSpaceMinimalistSci-fiArcadeSpace Sim2DSurvival👍 159
FreeStarship Theory
May 31 · Reconnect Software
Both: Space · Sci-fi
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Base BuildingSimulationStrategySpaceIndieSurvivalManagement2DSci-fiCasual👍 933









