Games like Space Merchants: Arena
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Space Merchants: Arena is a cross-platform online multiplayer game where futuristic spaceships engage in intense dogfights.3 game modes: Free for all/Team battle/Capture the Artefact.4 different maps: Faarlands, Tristar, Jupiter, Naussike system.Online leaderboards
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Rocket Arena
Jul 13 · Final Strike Games
Both: Arena Shooter · PvP · Shooter
Rockets rule everything in Rocket Arena, an explosive 3v3 shooter where you’re never out of the action. Master your hero’s unique rockets and abilities to rule the arena and become a champion. Let’s Rocket!
Hero ShooterArena ShooterThird-Person ShooterActionPvPCompetitiveShooterThird PersonMultiplayerTactical👍 732
-80%$1.99Space Empires: Starfury
Aug 3 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Space · Real Time Tactics · Trading
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
DRONE The Game
Dec 17 · Five Studios Interactive
Both: PvP · Arena Shooter · Space
This version of DRONE does not yet include updates from Earth 2. We invite players to download the free demo but please resist purchasing the game as Earth 2 intends to re-release the full version as free-to-play, making it accessible for everyone. Follow our Socials and Discord for news/updates.
Sci-fiMultiplayerPvPArena ShooterRobots6DOFRealisticSpaceBuildingLevel Editor👍 824
FreeStar Conflict
Feb 27 · Star Gem Inc.
Both: Space Sim · Shooter · Trading
Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!
Free to PlayOnline Co-OpSpace SimMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldPvEActionShooterFlightTrading👍 199
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: Real Time Tactics · PvP
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
FreeWar Robots: Frontiers
Mar 4 · MY.GAMES
Both: PvP · Arena Shooter
Gear up for tactical mech action in War Robots: Frontiers, a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter. Construct and customize, squad up with Pilots online, and fire up your engines in massive intergalactic battles.
Free to PlayThird-Person ShooterMechsPvPMultiplayerActionArena ShooterRobotsSci-fiFuturistic👍 739
Galactic Junk League
Jul 26 · Pixel Federation
Both: Space · Arena Shooter
Build anything. Fight anyone. In space. Highly tactical competitive sci-fi combat/building multiplayer free-to-play game. Bit of MOBA, bit of sandbox. Try it out to see for yourself!
Free to PlaySpaceBuildingMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerActionCraftingSci-fiArena ShooterSandbox👍 493
-75%$2.49ATOMEGA
Sep 19 · Reflections, a Ubisoft Studio
Both: Shooter · PvP · Arena Shooter
The fast-paced first-person multiplayer arena shooter with an evolution twist. Collect mass as you race around the map to take on increasingly powerful new forms – from the glowing Atom to the majestic Omega. Battle for supremacy with up to seven other players as you compete to dominate the arena.
ActionMultiplayerFirst-PersonShooterFPSPvPIndieArena ShooterCasual👍 1,662
$6.99The Infinite Black 2
Jun 16 · Spellbook
Both: Space Sim · PvP · Space
Command a fleet of ships to hunt aliens, trade resources and loot treasure! Form corporations with your friends while fighting a never-ending intergalactic war in this open-world online space adventure!
Space SimOpen WorldPvPSpaceAdventureActionMMORPGExplorationImmersive SimSci-fi👍 201
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
Interplanetary
May 12 · Team Jolly Roger
Both: Space · Physics
In this turn-based strategy game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive artilleries through the unpredictable gravity fields of the planetary system.
StrategyIndieSpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fiPhysicsLocal Multiplayer👍 541
$9.99Starblast
Nov 8 · Neuronality
Both: Space · Shooter
Fun, fast paced online multiplayer arcade space shooter. Take control of your spaceship, mine asteroids, increase your stats, upgrade to different types of spaceships with improved stats and weapons. Fight against other players and collect their gems.
Massively MultiplayerActionSpaceIndieCasualArcadeShoot 'Em Up2DShooterDifficult👍 1,050
$7.99Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD
Aug 21 · Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH
Both: Space · Space Sim · Shooter
A hyperdrive malfunction sends Keith T. Maxwell tumbling through space and time to fight for his life against a mysterious alien armada that is wreaking havoc.
SpaceThird-Person ShooterExplorationSpace Sim3D FighterShooterArcadeAction-Adventure3DLinear👍 1,479
-50%$1.49STELLATUM
Sep 15 · Satur Entertainment
Both: Space · PvP · Shooter
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
Shoot 'Em UpBullet HellCasualSpaceRobotsPvPReal-TimeCharacter CustomizationShooterArcade👍 142
$9.99STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)
Jul 8 · Pandemic Studios
Both: Shooter · Space
Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.
ActionMultiplayerShooterClassicThird-Person ShooterSci-fiSpaceFPSFirst-PersonSingleplayer👍 46,406
FreeAstra
Oct 26 · DigiPen Europe-Bilbao
Both: Arena Shooter · Shooter · Space
ASTRA is an FPS with some platform twist to it, placed in an alien club. As an infiltrated human, you'll have to find and destruct the stolen generators, avoiding the enemies' attacks, who will get in your way.
Arena ShooterActionFPSShooter3DFirst-PersonSpaceAliensFree to PlayFuturistic
$1.99Swarm Arena
Aug 19 · Dedication Games
Both: Arena Shooter · PvP · Shooter
Take control of a virtual organism in this unique indie arcade title, while unlocking Steam Achievements and climbing the leaderboards!
Arena ShooterTwin Stick ShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterPvPPvECompetitiveShooterArcade
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: Space Sim · Space
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
$24.99Starcom: Unknown Space
Sep 2 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Space Sim
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
SpaceExplorationOpen WorldSpace SimAction RPGTop-Down ShooterSci-fiStory RichIndieRPG👍 4,465
$9.99Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Nov 30 · Jace Masula
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$19.99PULSAR: Lost Colony
Jun 22 · Leafy Games
Both: Space Sim · Space
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
$9.99Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut
Apr 8 · Born Ready Games
Both: Space · Space Sim · Shooter
The Director's Cut of Strike Suit Zero delivers the ultimate version with a graphical overhaul, restructured campaign and all its DLC. Pilot the mecha Strike Suit across massive fleet battles where your dogfighting skills will decide Earth's fate.
ActionSpaceMechsSci-fiIndieFlightSpace SimGreat SoundtrackShooterSimulation👍 363
$24.99Interstellar Transport Company
May 24 · MT Worlds
Both: Space · Trading
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
FreeBattle Arena VR
Nov 26 · DreamTeam Mobile
Both: Shooter · Arena Shooter
Battle Arena VR is a multiplayer arena shooter, where you are automatically matched with opponents. Challenge yourself, challenge everyone in a deathmatch Battle Arena!
ActionFightingShooter3D FighterArena ShooterVRFlightFirst-PersonAliensCyberpunk
$9.99Deep Space Battle Simulator
Nov 5 · yeswecamp
Both: Space Sim · Space
Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!
ActionMultiplayerStrategySpace SimSci-fiFirst-Person6DOFSpaceIndieSimulation👍 357
$4.99Swarm Universe
Mar 30 · Dedication Games
Both: Arena Shooter · PvP · Shooter
A highly modifiable top-down shooter featuring highscore-driven singleplayer challenges and online-multiplayer competition. You get arenas, racetracks, mini-games and various online-multiplayer modes. Plus powerful modding-tools to create your own levels and game-modes.
Arena ShooterLevel EditorBullet HellShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterPvEPvPCompetitiveShooter
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: PvP
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
$5.99Phantom Signal — Sci-Fi Strategy Game
Jan 16 · Veslo Games
Both: Space · Space Sim
Phantom Signal is a real-time sci-fi strategy game with unusual mechanics. Explore mysterious star systems and reveal the secret of the phantom signal.
StrategyCasualSimulationTower DefenseSpaceSci-fiIndieSingleplayerSpace SimRTS👍 134







