Games like Space Fighter
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A mini-game designed for split screen experiences with up to 8 players. Pilot your spaceship through an anti-gravity suspended asteroid field to destroy enemy targets. Summon wingmen to coordinate your team, unlock upgrades to increase your spaceship’s efficiency, all in objective or deathmatch modes.
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FreeGalactic Lander
Oct 4 · ZeroByter Games
Both: Space · Split Screen
Inspired by the classic arcade Lunar Lander game, in Galactic Lander you control a delicate scientific spaceship which you must deliver from point A to point B, either alone, or with a friend in a co-op level, potentially made by the game's own Steam Workshop community!
CasualSpaceCo-op2DSci-fiSplit ScreenTeam-BasedReal-TimeIndieOnline Co-Op
$9.99STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter - Balance of Power Campaigns™
Apr 28 · Totally Games
Both: Space
Real-time against real pilots; this is Star Wars space combat as it was meant to be! Featuring challenging real-time dogfights of 2 to 8 players, Star Wars™: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter is one of the most historically significant space combat simulators ever made.
ActionSimulationSpaceSpace SimMultiplayerFlightClassicSci-fi1990's👍 243
Galactic Junk League
Jul 26 · Pixel Federation
Both: Space
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
Cannons Lasers Rockets
Aug 25 · Net Games Laboratory
Both: Space
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
-90%$3.99STAR WARS™: Squadrons
Oct 1 · MOTIVE
Both: Space
Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.
FlightSpaceVRMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fiActionSimulationFirst-PersonPvP👍 25,088
$19.99This Means Warp
May 4 · Outlier
Both: Space
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: Space
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
$9.99Starblast
Nov 8 · Neuronality
Both: Space
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
$5.99Master of Orion 2
Feb 25 · SimTex
Both: Space
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
-80%$1.99FTL: Faster Than Light
Sep 14 · Subset Games
Both: Space
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
$19.99SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
Jun 23 · EA - Maxis
Both: Space
Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.
SimulationActionSpaceAdventureExplorationOpen WorldSandboxSingleplayerStrategySci-fi👍 7,250
$2.99Project Freedom
Oct 14 · City Interactive
Both: Space
Get your dream job with a company called Project Freedom. Become a space pilot and serve for the corporation. You're going to get all the excitement and adventure you've ever wanted. Perhaps even more... 21 missions in the campaign Outstanding 3D graphics and special effects Original storyline with unexpected turns and surprises A...
ActionSimulationSpaceSci-fiSingleplayerFlightSpace SimShooter👍 180
$4.99Fly and Destroy
Jul 29 · EGAMER
Both: Space
Fly and destroy is a space arcade unlike anything you've experienced before. It combines extremely fun game mechanics with breath taking visuals. The game itself has elements of almost every popular indie genre, but probably the most fitting would be the space bullet hell.
CasualActionIndieStrategyAdventureSpace👍 151
$9.99Space Rogue
Sep 15 · Red Beat
Both: Space
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
$19.99Rebel Galaxy
Oct 20 · Double Damage Games
Both: Space
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
SpaceSci-fiOpen WorldRPGGreat SoundtrackAdventureSingleplayerSpace SimActionSimulation👍 7,258
$14.99Heat Signature
Sep 21 · Suspicious Developments
Both: Space
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
FreeGalaxy Control: 3D Strategy
Aug 10 · FX Games Media
Both: Space
Build your base and battle with other players to control the galaxy! Galaxy Control is an ultimate space combat strategy game with fast-paced combats! Gather minerals and extract uranium, defend your base with laser towers, missile turrets, cannons, walls and mines.
Free to PlayStrategyMassively MultiplayerSpaceActionTower Defense
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space
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
$49.99X4: Foundations
Nov 30 · Egosoft
Both: Space
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
$14.99Gratuitous Space Battles
Nov 16 · Positech Games
Both: Space
The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.
StrategyAuto BattlerSpaceTop-DownSci-fiSpaceshipsSandboxIndie2DBuilding👍 568
$9.99AI War: Fleet Command
Oct 21 · Arcen Games
Both: Space
"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
-75%$7.49Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Apr 30 · Ubisoft Toronto
Both: Space
Lead a group of interstellar pilots dedicated to free the Atlas Star System from Grax and the Forgotten Legion. Start your adventure with the full original Starlink: Battle for Atlas™ Initiative team. Included : * Starlink Game * 4 Starships : Zenith, Neptune, Pulse, Lance * 6 Pilots : Mason, Judge, Chase, Hunter, Levi, Razor * 12...
ActionAdventureSpaceSci-fiOpen WorldSpace SimRacingExplorationRPGSingleplayer👍 302
-80%$2.99Space Empires V
Oct 16 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Space
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
Strategy4XSpaceTurn-BasedSci-fiSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayer👍 423
$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
$4.99X-COM: Interceptor
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Space
They're back...only this time the heinous aliens are out to destroy Earth and rule the new frontier. As X-COM commander, it's your sole duty to protect humanity and the prized mining operations in outer space.
StrategySci-fiSpaceSpace SimFlightSingleplayerAliensSimulationClassic👍 162
$24.99Freespace 2
Jun 6 · Volition Inc
Both: Space
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
SpaceSci-fiActionSimulationClassicSpace SimModdableSingleplayerFlightMultiplayer👍 310
$14.99Particle Fleet: Emergence
Sep 29 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Space
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
$15.99X3: Terran Conflict
Oct 16 · Egosoft
Both: Space
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust and open conflict that need to be overcome!
SpaceSimulationSandboxSci-fiStrategySpace SimOpen WorldTradingSingleplayerEconomy👍 2,091
$3.99Void Destroyer
Jan 20 · Iteration 11
Both: Space
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






