Games like Space Launch Engineer
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The year is 2023, and you are a head of private space launch company. You are driven by the only ambition: to reach the stars. Build rockets from wide variety of components, improve them, study new technologies to forge more and more powerful spacecraft.
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$7.99SimpleRockets
Jun 3 · Jundroo, LLC
Both: Space Sim · Space
I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsSpace SimIndieSpace2D👍 280
$14.99Spaceflight Simulator
Feb 17 · Team Curiosity ✦
Both: Space Sim · Space
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
SandboxSpace SimSpaceSimulation2DExplorationSingleplayerScienceCraftingSpaceships👍 9,440
$2.99Project Freedom
Oct 14 · City Interactive
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$1.99Spaceslingers
Nov 17 · RefresherTowel Games
Both: Space · Difficult · Space Sim
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
$15.99X3: Terran Conflict
Oct 16 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$4.99Star Explorers
May 8 · Schmidt Workshops
Both: Space Sim · Space
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Space SimSpaceRetroOpen WorldProcedural GenerationAtmosphericIndieExplorationOld SchoolSandbox👍 244
$6.99The Infinite Black 2
Jun 16 · Spellbook
Both: Space Sim · 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
$4.99X-COM: Interceptor
Sep 4 · MicroProse Software, Inc
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$24.99Freespace 2
Jun 6 · Volition Inc
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$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
$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
-25%$5.99Station Commander
Aug 23 · Ben Marks Game Studios
Both: Space Sim · Space
Station Commander is an economy strategy game that has you take control of a futuristic space station. Your goal is to build ships, gather resources, and trade with neighboring planets to upgrade your station and ships. Upgrading your station gives you access to better ships and ship abilities.
StrategySpace SimEconomy4XExplorationResource ManagementOpen WorldSpaceTactical RPGVehicular Combat
Zigfrak
Dec 13 · Entheogen Studios LLC
Both: Space · Space Sim
Zigfrak is a space-based action RPG, featuring missions, exploration, and crafting. With an emphasis on loot and over-the-top items, it's not a traditional space sim. Enemy ships explode like loot piñatas, spewing forth useful pickups.Try the free demo first, you'll hate it!
ActionRPGIndieSpaceSci-fiOpen WorldSpace SimSimulationLoot👍 203
$4.99X2: The Threat
Jul 21 · Egosoft
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$5.99Starlight Explorers
Nov 2 · Dire Kitten Games
Both: Space · Space Sim
Master physics in one compelling physics puzzle after another. Aim the launcher and adjust its power, using your understanding of gravity wells to correctly plot their courses in a variety of challenges. Complete a light-hearted story and then test yourself in the endless Expeditions mode.
Female ProtagonistSpaceFamily FriendlySpace SimScienceCasualAtmosphericSimulationProcedural GenerationCute
-75%$7.49Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Apr 30 · Ubisoft Toronto
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
-30%$17.49Space Simulation Toolkit
Jun 5 · Pavel Kudinov
Both: Space · Space Sim
Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsEarly AccessIndieArtificial Intelligence2DSpaceSpace SimEducation👍 501
$5.99Last Horizon
Nov 18 · Pixeljam
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$4.99Space Station Tycoon
Nov 1 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Space · Space Sim
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
ManagementSpaceTower DefenseCity BuilderColony SimBuildingCraftingEconomyBase BuildingSpace Sim👍 190
FreeNaev
Jul 17 · Naev Team
Both: Space · Space Sim
Naev is a game about space exploration, trade, and combat in a large and vibrant universe. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting, and performing missions.
SpaceExplorationTradingAction-AdventureTutorialSpace Sim2D3DTop-DownChoices Matter
$4.99Solar War
Jan 6 · Snipefish Entertainment
Both: Space · Space Sim
A turn-based grand strategy game in space, set in the near future: Defend Earth against an alien invasion from the edge of the Solar System and expand your campaign to push them back to their base.
StrategyIndieGrand StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics4XWargameSpace SimSpaceships
-80%$1.99Space Empires: Starfury
Aug 3 · Malfador Machinations
Both: Space · Space Sim
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
$7.99Terraspace
Dec 31 · Black Apple
Both: Space Sim
The game "Terraspace" offers you a unique experience of planet settlement and terraforming — creating conditions for life on unsuitable planets. This will require you to build the necessary structures to populate the planet.
AdventureCity BuilderSpace SimSandboxColony Sim3DStylizedColorfulFuturisticSurvival
$2.99Rocket Inc
Oct 28 · Volkan USUĞLU, Abdulkerim YILDIRIM, Emrah TORTUK
Both: Space Sim
Help build mankind's last magnificent structure in this game where you carry out transport missions between planets in the solar system. Build your company and prepare to take off! Earn humankind's respect with more missions.
Exploration2D PlatformerImmersive SimIdlerEducationDrivingStrategy RPGSpace SimArcadeMars
$0.99GALSAD - Galactic Salvage and Disposal
Nov 17 · Steve Wynn
Both: Space Sim · Space
Space-based 3D flight arcade game. Blast planetary debris and mine asteroids on your way to high mission scores. Climb the leaderboard. Solo developed indie game.
FlightFPSCasualMiningSpace SimArcadeFirst-PersonActionRealisticSpace
$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
FreeStellaxy
Feb 6 · EcrosoGames
Both: Space · Space Sim
Stellaxy is a space exploration immersive sim with alien cultures, boss battles, and massive Universes containing billions of planets to explore! Discover the mysteries of the Universes and find collectibles while completing quests.
ActionRPGIndieCasualAdventureSpaceSpace SimPixel GraphicsSci-fiAction-Adventure







