Space PC Games | Exploration, Building and Combat Ranked
Space games share a setting and little else. Some have you design and pilot your own ship; others land you on planets to gather resources, command fleets in battle, or manage the people inside a station. What they share is scale, and the time it takes to handle it. The list favours titles with steady ratings and fewer reviews. Titles that are not flashy but played for years are common in this corner. Sunshine Heavy Industries and The Final Earth 2, for example, hold a steady rating with fewer than 500 reviews.
3,097 titles match. 548 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 581 support Japanese, and 411 are free.
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1,483 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Sunshine Heavy Industries: Build Creative Ships in This Funny Space Sandbox8/17$14.9999% positive 434puzzlespacesandboxbuildingfunnyS
The Final Earth 2: Vertical Space City Builder7/15$9.9998% positive 440colony-simstrategyspacemanagementbuildingS
Star Leaping Story: Precision Platformer with a Unique Dash System5/7$6.9999% positive 153precision-platformerstory-richpixel-graphics2d-platformerside-scrollerS
The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight: Definitive Edition - A Sci-Fi Yuri Visual Novel3/18Free98% positive 280visual-novellgbtq+pixel-graphicssci-fiemotionalS
Astro Pig: A Wholesome Pixelated Space Adventure5/1$9.99100% positive 81adventureexplorationpuzzle-platformerpixel-graphicsspaceS
1 Trait Escape — Survive a Feudal Mars Colony12/7$9.9998% positive 210actionaction-roguelikeadventurethird-personsingleplayerS
Who's Hungry? — Survive the Robot Apocalypse as a Delibot12/4$4.99100% positive 70sci-fistory-richsurrealrpgpsychological-horrorS
Salvage Protocol: Survive and Scavenge in Derelict Space Stations4/30$7.99100% positive 68action-adventurespaceatmosphericsurvivaldestructionS
Cosmic Drift: Master Orbital Physics for High Scores11/10Free99% positive 93casualrelaxingspacesimulationmassively-multiplayerS
Breakpoint: Exploding Melee Mayhem in a Top-Down Arcade Shooter9/24$4.9997% positive 240casualarcadescore-attacktwin-stick-shootercolorfulS
Command Deck — A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same9/24$14.9999% positive 84steamstrategyindieearly-accesssci-fiS
Descent: Lunar Base Assault - 360° Action Shooter2/11$19.9996% positive 479multiplayerclassic6dofactionshooterS
Space Otter Charlie: A Cute Otter's Zero-G Adventure3/18$14.9999% positive 82puzzle-platformer2dspacecutefamily-friendlyS
no signal: Emotional Sci-Fi Adventure on an Abandoned Space Station7/25$15.0099% positive 79spaceexplorationpuzzlemysterysci-fiS
Far Mining: Relaxing Incremental Space Asteroid Miner6/4$2.9996% positive 392incrementalcasualarcademiningrelaxingS
Intelligence: Retro Sci-Fi Detective Game to Find Missing Starships4/8Free99% positive 78casualinteractive-fictionpuzzle2dpixel-graphicsS
Touhou Lensed Night Sky, Kaseigai: Modular Bullet Hell Action4/26$22.0097% positive 173roguelikeshoot-'em-upfaithpixel-graphicsanimeS
Space Slurpies: Grow Your Colorful Space Snake in a Psychedelic Arcade Adventure4/8$4.9999% positive 70casualarcadeactionpvpadventureS
Enter the Chronosphere: Tactical Sci-Fi Shooter Where Time Bends5/25$19.9495% positive 478spacedifficultsci-fiaction-roguelikestrategyS
LunarLux: Anime Action-Adventure RPG on the Moon9/25$19.9995% positive 446rpgfemale-protagonistanimepixel-graphicssci-fiS
Space Defender: Twin-Stick Shooter with RPG Progression5/5$6.99-30%98% positive 88spaceexplorationtwin-stick-shootersingleplayerindieS
StarShip-DF: Build Your Space Colony and Defend It7/20$5.99100% positive 45simulationcolony-simsci-fispacebase-buildingS
Solar Settlers: Guide Humanity's Future Among the Stars7/21$9.9995% positive 314strategycard-gameturn-basedboard-gamepuzzleS
Snail Trek: The Final Fondue - A Retro Space Adventure Concludes3/30$0.99100% positive 44adventureindiepoint-&-clickretrospaceS
Gravity Storm: First Mission - Master Gravity in Retro Sci-Fi Action9/5$9.99100% positive 41retrolinearrobotssci-fispaceS
Super Planet Life: Become a Happy Planet in a Space Adventure12/1$9.99100% positive 41adventurelife-simspacevisual-noveldungeon-crawlerS
Helionaut: Explore a Procedurally Generated Galaxy to Fix Your TV7/6$2.9995% positive 228indieactionadventuresimulationspaceS
Drift.Wav: Master the Drifts in this Free-to-Play Arcade Racer10/28Free94% positive 383multiplayerfree-to-playracingdrivingarcadeS
Message From Aliens: Decode an Alien Language in a Text-Based Sci-Fi Puzzle11/2$9.9996% positive 130alienstext-basedsci-filore-richeducationS
Entropy: A Galactic Grappling Adventure of Infinite Momentum2/2Free95% positive 202space3d-platformerparkourpuzzle-platformerarcadeS
Snail Trek - Chapter 3: Lettuce Be - Retro Point & Click Adventure1/4$0.99100% positive 39adventureindiepoint-&-clickretrospaceS
Mix Universe: Craft Musical Vibes in a Sci-Fi Sandbox7/27$14.9996% positive 126buildingcraftingsandboxaudio-productionmusic-based-procedural-generationS
Snail Trek - Chapter 1: Intershellar: A 20-Minute Adventure11/29Free95% positive 186singleplayerfree-to-playadventureindiepoint-&-clickS
Cosmonious High: Embrace Cosmic Chaos in VR Adventure3/31$19.9994% positive 292vradventurecolorfulfunnysci-fiS
Astrocat: Milky Way Journey - A Casual Puzzle Adventure4/15$0.99100% positive 37singleplayercatscasualpuzzlecuteS
Thrusty Ship: A Challenging Space Flight Puzzle Platformer1/23$18.99100% positive 37indieactiondifficultspacesingleplayerS
VOYAGER: Minimalist Space Exploration Adventure3/25$1.9995% positive 167space-simsimulationspaceminimalistatmosphericS
Derelict Star: Precision Platforming Adventure4/2$9.9995% positive 166precision-platformerexplorationmetroidvania2d-platformerplatformerS
Mrs.Cat In Mars: A Purr-fectly Perilous Precision Platformer7/13$0.9998% positive 59catsmarsprecision-platformershortsouls-likeS
IRON GUARD VR: Sci-Fi Tower Defense Meets Classic RTS Action9/1$14.9995% positive 164vrtower-defensestrategyrtssci-fiS
Super Forklift 3000: Pixel Art Space Shooter with a Twist4/17$1.99100% positive 36shoot-'em-uptop-down-shooterreplay-valuespacearcadeS
Xanthiom Zero: Explore an Alien Planet as Captain Grisham7/28$4.9995% positive 152metroidvaniaexploration2d-platformerpixel-graphicsspaceS
Orders of Magnitude: Explore the Universe from Cosmic to Subatomic in VR8/26$4.9997% positive 74indiesimulationvrexplorationspaceS
ENDO: A Tactile Adventure in a Dreamy, Playful World8/30$4.99100% positive 35singleplayersurrealstylizedadventurespaceS
Space Impossible: Procedurally Generated Space Sandbox Adventure3/1$12.9995% positive 140adventureindieactionearly-accessspaceS
Bunny Space Odyssey: FlopHop – A Pixel Art Planetary Greening Adventure9/30$4.9998% positive 53singleplayerpuzzle-platformeradventurepixel-graphicsaction-adventureS
Egglien: Speedy Retro Action Platformer8/5$5.99100% positive 34actionplatformer2d-platformershoot-'em-up2dS
Space Cycle: Build Your Base, Defend the Energy Cycle10/29$1.9994% positive 193roguelitetower-defensestrategyspacesci-fiSShowing 1-50 of 1483 items
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