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)
Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition: Save the Galaxy with Elite Allies5/15$29.9978% positive 388rpgactionthird-person-shootersci-fispaceS
Power of Ten: Pilot a Starfighter to Save Civilians1/11$11.9979% positive 256spaceroguelitetop-down-shooterspaceshipsaction-roguelikeS
Out of Orbit: Design, Build, and Conquer in a Sandbox Space Adventure10/20$14.9980% positive 182early-accessspaceshipssandboxsurvivalexplorationS
Fly Dangerous: Experience High-G Rocket Racing5/24Free78% positive 370free-to-playmultiplayervrracing6dofS
One Eyed Kutkh: A Mythological Space Adventure on a Mysterious Planet3/30Free80% positive 171spaceadventureexplorationpoint-&-clickmythologyS
Space Ace: Relive Don Bluth's Classic Arcade Adventure8/27$9.9980% positive 171adventurecasualactionquick-time-eventsfmvS
Starscape: Rebuild a Space Station in This Sci-Fi Action Strategy Game11/3$7.9982% positive 100actionindiestrategyspacetop-downS
UFO: Aftermath - Tactical Strategy Against Alien Invasion4/23$3.9978% positive 343strategytacticalsingleplayeralienssci-fiS
Lifeless Moon: Explore a Mysterious Lunar Town8/10$7.14-45%78% positive 325cinematicexplorationstory-richsci-fispaceS
Life of a Space Force Captain: Forge Your Galactic Destiny5/5$6.9984% positive 64rpgspaceadventuretext-basedsci-fiS
Star General: Command Fleets Across Space and Surface in Classic Strategy6/6$9.9988% positive 34strategyturn-based-strategyspacetop-down1990'sS
NIGHTSTAR: Alliance - VR Space Combat Shooter2/28$6.99-30%84% positive 63actionvrspacearcadeshooterS
Lazy Galaxy: Conquer the Universe with Idle RTS Strategy3/22$4.9979% positive 206idlerindiestrategyincrementalcasualS
Apathy In Our Stars: Explore the Galaxy, Save It (Maybe)1/15Free94% positive 17action-rpginteractive-fictionspacechoices-mattercartoonyS
ITZO: Become the Ultimate Agent in this 8-Bit Bullet Hell Shooter2/21Free94% positive 17bullet-hellshooteractionspacearcadeS
Operation Zeta: Rogue Space Action Roguelite1/13$9.9994% positive 17pixel-graphicsrogueliteaction-roguelikesci-fiindieS
Paper Nebula: Rogue-Like Shoot 'Em Up with a Sassy AI10/19$9.9994% positive 17arcadespace2dbullet-helltop-down-shooterS
Evochron Mercenary: Open-World Space Sim Adventure1/16$14.9977% positive 436spacesimulationindiesci-fispace-simS
Opollo: Minimalist Space Shooter with Deep Power Management7/15$0.9988% positive 33arcaderetrospaceactionminimalistS
Exovoid Carnage: Wave-Based Arena Shooter on Leviathan Station9/30$19.9991% positive 23arena-shooterboomer-shooterfpspveshooterS
Space Chaos: Cooperative Space Logistics Gone Wild4/22$7.9991% positive 23multiplayerco-oponline-co-opcasualfunnyS
Motor Assailant: Betrayal - Cyberpunk Vehicular Combat Shooter3/2Free91% positive 23vehicular-combatcyberpunkalienssci-fitranshumanismS
Starship Scramble: Build Your Ship in a Bullet Haven Roguelike10/24$4.9991% positive 23actionroguelikeaction-roguelikearena-shooterbullet-hellS
STAR WARS™: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles™ - Lightsaber Action Returns1/23$19.9977% positive 430hack-and-slashretroarcadesci-fibeat-'em-upS
Lazy Galaxy 2 — Conquer the Universe with Idle RTS Strategy3/15$7.9979% positive 193incrementalidlerauto-battlerrtsstrategyS
Stellar Initiative – Roguelike Tower Defense in Orbit5/27$9.9977% positive 414tower-defenseroguelikestrategydifficultsci-fiS
Mother Hub: Descend into Sci-Fi Horror for a Cure4/23$9.9980% positive 142horrorsci-fispacefpslore-richS
O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base — Strategy Simulation of Resource Extraction and Base Building3/13$3.9981% positive 108strategyspacertssci-fiS
Astral Flux: Roguelite Action-Platformer Lost in Space10/28$14.9988% positive 32rogueliteprocedural-generationspacepixel-graphicsaliensS
Event-D: Unravel the Martian Mystery in this Sci-Fi Visual Novel12/17$4.9988% positive 32sci-fivisual-novelspaceadventureartificial-intelligenceS
Space Bross: Roguelite Tower Defense with a Chicken-Fueled Vendetta6/2$7.9988% positive 32survivalroguelitetop-downrogueliketower-defenseS
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion — Retro Sci-Fi FPS Action8/6$9.9986% positive 42retroaliensfpsshooterpixel-graphicsS
Vortex Attack: Blast Through Galaxies in this Neo-Retro Shooter5/27$7.9981% positive 104shoot-'em-upbullet-hellcasualdifficultshooterS
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War: Pilot a Galactic Terran Alliance Fighter5/7$19.9978% positive 244spaceactionsci-fiflightreal-time-tacticsS
Quintet: Command Your Starship in This Free Co-op Sci-Fi Action Game5/11Free77% positive 357free-to-playindieactionspacemultiplayerS
Seven Skies to Paradise: Navigate the Winds of Adventure3/25$4.9991% positive 22singleplayerstory-richtop-down-shooteremotionalhand-drawnS
The Last Archwing: Blast Through Alien Hordes in this Co-Op Space Shooter3/27$4.9991% positive 22spacetop-down-shooteraction2.5donline-co-opS
Super Destronaut: Retro Space Shooter Arcade Action8/26$4.9984% positive 56multiplayeractioncartoonshoot-'em-uparcadeS
Dot Hop — Addictive Grid-Based Puzzle Challenge2/29$3.99100% positive 10casualpuzzlelogicrelaxingretroS
Just a Ball: Jumping in the Space - Ascend Through the Cosmos4/16$3.99100% positive 10action2d-platformercasualindiepsychological-horrorS
Bloopy & Droopy: Retro Platforming Adventure Awaits!9/10$4.99100% positive 10actionadventureaction-adventureplatformerpuzzle-platformerS
Faraway Proximity: A Puzzle Adventure to Recover Lost Books3/28$9.99100% positive 10singleplayerpuzzlethird-personexplorationabstractS
Artificial Gravity Cat: Master Physics in a 2D Space Adventure7/13$4.99100% positive 10simulationpuzzle-platformerspaceaction-adventurecatsS
Asterogue: Fast-Paced Sci-Fi Roguelike Descends into a Hollow Asteroid3/31$5.99100% positive 10traditional-roguelikeroguelikedungeon-crawlersci-fispaceS
Drop Racing: Fast-Paced Falling Block Competition2/1$4.99100% positive 10falling-blocksracingspaceindiearcadeS
HARD VOID: Lovecraftian 4X Strategy in a Procedurally Generated Galaxy10/29$19.99100% positive 104xspacestrategysci-fiturn-based-strategyS
Low Space Race: Anti-Gravity Racing on a Floppy Disk9/26$7.99100% positive 10racingcombat-racingactionpvpautomobile-simS
Project Atlas: A Deep Space Narrative Puzzle Adventure2/10$0.99100% positive 10puzzleatmosphericspacenarrativecasualS
Shatter EVERYTHING (VR): 3D Twin-Stick Shooter Revolution5/14$5.99100% positive 10actionindieearly-accessvrspaceSShowing 451-500 of 1483 items
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