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)
War Tech Fighters: Epic Space Mech Combat7/25$19.9977% positive 337actionmechsshooterthird-person-shootersci-fiS
Hypership Out of Control: Full Throttle Space Survival9/29$1.9985% positive 47actionindiecasualracingshoot-'em-upS
Althaea Murder: Sci-Fi Mystery Aboard a Spaceship10/8$10.9989% positive 27sci-fimysterychoose-your-own-adventuresingleplayervisual-novelS
Incremental Orbits: Build Your Space Empire and Explode the Sun8/24$4.19-40%89% positive 27incrementalidlercasualspacesci-fiS
ACE Strategy: Mecha Nova - Command Your Mech and Dominate the Grid4/23$14.9980% positive 123deckbuildingmechsroguelikecard-gamestrategyS
Ark of Trisolar: Sci-Fi Colony Sim Shooter in Open Worlds7/17$6.9994% positive 16fantasyadventurespaceopen-worldrpgS
Blastocitos: Conquer the Galaxy as a Spaceship3/2$4.9994% positive 16multiplayerspace-simspacecasualstrategyS
Star Girls: Romance and Bullet Hell in the Outer Rim7/11$12.9994% positive 16bullet-helldating-simmultiple-endingsspacesci-fiS
Final Upgrade: Build a Galactic Factory as AI12/6$19.9976% positive 464automationspacebase-buildingbuildingresource-managementS
Crystal Breaker Inc: Blast Through Space in This Addictive Idle Shooter8/21$4.9980% positive 114casualarcadeshooterincrementalidlerS
In Extremis: A Bullet Hell Shooter Blending Art and Action11/17Free84% positive 51indieactionshoot-'em-upbullet-hellgreat-soundtrackS
D-Corp: Cute Robot Co-op Mayhem9/20$19.9983% positive 60co-oplocal-co-oplocal-multiplayerco-op-campaignactionS
Gravitar: Recharged – Navigate Abstract Universes with Gravity Mechanics6/2$9.9983% positive 59actionarcadeflightshoot-'em-upaliensS
Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest — A Sci-Fi Adventure Puzzle12/1$14.9978% positive 178point-&-clickatmosphericpixel-graphicsindiepuzzleS
MUSYNX:RETURN - Classic Falling-Note Rhythm Action4/3$11.39-43%76% positive 362musicrhythmmechsspacemilitaryS
The Captain is Dead — It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show…2/1$19.9981% positive 83steamstrategyboard-gamespacesurvivalS
Rogue Station: Build, Defend, and Conquer in a Space Roguelite8/22$9.9977% positive 230roguelitebase-buildingstrategyspacebuildingS
Titan Outpost: A Hard Sci-Fi RPG Simulation on Saturn's Moon8/9$19.9980% positive 100rpgindiesimulationadventurespaceS
Plantasia: The Cozy Semi-Idle Gardening Game for Multitaskers9/1$4.9987% positive 31farming-simidlerbase-buildingtime-managementsimulationS
ViSP - Virtual Space Port: Unrestricted Building & Galactic Resource Management2/28$14.9987% positive 31vrsingleplayerstrategyindiesci-fiS
OrbitalCrash: Gravity-Defying Arena Shooter in Surreal Sci-Fi Worlds7/31Free86% positive 35arena-shooterspacesurrealsci-fifuturisticS
STAR WARS™ X-Wing vs TIE Fighter: Balance of Power Campaigns - Space Combat Simulation4/28$9.9976% positive 311multiplayerco-opactionsimulationspaceS
Null Hørizøn: Survive and Thrive in the Galactic Frontier6/16$4.99-50%87% positive 30simulationspace-simexplorationsandboxfirst-personS
Planet Factory: Build a Galactic Factory to Launch Planets12/19$0.9987% positive 30casualsimulationstrategysandboxspace-simS
Gangs of Space: Rogue Shmup MMO with Permanent Death8/10Free75% positive 433free-to-playmassively-multiplayerearly-accessactionmmorpgS
Space Battlecruiser: Last Warship's Fight for the Solar System4/27$4.9981% positive 75indieactionspaceS
Go For Launch: Mercury - Relive the Dawn of Spaceflight7/4$9.9981% positive 74vrspace-simhistoricalsimulationeducationS
X: Beyond the Frontier - A Space Sim of Survival and Exploration10/9$0.99-80%75% positive 401simulationspacestrategysci-fisingleplayerS
LastRo: Top-Down Robot Shooter Roguelike12/11Free90% positive 21actionaction-roguelikeshooter2.5dtop-downS
Project Proxima: Existential Horror in the Void6/2$4.9990% positive 21adventurehorroratmosphericpsychological-horrorpixel-graphicsS
ASTRALODE Freeminers: Blast Asteroids for Galactic Riches6/23Free90% positive 21free-to-playindiestrategyarcadepuzzleS
Motor Assailant: Vehicular Combat Meets Alien First Contact3/30$4.9990% positive 21vehicular-combatsci-ficombatoffroaddrivingS
Runet Legend: A Visual Novel Journey into Russia's First Game Reviewer's World1/20$2.9990% positive 21choose-your-own-adventure2dadventurestory-richmultiple-endingsS
Keng's Little Universe: Forge Your Civilization's Destiny in Space1/14$12.9988% positive 26strategyspacesimulationspace-sim3dS
Syder Reloaded: Furious Multi-Directional Shoot 'Em Up4/9$11.9988% positive 26singleplayerindieactionshoot-'em-uparcadeS
Spacescape: Escape the Zero-G Space Station3/28Free81% positive 72vrfree-to-playsingleplayerindiepuzzleS
VGA Planets Nu: Master Time and Conquer the Echo Cluster4/12Free84% positive 43strategyturn-based-strategyturn-based-tacticspvpsci-fiS
Iron Armada: Build Your Fleet in This Free-to-Play Space Combat Game5/28Free77% positive 176multiplayerstrategycasualactionspaceS
Cosmos Point: Tactical Squad Combat Awaits4/21$12.9980% positive 84extraction-shooterturn-based-tacticsdungeon-crawlerlootinventory-managementS
Verde Station: A Solitary Space Station Mystery12/18Free75% positive 351adventureindiecasualwalking-simulatorsci-fiS
Dust Fleet: Sci-Fi Real-Time Tactics in the Resource-Rich Dust Zone8/23$19.9976% positive 236strategysci-fispacereal-time-tactics4xS
Space is Red: Soviet Sci-Fi Horror Visual Novel11/27$6.9988% positive 25visual-novelanimesci-fihorrorstory-richS
Solar System Simulator: Build Your Own Universe3/22$7.9988% positive 25simulationspace-simspacesandboxexplorationS
Chronostation: Command Your Space Station Through Time and Alien Threats3/2$4.9988% positive 25singleplayerindiestrategysci-fitower-defenseS
1-Bit Revival: The Residuals of Null – Retro Arcade Swarm Survival3/20$3.9988% positive 25actionindiepixel-graphicsretroarcadeS
Keplerian Space Discovery: Realistic Spacecraft Trajectory Simulation3/16$24.9988% positive 25flightsciencespace-sim3d-platformerphysicsS
Super Intergalactic Gang: Blast Aliens in Classic Arcade Action1/15$9.9988% positive 25shoot-'em-upactioncasualroguelikeshooterS
Interstellar Logistics Inc — Interstellar Logistics Inc8/15$4.9982% positive 56steampuzzlecasualsci-fispaceS
Sporbs: Incremental Mining Adventure in Space5/20$4.9979% positive 98incrementalcasualindierelaxingspaceSShowing 501-550 of 1483 items
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