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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)

Bolide: Arcade Roguelike Shooter with Endless Skill Combos3/7Free90% positive 20arcadecasualshoot-'em-upspaceshooterS
Protoplanet Express: Explore Planet Formation in VR11/14Free90% positive 20educationspacecasualsingleplayerlinearS
Xenoids: Survive the Ark's Cosmic Horror1/19$9.9990% positive 20survival-horrorimmersive-simsci-fiatmosphericaliensS
Lunar Nightmare: Retro Sci-Fi Horror Adventure on the Moon8/16$3.9982% positive 55horroractionadventuresci-firetroS
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (Classic) - Return to the Grim Darkness4/13$9.9974% positive 473actionfpsboomer-shooterpvpshooterS
Space Reign: Command Your Fleet in a Galactic Corporate War3/10$19.9974% positive 468space-simspacereal-time-tacticsactionindieS
Skyformer: Terraform a New World as a Robot Pioneer11/10$14.9979% positive 96automationopen-world-survival-craftbase-buildingsurvivalcraftingS
Celestis: Strategic thinking separates the winning plays10/28$4.9993% positive 15strategyco-opmultiplayersingleplayer2dS
Tri-Star: Endless Horizontal-Scrolling Space Shooter10/19$9.9993% positive 15shoot-'em-upbullet-hellaction-roguelikepixel-graphicsside-scrollerS
Tiny Solar System: Realistic Space Flight Simulation10/19$5.9993% positive 15singleplayercasualsimulationphysicsspaceS
BasCatball Saturn: A Cosmic Puzzle Game of Cats and Baskets4/1$1.9993% positive 15puzzlecatslogichex-gridspaceS
Rebellion Corporation: Lead Humanity's Escape in Sci-Fi RTS8/30$7.9993% positive 15strategyrtstower-defensereal-time-tacticsaction-rtsS
REVO: High-Speed Neon Space Shoot 'Em Up8/24$14.9993% positive 15top-downspaceshoot-'em-upfast-pacedcolorfulS
VENERA 31: Pilot a Rover on a Doomed Venus9/1$9.9993% positive 15psychological-horrorhorroratmosphericsimulationspaceS
Battle for Orion 2: Galactic Strategy in a Fractured Future3/23$14.9980% positive 76strategyindiertsspaceS
Galaxy Squad: Tactical Roguelike in a Procedurally Generated Universe7/15$0.99-90%74% positive 431strategyturn-based-tacticsspaceturn-based-combatsci-fiS
Gamma Zero: Blast Back to Space in Old-School Bullet Hell Action3/7$3.9988% positive 24actionshoot-'em-upbullet-hellpixel-graphicstop-down-shooterS
TECHNOSPHERE RELOAD: Sci-Fi Puzzle Platformer Adventure5/15$9.9988% positive 243dcontrollerpuzzle-platformersci-fifamily-friendlyS
X: Tension – Expand Your Space Empire in this Sci-Fi Sandbox10/9$0.99-80%77% positive 146simulationstrategyspacesci-fispace-simS
Extinction Eclipse: Command Humanity's Fleet in Space Strategy11/17$9.9985% positive 34action-rtsspaceindiesingleplayer2dS
Only One Burn: Manual Control Lunar Lander Challenge9/2$9.9985% positive 34indiecasualsimulationphysicsdifficultS
Girl Frame: Sci-Fi Roguelike Shooter with Mecha Cultivation12/31$14.9978% positive 113sci-fiadventureroguelikerpgsurvivalS
Gaia Beyond: Forge Your Path in a Dynamic 2D Sci-Fi RPG8/20$14.9975% positive 264sci-fispace-simopen-worldspacetop-downS
UFO: Aftershock – Reclaim Earth in Tactical Sci-Fi Strategy4/16$3.9975% positive 263strategysci-fialienstacticalspaceS
Super Space Club: Chill Lo-fi Arcade Shooter with Physics-Based Flight8/4$14.9982% positive 51arcadebullet-hellshoot-'em-upspaceactionS
Tales of Cosmos: A Sci-Fi Point-and-Click Space Adventure10/20$14.9982% positive 51adventureindiepoint-&-clickspace2dS
Mini Gal4Xy: Accessible 4X Space Strategy5/7$3.9984% positive 384xprocedural-generationindiesci-fiturn-based-strategyS
Spaceport Trading Company: Explore and Trade Across a Vast Galaxy11/8$14.9984% positive 38explorationsandboxspaceeconomycapitalismS
Void Marauders: Command Your Pirate Crew in Tactical Space Combat11/21$13.9978% positive 107turn-based-strategypiratestacticalspacealiensS
Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind] - Cult Classic Action Returns3/20$4.99-50%85% positive 33shoot-'em-upactionside-scrollershooterpixel-graphicsS
Space Scaven: Physics-Based Space Garbage Collection4/8$6.9985% positive 33actionindiespace2dsci-fiS
MatchyGotchy: Nurture Stars to Become Rocket Surgeons1/31Free76% positive 177casualsimulationindiefree-to-playfamily-friendlyS
Eternal Space Battles: Classic Side-Scrolling Shooter Action11/6Free86% positive 29actionindiesimulationspacebullet-hellS
Space Crash Simulator: A GPU-Accelerated Planetary Collision Sandbox11/26$9.9986% positive 29space-simcasualsimulationspacephysicsS
Nirvana Pilot Yume: A Visual Novel Racing Through Space12/14$3.9977% positive 132spacevisual-novelanimefemale-protagonistarcadeS
Astra Protocol 2: Command Your Ship in a Cassette Futurism Space Adventure12/1$6.9984% positive 37space-simsci-fispaceprocedural-generationstylizedS
Space Cats Tactics: Command Your Feline Crew in Turn-Based Space Opera7/24$14.9977% positive 129explorationtactical-rpgturn-based-tacticsturn-basedspace-simS
Solar System VR: An Educational Space Tourism Adventure9/5$3.9974% positive 329adventuresimulationvrspaceeducationS
Remains: Survive the Silence of Space6/8$7.9974% positive 324open-world-survival-craftcraftingspacesurvivalbase-buildingS
Space Empires V: Grand Strategy in a 3D Universe10/16$14.9973% positive 480strategy4xspaceturn-basedsci-fiS
Solar Flux: Navigate Cosmic Hazards to Save Dying Stars10/24$9.9974% positive 307indiestrategypuzzlespaceS
RymdResa: A Roguelike Space Odyssey of Exploration and Survival8/20$5.99-50%74% positive 304adventureindierpgexplorationspaceS
On The Brink: Sci-Fi Action Platformer with Gravity Powers11/29Free93% positive 14action-adventurepuzzle-platformersci-fi2dphysicsS
Silicon War: Blitz - Pilot Your Mech into Future Combat4/16$4.9993% positive 14vractionbullet-hellmechsrogueliteS
Reroute: Redirect Lasers and Power Up Satellites2/9Free93% positive 14sokobanpuzzle2dadventurecuteS
Captain StarONE: Blend Action and Idle for a Comical Space Adventure10/20$9.9993% positive 14indiecasualincrementalidlercollectathonS
Hullbreakers: Free-to-Play Space Shooter with Roguelike Action3/28Free93% positive 14action-roguelikespacerogueliteactionarcadeS
Space Mergers: Fast-Paced Puzzle Adventure3/1$4.9993% positive 14puzzlescore-attackarcadelogicadventureS
Stellaxy: Explore a Billion Planets in this Space RPG Adventure2/6$4.9993% positive 14actionrpgindiecasualadventureS
Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue - Master Spacecraft Repair1/30Free80% positive 64simulationspace-simimmersive-simexplorationmarsS
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