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.
3,110 titles match. 548 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 585 support Japanese, and 412 are free.
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1,483 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Servonauts: Galactic Service Station Mayhem11/21$14.9981% positive 54co-opmultiplayer4-player-locallocal-multiplayerphysicsS
Spacefleet: Heat Death – Tactical Space RPG with Fleet Management3/10$10.79-10%83% positive 40simulationstrategyspacesandboxphysicsS
Destination Primus Vita: Episodic Sci-Fi Adventure & Puzzle Exploration8/16Free77% positive 115adventurecasualindiesci-fipuzzleS
Savage Vessels: Rogue-Like Top-Down Shooter in a Fragmented Void3/1$12.9982% positive 45actionindiespacetop-down-shooterroguelikeS
Operator8: Retro Survival Horror on Triton's Alien-Infested Moon11/12$6.9980% positive 60singleplayerretrosurvival-horroralienspsychologicalS
Astroflux: Retro-Styled MMO Space Shooter Adventure9/27Free73% positive 349free-to-playmassively-multiplayeractionadventurerpgS
Space Fuss: Arcade Strategy with a Hobo's Stolen Box2/28$4.9977% positive 104indieactionstrategyarcadespaceS
DarkSpace: Turn-Based Space Tactics with Deep Ship Customization8/23$9.9989% positive 19strategyindiesimulationspaceS
Horizon Shift '81: Retro Arcade Shooter with a Twist6/11$8.9989% positive 19indieshoot-'em-uparcadeshootercasualS
(Neg)Entropic Wandering: A Philosophical Visual Novel for Insomniacs7/19Free89% positive 19visual-novelphilosophicaldarkspacecasualS
Orbital Checkpoint: Navigate Galactic Bureaucracy in This Space Adventure8/27$4.9989% positive 19choose-your-own-adventuretime-managementimmersive-simpolitical-simcreature-collectorS
Orbital Physics Simulator: Master Newtonian Gravity6/22Free89% positive 19simulationspace-simflight3dminimalistS
Phantasy Series Reference Opus: A Time-Traveling RPG Adventure12/30Free89% positive 19party-based-rpgfantasyrobotszombiesspaceS
Galactic Shipwright: Build Flexible, Shape-Shifting Spacecraft10/5$2.9987% positive 23indiesimulationactionbuildingsandboxS
Polaris Sector: Grand Strategy 4X in a Treacherous Galaxy3/22$39.9972% positive 476strategysimulation4xspacereal-time-with-pauseS
PixPhys: Build Your Own Physics Sandbox Creations4/25$3.9974% positive 218sandboxphysicspixel-graphicsspacesimulationS
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos - Wage War in the Badlands5/7$5.9977% positive 99actionsimulationspace-simspaceS
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy - Tactical Space Combat Strategy6/4$19.9975% positive 161strategyadventuresimulationspaceturn-basedS
For The Warp: A Roguelike Deckbuilder Adventure Through Space3/28$14.9972% positive 471roguelike-deckbuilderroguelitesci-fiturn-based-combatdeckbuildingS
Solar War: Defend Earth in Turn-Based Grand Strategy1/6$4.9983% positive 36strategyindiegrand-strategyspaceturn-based-strategyS
Astrality – Dodge Bullet-Hell Attacks in This Rail Shooter7/14Free81% positive 47multiplayeron-rails-shooteractionbullet-hellshooterS
Sakura Alien 2: Romance with an Extraterrestrial Princess9/19$1.49-85%81% positive 47visual-novelsimulationanimeromancespaceS
Kromaia: Blast Through a 360° Bullet Hell in This Indie Space Shooter10/23$9.9976% positive 119indieactionshoot-'em-uparcadebullet-hellS
Stellar Outpost Commander: Build Your Space Empire4/22$8.9984% positive 31spacestrategycombatpvebase-buildingS
Asylamba: Influence - A Sci-Fi Strategy Game of Cultural Expansion5/23$5.9980% positive 54strategyindiecasualsci-fireal-timeS
JQ: cosmos - A Relaxing Space Quiz Adventure4/18$0.9980% positive 54casualindiespaceeducationrelaxingS
Captain Starshot — Explore the Galaxy and Battle Aliens7/9Free73% positive 277free-to-playindieadventureactionrogueliteS
Spaceman Sparkles 3: A Cute Space Rescue Adventure3/21$4.9983% positive 35actionspacecutewalking-simulatorS
A Game About Getting Bigger: Grow Your Black Hole7/21$3.9989% positive 18casualsimulationincrementallootidlerS
Mama Die and Retry: Old School Action Platformer with Alien Invasion1/29$4.9989% positive 18actionadventureaction-adventureplatformer2d-platformerS
Space God: Hyper Retro Neon Top-Down Shooter4/19$4.9989% positive 18multiplayershoot-'em-upbullet-hellcolorfulsingleplayerS
Neon Bricks: Blast Through Colorful Universes11/19$1.9989% positive 18arcadecasualrelaxing1980sminimalistS
Space Contact: A Relaxing Journey to Find a Legendary Star11/13Free89% positive 18adventurespacecolorfulrelaxingwalking-simulatorS
Space Mercenary Defense Force: Alien Invasion Roguelike Action11/14$4.9989% positive 18actionrpgindieaction-roguelikecasualS
WarpVector: Physics-Based Sci-Fi Roguelike Exploration4/17$4.9989% positive 18roguelikeadventurerpgsci-fisimulationS
Flaregate Network: Roguelike Deckbuilder Meets RTS Space Combat7/9$11.99-20%79% positive 62roguelike-deckbuildercard-gamespacemilitaryrtsS
UFindO: Spot the Difference Puzzle Adventure8/21$0.9985% positive 27family-friendlycasualpuzzlehidden-objectcreature-collectorS
Iridion II: Retro Space Shooter Returns with Galactic Threat4/8$12.9985% positive 27actionshoot-'em-upretrospacearcadeS
Keep it Cool, Man: Dance Your Way to Saving the Planet7/28Free85% positive 27actionadventuretypingcolorfulaction-adventureS
Galactic Rangers VR: Blast Off into Immersive Space Combat11/5$9.9978% positive 72actionvrspacefpsco-opS
Space Gray X: Bullet-Hell Crusade Against Alien Invaders6/20$29.9980% positive 51singleplayerspectacle-fightercasualbullet-hellshoot-'em-upS
Saints and Sinners: Dark Medieval Multiplayer Thriller4/16$6.9980% positive 50multiplayerco-oponline-co-opspacealiensS
Relic Space: Turn-Based Roguelike RPG with 4X Strategy Elements7/19$17.9981% positive 43tactical-rpgspacegrid-based-movementopen-worldtranshumanismS
That Rocket Game: Build, Launch, and Clean Up Space Debris4/11$0.9985% positive 26spacearcadesciencecolorfulsingleplayerS
The Last Scion: Become Earth's Ultimate Hero in This Text-Based Adventure6/19$5.9985% positive 26rpginteractive-fictionchoose-your-own-adventuretext-basedaliensS
Space Tales: Command Humanity's Frontier Expansion3/13$5.99-60%80% positive 49singleplayerearly-accessrtsstrategyreal-time-tacticsS
Warped Universe: Meta-Driven Sci-Fi Looter Shooter5/6Free75% positive 126free-to-playlooter-shooterpvesci-fiasynchronous-multiplayerSShowing 601-650 of 1483 items
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