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.
3,108 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)
Deck & Conn: Command a Cold War Nuclear Corvette in Space9/1$14.9975% positive 125tactical-rpgstrategyturn-based-tacticsexplorationsimulationS
0RBITALIS: A Retro Puzzle Simulator Challenging Gravity5/28$9.9972% positive 307simulationindiepuzzlespacephysicsS
CyberHive: Command Your Bee Swarm Through Hostile Space11/3$7.9977% positive 77choose-your-own-adventuresurvivalspacemanagementspace-simS
Voidship: The Long Journey - Centuries-Long Space Exploration Strategy2/8$10.9974% positive 148indiestrategyactionsimulationsci-fiS
Space Empires III: Command Your Galactic Empire10/8$3.9980% positive 46strategyretroturn-based-strategyturn-based-tactics4xS
WarOS: Post-Earth Cosmic RTS Strategy5/26$19.9980% positive 46strategyrts3dreal-time-tacticswargameS
Subspace Discovery: Embark on a Free-to-Play MMO Space Adventure5/18Free74% positive 146free-to-playspacemassively-multiplayerpveexplorationS
Space Nature Attack Tower Defense: Customize Your Strategy1/25$6.9992% positive 13strategytower-defense3dtop-downsingleplayerS
Orbital Bombardment: Blast Evil Civilizations in Retro Space Action4/5$3.9992% positive 13singleplayerretro1980scyberpunkbullet-hellS
DEEP DARK: Survive the End of Time in Space5/6$5.0092% positive 13interactive-fictionpsychological-horrorhorrorspacethrillerS
RoboDeal Simulator: Craft Robots for Galactic Factions7/24$3.9992% positive 13shop-keeperimmersive-simlife-simsimulationcapitalismS
Outpost: Build, Mine, and Defend Your Space Base5/11$3.9973% positive 190casualtower-defenseshoot-'em-up2.5dcartoonyS
Stories of Liane: A Dystopian Narrative Adventure3/1Free75% positive 112free-to-playdarksurrealsci-fithrillerS
A THOUSAND MOUTHS TO SCREAM: Survive the Sentient Spaceship9/23$2.9986% positive 22horrorvisual-novelinteractive-fictionspacechoices-matterS
Stellar Industrialist: Profit from Galactic Warfare3/7$2.9986% positive 22strategysimulationcasualspacespace-simS
Void Vikings: Blast Debt, Conquer Space in this Roguelike Shooter4/4$4.9980% positive 45actionindieaction-rogueliketop-down-shooterspaceS
Layer Section™ & Galactic Attack™ S-Tribute — Classic Vertical Shooter Revival4/27$29.9979% positive 52multiplayerco-opactionarcadeshoot-'em-upS
Space Cows: Udderly Cheesy Twin-Stick Shooter Adventure9/5$7.9982% positive 34indietwin-stick-shooterspaceshootersingleplayerS
Solar Wave: Grand Strategy Across Galaxies8/17$17.9976% positive 87strategyspacegrand-strategy4xsimulationS
Missing Pieces: An Atmospheric Sci-Fi Adventure on an Alien World10/19Free80% positive 44interactive-fictionadventurevisual-novelstory-richaliensS
Star Singularity: Forge Your Galactic Destiny in Space Action RPG10/18$14.9977% positive 71adventureactionrpgearly-accessindieS
IVRI – Uncover the Eerie Secrets of an Abandoned Space Station3/14Free82% positive 33multiplayersurvival-horrorspacenarrativetime-travelS
Outwars: Jetpack into Alien Annihilation5/11$5.9982% positive 33actionthird-person-shootersci-fispacegreat-soundtrackS
Saga of the Void: Admirals - Command Epic VR Space Battles8/2$7.9982% positive 33strategyvrrtsspaceS
Thunder Ray: Galactic Boxing Federation Challenge9/14$14.9971% positive 316singleplayeractioncasualsports2d-fighterS
A Hole In Space: Control a Black Hole in a Relaxing Universe Sim2/4$29.9983% positive 29simulationspace-simspaceatmosphericrelaxingS
Beyond the Marion: A Sci-Fi Time Loop Adventure11/6Free83% positive 29casualshortsci-fitime-managementspaceS
Star Mining Co.: Action Roguelike Deckbuilder in the Asteroid Belt4/22$3.59-60%83% positive 29action-roguelikedeckbuildingspaceminingperma-deathS
Alone in the Stars: Survivor - Action Roguelike Shooter3/19$6.9981% positive 37action-roguelikethird-person-shooterroguelitespaceperma-deathS
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute: Pilot Giant Mechs in Sci-Fi Action RPG4/24$24.9981% positive 37actionrpgside-scrolleraction-rpgsci-fiS
Hydropawnics: Cute Space Cat's Isometric Puzzle Platformer Adventure10/3Free86% positive 21puzzle-platformercasualisometricsingleplayerspaceS
Satellite Engineer: Navigate Space to Repair a Broken Satellite3/18Free86% positive 21casualpuzzlepuzzle-platformercuteminimalistS
Zeta Leporis RTS: Cybernetic Remnants Wage Eternal War2/26$2.99-40%86% positive 21strategyrtsspaceretroindieS
Desperate Place: Build and Defend in a Sci-Fi Colony4/21$10.9971% positive 300top-down-shooterstrategytower-defensecity-buildershooterS
Epitasis: Explore Alien Ruins in a Sci-Fi Puzzle Adventure5/1$14.9973% positive 159indienaturepuzzleopen-worldexplorationS
HSS:Reload - Mech Combat and Real-Time Upgrades9/21$8.9972% positive 212singleplayerrogueliteactioncuteanimeS
Home - A VR Spacewalk: Experience the Void Above Earth11/30Free70% positive 439adventureactionvrspaceS
Bullshot: Retro Run-and-Gun Action on Planet Valer11/22$0.9971% positive 282indieactionplatformerretrosingleplayerS
Space Killer: Loot, Shoot, and Survive in a Bullet Hell Roguelite11/22$7.9978% positive 55rpg2dlootspacebullet-hellS
Pilots of Darsalon: Retro Arcade Action with a Hook5/28$4.9979% positive 47actionindie2dpixel-graphicsretroS
Andromeda: The Last Human's Journey to the Mega Computer9/14Free88% positive 17multiplayercasualretroarcadeadventureS
FZ: Formation Z - Classic Shmup Reborn with Transforming Action5/21$29.9988% positive 17shoot-'em-uprobotsshootercharacter-customization2d-platformerS
Aliens & Asteroids: Classic Arcade Action Reimagined3/8$1.9988% positive 17casualindiespaceactionsingleplayerS
Battle for Vera: Classic RTS Returns with Retro Pixel Graphics11/1$6.9988% positive 17strategyrts2dpixel-graphicsspaceS
Electro Havoc: Neon-Charged Twin-Stick Shooter Action4/18$5.9988% positive 17twin-stick-shooterbullet-hellarena-shooterretrotop-downS
My Little Cosmos: Your Universe Evolves Effortlessly4/25$1.9988% positive 17desktop-companionidlersimulationspaceincrementalS
STARS ERA: THE FINAL DEFENCE - Battle the Abyss in this Space Shooter8/21$0.9988% positive 17spaceadventurethird-person-shooteractionsci-fiSShowing 651-700 of 1483 items
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