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.
3,147 titles match. 548 of them hold a steady rating on 10–500 reviews, 608 support Japanese, and 414 are free.
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1,485 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)
Chase: Fast-Paced Missile Mayhem Party Game8/17Free73% positive 33actioncasualspacelocal-multiplayer4-player-localS
Andromeda: Rebirth of Humanity - Build Your Galactic Empire1/22Free65% positive 118strategyspace-simcolony-sim3dcapitalismS
Utopia Colony: Build Your Martian Mining Empire4/4$16.9965% positive 113spacemarsminingpost-apocalypticsci-fiS
Mars Survivor: Conquer the Red Planet, Fight Aliens, and Escape2/14$5.9972% positive 36adventureactionsci-fitop-downspaceS
Undercrewed: Survive Space as the Last Four Survivors9/27$11.9972% positive 36co-op-campaignonline-co-oplocal-co-op4-player-localspaceS
Space Menace: Command Your Fleet in a Galactic RTS Adventure11/11$6.9961% positive 314spacertssci-fitacticaltop-downS
Lacuna Passage: Survive and Explore the Martian Frontier5/17$9.9965% positive 105early-accesssimulationindiesurvivalmarsS
Sky of Destruction: Top-Down Arena Shooter with Fleet Tactics7/21$12.9968% positive 60flightarena-shootertop-down-shootershoot-'em-upreal-time-tacticsS
STARBITES: Sci-Fi RPG Adventure on a War-Torn Desert Planet5/21$49.9969% positive 51rpg3dturn-based-strategyanimeturn-based-tacticsS
Last Encounter: Twin-Stick Roguelite Action in Deep Space5/8$14.9970% positive 44actionaction-roguelikeindieroguelitelocal-co-opS
The Fall of Lazarus: Unravel a Space Mystery Aboard a Drifting Ship10/4Free64% positive 123adventuresci-fiindiespaceexplorationS
Ultima Nex — Free-to-Play Space Combat Arena10/24Free75% positive 24multiplayerspacethird-person-shooterpvppveS
Farlight Commanders: Prologue - Co-op Space Shooter Adventure3/9Free75% positive 24side-scrollershooter2d-platformerspaceco-opS
Iridion 3D: Blast Through Space to Save Earth4/8$12.9975% positive 24actionshoot-'em-upretrospaceon-rails-shooterS
reYal: A Philosophical Puzzle Game of Infinite Recursion5/30$1.9975% positive 24experimentalpuzzlesurrealphilosophicalminimalistS
Star Trek Legends: Command Your Starfleet9/2$19.9961% positive 272singleplayermultiplayeractionadventurerpgS
Galactic Center VR: Journey to the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole3/24Free78% positive 18free-to-playcasualsimulationvrspaceS
ORBITAL: Build a Thriving Civilization in a Forgotten Solar System6/1$8.49-15%78% positive 18adventurespacespace-simsci-fisimulationS
Parallel: Survive the Cosmic Horror on a Derelict Space Station6/2Free78% positive 18horrorstealthadventurespacesurvival-horrorS
Generation Exile: Colony Sim on Humanity's Last Starship4/17$29.9968% positive 56city-buildercolony-simbuildingmanagementnatureS
Element: Accessible Real-Time Strategy in a Dying Solar System7/27$11.9969% positive 48rtsstrategysimulationsci-fispaceS
Stardust Exile: Forge Your Galactic Empire in a Realistic Space RTS11/8$14.9969% positive 48rts4xspacemassively-multiplayersci-fiS
De-Void: A Philosophical Sci-Fi Adventure on a Lost Colony9/2$1.99-75%63% positive 145adventureindiewalking-simulatorsci-fistory-richS
Drifting in Space: A Challenging Roguelite Journey Beyond the Galaxy2/28$0.9983% positive 12actionindiecasualroguelitetop-down-shooterS
Hard Vacuum: Immersive VR Space Combat Simulation5/17$9.9983% positive 12simulationactionindievrflightS
Interstellar Impact: Evolve and Survive in a Dynamic Space Arcade11/28$3.9983% positive 12top-downcasualspacearcadeactionS
Planet Breakout 2: Retro Space Arcade Action12/13Free83% positive 12casualarcade2dpixel-graphicsretroS
Space Mega Force Man: Retro Sci-Fi Shooter Adventure2/14Free83% positive 12actionindiecasualold-schoolsci-fiS
Tau Cubis: Sci-Fi Tower Defense with Smart, Collaborative Towers11/13$4.9983% positive 12strategytower-defenseminimalistcolorfulsci-fiS
Dream Celestial Body: An Astronaut's Psychedelic Space Odyssey11/9Free80% positive 15free-to-playadventurepuzzlerunnerdungeon-crawlerS
Astromental Incremental: Build and Mine Your Own Star Systems9/22$5.9980% positive 15incrementalcasualidlersimulationspaceS
Space Drone: Rescue Mission - Navigate Cosmic Puzzles8/23$1.9980% positive 15sokobanminimalistpuzzlegrid-based-movementboard-gameS
The Last Sunshine: Rekindled - A Cosmic Bullet Hell Roguelite3/22$4.9980% positive 15roguelitebullet-hellspacedarkabstractS
Spiritus Astrum: Infinite Procedural Universe Sandbox9/14$4.9976% positive 21procedural-generationimmersive-simexplorationspace-simspaceS
Into the Void: Lead Your Faction Through a Cosmic Threat12/4$1.9963% positive 136strategyadventurespacerpgindieS
Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality - Save the Universe with Two Doctors10/13$24.9960% positive 325action-adventureexplorationstory-richpuzzlemysteryS
Horizon: Command Humanity's Galactic Destiny2/6$29.9959% positive 475strategygrand-strategyspace4xsimulationS
Lightspeed Frontier: Forge Your Galactic Empire in this Sci-Fi RPG3/7$14.9969% positive 45indiespacesci-fifunnyadventureS
STELLATUM – Conquer Space in This Intense Scroll Shooter9/16$2.9962% positive 167multiplayershoot-'em-upbullet-hellcasualspaceS
Starlight Drifter: Explore the Cosmos as a Space Captain6/29$19.9968% positive 50choose-your-own-adventureexplorationvisual-novelspacesandboxS
Space Mechanic Simulator: Master Zero-G Repairs8/11$19.9963% positive 122casualsimulationspacespace-simindieS
Sol Trader: Become a Space Merchant in this Procedural RPG6/6$19.9966% positive 68rpgsimulationindieprocedural-generationstrategy-rpgS
Disputed Space – Epic 6DoF Space Combat Shooter12/7$1.9964% positive 98singleplayermultiplayeractionindieshooterS
Planet Station: Survive a Hostile Alien World as a Stranded Sheriff9/25$4.9965% positive 80singleplayerexplorationbullet-hellhidden-objectsurvivalS
Antiprism: VR Bullet Hell Shooter with Space Pirates6/21$17.9970% positive 37vractionspaceshooterbullet-hellS
S.F.77: Free-to-Play 2D Space Shooter with Upgrades9/14Free70% positive 37free-to-playindiespaceshooter2dS
Astral Disorder: First-Person Survival Horror in a Derelict Space Station4/30Free72% positive 29survival-horrorhorrorsci-fispacefirst-personS
PULSOR: Addictive Retro Bullet Hell Shooter in Orbit5/10$0.9973% positive 26actionindiecasualbullet-hellspaceSShowing 951-1000 of 1485 items
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