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)
Stellar Sovereigns: Forge Your Galactic Empire in a Procedural Universe3/8$24.9965% positive 31turn-based-strategy4xspace-simgrand-strategysci-fiS
A Long Way Home: Precision Platformer Stranded in Space5/27$1.9962% positive 45precision-platformerpuzzle-platformerindiecasualspaceS
Event Horizon: Frontier - Defend Your Station in Galactic Warfare7/3$4.9960% positive 60actionindiespaceS
MOON BASE: Become an Astronaut in this Free VR Space Simulation1/25Free58% positive 84simulationvrcasualspacefuturisticS
The Battle of Sol: A Space Simulation of Humanity's Last Stand7/1$9.9957% positive 102simulationactionindiespacesci-fiS
TARTARUS: Survive a Space Disaster as a Ship's Cook11/22$19.9954% positive 214indieadventureactionpuzzlesci-fiS
Starship Inspector: Command Your Crew Through Rogue Galaxies1/7$3.9961% positive 51strategyadventureindiesimulationrpgS
ScarQuest: Build Bases, Conquer Cosmos in Free-to-Play Strategy6/27Free71% positive 17strategyrtsreal-time-tactics2d3dS
Starsim: Forge Your Legend in a Procedurally Generated Sci-Fi Universe11/21$11.9971% positive 17spacerpgsci-fistrategyprocedural-generationS
Drifter: Open-World Space Sandbox Trading and Action3/4$11.9954% positive 205simulationindiespacesandboxearly-accessS
Alien X: Survive a Hostile Planet in this Hardcore Platformer1/8$0.49-75%60% positive 582d-platformersurvivalspaceplatformercasualS
Empyrean Frontier: Command Epic Space Fleets in this RTS8/31$11.9968% positive 22strategyactionindiertsspaceS
MEGALAN 11: Survive a Hostile Planet in Top-Down Adventure5/17$7.9968% positive 22adventurepuzzleexplorationminimalistcuteS
Starcremental: Embark on a Roguelite Space Adventure7/26$2.9968% positive 22idlertime-managementrogueliteincremental2dS
Space Rangers: Quest - Classic Text Adventure in a Galaxy of Danger9/5$9.9956% positive 117adventurerpgspacesci-fitext-basedS
Forbidden Planet: Space Strategy & Tower Defense in the Cosmos1/11$0.74-85%52% positive 361indiestrategyspacetower-defenseS
Exocraft — Build Your Fleet on a Dying Alien World3/12Free52% positive 357spaceshipsmassively-multiplayerfree-to-playresource-managementcharacter-customizationS
Kreed: Survive the Galactic Anomaly as a Marooned Soldier2/15$6.9960% positive 55actionshooterfpssingleplayer3dS
Project Tarvotan — Survive the Cosmic Imbalance9/25$0.49-51%58% positive 76strategyindiesimulationspaceturn-based-strategyS
Cruel Galaxy: Discordia – Tactical RPG of Space Guerillas6/30Free75% positive 12indiesimulationrpgstrategyspaceS
Hyper Frenzy: Fast-Paced Arena Space Shooter for Casual Fun6/20Free75% positive 12actioncasualspacearcadearena-shooterS
K3LVN: Escape the Lab in this Sci-Fi Free-to-Play Platformer8/8Free75% positive 123d-platformerthird-personplatformerfuturisticprecision-platformerS
Mission In Space: Classic Bullet Hell Shooter Adventure10/20$4.9975% positive 12casualadventurearcadeshooterbullet-hellS
Rocket Craze 3D: Blast Off to the Moon in this Space Shooter11/18$4.9975% positive 12actionadventuresimulationshooterspaceS
Silverwing: Pilot Powerful Spaceships in a 6-DOF Space Combat Adventure6/14$4.9975% positive 12space-simactionflightspacesci-fiS
Space Hitchhiker Stop: Survive the Mafia in this Galactic Trading Sim7/21Free75% positive 12time-managementincrementalcapitalismspacetradingS
Stellar Stroll: A Cozy Space Adventure with Your Fuzzy Co-Pilot10/10Free75% positive 12spaceadventureexplorationpuzzlemysteryS
Planetoid: Build, Defend, and Survive in this Physics-Based Strategy Adventure2/24$4.9956% positive 109indiestrategyactionadventurespaceS
Centauri Sector — Tactical Space Combat Strategy6/23$4.9961% positive 46strategyactionindiespaceshooterS
Riverhill Trials: First-Person Space Platformer Adventure4/12$1.9960% positive 53indieadventureactionplatformerspaceS
Eclipse - 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy: A Galactic Council Strategy Game11/26$12.9956% positive 105casualstrategyboard-gameexplorationturn-based-tacticsS
Felix Jumpman: Survive the Cosmic Void1/24$4.9954% positive 166singleplayerindieaction3d-platformerplatformerS
ALONE IN SPACE: Survive a Failing Terraforming Mission2/23$9.9954% positive 157adventurespaceexplorationfirst-personsci-fiS
Master of Orion 3: Galactic Supremacy Strategy Game8/25$9.9953% positive 191strategy4xspaceturn-basedsci-fiS
Tales of Tomorrow: Experiment - Unravel a Retro Sci-Fi Mystery9/23$9.9965% positive 26indiecasualsimulationfirst-personpuzzleS
Project Amalthea: Battlegrounds - Fast-Paced Free-to-Play Space Combat10/12Free57% positive 75massively-multiplayerfree-to-playindieactionrpgS
Space Empires: Starfury - Become a Space Agent or Pirate8/3$9.9967% positive 21strategyspacereal-time-tacticsrtstradingS
Idle Space: Fast-Paced Clicker Action in the Final Frontier2/21$4.9967% positive 21actionindiecasualincrementalspaceS
Spacer: Legacies - Command Capital Ships in Turn-Based Space Combat9/23$18.9967% positive 21strategytacticalspacesci-fiturn-based-combatS
Supernova Tactics: Lead the Exodus in a Sci-Fi Roguelite Auto Battler8/1$6.9968% positive 19singleplayerrogueliteauto-battlerstrategysci-fiS
Idle Stellar: Forge Your Galactic Empire in an Auto Battler RPG9/27$4.9960% positive 45idlerauto-battlerrpg2dcasualS
TechGuardian: Territory Defense - Command Sci-Fi Future War8/6$7.9963% positive 30strategyindietower-defensertssci-fiS
Journey to Foundation: A VR Sci-Fi Saga of Choice and Consequence6/7$7.49-70%58% positive 57sci-fistory-richchoices-matterspaceinteractive-fictionS
Stable Orbit: Build and Manage Your Own Space Station9/27$19.9950% positive 379simulationstrategyspacemanagementbuildingS
Am I?: A Cursed Dog Astronaut's Absurd Space Adventure3/24$7.9971% positive 14adventurepoint-&-clickspace2dincrementalS
Avalon: The Journey Begins - Explore the Universe in a Procedural Sci-Fi Adventure10/26$9.9971% positive 14indieadventurespacesci-fiprocedural-generationS
Space Ape: Blast Off with Dimitri in a Retro Sci-Fi Arcade Adventure4/29Free71% positive 14actioncasualarcade2d-platformer2dS
4X-Galaxy: Master Space Strategy in This Free-to-Play RPG12/21Free51% positive 255free-to-playmassively-multiplayerstrategyadventureindieSShowing 1151-1200 of 1483 items
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