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.

1,483 titles (10–500 reviews, by rating)

TitleDatePriceRatingTags

SOL: Exodus - Command a Starship in Humanity's Last Stand1/25$7.9951% positive 108indiesimulationactionspacespace-simS

Halley Mission: 2061 - Survive the Perils of Comet Halley10/30$0.9965% positive 17survivalbuildingexplorationrpgspaceS

Space Porter: A Hand-Drawn Puzzle Adventure in Orbit5/18$9.9965% positive 17sokobanturn-based-tacticsidlerpuzzlespaceS

Sun Dogs: Explore the Inner Solar System and Embrace Transformation10/29$9.9965% positive 17adventureindiecasualinteractive-fictionspaceS

Outerverse: Craft, Explore, and Conquer the Cosmos8/29$19.9950% positive 125voxelrpgactionsingleplayerfirst-personS

Astra: Space Ranger vs. Galactic Disco Mafia10/26Free54% positive 57arena-shooteractionfpsshooter3dS

Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace – Explore the Ether as a Space Captain3/27$9.9957% positive 37strategyadventurerpg1990'sretroS

Orange Cast: Sci-Fi Space Action Shooter1/21$6.9948% positive 193third-person-shooterspaceactionsci-ficinematicS

Cold Start: The Callisto - Interstellar Detective VR Murder Mystery7/7$10.9962% positive 21vrsingleplayeradventureinteractive-fictionpuzzleS

Andromeda Wing: Pilot Your Fighter Against Alien Invasion8/25$3.9962% positive 21singleplayeractionindieshoot-'em-upretroS

Valkeala Birds: Sling Your Way Through 34 Puzzle Levels11/20$2.9956% positive 41casualadventure2d-fightersandboxpoint-&-clickS

Us Against Aliens: Survive Hostile Extraterrestrial Invasion11/4$1.9963% positive 19multiplayeraction-adventurefpsthird-person-shooteraliensS

Asteroid: Explore an Infinite Procedurally Generated Space RPG8/26Free63% positive 19open-worldtop-down-shooteraction-rpgarcadepixel-graphicsS

Axan Ships - Low Poly: Free Sci-Fi Space Combat Adventure5/30Free63% positive 19adventurefree-to-playsingleplayeraction-rtsspaceshipsS

Cosmic Miners: Galactic Resource Extraction and Fleet Building6/21$9.9953% positive 60indieactionspace-simshootersci-fiS

The Tomorrow War: Intergalactic Space Combat Simulation4/3$2.9949% positive 128simulationactionadventurespacesci-fiS

Battleship Lonewolf: Command Your Space Opera Adventure11/23$7.9959% positive 27actionstrategyspacesci-fiindieS

Galactic Ruler: Forge Your Space Empire in a Procedurally Generated Universe8/3$19.9949% positive 121real-time-tacticsco-opprocedural-generationspacealiensS

Brazed: Survive an Alien Planet with Robot Crafting12/16$4.9952% positive 63indiecasualstrategycraftingspaceS

Space of Darkness – Unravel the Mystery of a Derelict Space Station7/10Free48% positive 134multiplayeradventureactionindiegoreS

Alien Egg: Ascent - Jump, Roll, and Slide to Space1/17$2.9970% positive 102d-platformerdifficultphysicssci-fispaceS

Missile Input: Shoot Down UFOs as a Secret Service Specialist11/30Free70% positive 10free-to-playaliensarcadescore-attackmultiple-endingsS

Down is Relative: Manipulate Gravity in a Test Facility5/17$0.9970% positive 10singleplayerpuzzlestrategypuzzle-platformerpsychological-horrorS

Perspective – A Unique 3D Puzzle Co-op with Shifting Mazes5/21$0.9970% positive 10co-opstrategypuzzlereal-time-tactics3dS

Homeworld: Vast Reaches - Command Your Fleet in VR Space Strategy11/7$29.9970% positive 10sandboxspacertsfemale-protagoniststrategyS

Space Station Sprint: Fast-Paced Sci-Fi FPS Action8/27$4.9970% positive 10fast-pacedfpssci-fistylizedspaceS

Treater: Survive the Void on a Catastrophe-Stricken Space Station8/26$10.9970% positive 10indieearly-accessactiongoreviolentS

STAR-BOX: Retro RPG Adventures in an Open-World Space Sandbox8/17$4.9950% positive 86rpgindieadventuresimulationactionS

SCHAR: Blue Shield Alliance - Co-op Space Shooter with Salvage System3/3$3.9957% positive 30actionindielocal-co-optwin-stick-shooterspaceS

Go Ape Ship!: Frantic Co-op Space Adventure for Up to 8 Players2/18$9.9944% positive 453party-gameonline-co-opindietime-managementco-opS

Orange Cast: Prologue — Soviet and Western Sci-Fi Blend in a Galactic Adventure12/24Free48% positive 125actionshooterspaceaction-rpgthird-person-shooterS

Ariel: A Sci-Fi Survival Adventure on Uranus' Moon7/28$5.9967% positive 12indieactionadventuresimulationfpsS

Final Fleet: VR Roguelike Space Shooter Survival7/24$14.9967% positive 12actionindieadventureshootersci-fiS

STAR TALE: Odyssey One - A Sci-Fi FPS Survival Adventure9/30Free67% positive 12fpsfirst-personsci-fisurvivalspaceS

2099 Gravity Havoc – Survive the Falling Space Station9/5Free58% positive 26multiplayerthird-person-shooteractionfemale-protagonistsci-fiS

ELON on MARS: Space Shooter & Racing Action on the Red Planet9/23$0.9956% positive 32racingsimulationsportsindieon-rails-shooterS

The Mystery Fountain in Space: A Pixel Art Adventure with Many Endings2/15Free63% positive 16adventureactionaction-adventure2d-platformer2dS

Virtual Telescope: Explore the Cosmos from Your Home7/16$4.9963% positive 16simulationindieearly-accesseducationspaceS

Ancient Space: Command Your Fleet in Deep-Space RTS9/23$19.9944% positive 374strategyspacertssci-fisingleplayerS

Stardiver: Sci-Fi Action-Adventure in an Alien Ocean9/12$11.9951% positive 63action-adventuresci-fiindiespacemysteryS

Trajectory: A Dystopian Sci-Fi Adventure in Earth's Orbit3/10$2.9959% positive 22adventureactionspacesci-fidystopianS

Shiny: A Robot's Race Against Time on a Doomed Planet8/31$9.9949% positive 84actionindiespaceplatformersci-fiS

Empires of the Void II: Forge Your Galactic Saga12/16$9.9958% positive 24strategyboard-gamemultiplayerstory-rich4xS

In The Space - Escape Room: Uncover Cosmic Experiments6/28$9.9961% positive 18escape-roompuzzlepoint-&-clickadventuresci-fiS

Periodic Deliveries: Build Your Galactic Shipping Empire12/17$5.9961% positive 18simulationtransportationspacesci-fisingleplayerS

Shattered Steel: Mech Combat in a Post-Apocalyptic Future5/3$9.9964% positive 14actionsimulationmechsshooterfirst-personS

Carnage in Space: Ignition - Unleash Nightmare's Justice1/1$4.9964% positive 14actionindieplatformerretroside-scrollerS

G Prime: Steampunk Physics Puzzler in a Cosmic Cloud8/19$9.9964% positive 14indiesimulationspacepuzzlesteampunkS

Armada 2526: Forge a Galactic Empire in Turn-Based Strategy4/8$14.9954% positive 35strategysci-fispace4xturn-basedS

Warmada: Build Your Own Capital Ship in a Procedural Galaxy11/7$4.9951% positive 49adventureindiesimulationrpgspaceS

Sorted by Wilson score, a rating estimate that accounts for review count. Titles with few reviews are discounted, so '100% on 1 review' never tops the list, while a genuine 90% on 40 reviews rises properly.