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)
Negative Space: A Strategic Deckbuilder Beyond Combat11/21$7.99100% positive 20singleplayerroguelikedeckbuildingcard-battlerstrategyS
COSMIC HOLES: A Challenging Logic Puzzle Game3/13$4.99100% positive 20puzzlelogicdifficultrelaxingcasualS
Invasion: Investigate Mars Colony's Silence in Sci-Fi FPS Adventure4/25$7.99100% positive 20actionindieadventurefpsaction-adventureS
Apples in the Abyss: Manipulate Space in this Free Puzzle Platformer10/1Free97% positive 30puzzle-platformersingleplayerspacepixel-graphicscolorfulS
Star Trek: Judgment Rites - Explore Strange New Worlds5/8$19.9993% positive 61adventurespaceclassicpoint-&-clickactionS
Polygon Attack: Defend Earth in a Retro Space Shooter12/28$1.9988% positive 275indiecasualactionspacearcadeS
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival – Defend Earth's Colonies from Alien Hordes1/19$4.7987% positive 449tower-defensestrategysingleplayersci-fisurvivalS
Cat Colony Crisis — You are tasked with helping a colony ship full of space-fa2/9Free93% positive 59steamcasualfree-to-playmanagementsingleplayerS
Russpuppy Kid Games: Fun & Educational Adventures9/12$3.6695% positive 40educationdinosaursfamily-friendlysciencepoint-&-clickS
Perseverance Mission: Astronaut Charlie - A Feline Puzzle Adventure on Mars9/12$1.9997% positive 29catsmarsgrid-based-movementspacelogicS
Startron: ASCII Space Colony Sim with Sentient Cats9/21Free97% positive 29explorationspaceautomationstrategytext-basedS
Electrogical: A Relaxing Circuit Puzzle Adventure4/15$7.9991% positive 93puzzlesandboxprogrammingmechsrobotsS
Blast-off: Hardcore Anti-Matter Runner Shmup1/22$2.9987% positive 420actionindiearcadespaceshoot-'em-upS
Hardwar — Survive the Scavenger Wars on Titan2/15$9.9993% positive 58actionsimulationvehicular-combatcyberpunksci-fiS
Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 3 – Maggie's Haunting Visions10/12$1.9993% positive 58adventureindiespacefemale-protagonistrpgS
Archean: Build and Explore a Simulated Primordial Earth and Space5/16$19.9988% positive 253sandboxbuildingprogrammingimmersive-simopen-worldS
Dark Old Sun: Bullet Hell Shooter with Deep Weapon Progression3/7Free93% positive 56actionshoot-'em-up2dshooterbullet-hellS
Cryptid Keeper: Collect and Manage Legendary Beasts2/4$7.99100% positive 19creature-collectorexplorationhuntingcozyaction-adventureS
Shmup Arena: Intense Arena Shooter Action5/17$1.99100% positive 19indieshoot-'em-updifficultactionarena-shooterS
Retaliate: Retro Space Shooter Where Shields Are Your Ammo7/15$9.99100% positive 19shoot-'em-uptop-down-shooterarcadeactionspaceS
Starlight Explorers: Chart Your Course Through the Galaxy11/2$5.99100% positive 19female-protagonistspacefamily-friendlyspace-simscienceS
Darkanoid: Classic Block-Breaking Action Reimagined11/30$2.9992% positive 65casualindiearcadespacesingleplayerS
Space Pilgrim Academy: Year 1 - A Sci-Fi Adventure of Espionage10/6$1.9989% positive 138adventureindiespacestory-richsci-fiS
Spectacular Sparky: Blast Baddies as a Sassy Space Bounty Hunter10/20$14.9988% positive 194actionplatformerside-scrollershooterstory-richS
Habroxia 2: Retro Space Shooter with Non-Linear Exploration2/3$9.9992% positive 63actionarcadeshootershoot-'em-upside-scrollerS
Xenopurge – Command Your Elite Squad in Tactical Auto-Battles11/20$12.4986% positive 469real-time-tacticsroguelitestrategymanagementprogrammingS
STARDROP: A First-Person Narrative Adventure of Salvage and Mystery2/14$9.9987% positive 277adventureindiespacecasualstory-richS
Stellar Monarch 2: Become Emperor in a Feudal Space Strategy10/3$24.9989% positive 132strategy4xturn-based-strategygrand-strategysci-fiS
Zarya-1: Mystery on the Moon - A Sci-Fi Horror Text Adventure5/30$3.9988% positive 183adventureindietext-basedsci-fihorrorS
Eternal Starlight VR: Command Your Fleet in Tactical Space Combat6/17$14.9991% positive 76vrrtsstrategyspacetacticalS
BULLET: Become the Projectile in a Multiverse Adventure6/19$5.99100% positive 18singleplayeractioncasualarcadedifficultS
Quantum Loop: Non-Linear Space Exploration in a Time Loop11/26$3.59-40%100% positive 18spaceexplorationsci-firoguelitemysteryS
Astro Busters: Retro Space Shooter with Modern Physics12/5$9.99100% positive 18actionarcadeshoot-'em-upspaceshooterS
Spaceship for Newbies: Master the Scrap Ship with One Button5/13$4.99100% positive 18arcadesingleplayertop-downspacelinearS
eXoSpace Combat Engineer: Build & Battle in a Bullet-Hell Universe9/14$14.9988% positive 177spaceshipsbuildingshootersci-fispaceS
SimpleRockets: Build, Launch, and Explore the Solar System6/3$7.9986% positive 367simulationsandboxphysicsspace-simindieS
Starless Abyss: A Lovecraftian Roguelike Deckbuilder in the Depths of Space4/25$6.99-65%86% positive 346strategyindielovecraftianroguelike-deckbuilder2dS
Seamspace: Minesweeper - Classic Puzzle in a 3D Sci-Fi Universe8/11Free89% positive 114puzzlestrategy3dspacesci-fiS
Delivery in Space: Navigate the Cosmos with Card-Based Movement5/16$0.69-65%96% positive 28card-gamestrategyspaceshipscasualfuturisticS
Intergalactic Taxi Co.: A Relaxing Space Puzzle Adventure5/31$4.9996% positive 28casualpuzzlesingleplayerarcaderelaxingS
Soma Union: A Colorful Pixel JRPG Across a Shattered Galaxy11/1Free91% positive 66rpgjrpgsingleplayerspacecolorfulS
Ether: 2D Space Mercenary Platformer Adventure8/15$4.99100% positive 17actionadventureaction-adventureplatformer2d-platformerS
ASTA-POOL: The Future of Pool – Futuristic Billiards & Mini-Games6/6$14.99100% positive 17casualbilliardsspacesci-fifuturisticS
Blaze in Space: Beat a-Maze - 3D Rhythm Puzzle Racer10/18$14.99100% positive 17puzzlearcadespacerhythm3dS
Conquest: Frontier Wars – Sci-Fi RTS with Large-Scale Fleet Battles1/17$5.99100% positive 17strategyreal-timesingleplayerspacemultiplayerS
Project Starcrash: Giant Robot Fights Alien Invasion in 2D Action11/8$6.99100% positive 17robotsactionadventure2d-platformerfemale-protagonistS
Bik - A Space Adventure: Retro Point-and-Click Sci-Fi Comedy10/14$4.9992% positive 53adventureindiepixel-graphicsspacepoint-&-clickS
Orbitous: Master Gravity in a Dynamic Space Roguelike8/22$2.9993% positive 44adventurespace-simaction-roguelikeactionbullet-hellS
Space Empires IV Deluxe: Grand Strategy 4X in the Stars2/7$9.9986% positive 290strategy4xsci-fispaceturn-based-strategySShowing 151-200 of 1483 items
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