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

Space Hole 2016: A Bouncy Sci-Fi Puzzle Adventure9/3$0.9984% positive 89indiepuzzle3d-platformerphysicsthird-personS

Aeon Command: Conquer the Nebula in this Strategy Tug-of-War7/3$2.9979% positive 418strategyindiecasualspacesci-fiS

The Obscura Experiment: Survive the Dark Matter Threat3/7Free83% positive 108free-to-playsingleplayerhorrorspacepsychological-horrorS

Space Station: Beyond – Your Nanotrasen Career Awaits1/10Free82% positive 140space-simimmersive-simmedical-simsandboxspaceS

Deep Space Battle Simulator: Command Your Capital Ship in Tactical Combat11/5$1.99-80%79% positive 410multiplayerco-opactionstrategyspace-simS

Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Space – Explore the Cosmos Piece by Piece10/26$0.99-80%90% positive 31multiplayercasualindiepuzzlestrategyS

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Become a Starfleet Legend5/8$19.9982% positive 133simulationspace-simactionadventuresci-fiS

Deported: Drain the Swamp - Agent Grump's Alien Deportation Mission11/5$0.9986% positive 56linearrelaxingspacecomedyaliensS

Rocket Science: Soviet Space Program Simulation2/20$15.99-20%81% positive 177spaceexplorationsandboxbuildingphysicsS

Lumber Party: Wacky Monkey Racing for the Cosmic Banana12/22Free92% positive 24local-multiplayerracingcasual2d-platformerarcadeS

Boltzmann Brain: A Hardcore Arcade Puzzler of Consciousness and Existence4/6$1.9992% positive 24indie4-player-localpuzzlearcadespaceS

Galaxy Admirals: Turn-Based Cosmic Strategy Combat1/17$1.9980% positive 235multiplayerstrategyturn-based-strategyspaceturn-basedS

Earth Ten Days: 981Hz - A Quirky Space Broadcast Adventure8/21$6.9987% positive 46story-richvisual-novelspaceemotionalmultiple-endingsS

Escape Space: A Mercenary's Choice in a Galactic Conflict1/15$7.5890% positive 30shoot-'em-upspacebullet-hellarcadeshooterS

Helium Rain: Command Your Space Company in This Free-to-Play Sim10/11Free79% positive 342space-simsimulationspacestrategyindieS

Stellar Monarch: Rule an Empire, Not a Spreadsheet12/5$14.9980% positive 228grand-strategy4xturn-basedstrategysci-fiS

Space Wars: Arcade Scrolling Shooter Defending Earth4/24$29.9982% positive 122simulationspacespace-sim2darcadeS

Kitten'd: Embrace Adorable Chaos in VR Simulation6/20$14.9984% positive 77simulationcasualadventurevrfamily-friendlyS

Freespace 2: Return of the Nemesis in a Classic Space Sim6/6$24.9979% positive 323spacesci-fiactionsimulationclassicS

Binarystar Infinity: 1-Bit Sci-Fi Shooter with Vertical or Horizontal Scrolling2/4$4.9987% positive 45actionbullet-hellpvearcadepixel-graphicsS

Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music: Psychedelic Space Action5/31$11.9981% positive 156indieactionsci-fispacepsychedelicS

Seven Days Until Morning: Survive Pluto's Collapse7/1$5.99100% positive 11adventurepsychological-horrorstylizedsci-fihorrorS

EpicRecovery: Fast-Paced Bullet Hell Shooter6/15$1.99100% positive 11actionshooterbullet-hell2d-platformer2dS

Hyper Void — Psychedelic Wormhole Space Shooter10/9$9.99100% positive 11actionindiespaceS

Before the Explosion: 3-Minute Space Escape Platformer7/11$24.99100% positive 11actionplatformer3d-platformerside-scroller3dS

CGA Trek: Retro Space Strategy Homage for Modern Players11/6$3.99100% positive 11strategyturn-based-tacticscolorfulminimalistretroS

DrpDrv: Pilot a Probe, Solve Puzzles in Space8/20$8.99100% positive 11actionarcadepuzzlefalling-blocks2dS

Into the M.A.W.: Co-op Space Combat Through a Time Loop6/23$14.99100% positive 11co-opco-op-campaignonline-co-opspacevehicular-combatS

Nauts: Survive and Explore a Hostile Space Roguelite3/3$1.79-80%100% positive 11bullet-hellrogueliteexplorationsurvivalresource-managementS

One Final Chaos: Addictive Space Action Runner10/21$4.99100% positive 11actionindierunnerplatformerspaceS

Orbital: Master Planetary Technologies in a Dynamic Black Hole Arena7/27$5.59-20%100% positive 11arcadespacescore-attack2dactionS

Perihelion: Rogue Orbit - Arcade Space Combat Roguelite6/30$7.99100% positive 11actionroguelike2dtop-downsci-fiS

Xalos Conquest: Sci-Fi Meets Ancient Empires in Free-to-Play Action7/26Free100% positive 11strategyactionadventurefree-to-playindieS

Final Factory: Build Your Cosmic Industrial Empire4/9$18.9979% positive 307automationbase-buildingresource-managementcraftingsimulationS

Unstoppable Gorg: Spin Your Way to Victory in this Sci-Fi Tower Defense1/19$9.9979% positive 307tower-defensestrategyindiecasualactionS

Alliance Peacefighter: Pilot Advanced Starfighters in VR6/18$18.9985% positive 62singleplayerspace-simflightspacevrS

Fear of the Light: Survive the Spaceship's Light-Scaring Horrors11/7Free85% positive 62survival-horrorspacestealthatmosphericsci-fiS

STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition: Become a Rebel Hero4/28$9.9978% positive 479singleplayeractionspace-simsimulationspaceS

The Last Citadel: Stylized Co-op Shooter with Roguelike Elements2/16$14.9984% positive 74actionthird-person-shooterstylizedroguelikedemonsS

SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD - Lead Humanity's Space Exploration Strategy8/21$9.9984% positive 73strategyturn-based-strategyboard-gamespacesci-fiS

Apollo 11 VR HD: Relive Humanity's Giant Leap in Virtual Reality11/23$9.9979% positive 279simulationadventurevrspaceS

Add Astra: Race Through Space with Math Skills4/2$2.9994% positive 18educationracingalienssci-fispaceS

Spacefolk City — Build a Floating Metropolis to Escape a Supernova11/10$19.9994% positive 18vrcity-buildercutecasualsimulationS

Hive Slayer: Blast All Bugs in this Free-to-Play VR Shooter10/27Free94% positive 18vrfree-to-playindieactionsci-fiS

BACKSPACE: An Intern's Corporate Conspiracy Adventure3/7Free94% positive 18adventurecomedypuzzlespacewalking-simulatorS

Die, A.I.: Survive a Vengeful Ship A.I. in this Sci-Fi Horror12/5$2.9994% positive 18action-adventurehorrorsurvivalsci-fidarkS

Domino Galaxy: Minimalist Puzzle Adventure Among the Stars4/12$1.9994% positive 18casualpuzzleminimalistrelaxingindieS

Gravitorium: Master Rotating Gravity in a Cute Pixel Platformer8/7$3.9994% positive 182d-platformerprecision-platformerpixel-graphicsdifficultspaceS

ScrapDown: Fast-Paced 2D Space Shooter Arena6/27Free94% positive 18actionshooter2dspacefree-to-playS

Star'Shoot: Pixel Art Space Shooter with Innovative Death Mechanics9/27$3.9994% positive 18indieactionshoot-'em-upspacedifficultS

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.