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Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.

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Astrox Imperium

84% 👍 OF 1.3K
About This Game

Astrox Imperium is a relaxing space game where you fly around a generated universe. Mining, Fighting, Building, Exploring, and Surviving. What makes this game unique? You have complete control of how it plays. A robust sandbox and lots of MOD tools. Make it your game, and play it your own way.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Mine Asteroid Resources
  • …Refine Ore Into Parts
  • …Build a Mercenary Fleet
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Spaceflight Simulator

97% 👍 OF 9.9K
About This Game

In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …launch an expedition in pieces, dock everything in orbit, swap control between vehicles, and pump fuel from a main ship into probes.
  • …survive the Sun, burn an engine forever, or try to fly through Jupiter until gravity stops working.
  • …deorbit Earth into the Sun and use your space program to do ridiculous, destructive experiments.
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Out of Orbit

79% 👍 OF 175
About This Game

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!

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Interstellar Rift

68% 👍 OF 1.7K
About This Game

Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Ships Deck-by-Deck
  • …Walk Your Ship's Corridors
  • …Board and Hack Ships
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Space Engineers 2

75% 👍 OF 5.6K
About This Game

Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Combine Block Sizes
  • …Carve Planetary Terrain
  • …Build Ships And Bases
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Meltopia

86% 👍 OF 1.8K
About This Game

A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Melt Snow Tunnels
  • …Blast Ice With Dynamite
  • …Salvage Hidden Finds
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waxweaver

96% 👍 OF 611
About This Game

A short sandbox rpg game that takes place on a square planet. Explore the world, gather resources, build a home and become stronger.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …walk off the edge of a square planet and have the world rotate under you.
  • …flip into a new gravity direction mid-jump, fall sideways through caves, then snap back and land where you started.
  • …get grabbed by a giant worm boss that kidnaps you in the middle of the fight.
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Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls

67% 👍 OF 544
About This Game

2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Board and Steal Ships
  • …Fight Through Interiors
  • …Design Custom Ships
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Vehicle Simulator

89% 👍 OF 282
About This Game

Vehicle Simulator is an open world flying/sailing simulator with accurate physics and dynamics, simulating well the various boats, planes and land vehicles included. The game allows the user to modify and experiment with scenery making and vehicle design by way of extreme modability, with a large library of existing mods and add-ons.