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Rocket Science

Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.

★ KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM ★ SPACEFLIGHT SIMULATOR ★ HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER ★ SPACE ENGINEERS 2 ★ SOLAR EXPANSE - SPACE EXPLORATION MANAGER ★ CHILDREN OF A DEAD EARTH ★ SIMPLEROCKETS ★ AVIASSEMBLY ★ SPACEENGINE ★ AUTOCRAFT ★ X2: THE THREAT ★ SPACE SIMULATION TOOLKIT ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Kerbal Space Program

96% 👍 OF 145K
About This Game

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

In this game, you can…

  • …spot a tiny gray dot in the sky, zoom out, and discover there's an entire star system to explore.
  • …dock engines onto an orbiting space station to turn it into a ship, then fly it to a gas giant and tour its moons.
  • …build and fly totally different vehicles from the same parts: rockets, planes, rovers, shuttles, and even boats.
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Spaceflight Simulator

97% 👍 OF 9.7K
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.

In this game, 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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Hardspace: Shipbreaker

89% 👍 OF 22K
About This Game

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

In this game, you can…

  • …get yourself processed like scrap and see the system price your body at $8.14.
  • …rip a reactor out, flush its fuel lines, kill the cooling, and race it out before it goes critical.
  • …cut into a pressurized compartment and trigger explosive decompression that launches you and cargo into space.
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Space Engineers 2

75% 👍 OF 5.3K
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.

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Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager

88% 👍 OF 1.3K
About This Game

Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

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SimpleRockets

85% 👍 OF 365
About This Game

I am excited to release my first game on Steam! SimpleRockets was released in 2013 for mobile and I've put a ton of work into it to get it ready for PC and Mac. It was inspired by KSP, and it offers a simpler 2D experience for building rockets and exploring space with realistic orbital mechanics.

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Aviassembly

97% 👍 OF 9.3K
About This Game

Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.

In this game, you can…

  • …attach balloons to a cockpit, hit takeoff, and float away so fast you can't even edit or swap your aircraft anymore.
  • …fly an impossible-looking build, like an anatomically correct flying rooster with no wings, and still have it fly perfectly if it's balanced right.
  • …build VTOLs, cargo helicopters, quadcopters, and other flying machines that don't behave like normal planes.
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SpaceEngine

96% 👍 OF 16K
About This Game

The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

In this game, you can…

  • …land on a planet in Andromeda and look up to see the Milky Way as a tiny spiral overhead.
  • …fly toward a black hole and watch the whole scene warp and shift colors as the light changes with your speed and distance.
  • …find the exact Apollo 11 landing site by searching the Moon for its real coordinates and walking yourself to the spot.
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X2: The Threat

83% 👍 OF 524
About This Game

X²: The Threat is of a new generation of space simulator games, you play the role of Julian Gardna who continues the story set by X: Beyond The Frontier. The updated graphics engine gives the universe a fresher feel with newly designed ships and stations adding to the complexity of the universe.

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Space Simulation Toolkit

81% 👍 OF 521
About This Game

Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.