The Space Sim Zone

Simulations of spacecraft, trading, piloting, combat, exploration, or orbital life.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

eXoSpace Combat Engineer - Snap, rotate and launch your own warship in minutes, then pilot it into bullet-hell boss fights to hunt the galaxy's supervillains. Master intuitive engineering, evolve from drone to dreadnought, and use the fully gridless designer to build anything you can imagine!
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Sep 22, 2026
88% 👍
of 160
b 2 - b 2: online multiplayer an alien place you are the bee: fly where you like, play as you like
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Aug 25, 2026
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Ostranauts - Players say: As an indebted space scavenger, strip derelict ships for parts or cash, rebuild your vessel, and manage life across the solar system. Players like: Satisfying Salvage Loop · Flexible Shipbuilding · Immersive Space Life ·
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Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Exo Rally Championship - Exo Rally Championship is the galaxy’s most dangerous off-road racing event - remote, unexplored, extreme exoplanetary rally. Master a brutally realistic racing simulation and fight for every second gained on your quest to become a champion.
Starminer - Players say: Build and pilot modular spacecraft, mine asteroids for materials, grow a space operation, and defend it as alien attention rises. Players like: Modular Shipbuilding · Hands-On Mining · Newtonian Flight ·
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Design and build a massive interstellar fleet in this simulation sandbox. Strip space of its minerals for profit, but stay alert: your greed attracts the alien. Master deep base-building and deploy warships to protect your empire in immersive real-time space.

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May 27, 2026
73% 👍
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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes - Players say: Lead a survivor fleet toward the Galactica, balancing crises and supplies between tactical battles against the Cylons. Players like: Battlestar Atmosphere · Tactical Space Battles · Fleet Management ·
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In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

Outlive 25 - Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.

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Redout 2 - Players say: Pilot an anti-gravity hovership through high-speed races, using precise steering, boosts, and midair control to master twisting tracks. Players like: Extreme Sense Of Speed · Precise Ship Handling · Satisfying Skill Mastery ·
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The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.

Oxygen Not Included - Players say: Direct a crew of duplicants on an asteroid, digging and building systems to manage oxygen, food, water, heat, and power. Players like: Interlocking Simulations · Engineering Problem-Solving · Learning Through Failure ·
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Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

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Jul 30, 2019
97% 👍
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Elite Dangerous - Players say: Pilot a customizable starship across a simulated Milky Way, choosing your own path through exploration, trade, mining and combat. Players like: Vast Galaxy · Immersive Ship Flight · Self-Directed Play ·
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Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

Wildgate - Players say: Crew a spaceship in a PvPvE shooter: scavenge and upgrade, fight or board rival ships, then escape with the Artifact. Players like: Ship-to-Ship Combat · Crew Coordination · Flexible Tactics ·
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Wildgate is a PvPvE multiplayer shooter that blends tactical ship-to-ship combat with fast-paced first-person action. Evade deadly environmental hazards, search for powerful weapons and ship upgrades, and be the first crew to escape with the Artifact... or the last crew left flying.

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Jul 22, 2025
76% 👍
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Airship: Kingdoms Adrift - Players say: Build an airship trading company in a postwar archipelago, balancing commerce, industry, fleet upgrades, and tactical sky battles. Players like: Deep Ship Customization · Tactical Airship Combat · Trading and Exploration ·
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Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!

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Sep 21, 2023
75% 👍
of 1.1k
Starcom: Unknown Space - Players say: Command a customizable scout ship, explore unknown systems, investigate anomalies, and uncover mysteries while facing alien factions. Players like: Modular Shipbuilding · Open Space Exploration · Story and Crew ·
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Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

The Final Earth 2 - The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Cozy Space Survivors - A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.
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May 3, 2024
96% 👍
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Approaching Infinity - Players say: Command a starship through a procedurally generated galaxy, exploring planets and wrecks, managing a crew, and choosing how to survive. Players like: Open-Ended Exploration · Ship And Crew Builds · Many Playstyles ·
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Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Ceiba - Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
VOYAGER - Come with us now on a journey through music and space... To the world of VOYAGER ◯∘ A minimalist, relaxing & atmospheric experience to chill out to for a while…
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Mar 25, 2023
95% 👍
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Space Docker VR - A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
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Dec 15, 2021
95% 👍
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Polandball: Can into Space! - Players say: Launch Polandball toward the Moon, upgrade a rocket, gather supplies, and evade rival countryballs on the way up. Players like: Countryball Humor · Rocket Upgrades · Soundtrack ·
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Crazy fun rocket simulator game with countryballs theme. Can Polandball into Space? Try to find out!

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Jun 15, 2016
94% 👍
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Flight Of Nova - Players say: Pilot VTOL spacecraft across the Noren system, carrying cargo and searching outposts through atmospheric flight and orbital maneuvers. Players like: Realistic Flight Physics · Satisfying Orbital Maneuvers · Immersive Flight Atmosphere ·
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Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.

BattleGroupVR - Players say: From a VR flagship bridge, command and outfit a fleet of warships in real-time space battles and campaign missions. Players like: VR Fleet Command · Tactical Space Battles · Ship Customization ·
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BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

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Jul 31, 2023
92% 👍
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Fractal Block World - Players say: Fly through a recursively layered block world, changing size to explore hidden regions, fight monsters, and rescue a friend. Players like: Recursive Exploration · Scale-Shifting Worlds · Secrets and Discoveries ·
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This is a surreal exploration game. Explore a massive fractal with great complexities. You can shrink infinitely to go deeper into the fractal. Or you can become larger by growing. Inner space awaits you in this infinite world.

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Oct 18, 2021
98% 👍
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Spaceflight Simulator - Players say: Design physics-driven rockets, plan staged launches, master orbital travel, and land payloads across a 2D solar-system sandbox. Players like: Rocket Design · Orbital Mechanics · Creative Sandbox ·
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In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

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Feb 17, 2022
97% 👍
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Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator - Players say: Pilot Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft by managing onboard systems, following checklists, and completing space missions. Players like: Detailed Spacecraft Systems · Historical Missions and Audio · Guided Flight Training ·
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Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.

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Nov 7, 2025
97% 👍
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Kerbal Space Program - Players say: Design physics-driven rockets for the Kerbals, then launch crews to orbit, explore planets, and build a spacefaring network. Players like: Rocket Design Freedom · Learn Orbital Mechanics · Trial-and-Error Missions ·
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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.

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Apr 27, 2015
96% 👍
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Universe Sandbox - Players say: Build and alter star systems, then watch gravity, climate, and collisions reshape planets, stars, and their orbits. Players like: Open-Ended Experiments · Realistic Space Physics · Astronomy Learning ·
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Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

SpaceEngine - Players say: Explore a science-based 3D universe, visiting cataloged and procedurally generated worlds, stars, and galaxies at any scale. Players like: Vast Seamless Exploration · Detailed Space Views · Procedural Worlds ·
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The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

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Jun 11, 2019
96% 👍
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Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander - Players say: Design crew-run starships, manage their onboard logistics, and command them in tactical battles across a dangerous galaxy. Players like: Detailed Ship Building · Design Shapes Combat · Creative Ship Testing ·
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Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

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Oct 24, 2022
94% 👍
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Dune: Imperium - Players say: Lead a Great House on Arrakis, using worker placement and deckbuilding to pursue Spice, faction influence, and victory. Players like: Faithful Digital Adaptation · Deep Strategic Choices · Smooth Rules Automation ·
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The award-winning board game of strategy and intrigue in the iconic universe of Dune. The Spice must flow.

3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey - Players say: As pilot John Falcon, roam a war-scarred galaxy, trade and fight in your ship, then explore stations and derelicts on foot. Players like: Memorable soundtrack · Retro atmosphere · Space-adventure blend ·
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3030 Deathwar is a unique mix of Adventure and Space Sim. Explore star systems, mine and hunt pirates in top-down mode. Leave your ship and switch into classic Adventuring mode, where you explore derelicts, talk to shady characters or head over to the space bar for a drink.

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Sep 13, 2017
94% 👍
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Rodina - Players say: Explore a seamless, procedural solar system on foot and by ship, uncovering alien sites, scattered stories, and hostile Xenos. Players like: Vast-Space Exploration · Lonely Atmosphere · Ship Customization ·
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A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Endless Sky - Players say: Build a life among the stars by trading, mining, fighting, and exploring as you upgrade your ship and assemble a fleet. Players like: Expansive Exploration · Ship and Fleet Building · Flexible Career Choices ·
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Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.

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Oct 30, 2015
92% 👍
of 7.1k