The Space Zone

Games set among planets, stars, spacecraft, orbital stations, or cosmic frontiers.

Latest Standouts

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

RetroSpace - Immersive, disco-punk, space horror where you can be a sneaky chap or a mutant action hero as you try to survive on a space station swallowed by a black hole. A mind-bending ride with weird creatures, immersive features, time jumps, and '70s mustaches!
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
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The Crust - Players say: Build a lunar colony by mining resources, automating factories, managing settlers, and trading with Earth in a story-driven sim. Players like: Lunar Atmosphere · Factory Planning · Earth-Market Contracts ·
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Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

Code: Terraform - A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.
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Sep 9, 2026
85% 👍
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Honeycomb: The World Beyond - Honeycomb: The World Beyond is a sci-fi survival adventure set on the vibrant alien planet of Sota7. Adapt by building your base and crafting essential tools. Explore diverse biomes and use your bioengineering experience to uncover mysteries and secure humanity's future.
SmashCore - SmashCore is a short, physics based incremental game about smashing asteroids into dust with your gravity cursor and feeding it to the Core. Discover ancient technology and new ores in deep space and use your cash to buy upgrades in the huge skill tree.
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Sep 7, 2026
94% 👍
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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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SURA: Shattered Star - SURA: Shattered Star is a sword-fighting action platformer set in space. Play as Sura, a mercenary grieving the loss of her comrades, and cut down everything that stands in your way.
Astrobuilder - An AI-driven space management RPG in a living galaxy. Explore 150+ planets and interact with 600+ NPCs whose lives and relationships evolve over time. Trade, run shops, build a Commerce Guild, join Military Factions, govern planets, and command fleets in war. Your every choice reshape the galaxy.
Retrowave 2 - Players say: Drive retro cars along neon-lit highways, weaving through traffic to score points, earn upgrades, and unlock new rides. Players like: Relaxing Driving · Neon Retro Atmosphere · Synthwave Soundtrack ·
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Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

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Aug 3, 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.

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Duke of Alpha Centauri - Players say: Pilot an upgradable spacecraft through enemy waves and boss fights, balancing two weapon systems, ship abilities, and survival. Players like: Approachable Arcade Action · Ship Upgrade Options · Space Graphics ·
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Duke of Alpha Centuri is a space shooter with amazing graphics. The main goal of our game is to have a lot of fun while blowing up hordes of different types of enemies. Engage in boss fights, upgrade your ship and ship systems until you are able to show off in an endless mode.

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Dec 28, 2016
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RIVE - Players say: Trapped aboard a mysterious starship, scavenger Roughshot pilots a spider tank through 360-degree shooting, platforming, and robot hacking. Players like: Fast Arcade Combat · Satisfying Controls · Shooter-Platformer Mix ·
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This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.

Cybernetic Fault - Players say: As an inept scientist in a failing research complex, investigate an experiment gone wrong by exploring, fixing systems, and solving puzzles. Players like: Sci-Fi Atmosphere · Absurd Humor · Interesting Puzzles ·
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Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!

Beyond Contact - Players say: On Ketern, a Space Corps responder gathers resources, researches technology and builds to survive alien hazards and aid a planet in crisis. Players like: Story And Setting · Exploration And Biomes · Crafting And Progression ·
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A fiercely formidable sci-fi survival game, set on a hostile alien world that wants you dead! Alone, or with a crew, do you have what it takes to survive?

Mind Spheres - Players say: Arrange and rotate platforms, then release a rolling sphere through 50 physics puzzles to reach each level’s goal. Players like: Relaxing Puzzle Sessions · Simple Physics Puzzles · Pleasant Piano Music ·
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Inspired by two not so different worlds, Mind Spheres brings you an exclusive and awesome experience. A physics puzzle with minigolf + pinball unique mashup. Figure out puzzles in order to proceed to the next level.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak - Players say: Lead Rachel S’jet’s desert expedition in a ground-based RTS, commanding a mobile carrier and land-air forces across Kharak. Players like: Desert Atmosphere · Campaign Story · Terrain Tactics ·
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A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Out There Somewhere - Players say: Stranded on an alien world, use a teleport-firing device to solve platforming puzzles and reach the planet’s core to escape. Players like: Teleporting Puzzles · Clever Room Design · Retro Pixel Art ·
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You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

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Mar 14, 2016
93% 👍
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Distant Worlds: Universe - Players say: Guide a spacefaring empire in pausable real-time, exploring, colonizing, researching, trading, and waging war across a customizable galaxy. Players like: Deep 4X Systems · Enormous Galaxy · Empire Automation ·
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Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.  

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May 23, 2014
75% 👍
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Homeworld Remastered Collection - Players say: Command a space fleet across two RTS campaigns, researching ships and directing tactical battles in fully three-dimensional space. Players like: Atmosphere, Music, Story · Three-Dimensional Battles · Remastered Visuals ·
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Experience the epic space strategy games that redefined the RTS genre. Control your fleet and build an armada across more than 30 single-player missions. Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each strategic situation.

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Feb 25, 2015
88% 👍
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Genesis Noir - Players say: A watch peddler journeys along a frozen Big Bang, solving tactile puzzles across cosmic eras to change a shot’s fate and save his love. Players like: Distinctive Noir Art · Jazz Soundtrack · Cosmic Storytelling ·
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A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.

Redout: Enhanced Edition - Players say: Pilot anti-gravity ships across twisting circuits, using boost, strafing, and pitch control to race at extreme speeds. Players like: Extreme Sense Of Speed · Satisfying Ship Handling · Energetic Soundtrack ·
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Redout is a tribute to the old racing monsters such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD. It is designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the arcade racing genre.

Grow Up - Players say: Guide the wobbly robot BUD across an alien planet, using plants and movement tools to find the scattered parts of his ship. Players like: Relaxed Exploration · Charming Alien World · Traversal Tools ·
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Leaping from mind-boggling heights, bouncing off Champolines, soaring inches from floating islands, BUD can do it all - that look of mild terror, that’s his daredevil face. Help the adorable little robot collect MOM’s scattered ship parts and return them to the moon.

Hidden Gems

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

her tears were my light - Players say: As Time, rewind conversations and revisit moments to shape a branching romance with Space and respond to her loneliness. Players like: Time-Rewind Storytelling · Tender Cosmic Romance · Cute Character Art ·
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a love story between time and space

Sunshine Heavy Industries - Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.
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Aug 17, 2021
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Second Stellar - Join the enigmatic Starfarers as they traverse the cosmos in this unique dual-character action roguelite, unraveling the mysteries of their galaxy and beyond in pursuit of the Voyager.
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Dec 10, 2025
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Star Leaping Story - Players will help a white-robed girl and her friends uncover the truth of the planet using unique dash gameplay. The storyline is fully voiced by renowned actors, with meticulously designed levels and energetic music for you to enjoy!
Aero GPX - Players say: Pilot an anti-gravity machine through high-speed races, using attacks, aerial maneuvers, and risky speed boosts to outpace rivals. Players like: Responsive Controls · Strong Speed Feel · F-Zero-Inspired Racing ·
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Aero GPX is an anti-gravity racer focused on high velocity, flight, machine-to-machine combat, and responsive controls that are easy to pick up but difficult to master. Fight for the best position possible with high speeds, risky maneuvers, and visceral attacks!

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Aug 6, 2024
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UnLoop - ⚠️VR-only. Your mic is recording. Your actions too.⚠️ Infiltrate a retro space station. Get trapped in a time loop. Your past copies will replay every word you said and every mistake you made. You're the team. You're also the problem.
UFO: Unidentified Falling Objects - Unidentified Falling Objects is a unique mashup of platforming and puzzle destroying gameplay. Players are dropped into the puzzle where they must dodge the falling obstacles and destroy blocks to make big combos.
Space Court - As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.
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?
Terraformental - Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Breakpoint - Breakpoint is a twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode. Break through the swarm to claim your spot on the online leaderboard.
ROLLING STAR - Bursting with hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! The second installment of the super-exhilarating Metroidvania series is here!!
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Mar 31, 2025
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Top Rated

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

Picayune Dreams - Players say: As Cyl, survive spaceborne hordes in a roguelike shooter, build weapons between waves, and dodge bullet-hell bosses. Players like: Breakcore Soundtrack · Surreal Visual Style · Bullet-Hell Bosses ·
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Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack - Players say: Lead Rebel, Imperial, or underworld forces across a galactic map, then command real-time space and ground battles. Players like: Active Modding Community · Cinematic Space Battles · Galactic Strategy Map ·
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Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

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May 25, 2010
98% 👍
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Aliya: Timelink - Players say: Chat across 1,000 years with a stranded astronaut, guiding her through ship emergencies and choices that shape her route. Players like: Emotional First Story · Real-Time Immersion · Aliya's Character ·
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The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.

Gravitas - Players say: As an apprentice in a gravity gallery, solve first-person platforming puzzles by bending gravity and moving cubes through lethal exhibits. Players like: Enjoyable Puzzles · Curator’s Humor · Gravity Mechanics ·
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Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.

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Aug 23, 2019
98% 👍
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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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Dyson Sphere Program - Players say: As the mech Icarus, automate factories across planets and star systems, then harness a star by building a Dyson Sphere. Players like: Factory Optimization · Interstellar Expansion · Dyson Sphere Spectacle ·
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Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

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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STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004) - Players say: Choose a faction and soldier, then capture command posts, pilot vehicles, and fight across Star Wars planets against bots or players. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Star Wars Atmosphere · Large-Scale Battles ·
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Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.

Disney•Pixar WALL-E - Players say: Guide WALL-E from a trash-buried Earth into space, using cube-making, platforming and puzzles as he follows EVE. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Movie-World Charm · Relaxed Platforming ·
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Based on the 2008 computer animated film from Pixar Animation Studios, the video game version of WALL-E involves playing as the lonely robot as he navigates a trash-tainted world and begins an unlikely trek across the cosmos.

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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