Space Games

Setting oftentimes gives any piece of media, be it books, movies, shows, or games, its boundaries. When setting a game in space, those boundaries must be masked in other ways so that the player still feels the freedom and choice that space provides. It hasn’t been until recently that games have been able to convey this, with titles such as EVE Online and (after heavy updates) No Man’s Sky delivering on a sense of presence and exploration in space.

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No Man's Sky
Paid • Proprietary
Open World Game
Sandbox Game
Survival Game
Windows
Steam
GOG.com
Playstation
Nintendo Switch
Xbox
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No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.
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No Man's Sky Features
1. MultiplayerNo Man's Sky offers a game mode for more than one player.
2. Endless gameplayNo Man's Sky offers at least one game mode that allows you to play indefinitely.
3. Online co-opYou can team-up with two or more players over the internet in No Man's Sky to play cooperatively.
4. Single playerNo Man's Sky has one or more single player game modes.
Procedurally generated
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EVE Online
Freemium • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Open World Game
MMORPG Game
Mac
Windows
Wine
Steam
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EVE Online is a massive multiplayer online game that offers limitless potential to discover, explore and conquer an amazing science fiction universe where you pilot spaceships, fight, trade, and form corporations and alliances with other players.
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EVE Online Features
1. MultiplayerEVE Online offers a game mode for more than one player.
2. Player vs PlayerYou can compete against other real players in EVE Online.
Variety
Player versus player
Other players
Sci-fi
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Starsector
Paid • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Open World Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
3 Starsector alternatives
Starsector (formerly “Starfarer”) is an in-development open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.
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Starsector Features
1. Single playerStarsector has one or more single player game modes.
Sci-fi
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Elite: Dangerous (Series)
Paid • Proprietary
Windows
OSVR
HTC Vive
Steam
Oculus Rift
22 Elite: Dangerous alternatives
Elite: Dangerous is a space adventure, trading, and combat simulator that is the fourth release in the Elite video game series. Piloting a spaceship, the player explores a realistic 1:1 scale open world galaxy based on the real Milky Way, with the gameplay being open-ended.
Represent entire series of Elite: Dangerous games including Elite,Elite: Dangerous,.
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Elite: Dangerous Features
1. Single playerElite: Dangerous has one or more single player game modes.
2. MultiplayerElite: Dangerous offers a game mode for more than one player.
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X (Series) (Series)
Paid • Proprietary
Open World Game
Exploration Game
Sandbox Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Steam
GOG.com
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X is a science fiction space trading and combat simulator series created by German developer Egosoft. The series is set in the X-Universe where several races populate a number of worlds connected by jumpgates.
Represent entire series of X (Series) games including X: Beyond the Frontier, X²: The Threat, X³: Reunion, X³: Terran Conflict, X Rebirth, X4: Foundations.
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1. Single playerX (Series) has one or more single player game modes.
Base building
Sci-fi
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Stellaris
Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
Linux
Steam
18 Stellaris alternatives
Explore a vast galaxy full of wonder in Stellaris, the evolution of the 4X strategy genre with space exploration at its core.

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Starfield
Paid • Proprietary
Open World Game
Role-playing Game
Windows
Steam
Xbox
17 Starfield alternatives
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
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Procedurally generated
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EmptyEpsilon
Free • Open Source
Simulation Games
Windows
Linux
Android
5 EmptyEpsilon alternatives
EmptyEpsilon places you in the roles of a spaceship's bridge officers, like those seen in Star Trek. While you can play EmptyEpsilon alone or with friends, the best experience involves 6 players working together on each ship.
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EmptyEpsilon Features
1. MultiplayerEmptyEpsilon offers a game mode for more than one player.
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SpaceHunt Game
Free • Proprietary
MMORPG Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
iPhone
Telegram
iPad
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Telegram bot API
4 SpaceHunt Game alternatives
SpaceHunt is a chat-based multiplayer adventure similar to Ogame and StarCraft: build a base and go on missions to explore the universe and attack other planets to gather resources and dominate the Universe.
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SpaceHunt Game Features
1. Endless gameplaySpaceHunt Game offers at least one game mode that allows you to play indefinitely.
2. MultiplayerSpaceHunt Game offers a game mode for more than one player.
Trade
Fleet management
Sci-fi
Online Gaming
Strategy planning
Chat Bot
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FreeOrion
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
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FreeOrion is a turn-based space empire and galactic conquest (4X) computer game being designed and built by the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is inspired by the tradition of the Master of Orion games, but is not a clone or remake of that series or any other game.

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The Ur-Quan Masters
Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
12 The Ur-Quan Masters alternatives
A massive, space adventure game based on the original Star Control game series.
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1. Single playerThe Ur-Quan Masters has one or more single player game modes.
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Space Pirates and Zombies
Paid • Proprietary
Exploration Game
Open World Game
Adventure Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Steam
9 Space Pirates and Zombies alternatives
At its core, Space Pirates and Zombies is an action based, skill oriented, top down space combat game. It’s similar to the ones we knew and loved in years past, but now using full physics simulation and modern graphics for those oh so pretty explosions.

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Star Citizen
Paid • Proprietary
Role-playing Game
Windows
Linux
Wine
Lutris
16 Star Citizen alternatives
Star Citizen is a space sim video game for Microsoft Windows. Star Citizen is planned to consist of two main components: first-person space combat, mining, exploration and trading with first-person shooter elements in a massively multiplayer persistent universe and customizable...
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Star Citizen Features
1. MultiplayerStar Citizen offers a game mode for more than one player.
2. Online co-opYou can team-up with two or more players over the internet in Star Citizen to play cooperatively.
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Endless Space
Paid • Proprietary
Turn Based Game
Windows
Steam
18 Endless Space alternatives
Endless Space 2 will put you in the fascinating role of a leader guiding a civilization in making its first steps into the cold depths of interstellar space. You will explore mysterious star systems, discover the secrets of ancient races, develop advanced technologies of...

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Avorion
Paid • Proprietary
Exploration Game
Windows
Steam
11 Avorion alternatives
Avorion is a procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
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Building game
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X (Series) Features

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