Games Like Endless Sky Similar Exploration Games like Endless Sky

Endless Sky is described as 'Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers, or completing missions. Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow up pirates. Take sides in a civil war' and is a exploration game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Endless Sky for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Web-based apps. The best Endless Sky alternative is NAEV, which is both free and Open Source. Other Endless Sky like games are Destination Sol, Transcendence, SolarWolf and The Ur-Quan Masters.

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Explore other star systems. Earn money by trading, carrying passengers, or completing missions. Use your earnings to buy a better ship or to upgrade the weapons and engines on your current one. Blow up pirates. Take sides...

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Endless Sky alternatives page was last updated Nov 12, 2021
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  1. NAEV icon
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    Naev is a game about space exploration, trade and combat. Players travel the galaxy and earn money by trading, fighting and performing missions.

    7 NAEV alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Steam

    NAEV Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer

    NAEV VS Endless Sky

     
    • NAEV is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Endless Sky.

    • NAEV is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Endless Sky.

    • NAEV is Free and Open SourceEndless Sky is also Free and Open Source
    • NAEV is MultiplayerEndless Sky is not according to our users
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    Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies!.

    9 Destination Sol alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam

    Destination Sol Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Procedurally generated

    Destination Sol VS Endless Sky

     
    • Destination Sol is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Endless Sky.

    • Destination Sol is Free and Open SourceEndless Sky is also Free and Open Source
  3. Transcendence icon
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    A 2D space exploration, combat and trading game of epic proportions!

    Get ready to battle pirates, trade goods with a variety of civilizations some human some not and fulfill the destiny that the Domina has laid out for you. The journey will be dangerous but with your trusty shi.

    6 Transcendence alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Transcendence Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Sandbox

    Transcendence VS Endless Sky

     
  4. SolarWolf icon
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    SolarWolf is an action/arcade game written in Python. It is free and open source, created with the Pygame game development library.

    2 SolarWolf alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    SolarWolf Features

    1.  Pygame

    SolarWolf VS Endless Sky

     
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    A massive, space adventure game based on the original Star Control game series.

    12 The Ur-Quan Masters alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    The Ur-Quan Masters Features

    1.  Single player

    The Ur-Quan Masters VS Endless Sky

     
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    Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

    9 Space Pirates and Zombies alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Space Pirates and Zombies VS Endless Sky

     
    • Space Pirates and Zombies is the most popular commercial alternative to Endless Sky.

    • Space Pirates and Zombies is Paid and ProprietaryEndless Sky is Free and Open Source
  7. Star Sonata icon
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    Star Sonata is a space-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMO), that uses a third-person 2d overhead view similar to that of Asteroids. In addition the game offers complex and involved commerce, construction and team systems.

    9 Star Sonata alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Star Sonata VS Endless Sky

     
  8. nuu icon
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    NUU is to be an open-source (massive) multiplayer game of space trade and combat. NUU is heavily inspired by Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity. It's excellent open-source cousin naev currently lends NUU it's assets.

    5 nuu alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Node.JS
    • Chromium
    • Firefox

    nuu Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Trade

    nuu VS Endless Sky

     
    • nuu is the most popular Web-based alternative to Endless Sky.

    • nuu is Free and Open SourceEndless Sky is also Free and Open Source
    • nuu is MultiplayerEndless Sky is not according to our users
  9. Space RPG 3 icon
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    Space RPG 3 is a space-themed role playing action game, where you start as a novice captain with a small ship and work your way up in the galaxy by trading and doing missions, or even becoming a rogue pirate.

    1 Space RPG 3 alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Space RPG 3 Features

    1.  Endless gameplay

    Space RPG 3 VS Endless Sky

     
    Comments about Space RPG 3 as an Alternative to Endless Sky
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    Positive Oct 25, 2017
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    Its just so similar - hystory, battles and everything!

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    • Space RPG 3 is Paid and ProprietaryEndless Sky is Free and Open Source
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    Described as "Meccano Asteroids", Captain Forever lets you pilot your own modular spacecraft, while simultaneously constructing it.

    10 Captain Forever alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    Captain Forever VS Endless Sky

     
  11. Pacewar icon
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    In the distant future, two factions fight for control over space. As neither side has any particular advantage over the other, it is a constant stalemate. Only absolute domination by one of the factions can end this perpetual war, and this can only be achieved by pure piloting...

    2 Pacewar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Pacewar VS Endless Sky

     
  12. Reassembly icon
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    You're too busy crafting the perfect vessel, a spaceship pristine and precise and, perhaps, powerful, agile, and envy-inducing. Your shapes and colors will induce both fear and wonder into the electronic hearts of whatever insectoid, angley, squarish, plantlike race of alien...

    10 Reassembly alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Reassembly VS Endless Sky

     
    Comments about Reassembly as an Alternative to Endless Sky
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    Negative Oct 27, 2019
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    This game is about building your own little fleet of ships in a build menu and then going around and just killing things. It has no story and it has no jumps.

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    • Reassembly is Paid and ProprietaryEndless Sky is Free and Open Source
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