The Best Space Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 2

Update : Directive 8020 added at rank #12.
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Orbt XL (2017)

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Stay in orbit while avoiding obstacles or being sucked into a black hole. Survive as long as you can while dodging and weaving between the various obstacles, the closer you orbit to the center; the faster you achieve points. The longer you last, the harder it gets. Good Luck and have fun playing with gravity!Simple one button controls; just pressing the Orbt button allows your planet to move away from the black hole, not pressing the button forces your planet to be sucked towards the black hole. Features:

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  • arcade
  • space
  • fast-paced
  • attack
  • score
  • casual
  • 2d
  • endless
  • family-friendly
  • addictive
  • soundtrack
  • single-player
  • challenging
  • replay-value
  • sci-fi

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Directive 8020 (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.


  • survival-horror
  • space
  • choices
  • psychological
  • horror
  • dystopian
  • cinematic
  • futuristic
  • aliens
  • survival
  • drama
  • demons
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • interactive

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Broken Universe - Tower Defense (2022)

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Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.


  • tower-defense
  • deckbuilder
  • base-building
  • pve
  • building
  • space
  • attack
  • score
  • hand-drawn
  • logic
  • strategy
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • survival

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Rebel Galaxy Outlaw (2019)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Out of cash, out of luck, out on the fringe. Juno Markev has a killer to tail, a debt to pay, and more trouble headed her way. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw takes place in a greasy, blue-collar world of outlaws, truckers, cops and thieves. Strap into a variety of spacecraft, settle a score in a filthy space-bar over a game of 8-ball, rock out to over 24 hours of music, and engage in white-knuckle dogfights.In the Dodge Sector it’s hard to get by – and even harder to get even.

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  • space
  • simulation
  • sci-fi
  • space-sim
  • old-school
  • pirates
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • combat
  • rpg
  • sims
  • third-person
  • dice
  • flight
  • space-western

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Space Crew: Legendary Edition (2020)

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Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!


  • space
  • simulation
  • sci-fi
  • management
  • survival
  • strategy
  • rogue-like
  • perma-death
  • challenging

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Astrosmash (2023)

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ASTROSMASH® was originally a Shoot´em up game for the Intellivision® console in 1981. This reimagined version is based on the game’s original theme and gameplay but much more exciting and challenging. The new graphics are phenomenal and the amazing background music adds a lot of excitement.


  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • cooperative
  • pvp
  • fixed
  • fiction
  • shooter
  • local
  • abstract
  • interactive
  • multiplayer
  • best-selling
  • arcade
  • nice
  • cross

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Power of Ten (2021)

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Find and unlock 10 unique playable star ships. Choose your ship's upgrades carefully to create an unstoppable machine. Equip powerful and sometimes a bit crazy weapons. Discover combined weapons that slap two together making devastating combos.Explore and battle through three unique regions and conquer a final epic battle.


  • rogue-like
  • space
  • spaceships
  • top-down
  • mining
  • perma-death
  • loot
  • flight
  • procedural
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • action-adventure
  • sci-fi
  • skill

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Breakpoint (2020)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Breakpoint is an arcade-style space shooter with neon explosions, unique enemies, and a variety of melee weapons that you can use to dispatch your adversaries. You can level up your weapons and build up a "breakpoint" meter to unleash powerful attacks that clear the screen efficiently. Compete in high score challenges and aim to best your own personal record.

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What we like:
  • Unique spin on classic arcade trope
  • Variety of melee weapons with unique light/heavy attacks
  • Fast restarts and pick-up-and-play addictiveness
  • Catchy electronica dance track intensifies with each passing enemy
  • High score leaderboards both local and global
What could be improved:
  • Single game mode - no set level mode
  • More game modes would be nice

  • top-down
  • twin-stick
  • shooter
  • space
  • attack
  • score
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • fast-paced
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • colourful
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • 2d

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Liberation (2023)

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Fight back against the evil Galactic Federation! It'll be good for humanity and probably OK for you. if you only play one space game this year, play Starfield, if you play two, play Liberation!


  • space
  • horror
  • simulation
  • action-adventure
  • dystopian
  • sci-fi
  • first-person
  • lore
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • soundtrack
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • flight
  • open-universe

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SHINORUBI (2022)

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Inspired by classic Japanese shooting games, SHINORUBI is a pure dose of adrenaline and frenetic arcade action with all the best aspects of Japanese bullet hell games, optimized for modern PC in ultra HD, all in a polished, accessible with many levels of difficulties.


  • top-down
  • military
  • futuristic
  • on-rails
  • shooter
  • faith
  • space
  • flight
  • bullet-hell
  • vertical
  • arcade
  • aliens
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d

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