The Best Space Games

Update : Tiny Pixel Planets added at rank #1.
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Tiny Pixel Planets (2024)

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PC Windows

Explore the pixel cosmos, jumping from star system to star system. Land on fully procedural planets, and make them your home.

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  • space
  • tutorial
  • scroller
  • building
  • pve
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • procedural
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • open-world

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Nova: Space Armada (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

An exceptional sci-fi strategy game based on space adventure as its core.


  • space
  • 4x
  • sci-fi
  • pve
  • strategy
  • political
  • pvp
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • real-time
  • base-building
  • -person
  • tactical
  • multi
  • historical

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Machinika: Atlas (2024)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Machinika: Atlas is an indie puzzle game and is the direct sequel to Machinika: Museum, you play as a museum researcher who just land on Atlas. Will you unravel the mysteries of the alien vessel? Solve cryptic puzzles to find out what happened!


  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • investigation
  • mystery
  • dystopian
  • aliens
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • 3d
  • first-person
  • casual
  • atmospheric

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Star Trucker (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Haul cargo, trade salvage and keep your space suit close as you search for fame and fortune among the stars in a game that puts an interstellar twist on the truck sim genre.


  • simulation
  • truck
  • space
  • auto
  • transportation
  • driving
  • moddable
  • immersive
  • sci-fi
  • relaxing
  • open-world

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STARDROP (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Gumdrop was peacefully sleeping in their asteroid when a mysterious force smashed it to pieces above the orbit of a nearby planet. Venture through a whimsical world to collect all the lost star droplets, slivers, and shards in this 3D platformer collectathon.


  • 3d
  • space
  • casual
  • collectathon
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • sci-fi
  • funny
  • first-person
  • platform
  • story
  • adventure
  • atmospheric
  • lore
  • walking-simulator

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Contingency Plan (2024)

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early access Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Take control of a capable combat frigate with your friends in Contingency Plan, a VR multiplayer co-op sci-fi spaceflight game about taking contracts and making money.

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  • space
  • vr
  • pve
  • flight
  • procedural
  • loot
  • action-adventure
  • cooperative
  • 3d
  • sci-fi
  • tactical
  • vehicle
  • team

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Asteroids (2024)

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Android Linux PC Windows IOS iPhone

Asteroids ++ is the best Asteroids game you will ever play in your life. Customize your spaceship with your weapon loadout, save your solar system, and destroy those damn Asteroids! And remember, you can never end Asteroid genocide!


  • space
  • multidirectional
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • editor
  • 2.5d
  • level
  • gun
  • customization
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • old-school
  • replay-value
  • linear

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ZAPNATOR (2024)

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PC Windows

Dodge and destroy enemies and asteroids to get food and grow bigger! Be careful though, the game only gets harder over time. Deal with incoming bosses and find yourself your own unique strategy with the attribute system! Change up the gameplay with different stages and characters to choose from!

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  • space
  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • psychedelic
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • class
  • colourful
  • aliens
  • pixel
  • character
  • casual
  • 2d
  • simulation

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Lunar Lander Redux (2024)

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PC Windows

Explore a rough space landscape in a fragile capsule. Good for an hour of fun or frustration depending on skill. Physics mostly accurate.

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  • space
  • minimalist
  • flight
  • platform
  • physics
  • 2d
  • retro
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • controller-support

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Planet Boom (2024)

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This chaotic fast-paced planetary defense game will have you shoot, jump, dash, and teleport across a fully destructible planet to fend off enemies flying in from all directions. Switch between multiple unique turrets, upgraded to suit your play style, for eye-popping synergetic plays!


  • tower-defense
  • space
  • shooter
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • twin-stick
  • destruction
  • action
  • real-time
  • procedural
  • pixel
  • 2d

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