Games like Approximately Up

Hooked on the replayable and chaotic side of Approximately Up? These games are a good place to start.

Starship EVO
Crash-land on a planet, mine and craft your way back to orbit, then build the starship of your dreams and take it into a dangerous galaxy. The building system lets you stretch, shape and wire anything from fighters to capital ships, and the whole thing is yours to fly.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic
82% of 1,355 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$24.99
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Design starships piece by piece, staff them with crews of individually simulated people, and send them into physics-driven battles where every module can be blown off the hull. Explore a procedurally generated galaxy alone or with friends, test your designs in online PvP, or build without limits in Creative Mode.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
94% of 12,144 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 588$19.99
Space Impossible
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends. Every tile matters, as you dogfight, maneuver or speed your way past friendly traders, hostile aliens, and impressive space navies. What will you do, Captain?
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic
94% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Spaceflight Simulator
Build rockets from real-world parts, launch them, and find out the hard way why landing is the tricky part. A 2D space sandbox with honest physics, the whole Solar System to reach, and no punishment for exploding. Trial, error, one more rocket.
Replayable, Chaotic, Relaxing
96% of 9,670 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 148$14.99
Out of Orbit
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets. Explore endless randomly generated universes, travel through black holes, command your crew, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, battle epic bosses, and much more. The sky is the limit, literally!
Replayable, Chaotic
80% of 176 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
You are the Captain of the Nimbatus, a flying drone factory. Bolt together drones from over 75 physics-simulated parts, then send them down to fully destructible planets to mine, fight and survive. Build them by hand or wire up sensors and logic so they fly themselves, race them in arenas, or just break things in the sandbox.
Replayable, Chaotic
78% of 1,763 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
I Fetch Rocks
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic, Relaxing
93% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Space Haven
Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home. Space Haven is a colony sim about designing the ship, managing fragile civilians inside it, and salvaging what you need from derelicts, asteroids, and rival factions along the way.
Replayable, Atmospheric
85% of 10,448 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$24.99
Space Engineers
Build working ships, stations and planetary bases block by block, then fly them, crash them, mine with them and blow pieces off them. Real mass, power, oxygen and gravity keep every design honest. Best with friends and a tolerance for learning things the hard way.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic
89% of 102,836 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,176$19.99
StarShip Constructor
Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the most powerful ships in galaxy!
Replayable, Chaotic
65% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
SpaceCraft
SpaceCraft is an online galaxy where you mine planets, build your own ships from parts, automate bases and trade with other players. Fly out, scan a system, land, dig something up and turn it into a business. A calm, open-ended space sandbox that rewards patience and works best with friends.
Also in Co-op
63% of 2,738 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 232$29.99
The Last Starship
Design a starship from the reactor up, then fly it through a procedurally generated galaxy as a pirate hunter, miner, spacebus driver or whatever else takes your fancy. A 2D construction and simulation sandbox from Introversion where the ship you build decides everything.
Replayable
75% of 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99

Cheaper than Approximately Up

Spaceflight Simulator

Assemble rockets from real parts and take them from the launch pad to the far reaches of the Solar System, one failure at a time.

$14.99

Space Impossible

Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends.

$12.99

Out of Orbit

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets.

$14.99

I Fetch Rocks

Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana.

$15.99

StarShip Constructor

Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the…

$4.99

Sunshine Heavy Industries

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style.

$14.99

BossConstructor

Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with…

$14.99

Reassembly

Design a spaceship block by block, then take it into a wild open galaxy where every loss teaches you something for the next build.

$14.99

StarMade

A voxel universe where you mine, craft and command your own fleet, alone or with friends on a server.

$14.99

Avorion

Build a blocky spaceship from scratch and take it into an open galaxy where mining, trading and piracy all pay off, and every battle leaves dents in…

$12.49

Jitter

A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI.

$9.99

SpaceKraft!

Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.

$11.99

Hidden gems like Approximately Up

eXoSpace Combat Engineer

Design your own warship piece by piece, then take it into fast bullet-hell battles across a galaxy of supervillains.

$14.99

I Fetch Rocks

Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana.

$15.99

Jitter

A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI.

$9.99

Astro Colony

Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.

$19.99

The Last Starship

Design a working starship from the reactor up, then take it into a fresh galaxy each run as a miner, pirate hunter or anything else you fancy.

$19.99

Ostranauts

Buy a broken ship in a cut-off solar system, then keep yourself and your crew alive one scrappy repair at a time.

$19.99

Space Haven

Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.

$24.99

Starminer

Build a mining ship piece by piece, haul in asteroids and manage the heat your greed creates before something out there notices.

$29.99

Sunshine Heavy Industries

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style.

$14.99

Juno: New Origins

Build rockets, planes, cars and whole planets from parts you stretch, reshape and paint, then fly them with realistic physics.

$19.99

Out of Orbit

Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets.

$14.99

Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.

$11.99

Newest games like Approximately Up