Games like Elite Dangerous

Looking for that same replayable and tense spark as Elite Dangerous? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Evochron Legacy SE
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
82% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
EVE Online
New Eden holds over 7,000 star systems shaped by its players, and you get to make your mark in it. Fight in huge fleet battles, trade, mine, build, run missions or scan wormholes for lost tech, in more than 350 ships you can fit out your way. Free to start, hard to master, easy to get lost in.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Tense, Competitive
73% of 39,867 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5,357Free
Evochron Mercenary
The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Atmospheric, Competitive
75% of 403 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
SpaceBourne 2
SpaceBourne 2 is a single-player open-universe RPG where you build an empire your way: fly, fight, mine, trade, run a faction and take over the galaxy. Tens of thousands of procedurally generated systems, ground combat, guilds and diplomacy. It is rough around the edges, and ambitious in a way few games dare to be.
Replayable, Tense
75% of 5,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 75$19.99
VoidExpanse
Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive fast-paced combat with hostile aliens and mercenaries in the rich and exciting Sci-Fi universe of VoidExpanse!
Replayable
68% of 570 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Rebel Galaxy
Rebel Galaxy puts you at the helm of a hulking star destroyer at the edge of the known universe. Trade, mine, hunt pirates and settle scores with broadsides instead of dogfights, all wrapped in a blues-rock soundtrack and a colorful space western atmosphere. It's a space sim that skips the spreadsheets and gets straight to the fun.
Replayable, Tense, Atmospheric
85% of 7,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$19.99
X4: Foundations
You start with one ship and a whole galaxy that does not wait for you. Trade, fight, explore and build your way up to fleets, stations and production chains, in a simulated universe where factions keep trading and fighting with or without you.
Replayable
79% of 25,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,238$9.99
Starlathe
A 2D top-down space sim where the galaxy actually runs: six factions mine, haul, trade and wage war across 150 sectors, live, whether you watch or not. Start with one small ship, then trade, salvage, fight, build stations and grow a fleet, solo or with up to three friends in co-op.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
88% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$11.99
Space Commander: War and Trade
Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.
Replayable
67% of 706 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Endless Sky
A 2D space trading and combat game in the spirit of Escape Velocity. Start in a wimpy shuttle hauling cargo, work your way up to a customized flagship or a fleet of warships, and explore a galaxy of hundreds of systems full of stories, secrets and strange sights.
Replayable
92% of 7,168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 141Free
Interstellar Rift
Design a starship deck by deck, then live in it. Interstellar Rift is an open world space sim where the ship you build is your home, your tool and your weapon. Run it solo and do every job yourself, or invite friends as crew and share the work. Mine asteroids, trade, fight the Skrill, or hunt other players across the galaxy.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
66% of 1,414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Avorion
Build any ship you can imagine out of blocks, then fly it through a galaxy that gets more dangerous toward its center. Mine, trade, fight pirates or start wars, alone or with friends. Ships break apart exactly where you shoot them, which never stops being satisfying.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Tense
89% of 13,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 549$12.49

Cheaper than Elite Dangerous

Evochron Mercenary

The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. Your spacecraft awaits and your adventure begins in the Sapphire star system.

$14.99

VoidExpanse

Explore the vast reaches of VoidExpanse -- mine asteroids, upgrade your ship, trade, complete missions, advance your character and survive…

$14.99

X4: Foundations

Trade, fight and build your way from a single cockpit to a space empire in a simulated economy that runs whether you join in or not.

$9.99

Starlathe

Run one small ship through a simulated economy of mining, trade and war, then build stations and grow a fleet with friends in co-op.

$11.99

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

Vanguard Galaxy

Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.

$8.99

Sector Space

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…

$7.49

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

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

Astrox Imperium

Set up a generated universe, then work your way from a small shuttle to a carrier at whatever pace suits you.

$14.99

Star Traders: Frontiers

Pick a trade, crew a ship and steer your own course through a dangerous, ever-shifting galaxy.

$14.99

SpaceBourne

Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war.

$14.99

Hidden gems like Elite Dangerous

Sector Space

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…

$7.49

Vanguard Galaxy

Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.

$8.99

Starlathe

Run one small ship through a simulated economy of mining, trade and war, then build stations and grow a fleet with friends in co-op.

$11.99

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

Underspace

The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist.

$19.99

The Infinite Black 2

Fly up to six ships through a shared universe of trading, treasure hunting and open war with other players.

$6.99

Interstellar Pilot 2

The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind.

$0.99

SpaceBourne 2

Fly, fight, mine and trade your way across a procedurally generated galaxy, then run the faction that rules it.

$19.99

Star Valor

Mine, trade, hunt bounties or go pirate in a procedurally generated galaxy that plays out differently every time.

$24.99

Between the Stars

Captain an interstellar cruiser across a procedural galaxy, fighting real-time battles and living with the consequences of your choices.

$29.99

SpaceCraft

Mine planets, assemble ships from parts and grow a trading empire with friends in an open galaxy.

$29.99

Stellar Odyssey

Chart a vast procedural universe, craft and trade, and build territory together with your Squadron at whatever pace suits you.

Free

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