Approximately Up
Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.
93% of 1,171 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Games like Launch Director
If the relaxing and chaotic rhythm of Launch Director stuck with you, this helps. These games line up well for what comes next.
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.
Relaxing, Chaotic, Replayable
96% of 9,667 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 148$14.99Rocket Science
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Relaxing, Chaotic, Replayable
80% of 166 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Juno: New Origins
Build rockets, planes, cars and whole planets from parts you stretch, reshape and paint, then fly them with realistic physics. Automate flights with a visual programming language, run an aerospace company in career mode, or just tinker in the sandbox. Simple to start, deep enough to keep a space nerd busy for hundreds of hours.
Relaxing, Replayable
89% of 3,116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$19.99Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator that teaches you the procedures, then hands you the capsule. Power up, orbit Earth, navigate to the Moon, and feel what it was like to be the astronaut in the seat.
Atmospheric, Replayable
97% of 1,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$34.99Kerbal Space Program
Run a space program staffed by small green Kerbals who smile through every crash. You build rockets from parts, fly them on real orbital physics, and try to bring everyone home from moons and planets across the Kerbol system.
Relaxing, Chaotic, Replayable
95% of 122,069 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,087$39.99StarbaseSim
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Relaxing, Chaotic
94% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$16.37Space Manager
Take on realistic space missions, manage your economy, and explore the solar system. Build and expand your space center on Earth, accept contracts, and launch satellites into orbit. Research, adapt and collect valuable scientific data to commence your growing aerospace empire.
Replayable
43% of 44 Steam reviews are positive$14.95Flight Of Nova
A flight simulator built on real orbital physics, set in the Noren star system. You fly shuttles and freighters from planet surface to orbit and back, hauling cargo, docking with stations and chasing drifting containers, all by hand. It is slow, precise and demanding, and when a landing finally goes right, it feels earned.
Atmospheric
93% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$29.99CosmoLaunch System
CosmoLaunchSystem is a hybrid game about managing a space agency and piloting a rocket. You play as the agency director. You accept contracts, invest in research laboratories, design launch vehicles in the VAB, and deliver your clients' payloads.
Chaotic, Replayable
$12.99Lunar Flight
A modern take on the classic arcade game, Lunar Lander, Lunar Flight extends the experience to a fully fictionalized and accessible lunar module simulator
Chaotic, Replayable
84% of 517 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Space Docker VR
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
Replayable
94% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Approximately Up
Bolt together a spaceship from thousands of parts, wire up its systems, then fly it in first person to 15 strange planets. Solo or with up to four friends, every mission asks something new of your ship, and every mistake becomes a story. Build it, launch it, and find out what happens.
Relaxing, Chaotic, Atmospheric
93% of 1,171 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Hidden gems like Launch Director
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator that teaches you the procedures, then hands you the capsule.
97% of 1,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$34.99
EarthX
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars.
92% of 542 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
Archean
Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging.
87% of 247 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Flight Of Nova
A flight simulator built on real orbital physics, set in the Noren star system.
93% of 553 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$29.99
Juno: New Origins
Build rockets, planes, cars and whole planets from parts you stretch, reshape and paint, then fly them with realistic physics.
89% of 3,116 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$19.99
Space Docker VR
A hardcore flight simulator for VR! Get in the cockpit, pilot a ship, and navigate hazardous environments on a journey to become an expert docker!
94% of 145 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
KitHack Model Club
Developed by the creator of the original Kerbal Space Program, KitHack Model Club is a physics-based model building sandbox that offers limitless…
74% of 611 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
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.
96% of 9,667 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 148$14.99
Next Space Rebels
SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE. In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing…
83% of 328 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Mars Horizon
Design rockets, manage budgets and steer your space programme from first launch to the red planet.
84% of 2,765 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Design your own fleet of flying machines from physics-driven parts, then send them to mine, fight and survive on worlds that fall apart under them.
78% of 1,763 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$19.99
Newest games like Launch Director
EarthX 2
Build rockets, win contracts, reuse your fleet and grow a launch business all the way to terraforming the Red Planet.
82% of 88 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Launch Window: 1961
Manage a private space company in an alternate-history 1960s Space Race.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$5
Critical Descent
Master the hardcore, Starship-style catch maneuver in Critical Descent.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Rocket Engineer
Design custom rockets and master 2D orbital mechanics to navigate a fully simulated solar system.
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Void Cargo: Equilibrium
A first-person sci-fi cargo flight sim. Pilot a physics-driven lander, plan risky routes, manage fuel and heavy cargo, and repair systems mid-flight.
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Approximately Up
Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.
93% of 1,171 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Keplerian Space Discovery
Travel through the solar system in your own spaceship! The motion of each celestial body is accurately reproduced by the Kepler equation.
88% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator that teaches you the procedures, then hands you the capsule.
97% of 1,351 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$34.99
I Fetch Rocks
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana.
93% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Meco Rocket Simulator
A rocket engine design sim with real physics. Design, build and test engines hands-on: wire pumps, injectors and nozzles on a node graph.
81% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$49.69
Aviassembly
Design aircraft from scratch, haul cargo across a bright open world, and tinker until even the strangest designs take flight.
96% of 9,653 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 323$9.99
StarbaseSim
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving…
94% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$16.37