
Ostranauts
Buy a broken ship in a cut-off solar system, then keep yourself and your crew alive one scrappy repair at a time.
Looking for that same tense and retro spark as Objects in Space? These games make natural next picks for you.
2d space combat like no other. From the perspective of a single crew member, explore the fully destructible interior of any ship in a massive living world. Engage in space combat with no hitpoints where you know your enemy is dead when you see them fall out of their ship into the cold dark of space.
Tense, Retro, Replayable
Scrape together a loan, buy a broken ship and claw your way out of debt in a cut-off solar system. Salvage derelicts, wire up your own life support, hire a crew with real needs, and fly under honest Newtonian physics. A hardcore, scrappy space sim that rewards patience and punishes carelessness.
Tense, Atmospheric, Replayable
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.
Retro, Replayable
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
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
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 · Tense, Retro, Replayable
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.
Tense, Retro, Atmospheric
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Retro, Replayable
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Tense, Replayable
Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.
Atmospheric, Replayable
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.
Retro, Replayable
Take the helm of an interstellar cruiser and cross a procedurally generated galaxy to save the Republic. Real-time capital ship battles, a crew to hire and level up, hundreds of text events with lasting consequences, and a story that pulls you along. Every warp jump brings a new decision, and some of them sting.
Tense, Replayable

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

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

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

Captain a massive warship through an open space western of trading, mining and pirate hunting, set to a blues-rock soundtrack.

Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam.

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

Cosmonautica is a fresh take on space trading in a procedurally generated universe, paired with quirky humor for your intergalactic enjoyment.

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.

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

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

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

Landinar: Into the Void is a top-down space-adventure-RPG. You are recruited as a rookie bounty hunter in the oppressive Landinar Empire.

Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.

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

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

A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Explore an endless procedural universe. Mine asteroids, trade across living stations, fight cunning pirates, discover countless ships and items, and…

Assemble a ship from thousands of parts, wire its systems together, and take it to fifteen strange planets, alone or with friends.

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

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

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

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

A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.

Fight, trade, mine, and explore the galaxy in this old-school space combat simulator. You are a freelance pilot who survived an assassination attempt.

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

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.

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