Colony Prospector
Colony Prospecting - the most profitable occupation on Earth, or the quickest way to bankruptcy. That's if the aliens don't kill you first.
83% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like Planet Scanner
Want something that feels mysterious and atmospheric the way Planet Scanner does? Start with these games when you are ready.
Scavenger SV-4
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
91% of 659 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Signal Simulator
Game inspired by SETI. Take the role of a scientist to find an extraterrestrial signal .Control massive Radio Antennas by using interactive control in your Observatory. Detect , download and decode unknown or story telling signals. Manage and Maintain an electrical system to improve your systems and make it more efficient.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
79% of 972 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Colony Prospector
Colony Prospecting - the most profitable occupation on Earth, or the quickest way to bankruptcy. That's if the aliens don't kill you first.
Replayable
83% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Planetship
Psst hey computer entertainment enthusiast... wanna get weird in space?! Take my virtual cyberhand and follow me/us into the void on a real wild ride through space to end up the savior of the human race! Whaddaya say, wanna take your brain out? Put it in the Pilot's seat? ...?
Atmospheric, Surreal, Dark
65% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Journey To The Savage Planet
You work for Kindred Aerospace, proudly the 4th best interstellar exploration company, and your job is to survey the planet ARY-26. Scan absurd wildlife, jump and grapple across a bright alien world, print gear from space trash, and drag a friend along in online co-op. A funny, colorful metroidvania that never takes itself seriously.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
87% of 5,687 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$29.99Star Explorers
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Replayable
82% of 245 Steam reviews are positive$3.241000 days to escape
Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can. Explore planets, colonize them, help people find a new home.
Replayable
84% of 369 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Titan Station
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
89% of 558 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Voyager-19
Captain a decaying probe sent to find humanity's missing first interstellar expedition. Photograph strange planets, record their radio waves, and ration power from a dying nuclear battery while the screen itself rots with dead pixels. A short, quiet space horror that gets under your skin.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
87% of 1,002 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Corpse of Discovery
A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi homage mixed in) – set on beautiful and lonely alien worlds.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
62% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor
Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. Play as the Janitor, an Alaensee girlbeast with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran's Rock far behind her.
Mysterious, Atmospheric, Surreal
79% of 618 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than Planet Scanner
Star Explorers
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race.
82% of 245 Steam reviews are positive$3.24
SPACEPLAN
Generate watts, launch potato-powered probes and unravel a planet's mystery while a sarcastic ship AI keeps you company.
91% of 3,332 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$2.99
1000 days to escape
Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can.
84% of 369 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Corpse of Discovery
A first-person Walking Simulator exploring the deeper meaning of family, life goals, and personal choices (with a bit of humor and old-school sci-fi…
62% of 139 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Voyager-19
You pilot a crumbling space probe through distant star systems, searching for a lost expedition.
87% of 1,002 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
helionaut
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
94% of 204 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Startopia
A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse.
91% of 845 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$6.99
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
Explore an empty planet as an astronaut, follow a glowing trail of footsteps and uncover a Cold War mystery told across twenty strange worlds.
78% of 2,539 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
Search
The existence of all mankind is under threat. You are the only hope!
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Digger: Galactic Treasures
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures.
87% of 727 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
Dark Scavenger
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices.
89% of 153 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Planet Scanner
Digger: Galactic Treasures
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures.
87% of 727 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
Alien Market Simulator
Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers.
81% of 127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop
Repair strange spaceships by the manual, pay your corporate landlord, and see how long you last before it all goes wrong again.
84% of 1,117 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Voyager-19
You pilot a crumbling space probe through distant star systems, searching for a lost expedition.
87% of 1,002 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Starstruck Vagabond
A space captain accidentally freezes themselves for two thousand years, finding themselves in an unfamiliar galaxy.
86% of 563 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Astrometica
Mine asteroids, scan lost wreckage and build your own bases in a calm, open galaxy that lets you explore at your own pace.
81% of 2,960 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$11.99
Titan Station
Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station.
89% of 558 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Security 51
Work the checkpoint at the bottom of the shaft: check papers, scan blood, X-ray ribs, and judge who is still human enough to go down.
70% of 517 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$9.99
Stardeus
As the ship's AI, keep a dying vessel running, manage fragile human survivors and steer your rebuilt colony through a hostile universe.
87% of 1,465 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 198$29.99
Galaxy Pass Station
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub.
83% of 244 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Moon Runner
You are tasked with urgent maintenance on a small moon. Find the monoliths and manage your survival to complete your mysterious assignment.
86% of 301 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1Free
Newest games like Planet Scanner
Security 51
Work the checkpoint at the bottom of the shaft: check papers, scan blood, X-ray ribs, and judge who is still human enough to go down.
70% of 517 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$9.99
Alien Market Simulator
Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers.
81% of 127 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$12.99
Space Control
You've been abducted by an intergalactic megacorporation, Glorpo Inc!
97% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Alien Morgue
You're an alien pathologist. Search the Database for alien physiology and dissect bodies to figure out what caused death.
91% of 35 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Legitimate Space Corp Simulator LLC
NOW HIRING: Station Manager! Run a totally-legit* space biz in Sector 7-G. Farm alien crops, refuel shady ships, and sell dangerously edible snacks.
67% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$8.05
ROUTINE
A first-person sci-fi horror on an abandoned lunar base built around an 80s vision of the future.
91% of 7,830 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$24.99
Prospector
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game.
64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Digger: Galactic Treasures
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures.
87% of 727 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$4.99
Salvage Protocol
A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.
100% of 68 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
FACEMINER
Run a 1999 biometric data rig from a vintage desktop, upgrading it while the office emails turn strange.
89% of 1,576 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$7.99