Space Hotel
One of your ship's engines breaks down while on a trade route.
35% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Games like Project Proxima
Loved how dark and atmospheric Project Proxima can get? These games could fill that gap nicely.
Voyager-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.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
87% of 1,001 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Venus in Transit
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$6.99The Solus Project
You are the sole survivor of a crashed scout ship on Gliese-6143-C, and humanity's last hope. Explore five islands and the tombs beneath them, survive tornadoes, meteors and freezing nights, and piece together what happened to the civilization that came before you. A lonely, atmospheric sci-fi adventure with a real ending.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
79% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99Star 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.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Retro
82% of 244 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Alone in Space (by RetroVem)
Explore this short 2D sci-fi adventure game with an interactive game environment, interesting plot, a score system and (at least) two endings!
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
85% of 20 Steam reviews are positiveFreeThe Unknown
Aboard a small spaceship, you embark on an exploration, daring to face the threats of the universe. Activate your spaceship and uncover the hidden secrets of this vast cosmos.
Atmospheric, Mysterious, Retro
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Space Hotel
One of your ship's engines breaks down while on a trade route. You are forced to make a landing in the nearest star system Merope, constellation Pleiades. Your task is to find a way to the main hangar and escape on the ship of those who remained there forever.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
35% of 51 Steam reviews are positive$1.99Scavenger 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.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
91% of 658 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Out There: Ω Edition
An astronaut wakes from cryonics in an unknown corner of the galaxy, far from home. Scavenge drifting wrecks, mine planets, learn alien languages and piece together what happened to mankind in this lonely, dark space roguelike. No combat, just you, a battered ship and 350+ text adventures between you and the truth.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
75% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99Planetship
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? ...?
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
65% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$8.99HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.
Dark, Atmospheric, Tense
86% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$16.99Search
The existence of all mankind is under threat. You are the only hope!
Dark, Tense
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
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The existence of all mankind is under threat. You are the only hope!
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Planet Scanner
Scan the stars and claim planets for your corporate masters!
97% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Starless
In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi.
89% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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 2,540 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$1.99
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
Ghostship Aftermath
Ghostship Aftermath takes survival horror to a new level with random events and multiple story-lines.
38% of 73 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.49
Suborbital
A sci-fi survival game with a twist. Set in a sub-orbit of a black hole, collect materials and scavenge wrecks in order to repair your damaged ship.
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Abaddon's Veil
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole.
100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
SPACE Craft
Your ship crashed on the unknown planet BURA 0-5.1. This planet is not yet unknown to your race and who knows what awaits you here!
71% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Star Advent
5,000 Achievements. A space adventure. For those who want to relax and try something new.
74% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Lost Crew
This is text adventure game of survival of the astronauts on the orbital station that is lost in time.
91% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Hidden gems like Project Proxima
ROUTINE
A first-person sci-fi horror on an abandoned lunar base built around an 80s vision of the future.
91% of 7,768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$16.24
Voyager-19
You pilot a crumbling space probe through distant star systems, searching for a lost expedition.
87% of 1,001 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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 2,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$11.99
Cosmodread
Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares.
92% of 390 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Scavenger SV-4
Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game.
91% of 658 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Star Explorers
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race.
82% of 244 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
Crash-landed on a desolate, alien planet, what should've been a routine work-for-hire job for Powell has become a deadly mission to save the…
91% of 283 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Earth Analog
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space.
65% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
The Solus Project
Crash-land on a hostile planet, survive its violent weather, and uncover the secrets buried beneath its surface.
79% of 2,475 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Last Horizon
Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast expanse of space.
81% of 160 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$5.99
Spirits of Xanadu
At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet.
77% of 356 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Out There: Ω Edition
Survive a procedurally generated galaxy by managing fuel, oxygen and hull repairs while uncovering the fate of mankind.
75% of 1,360 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Newest games like Project Proxima
STAR TALE: Odyssey One
This is not a rescue mission. No one is coming. This is survival.
75% of 16 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cosmic Fear
You’ve discovered evidence of a cosmic presence influencing humanity since its origins.
84% of 138 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
Homeostasis
The stars aren't quite right and there is no one left to ask why.
78% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Quantum Void
Lost in an unexplored star system after a dimensional anomaly dispersed your fleet, you start to pick up signals scattered throughout the system.
96% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Dire Echo
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
67% of 67 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Abject Abyss
A short, atmospheric sci-fi horror experience. Explore an isolated research facility on the edge of charted space, and survive the horrors that lurk…
95% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$5.59
Venus in Transit
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
EXOTERRA: A Space Journey
EXOTERRA: A Space Journey is a first-person science fiction puzzle game set aboard a stranded ship in the vast, dark expanse of outer space.
89% of 62 Steam reviews are positiveFree
HELL OF FEAR: Mind Breach
Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space.
86% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
ROUTINE
A first-person sci-fi horror on an abandoned lunar base built around an 80s vision of the future.
91% of 7,768 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 117$16.24
Astral Outcast
Accidentally traveling through a wormhole with your ship, you end up in an unknown solar system.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Nonsolar
A survival horror game where you must work alongside an 8-bit computer to overcome deadly challenges.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$6.99