Universe Sandbox
Build solar systems, bend orbits and set off cosmic disasters with real physics, all at your own pace.
96% of 28,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 459$20.09
Games like SpaceEngine
Still thinking about SpaceEngine and its relaxing and atmospheric tone? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
Universe Sandbox
A physics-based space simulator where you play with the universe itself. Build solar systems, nudge planets out of orbit, boil oceans, spin Jupiter apart and watch a supernova unfold. Real gravity, real science, and no consequences except the ones you create. Calm stargazing and total cosmic mayhem, both at your own pace.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Replayable
96% of 28,218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 459$20.09Spaceflight 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, Atmospheric, Replayable
96% of 9,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 132$14.99Discovering Space 2
Discovering Space 2 is all about exploration. There’s no action, shooting or explosions, just sightseeing, discovery and relaxation on an epic scale.Calming, wondrous and adventurous.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
70% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Rodina
Rodina is a single-developer space sim with a full-scale, seamless solar system to fly through, land on and walk across. You pilot your ship, fight Xenos on foot and in space, read the story in books and logs, and rebuild your cabin to taste. Buy it for vast lonely scale and heart, backed by an hour of orchestral music.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Replayable
92% of 1,227 Steam reviews are positive$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, Replayable
80% of 166 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Kerbal 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, Replayable
95% of 121,970 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3,808$39.99Earth Analog
In this relaxing space flight adventure, you pilot the science vessel Eurisko XI on a quest through deep space. Explore fascinating, fractal-based exoplanets and uncover their mysteries. Analyze artifacts and upgrade your ship to unlock new pathways. Your mission: find humanity’s new home.
Relaxing, Atmospheric
65% of 102 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99Approximately 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, Atmospheric, Replayable
93% of 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74Space Zone
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Relaxing, Atmospheric, Replayable
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Space Engineers
Build working ships, stations and planetary bases block by block, then fly them, crash them, mine with them and blow pieces off them. Real mass, power, oxygen and gravity keep every design honest. Best with friends and a tolerance for learning things the hard way.
Replayable
89% of 102,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,245$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 3,112 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$19.99helionaut
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Relaxing, Replayable
94% of 204 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Cheaper than SpaceEngine
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 9,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 132$14.99
Discovering Space 2
Discovering Space 2 is all about exploration. There’s no action, shooting or explosions, just sightseeing, discovery and relaxation on an epic…
70% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Rodina
Rodina is a single-developer space sim with a full-scale, seamless solar system to fly through, land on and walk across.
92% of 1,227 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Rocket Science
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space.
80% of 166 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
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 positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
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 3,112 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$19.99
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 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Space Zone
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted…
50% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Space Engineers
Design spacecraft and stations from raw blocks, then watch real physics decide whether your engineering holds up.
89% of 102,815 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4,245$19.99
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
Archean
Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging.
87% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$19.99
Hidden gems like SpaceEngine
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 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
Run a space company at your own pace, moving cargo across the solar system one careful calculation at a time.
87% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 112$17.99
Archean
Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging.
87% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$19.99
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.
89% of 157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$0.99
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 3,112 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$19.99
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 9,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 132$14.99
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
Titans of Space PLUS
Just how big is big? Journey through this holographic Solar System, and then squint your eyes in the intense light of a few of the largest known…
93% of 176 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Rocket Science
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space.
80% of 166 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Solar System VR
An educational virtual reality journey through space. Be the first space tourist in history and explore planets and moons in our Solar System like…
74% of 321 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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
Children of a Dead Earth
Design your own ships and orbital battle plans, then let lasers and railguns decide the fight at blistering speeds.
89% of 916 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
Newest games like SpaceEngine
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 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
SpaceCraft
Mine planets, assemble ships from parts and grow a trading empire with friends in an open galaxy.
63% of 2,730 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 269$29.99
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
Run a space company at your own pace, moving cargo across the solar system one careful calculation at a time.
87% of 1,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 112$17.99
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$19.99
Super Starship
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons.
91% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Sector Space
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…
94% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$7.49
SpaceBourne 2
Fly, fight, mine and trade your way across a procedurally generated galaxy, then run the faction that rules it.
75% of 5,034 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 92$19.99
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator that teaches you the procedures, then hands you the capsule.
97% of 1,348 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$34.99
Galaxy Engine
Simulate the physics of the Universe on a large scale and create stunning visuals.
83% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Tiny Pixel Planets
Explore the pixel cosmos, jumping from star system to star system. Land on fully procedural planets, and make them your home.
85% of 13 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Archean
Archean is a first-person engineering sandbox where physics does the judging.
87% of 246 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$19.99
