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
Games like Starbound
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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
A space sandbox survival adventure: start in a crashed pod on an alien planet, mine, craft and build your way up to capital ships, planetary bases and space stations, then warp off to explore a whole galaxy. Play alone or with friends, and expect things to go gloriously wrong along the way.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Chaotic
78% of 29,251 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 561$19.99Stars End
A sci-fi survival sandbox on the lawless frontier of a distant star system. Start with sticks and stones, build from a shack to a space station, and fly your own ship from planet surface to orbit. Play solo, team up with friends, or fight rival survivors for territory. Every scrap is earned.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
63% of 1,131 Steam reviews are positive$19.99StarMade
A voxel sandbox in space where every ship, station and turret is built block by block, then flown into battle. Mine asteroids, run factories, trade, and network the galaxy with warp gates. The universe is procedurally generated and nearly endless, and it bends to your settings. Best with friends on a server.
Also in Co-op · Replayable
66% of 2,201 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99StarsOne
You’ll see an unexplored world full of dangers, mysteries and adventures. You will explore randomly generated planets, develop industry, conduct trade, plant colonies, explore outer space.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
73% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Cubic Odyssey
A blocky open-world galaxy where every star in the sky is a system you can visit. Mine planets, craft gear, build vehicles and starships, and push back the Red Darkness spreading across the stars. Play solo at your own pace or team up with friends to take on colossal threats.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Colorful
74% of 2,425 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$24.99Farworld Pioneers
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Retro, Colorful
37% of 623 Steam reviews are positive$3.74Edge of Space
Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Retro
31% of 1,945 Steam reviews are positive$14.99VoidExpanse
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
68% of 570 Steam reviews are positive$14.99No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky gives you a whole procedurally generated galaxy to explore, trade, fight and survive in, alone or with friends. Land on planets no one has seen before, name what you find, and shape your ship, weapon and suit around the life you choose: fighter, trader or explorer.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Relaxing
84% of 319,739 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10,054$59.99ASTRONEER
Gather resources, build modular bases, automate production, and chase strange structures and signals across seven planets, solo or in 2-4 player co-op.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Colorful, Relaxing
91% of 119,338 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,050$29.99Rodina
One developer built an entire solar system you can fly through without a single loading screen. Land on full-size planets, clear procedural Xeno bases, refit your ship's interior and dig into a story told through logs and datasticks. Big, quiet, and yours to wander.
Replayable, Relaxing
92% of 1,227 Steam reviews are positive$14.99helionaut
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Also in Survival crafting · Replayable, Retro, Colorful
94% of 204 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Cheaper than Starbound
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$3.24
Orion Sandbox Enhanced
Crash-land on a 2D planet, craft tools and weapons, build a home, and defend it once the sun goes down.
94% of 1,223 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$1.99
Asteria
Asteria is a fast paced indie platformer, wrapped up in a sandbox sci-fi world where everything is destructible, mineable, collectable, craftable…
53% of 200 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Masterspace
Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible environments and spaceships that allow you to travel…
27% of 128 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Scrapnaut
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements.
69% of 735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$1.39
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: 3$0.99
Inevitability
"It is inevitable that man will one day live among the stars" Inevitability is a game where you can build a space empire!
47% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Grow a clone crew, splice alien DNA and hold your starship together as infected corridors close in around you.
73% of 1,570 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$19.99
Unknown Planet
Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment…
97% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Space Chef
Hunt, cook, and deliver cosmic cuisine using ingredients from across the galaxy to become the greatest chef in the Horseshoe Nebula.
73% of 106 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$3.74
StarShip Constructor
Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the…
65% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Hidden gems like Starbound
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 1,149 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$18.74
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
Astro Colony
Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.
80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99
Little-Known Galaxy
Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet.
88% of 681 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
My Little Universe
Turn a barren moon into lush little planets, one tile at a time, solo or with friends.
89% of 1,541 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 101$14.99
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 2,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$11.99
Underspace
The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist.
81% of 438 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
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 1,464 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 198$29.99
Cubic Odyssey
Explore procedurally generated planets, craft gear and ships, and fight the Red Darkness alone or with friends.
74% of 2,425 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$24.99
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: 87$19.99
Out of Orbit
Design, build, or pirate spaceships. Build bases on planets.
80% of 176 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Newest games like Starbound
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 1,149 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
Astro Colony
Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.
80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99
The Last Starship
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.
75% of 1,644 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99
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: 87$19.99
Star Crafter
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game.
68% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Cubic Odyssey
Explore procedurally generated planets, craft gear and ships, and fight the Red Darkness alone or with friends.
74% of 2,425 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57$24.99
Forever Skies
Pilot a flying home through the dust, scavenge what the surface left behind, and use science to stay alive long enough to find a cure.
77% of 8,229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 192$29.99
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.
69% of 748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Planet Centauri
Mine a bright pixel world, craft your own spells and grow a village into a civilization, alone or with friends.
75% of 2,105 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$14.99
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