Interstellar Rift
Design a starship from the keel up, then take it out to mine, trade and survive in an open galaxy, alone or with a crew of friends.
66% of 1,414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Games like Starminer
If the replayable and tense rhythm of Starminer stuck with you, this helps. These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.
Interstellar Rift
Design a starship deck by deck, then live in it. Interstellar Rift is an open world space sim where the ship you build is your home, your tool and your weapon. Run it solo and do every job yourself, or invite friends as crew and share the work. Mine asteroids, trade, fight the Skrill, or hunt other players across the galaxy.
Replayable
66% of 1,414 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99Starship Theory
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Tense
50% of 1,152 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8FreeThe Last Starship
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.
Replayable
75% of 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99Starlathe
A 2D top-down space sim where the galaxy actually runs: six factions mine, haul, trade and wage war across 150 sectors, live, whether you watch or not. Start with one small ship, then trade, salvage, fight, build stations and grow a fleet, solo or with up to three friends in co-op.
Replayable
88% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$11.99SpaceCraft
SpaceCraft is an online galaxy where you mine planets, build your own ships from parts, automate bases and trade with other players. Fly out, scan a system, land, dig something up and turn it into a business. A calm, open-ended space sandbox that rewards patience and works best with friends.
63% of 2,742 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 232$29.99Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Design starships piece by piece, staff them with crews of individually simulated people, and send them into physics-driven battles where every module can be blown off the hull. Explore a procedurally generated galaxy alone or with friends, test your designs in online PvP, or build without limits in Creative Mode.
Replayable, Tense
94% of 12,143 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 588$19.99Sector Space
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Replayable
94% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$7.49Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
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.
Replayable
84% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Avorion
Build any ship you can imagine out of blocks, then fly it through a galaxy that gets more dangerous toward its center. Mine, trade, fight pirates or start wars, alone or with friends. Ships break apart exactly where you shoot them, which never stops being satisfying.
Replayable, Tense
89% of 13,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 549$12.49Celestial Command
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Replayable
59% of 689 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.
Replayable
66% of 2,200 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99Cosmic Miners
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Replayable, Tense
52% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than Starminer
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 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99
Starlathe
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.
88% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$11.99
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: 4$7.49
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Design every deck and turret of a starship, crew it with simulated people, and take it into battles where damage tears your work apart piece by piece.
94% of 12,143 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 588$19.99
Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam.
84% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Avorion
Build a blocky spaceship from scratch and take it into an open galaxy where mining, trading and piracy all pay off, and every battle leaves dents in…
89% of 13,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 549$12.49
Celestial Command
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and…
59% of 689 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
StarMade
A voxel universe where you mine, craft and command your own fleet, alone or with friends on a server.
66% of 2,200 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Cosmic Miners
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners.
52% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Space Impossible
Take control of a fully destructible spaceship and explore, blast or trade your way through the cosmos, alone or with friends.
94% of 124 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Astrox Imperium
Set up a generated universe, then work your way from a small shuttle to a carrier at whatever pace suits you.
84% of 1,263 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
Hidden gems like Starminer
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 1,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 266$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 1,347 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$17.99
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: 4$7.49
Vanguard Galaxy
Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.
90% of 616 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205$8.99
Starlathe
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.
88% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$11.99
Outworld Station
Link modules with tubes, run supply chains across planets and build starships at your own pace, alone or with friends.
83% of 866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$18.99
I Fetch Rocks
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana.
93% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Astronomics
Land on passing rocks, automate your mining operation, and earn your way back to Earth one contract at a time.
89% of 734 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$19.99
Jitter
A sci-fi exploration & survival game where you take on the role of a spaceship’s AI.
84% of 166 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Star Ores Inc.
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine.
81% of 327 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$17.99
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 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99
Ostranauts
Buy a broken ship in a cut-off solar system, then keep yourself and your crew alive one scrappy repair at a time.
76% of 3,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 140$19.99
Newest games like Starminer
Main Sequence
Mine, automate and design your own fleet, from a lone mining ship to stations spread across procedurally generated star systems.
82% of 97 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,728
Starlathe
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.
88% of 165 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$11.99
Ore Bastards
Explore an endless procedural universe. Mine asteroids, trade across living stations, fight cunning pirates, discover countless ships and items, and…
90% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
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 1,174 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 266$18.74
Ostranauts
Buy a broken ship in a cut-off solar system, then keep yourself and your crew alive one scrappy repair at a time.
76% of 3,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 140$19.99
SpaceCraft
Mine planets, assemble ships from parts and grow a trading empire with friends in an open galaxy.
63% of 2,742 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 232$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 2,447 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99
Space Haven
Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.
85% of 10,448 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$24.99
Outworld Station
Link modules with tubes, run supply chains across planets and build starships at your own pace, alone or with friends.
83% of 866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$18.99
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 1,347 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$17.99
Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.
72% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$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 1,645 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 96$19.99