Games like Transcendence

Miss the replayable and retro pull of Transcendence? You will find a few strong contenders among these games.

SpaceBourne
Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.
Replayable, Tense, Mysterious
75% of 780 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
VoidExpanse
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$14.99
Star Valor
A top-down space action RPG where you start as a nobody with a small ship and work your way up in a procedurally generated galaxy. Mine asteroids, run cargo, hunt bounties or turn pirate, join one of six factions or stay independent, and build a fleet worth fearing. Made by a single developer, and it shows in the best way.
Replayable, Retro, Fast-paced
88% of 3,322 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 118$24.99
Endless Sky
A 2D space trading and combat game in the spirit of Escape Velocity. Start in a wimpy shuttle hauling cargo, work your way up to a customized flagship or a fleet of warships, and explore a galaxy of hundreds of systems full of stories, secrets and strange sights.
Replayable, Retro
92% of 7,169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 160Free
Star Traders: Frontiers
Captain a starship through a galaxy in turmoil. Play pirate, merchant, bounty hunter or spy across 33 jobs, build your ship from 45 hulls and 350 upgrades, and watch your crew grow cruel or clever from your choices. A deep, turn-based space RPG where every run tells a different story.
Replayable, Retro, Tense
83% of 3,690 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 43$14.99
Starcom: Nexus
Stranded in an unknown galaxy with nothing but a light survey shuttle, you chart star systems, probe strange planets, befriend or battle aliens and rebuild your ship into a battlecruiser. A hand-crafted space mystery about exploring, upgrading and finding your way home.
Replayable, Retro, Mysterious
90% of 2,310 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Rebel Galaxy
Rebel Galaxy puts you at the helm of a hulking star destroyer at the edge of the known universe. Trade, mine, hunt pirates and settle scores with broadsides instead of dogfights, all wrapped in a blues-rock soundtrack and a colorful space western atmosphere. It's a space sim that skips the spreadsheets and gets straight to the fun.
Replayable, Retro, Tense
85% of 7,275 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
Between the Stars
Take the helm of an interstellar cruiser and cross a procedurally generated galaxy to save the Republic. Real-time capital ship battles, a crew to hire and level up, hundreds of text events with lasting consequences, and a story that pulls you along. Every warp jump brings a new decision, and some of them sting.
Replayable, Tense
75% of 1,983 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$29.99
Approaching Infinity
Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space roguelike where you captain a starship through a procedurally generated galaxy. Take landing parties down to planets, caves and wrecks, fight or talk your way past alien factions, and chase one of 10 victories or just keep leveling toward godhood.
Replayable, Retro, Tense
94% of 733 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$17.99
Stellar Tactics
A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems. Turn-based ground combat in the classic style, ships to customize, board and capture, mining, trading and a galaxy slowly eaten by a disease called Phage. Big, slow, old-fashioned and generous with your time.
Replayable, Mysterious
77% of 1,694 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$24.99
FTL: Faster Than Light
Command a small starship carrying vital information across a randomly generated galaxy. You route power, aim weapons, vent airlocks, and decide who lives. Losing means starting over, which makes every jump tense and every win feel earned.
Replayable, Retro, Tense
94% of 63,096 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,111$9.99
EVERSPACE™ 2
A fast single-player space shooter with real RPG depth. Fly frantic dogfights across a handcrafted galaxy, loot better guns, solve puzzles, trade between systems and follow a clone pilot's story through a war-torn star cluster. It plays like Diablo with lasers, and the flying is the good kind of frantic.
Replayable, Tense, Fast-paced
85% of 12,170 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 298$9.99

Cheaper than Transcendence

FTL: Faster Than Light

Run a starship through a hostile galaxy, where one bad decision can end the flight and every new attempt plays out differently.

$9.99

EVERSPACE™ 2

A fast single-player space shooter with real RPG depth. Fly frantic dogfights across a handcrafted galaxy, loot better guns, solve puzzles, trade…

$9.99

Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars

Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat.

$4.99

EVERSPACE™

Fast roguelike space combat where every run ends in a crash and every crash makes the next one stronger.

$1.99

Space Rogue

Take on the role of a spaceship captain. Explore new worlds, and engage in intense ship-to-ship battles.

$9.99

Sector Space

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…

$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.

$8.99

Space Pirates and Zombies

Command a scrappy fleet across a fresh star map every run, fighting physics-driven ship battles while a plague spreads behind you.

$9.99

Event Horizon

Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission.

$5.99

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.

$0.99

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.

$9.99

Power of Ten

Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while…

$11.99

Hidden gems like Transcendence

Sector Space

Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items…

$7.49

Approaching Infinity

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space roguelike where you captain a starship through a procedurally generated galaxy.

$17.99

Vanguard Galaxy

Mine, trade and fight across a procedurally generated dwarf galaxy, at your own pace or with the ECHO autopilot at the helm.

$8.99

Void War

Command an ancient starship on a run toward the heart of a dying Empire.

$19.99

Stellar Tactics

A sci-fi RPG where you wake from cryosleep 500 years late, build a squad of mercenaries and set out into a universe of over 160,000 star systems.

$24.99

Starcom: Unknown Space

An action RPG about drifting through a hundred star systems in a ship you built yourself.

$24.99

Underspace

The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist.

$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.

$0.99

SpaceBourne 2

Fly, fight, mine and trade your way across a procedurally generated galaxy, then run the faction that rules it.

$19.99

Star Valor

Mine, trade, hunt bounties or go pirate in a procedurally generated galaxy that plays out differently every time.

$24.99

Between the Stars

Captain an interstellar cruiser across a procedural galaxy, fighting real-time battles and living with the consequences of your choices.

$29.99

Power of Ten

Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while…

$11.99

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