Games like Unending Galaxy

If the retro and replayable rhythm of Unending Galaxy stuck with you, this helps. Give these games a try when the craving hits.

SpaceBourne 2
SpaceBourne 2 is a single-player open-universe RPG where you build an empire your way: fly, fight, mine, trade, run a faction and take over the galaxy. Tens of thousands of procedurally generated systems, ground combat, guilds and diplomacy. It is rough around the edges, and ambitious in a way few games dare to be.
Replayable
75% of 5,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 75$19.99
X4: Foundations
You start with one ship and a whole galaxy that does not wait for you. Trade, fight, explore and build your way up to fleets, stations and production chains, in a simulated universe where factions keep trading and fighting with or without you.
Replayable
79% of 25,605 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2,238$9.99
Distant Worlds 2
A vast pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Generate a galaxy of up to 2,000 star systems, run an empire where every freighter and fleet is simulated, and decide how much of it you want to control yourself. No two galaxies play out the same.
Replayable
71% of 2,683 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 131$49.99
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.
Retro, Replayable
92% of 7,168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 141Free
ENDLESS Space™ 2
A turn-based space opera where you lead one of eight wildly different civilizations across a galaxy littered with the ruins of the ENDLESS. Colonize systems, steer senates, design ships and chase the truth about Dust. Gorgeous to look at, backed by a superb soundtrack, and built so each new empire plays like a different game.
Replayable
83% of 17,339 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 254$39.99
Sector 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.
Retro, Replayable
94% of 153 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$7.49
Vanguard Galaxy
A laid-back space sim set in the Canis Major dwarf galaxy, where you mine asteroids, salvage wrecks, trade and fight your way across a procedurally generated galaxy. Play hands-on, or let the ECHO autopilot run missions while you work. Buy bigger ships, craft gear, hire crew and watch your fortune grow.
Replayable
90% of 616 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 205$8.99
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Fly a gunship, end up ruling a star system. Starpoint Gemini Warlords puts you in the captain's chair of your own warship while you build fleets, conquer territory and grow an empire across Gemini. Lead the charge yourself or let your armada do the work, then do it all differently next time.
Replayable
72% of 3,078 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$34.99
X3: Reunion
A vast space sandbox where you start in one small ship and end up running an empire. Trade between stations, fight pirates, explore far sectors, then build factories and fleets that keep earning while you fly. Slow to learn, hard to put down.
Retro, Replayable
73% of 599 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$1.99
Space Commander: War and Trade
Fight, explore the stars, trade, and lead your fleet across the galaxySpace Commander: War and Trade is an ultimate single player space-sim featuring spectacular graphics, intuitive combat and deep mechanics.
Retro, Replayable
67% of 706 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Void Destroyer 2
Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.
Replayable
79% of 655 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Starlathe
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.
Retro, Replayable
88% of 169 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 45$11.99

Cheaper than Unending Galaxy

X3: Terran Conflict

Trade, fight and manage your way from one small ship to a sprawling space economy in an open galaxy.

$3.19

X3: Reunion

Fly, trade and fight across open space, then build the factories and fleets that keep earning while you are out there.

$1.99

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

X2: The Threat

Fly one small ship across a huge open universe, trade, mine and build factories, and grow it into an empire of your own.

$0.99

X: Beyond the Frontier

The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other…

$0.99

Parkan 2

Parkan II is an original concept game that will allow you to feel as a pilot of a spacecraft lost somewhere in the universe.

$3.99

Icarus Starship Command Simulator

In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go…

$3.99

Darkstar One

Darkstar One offers a fantastic amount of freedom of choice.

$1.79

Space Architect

Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom.

$9.99

O.R.B: Off-World Resource Base

An epic struggle for control!

$0.79

Into the Void

Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles.

$1.99

Star Wolves

Star wolves is a 3D space RPG with deep strategy and tactical elements.

$3.99

Hidden gems like Unending Galaxy

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

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.

$11.99

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.

$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

Sins of a Solar Empire II

A real-time 4X where tactics and empire-building happen in one mode with no turns.

$49.99

Nexus Legacy

Rebuild civilization from one planet in a persistent online 4X.

Free

Dust Fleet

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander.

$19.99

Galactic Civilizations IV

Guide a young spacefaring civilization across a fresh galaxy each run, growing it by war, trade, diplomacy or culture until the stars answer to you.

$39.99

Astrox Imperium

Set up a generated universe, then work your way from a small shuttle to a carrier at whatever pace suits you.

$14.99

Void Destroyer 2

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire.

$9.99

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