Games like Universal Combat CE

If the tense rhythm of Universal Combat CE stuck with you, this helps. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.

Battlecruiser Generations
In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996.
77% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Evochron Legacy SE
Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.
82% of 416 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Space Reign
An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.
Tense
73% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos
Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough Space for everyone!
Tense
76% of 90 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
X3: Terran Conflict
The year is 2938 and Earth has finally met the X Universe, with trade flourishing and tensions rising. Start with one small ship and a handful of credits, then trade, fight, board and build your way to an empire in a living galaxy where every haul, factory and fleet is yours to command.
84% of 2,099 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 63$3.19
STAR FLEET II - Krellan Commander Version 2.0
Welcome to the future of space warfare! Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander puts you in command of an advanced space battlecruiser and tasks you with exploring sectors, fighting and boarding enemy ships, and invading planets. Manage your ship, crew and escorts effectively and find your way to victory!
Tense
97% of 61 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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.
67% of 706 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
Infinity: Battlescape
Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.
Tense
79% of 639 Steam reviews are positive$34.99
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
A simulation-heavy tactical space game where radar shadows, electronic warfare and 3D maneuvering decide battles. Design a fleet down to individual hardpoints, then command it in real time with pause, alone or with friends. Every fight is a slow-burning duel of sensors and salvoes, and every mistake stings for hours.
Tense
81% of 4,112 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 116$29.99
Cosmoteer: 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.
Tense
94% of 12,141 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 588$19.99
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.
Tense
72% of 3,078 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$34.99
In The Black
Nuclear-powered space combat in the 23rd century! In The Black ® is an intense, realistic space combat simulator with a serious respect for science. It is laser focused on the pilot experience and features single- and online multiplayer game modes, plus robust ship customization options.
Tense
72% of 87 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Cheaper than Universal Combat CE

X3: Terran Conflict

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

$3.19

Independence War® 2: Edge of Chaos

Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough…

$5.99

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

Deep Space Battle Simulator

Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle.

$1.99

Space Battlecruiser

Space Battlecruiser is an arcade style, top down space shooter where you control a heavily armed capital ship.

$4.99

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

Void Destroyer

Combining the best of space combat and real time strategy. Victory can be tactical, a dogfight or capital ship slugging match - depending on how you…

$3.99

Starfighter Origins Remastered

Starfighter Origins is an Original 90`s style Indie space combat simulator Based on the CDF Universe.

$3.74

Event Horizon

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

$5.99

Unending Galaxy

Unending Galaxy is a unique space-sim in which you can fill any role from pirate or trader to the leader of a large galactic empire.

$4.99

Fairspace

Fairspace is an amateur developed open-ended space exploration, trading and combat game. A full and rich persistent universe awaits your discovery.

$8.99

Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD

A hyperdrive mishap hurls war hero Keith T. Maxwell 35 years into the future, straight into a war against a mysterious alien armada.

$7.99

Hidden gems like Universal Combat CE

BattleGroupVR2

BattleGroupVR2 is a virtual reality real-time space strategy where you explore the galaxy and lead a fleet of powerful warships from the bridge of…

$24.99

BattleGroupVR

BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship.

$24.99

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

Space Reign

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements.

$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

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.

$19.99