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Best Spaceships Games

Top 22 of 22 qualifying games — tagged Spaceships (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-10-22. Under each game: what its Steam reviewers most often mention (+ praise, − complaint), with how many of about 100 most-helpful reviews raise it — from the review consensus on each game's page.

1 Spaceflight Simulator (2022) Sandbox · Space Sim · Space · $9.89 + Fun, creative, engaging sandbox building 95+ Easy to learn, hard to master 32− Price too high or expensive 5 96.8%9,808 reviews 2 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (2022) Sci-fi · Singleplayer · 2D · $19.99 + Complex ship building with satisfying combat 82+ Challenging but rewarding learning curve 10− Unbalanced AI and repetitive design requirements 13 94.2%12,914 reviews 3 Unnamed Space Idle (2023) Idler · Clicker · Casual · Free + interconnected optimization systems 38+ hundreds of hours content 20− slow grinding progression 13 92.5%4,482 reviews 4 Arcade Moonlander (2017) Racing · Exploration · Flight · $0.99 + Simple precision landing 36+ Increasingly challenging levels 22− Short completion time 13 93.2%1,215 reviews 5 Space Pirates and Zombies (2011) Space · Action · Indie · $9.99 + Space combat and fleet systems 25+ Interesting story and humorous writing 5− Progression grind and repetition 10 90.6%3,173 reviews 6 Avorion (2020) Exploration · Sandbox · Space Sim · $24.99 + Ship building, creativity, versatile playstyles 90+ Fast advancement without excessive grinding 9− Shallow simulation, tedious grinding, poor balance 23 90.0%14,587 reviews 7 PULSAR: Lost Colony (2021) Space Sim · Open World · Simulation · $19.99 + engaging crew-based ship mechanics 44+ best with coordinated player crew 32− weak enemy variety and pathfinding 9 89.8%5,743 reviews 8 Astrometica: Prologue (2024) Base-Building · Space Sim · Survival · Free 89.6%1,308 reviews 9 Jump Space (2025) Co-op · PvE · Space · $19.99 + Ship and ground combat 38+ Fun cooperative crew play 27− Repetitive, simplistic combat 28 85.0%13,411 reviews 10 Nexus - The Jupiter Incident (2007) Strategy · Space · Sci-fi · $9.99 + Tactical fleet combat 31+ Strong space campaign 18− Crashes and broken missions 10 85.6%1,098 reviews 11 Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop (2024) Adventure · Management · Simulation · $19.99 + Tactile spaceship repair 36+ Learnable but demanding repairs 15− Punishing time pressure 13 84.9%1,239 reviews 12 Starship EVO (2020) Action · Indie · Simulation · $24.99 + Flexible ship building 71+ Active solo developer 18− Frequent crashes and glitches 28 83.2%1,546 reviews 13 Chorus (2021) Action · Adventure · Indie · $24.99 + fun space combat and dogfighting 68+ good redemption-focused story 31− dragging repetitive story sections 34 82.2%4,713 reviews 14 Ostranauts (2020) Early Access · Top-Down · Cyberpunk · $19.99 + deep ship systems 52+ punishing learning curve 17− frequent crashes and glitches 13 77.2%3,283 reviews 15 Wildgate (2025) Multiplayer · PvP · Space · $29.99 + Solid, unique core gameplay 25+ Fun with friends and crews 6− Playerbase rapidly disappeared 42 76.0%5,672 reviews 16 Shortest Trip to Earth (2019) Rogue-lite · Space · Strategy · $5.97 + complex ship systems 25+ varied ships and runs 9− brutal difficulty spikes 24 76.7%1,436 reviews 17 EVE Online (2010) Space · Free to Play · Massively Multiplayer · Free + deep, varied, immersive space gameplay 35+ lasting appeal across repeated returns 10− expensive subscription and paywalled ships 15 73.3%39,700 reviews 18 Starpoint Gemini Warlords (2017) Space · RPG · Open World · $34.99 73.0%3,598 reviews 19 Starminer (2026) Early Access · Sandbox · Space Sim · $29.99 + ship building and mining 58+ beautiful detailed ships 13− shallow, unfinished gameplay 23 73.2%1,923 reviews 20 Starpoint Gemini 2 (2014) Space · Simulation · RPG · $34.99 + Enjoyable space combat 30+ Satisfying ship upgrades 5− Tedious combat and travel 21 69.5%4,122 reviews 21 Dreadnought (2018) Space · Free to Play · Massively Multiplayer · Free + Unique space combat and ships 17− Shutdown and unavailable servers 49 68.4%6,630 reviews 22 STAR WARS: Squadrons (2020) Flight · Space · VR · $39.99 + immersive, satisfying starfighter combat 53+ sharp, immersive VR visuals 10− startup crashes and launch failures 32 64.8%28,203 reviews