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Games like Spaceship Simulator

If Spaceship Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are eXoSpace Combat Engineer, Generation Ship and AstroForge: Space Pirates — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Spaceship Simulator: Design your own spacecraft with captured components in an unknown galaxy to defeat strange space creatures and finally escape from the galaxy.

2021IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDWindowsby chenjd
Spaceship Simulator — Steam game cover

Players who liked Spaceship Simulator also play

Steam players who put hours into Spaceship Simulator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. eXoSpace Combat Engineer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Build and pilot your warship to hunt the galaxy’s most wanted. Dodge blasters and missiles as you tear enemy hulls apart piece-by-piece in a high-stakes roguelite campaign, or unleash total chaos in the sandbox.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Generation Ship

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. AstroForge: Space Pirates

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Build your unique spaceship and explore space. Travel between planets, fight different opponents, trade and develop. Build the most efficient ship and fight with other players in multiplayer. 17 languages available.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Orbital Traffic Controller

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Orbital Traffic Controller is a sci-fi spaceship management game set in the Solar System. Become an interstellar traffic controller, directing vessels from planetary holding patterns and warp gates to atmospheric reentry, all while avoiding collisions with other spacecraft and planetary bodies.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Rocket Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Travel with your spacecraft throughout the solar system based on realistic Kepler's laws of gravity. Invent your own routes between planets, use gravity, explore space, trade, upgrade your spaceship and enjoy the beautiful scenery!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.

    2023StrategySimulationEarly Access15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Spaceflight Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

    2022IndieSimulationEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Spaceship Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spaceship Simulator at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Spaceship Simulator.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Spaceship Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Spaceship Simulator.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from chenjd

Other recommendable Steam games by chenjd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Individual Investor Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from chenjd, the studio behind Spaceship Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    In Individual Investor Tycoon, you can simulate investing in stocks, real estate and bonds from the 90s. In the next 30 years, follow the market trend, make reasonable investment, let yourself out of the trap of the rat race, to achieve financial freedom.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 妖怪俱乐部 Demon Club

    WHY THIS

    Another title from chenjd, the studio behind Spaceship Simulator. Shares Indie with Spaceship Simulator.

    Realizing the dream of being a demon king in childhood "Demon Club" is a game based on chinese mythology. It is envisioned on an overhead continent called "ShenZhou". The player is a demon with no power.

    2019ActionIndieRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mini Transport

    WHY THIS

    Another title from chenjd, the studio behind Spaceship Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    In MiniTransport, players need to think about how to use wiring to build a complete industrial chain to achieve the goal of producing the final product.

    2020IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Capital Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Another title from chenjd, the studio behind Spaceship Simulator. Shares Indie and Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    A game that simulates the use of capital to build a complex industrial chain, stock investment and business challenges

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. War of Resistance

    WHY THIS

    Another title from chenjd, the studio behind Spaceship Simulator. Shares Simulation with Spaceship Simulator.

    In this turn-based strategy game simulating the Second Sino-Japanese War, players will take on the role of the Communist forces, fighting against the Japanese army in the upcoming War of Resistance, and later, battling the Republic of China to win the Civil War.

    2025StrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Spaceship Simulator

How much does Spaceship Simulator cost?
Spaceship Simulator is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Spaceship Simulator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spaceship Simulator are eXoSpace Combat Engineer, Generation Ship, AstroForge: Space Pirates.
Who developed Spaceship Simulator?
Spaceship Simulator was developed by chenjd.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Spaceship Simulator.

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