Games like Space Operators
If Space Operators is your kind of game, the closest matches are It Returned To The Desert, Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1) and 汉武大帝传-经典策略战棋 — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Space Operators: This is an old-school tank shooter set in space. Conquer newly discovered moons for Mega Corporation Mining Industry to earn your paycheck and make your parents proud! Win battles with your drone by blowing up your rivals in this retro pixel art game.
Players who liked Space Operators also play
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It Returned To The Desert
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Top pick for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Space Operators.
Unique mix of turn-based tactics and adventure game. Defend the town of Glint Rock against radioactive giant ants! Convince the townsfolk to join your party in a non-linear campaign with high replay value. Discover all the little secrets and stories in the lively town of Glint Rock.
Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)
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Second-strongest match for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.
汉武大帝传-经典策略战棋
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Third-strongest match for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Operators.
Classic single player game
Aether Oblivion
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Ranked #4 for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Operators.
Aether Oblivion is a story-driven, tactical turn based strategy game set in 2490 during the rule of the Stellconian Empire. Command your fleet, manage resources, and lead High Admiral Caelus on his mission to uncover the conspiracy behind the late Emperor's demise.
Star Command (1988)
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Ranked #5 for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
STAR COMMAND offers the thrill of the best sci-fi novels, and then some. In this epic multiple-character role-playing game, you don't just read about the adventure — you live it!
I am not a Monster: First Contact
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Ranked #6 for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Operators.
Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.
BATTLETECH
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Ranked #7 for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Space Operators.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
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Ranked #8 for Space Operators fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Space Operators.
Take command of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that will test your skills as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Operators at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Operators.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
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.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Space Operators.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Operators.
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!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Operators.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under Space Operators on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Operators.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Space Operators.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Operators.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Operators.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Operators.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Frequently asked about Space Operators
- How much does Space Operators cost?
- Space Operators is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Operators?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Operators are It Returned To The Desert, Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1), 汉武大帝传-经典策略战棋.
- Who developed Space Operators?
- Space Operators was developed by Bitheiro.
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