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Space hidden gems on Steam
Every game here is tagged Space on Steam, sits between 1,000 and 5,000 reviews, is rated at least 80% positive, and carries a catch drawn from its own negative reviews. All 40 of them. How these pages are made.
Tacoma86% positive from 4,771 reviews201744% finish itDeck Verified
Narrative adventure game with interactive 3D recordings of past events. Explore a space station to uncover a crew's story of trust and fear.
What players likedLike a "walking simulator" but with unique AR video gameplay, players praise Tacoma's immersive storytelling, characters, and relevant themes.
The catchBarely any gameplay and it ends in two or three hours with no real payoff.
Games like Tacoma →
Creeper World 495% positive from 4,677 reviews202035% finish itDeck Playable
Creeper World 4 is a 3D real-time strategy game where players build bases and fight a fluid enemy. Its core loop involves managing resources and units against overwhelming Creeper waves on dynamic terrain.
What players likedPlayers praise Creeper World 4 as a solid 3D evolution of the series, with engaging strategy, resource management, and a vibrant modding community.
The catchIt is a downgrade from the third game in the series in almost every aspect.
Games like Creeper World 4 →
Futuristic arcade racer with physics-based flight. Experience high-speed, challenging races with a distinct low-poly aesthetic.
What players likedPlayers praise it as a fast, satisfying, high-risk, high-reward anti-gravity racer reminiscent of classic arcade games.
The catchNarrow tracks and floaty handling turn races into pinball off the walls.
Games like Redout: Enhanced Edition →
Chorus82% positive from 4,565 reviews202117% finish itDeck Verified
Chorus is a space combat shooter where you pilot a sentient ship, using unique abilities and drift mechanics in zero-g dogfights. It features a redemption story across varied cosmic locations.
What players likedPlayers praise Chorus as an arcade-like space combat game, reminiscent of Everspace or Mass Effect, with tight controls and satisfying action.
The catchConstant whispered inner monologue and flat writing keep interrupting the flying.
Games like Chorus →
Crying Suns86% positive from 4,508 reviews20199% finish itDeck Playable
Tactical rogue-lite space exploration with procedurally generated universes and story-driven events. Command battleships in strategic fleet combat to uncover a fallen empire's secrets.
What players likedPlayers praise Crying Suns as an FTL-style roguelite with deep story, strategic combat, and engaging ship management.
The catchRandom events and battles repeat constantly, so runs quickly feel like the same one.
Games like Crying Suns →
This is an open-world space exploration RPG with ship building and tactical combat. Players explore, research, and engage in faction-based interactions.
What players likedPlayers praise Starcom: Unknown Space as a Star Control 2-like exploration game with deep ship customization and engaging combat.
The catchObjectives are unclear, leaving you unsure where to go
Games like Starcom: Unknown Space →
This is a tactical space combat simulation game. Players command customizable fleets in realistic battles, managing resources and making strategic decisions.
What players likedPlayers praise its deep tactical combat, ship customization, and campaign, often comparing it to Homeworld, The Expanse, and naval warfare simulations.
The catchSteep learning curve; ships need heavy micromanagement
Games like NEBULOUS: Fleet Command →
This is a 3D tactical space combat game where players command Colonial fleets against Cylons. It features WEGO turn-based combat and fleet building with an original story.
What players likedPlayers praise its fantastic strategy and intense, detailed tactical battles, capturing the Battlestar Galactica universe perfectly.
The catchBattles play out slowly and repeat the same routine, with no way to speed turns up.
Games like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock →
Reassembly94% positive from 4,077 reviews20156% finish itDeck Playable
Space sandbox game where players build and evolve modular spaceships to explore a procedurally generated universe and battle alien fleets. The core loop involves designing, fighting, and adapting your ship as you grow in power.
What players likedPlayers praise its simple design, progression, and performance, comparing it to games like Cosmoteer or From the Depths.
The catchDevelopment was abandoned years ago, leaving bugs unfixed and the servers down.
Games like Reassembly →
Picayune Dreams98% positive from 3,477 reviews202345% finish itDeck Playable
A psychedelic bullet hell roguelite where you dodge hordes and collect upgrades. Survive intense boss fights in a surreal, story-rich nightmare.
What players likedPlayers praise this "Vampire Survivors-like" bullet hell for its amazing art, music, story, and engaging gameplay loop.
The catchRuns blur together and turn boring once the optimal upgrade path becomes obvious.
Games like Picayune Dreams →
Defense Grid 2 is a tower defense strategy game focused on tactical tower placement and resource management across dynamic maps. It offers a deep, rewarding experience with a story campaign and multiplayer.
What players likedPlayers praise DG2 as an improved, strategic tower defense game with a solid campaign and high replayability, building on its legendary predecessor.
The catchFans of the original find this one blander, uglier and hampered by a clumsy UI.
Games like DG2: Defense Grid 2 →
This is a realistic space simulation game focused on asteroid mining. Players manage a ship and crew, excavating resources in Saturn's rings.
What players likedPlayers praise this hard sci-fi space mining sim as a more grounded, customizable, and relaxing version of Asteroids or Elite Dangerous.
The catchControls are clumsy and barely rebindable, and the game explains very little of itself.
Games like ΔV: Rings of Saturn →
SPACEPLAN91% positive from 3,389 reviews2017Deck Playable
This is a narrative sci-fi clicker game where players launch potato-based devices by clicking and waiting. It features a silly story and exploration across different planets.
What players likedPlayers say SPACEPLAN is like Universal Paperclips, praising its unique story, excellent soundtrack, and engaging ending.
The catchProgress slows to a crawl, leaving long stretches of clicking and waiting for upgrades.
Games like SPACEPLAN →
Star Valor89% positive from 3,375 reviews202211% finish itDeck Playable
Space action RPG with procedural galaxy exploration. Earn credits through diverse activities to build your ship and reputation.
What players likedPlayers praise Star Valor as a top-down space RPG, like Space RPG on Android or a Diablo/resource management hybrid, for its deep customization and sandbox freedom.
The catchEnemies constantly warp in, forcing near-nonstop combat
Games like Star Valor →
Top-down space combat RPG with fleet management and real-time tactical control. Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, research tech, and fight space zombies.
What players likedPlayers praise its smooth performance and mod support, reminiscent of classic space combat and strategy games.
The catchProgress turns into a long repetitive grind of recycled missions for currency.
Games like Space Pirates and Zombies →
Mars Horizon84% positive from 3,071 reviews20201% finish itDeck Playable
Space agency strategy sim: build launch pads and labs, assemble rockets from historical parts, then play each launch as a turn-based mission control puzzle of power and resources.
What players likedPlayers praise its fun management and entertaining minigames, comparing it to Kerbal Space Program without the detailed rocket building.
The catchThe same minigame repeats for every launch and quickly becomes a tedious chore.
Games like Mars Horizon →
Space simulation game with large-scale fleet combat and economic management. Players pilot ships, trade, fight, and build empires in a vast universe.
What players likedPlayers praise its deep space exploration and economy building, offering a sandbox like experience to shape the universe.
The catchThe interface and flight controls are obtuse and the game teaches you almost nothing.
Games like X3: Terran Conflict →
Sci-fi combined-arms FPS wargame with pilotable capital ships and boarding mechanics. Fast-paced tactical team combat with customizable loadouts and AI support.
What players likedPlayers praise "Angels Fall First" as a spiritual successor to classic Battlefront and Planetside 2, offering expansive combined-arms combat with excellent offline bot support.
The catchGuns feel weak and floaty while fast melee knife builds dominate every fight.
Games like Angels Fall First →
Duskers90% positive from 2,776 reviews20160% finish itDeck Playable
You send salvage drones into derelict spaceships by typing commands at a terminal, reading motion sensors instead of seeing, and hoarding fuel and parts because death wipes everything.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique sci-fi survival and atmosphere, offering a compelling extraction experience unlike others.
The catchBad starting luck can doom a run outright, sending you into an unrecoverable spiral.
Games like Duskers →
Istrolid87% positive from 2,692 reviews2016
A real-time strategy game where players design custom spaceships to battle in territorial control. It features ship customization, tactical combat, and a single-player campaign.
The catchAn account and internet are required even for single player, and multiplayer is dead.
Games like Istrolid →
Astro Colony81% positive from 2,641 reviews20262% finish itDeck Playable
Automation and exploration game with destructible voxel planets and galaxy network building. Features base construction, resource management, and co-op multiplayer.
What players likedPlayers praise Astro Colony as a unique automation game, like Factorio or Satisfactory, for its freedom, depth, and dedicated solo developer.
The catchSingle player is fine but co-op is riddled with desync, crashes and missing objects.
Games like Astro Colony →
Starcom: Nexus90% positive from 2,302 reviews201947% finish itDeck Playable
This is an open-world space exploration and combat game. Players research technology, build ships, and interact with alien factions in a dynamic universe.
What players likedPlayers praise its interesting story and ship building, comparing it to Last Defense Academy and a star ship-based RPG.
The catchVague quests leave you combing a vast, empty galaxy for hours to find the next step.
Games like Starcom: Nexus →
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Event[0]80% positive from 2,279 reviews201631% finish itDeck Playable
Narrative exploration game. Communicate with an AI via typing to solve puzzles and uncover a story.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique story and AI character, offering a narrative exploration experience.
The catchThe AI parser misreads most typed questions, so you rephrase the same thing repeatedly.
Games like Event[0] →
Physics puzzle game where players control a cosmonaut's limbs to complete tasks in zero gravity. It offers a challenging, deliberate experience with a unique control scheme.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique, hilarious, and frustrating physics-based co-op that fosters teamwork and unforgettable moments.
The catchFloppy ragdoll controls fight you constantly, turning simple tasks into long ordeals.
Games like Heavenly Bodies →
VR arcade shooter. Dodge lasers and shoot droids in waves.
The catchRepetitive wave shooting with no progression or variety gets old within an hour.
Games like Space Pirate Trainer →
Solar 291% positive from 2,219 reviews201125% finish itDeck Verified
Solar 2 is an open-world sandbox game where players embody celestial objects. The core loop involves growing your system and completing bizarre tasks in an evolving, abstract universe.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique evolution from asteroid to star, reminiscent of games where you grow and absorb to become larger and more powerful.
The catchRandom black holes and clumsy movement undo hours of progress with no warning.
Games like Solar 2 →
Space Run85% positive from 2,136 reviews20144% finish it
Real-time spaceship construction strategy game where players build and defend a ship against space hazards. Players manage ship modules and speed to complete deliveries and increase reputation.
What players likedNo comparisons to other games were mentioned in the provided review.
The catchConstant frantic micromanagement, and there is no pause button to think it through.
Games like Space Run →
This is a tactical space combat simulator with fleet command and cockpit flight. Players engage in dogfights and manage their fleet, with a focus on replayable scenarios and ship upgrades.
What players likedPlayers praise its immersive VR space combat, comparing it to Homeworld, for its intensity and tactical depth.
The catchController, HOTAS and VR input support is poor, so setting up controls is a fight.
Games like House of the Dying Sun →
InfraSpace80% positive from 1,925 reviews20231% finish itDeck Playable
City-builder with complex production chains and traffic management. Players build infrastructure to support growing populations and resource transport.
What players likedPlayers praise InfraSpace as an addicting city-builder like Factorio or City Skylines, where managing traffic and supply chains is key.
The catchThe delivery AI sends trucks across the map past nearby depots, ruining any planning.
Games like InfraSpace →
Story-driven puzzle adventure game. Explore space, operate a telescope, and uncover lore to find Earth.
What players likedPlayers praise its balance of visual novel and exploration, reminiscent of mobile games from a bygone era.
The catchThe gameplay is just scrolling a telescope to find stars, and it gets tedious fast.
Games like OPUS: The Day We Found Earth →
Star Saviors82% positive from 1,684 reviews20165% finish itDeck Playable
Star Saviors is a 2-player co-op bullet hell shooter where players use distinct weapons and roles to survive waves of enemies. It features a full 3D engine with realistic physics and a challenging survival mode.
What players likedPlayers praise its precise bullet-hell action, comparing it to classic shmups for its challenging patterns and relentless pace.
The catchThe shooting is dull and generic, with levels that feel like going through the motions.
Games like Star Saviors →
This is a 4X strategy game focused on empire building, galactic conquest, and tactical ship combat. Players manage resources, research technology, and engage in diplomacy to defeat alien threats.
The catchAn unremastered DOSBox release with fixed resolution and an interface that aged badly.
Games like Master of Orion 2 →
Real-time strategy game where you command a small fleet against a vastly superior AI. Subdue AI subcommanders quietly to avoid overwhelming retaliation.
What players likedPlayers praise its unique blend of RTS, 4X, and tower defense, offering thoughtful, large-scale battles against a powerful AI.
The catchDense menus and text heavy tutorials make it a slog just to get started.
Games like AI War: Fleet Command →
Third-person action-adventure where you play Jango Fett hunting bounties. Features blaster combat and acrobatic maneuvers in a Star Wars prequel setting.
What players likedPlayers praise this challenging, old-school Star Wars action-adventure for its engaging story, Jango Fett lore, and classic early-2000s charm.
The catchDying five times restarts the entire level, and there is no way to save progress.
Games like STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ →
Starship EVO84% positive from 1,476 reviews2020Deck Playable
A space survival crafting game with a detailed ship-building system. Players mine, craft, and build to explore a vast galaxy.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful building and exploration, comparing it to Space Engineers, No Man's Sky, and Empyrion.
The catchConstant bugs interrupt building, and some of them destroy hours of saved progress.
Games like Starship EVO →
Still There86% positive from 1,347 reviews201922% finish itDeck Playable
Story-driven psychological adventure with dialogue, environmental puzzles, and survival simulation. It features dark humor, grief themes, and managing a space station.
What players likedPlayers praise its beautiful aesthetics, good puzzles, and sad lore, making it a worthwhile experience.
The catchPuzzles are obscure and barely explained, so walkthroughs become near mandatory.
Games like Still There →
A point-and-click adventure game with puzzle-solving and a sci-fi narrative. It features diverse characters and interstellar travel.
What players likedPlayers praise its genuine storytelling and compare it to classic RPG Maker games.
The catchThe story and characters are generic and predictable, with little worth remembering.
Games like Space Pilgrim Episode I: Alpha Centauri →
Tin Can85% positive from 1,336 reviews20226% finish itDeck Playable
This is a survival simulation game where players manage interconnected ship systems using a manual. It features a tense, realistic atmosphere focused on problem-solving and resource management.
What players likedPlayers praise its solid concept and UI, comparing it to timed puzzle games with an engineering focus.
The catchThe tutorial and manual leave out too much, so real runs become trial and error.
Games like Tin Can →
Rodina93% positive from 1,328 reviews2014Deck Playable
Rodina is a procedural space exploration sim with seamless solar system travel and FPS combat. Players can customize ship interiors and discover procedurally generated alien bases.
What players likedPlayers praise Rodina as a deep, immersive open-world survival game with a beautiful ambient soundtrack and rich exploration.
The catchThe solar system is huge but empty, with only a few hours of content in it.
Games like Rodina →
A space strategy game with base building, crew management, and tactical combat. Explore, research, and fight to defend Earth from alien invasion.
What players likedPlayers praise its engaging blend of FTL, XCOM, and classic JRPG combat with base management and 4X strategy.
The catchEvery battle plays out the same, with one attack rotation and no real tactics.
Games like Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander →
