Space 2014 — top best games in the Space genre

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Space, Exploration

December 16, 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 40/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Elite Dangerous is a reboot of the legendary space simulator of the 80s. The Empire is on the brink of chaos. The Emperor is ill, and a fierce struggle for the...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space

September 14, 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

February 24, 2014

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Science fiction, Space

October 23, 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is an exciting turn-based strategy set in a sci-fi setting in the Sid Meier's Civilization series of games. You will lead the...

Horizon

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy, Space

February 6, 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A turn-based space strategy game about galactic exploration and conquest, in which humanity expands its empire and encounters alien civilizations. The player...

Strike Suit Zero

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

January 23, 2013

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in 2299, this space-combat game follows a war between Earth’s forces and breakaway Colonial forces, with Earth facing destruction. The player pilots the Strike...

Starpoint Gemini 2

Simulation, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Space, Role-playing game

September 6, 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Starpoint Gemini 2 is a continuation of a well-developed space simulator with role-playing elements and a third-person view. You will take control of a futuristic...

Ancient Space

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

September 23, 2014

Steam: 42/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Ancient Space is an atmospheric real-time strategy game in a sci-fi setting. The game will take you into outer space, where you will lead a fleet and go on a...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

October 27, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids, growing it from a...

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

Simulation, Third-person view, Strategy, Space

October 31, 2014

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A turn-based strategy about the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which begins in the mid-1950s. The player leads a space agency and aims...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

March 6, 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

StarMade

Action, Shooter, MMO, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space, Sandbox, Open world

November 27, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 66/100

StarMade is a voxel-based space sandbox about exploring a procedurally generated universe and building ships, stations, and bases. Players can travel among...

Lords of the Black Sun

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Space

September 12, 2014

Steam: 19/100

This turn-based 4X strategy game is set in deep space, where rival powers struggle for control of the galaxy. The player leads one of eight races, explores star...

GoD Factory: Wingmen

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

August 29, 2014

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 76/100

GoD Factory: Wingmen is a team-based multiplayer space action game from Nine Dots Studio. Two teams of 4 people each will have to fight each other in various space...

Drifter

Simulation, Action, Indie, Space

March 4, 2014

Steam: 57/100

Drifter is a simulator with action and indie game elements from developers from Celsius Game Studios. The game is published by Celsius Game...

VEGA Conflict

Strategy, Online, MMO, In real time, Futurism (Future), Free game, Space

November 5, 2014

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 51/100

VEGA Conflict is a strategy game in the MMO genre and futurism style. You'll stake your claim, command your fleets, and conquer the abyss in this deep real-time...

Last Federation

Simulation, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Space

April 18, 2014

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Last Federation is a fascinating global strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future in the...

X Rebirth: The Teladi Outpost

Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Action, Space

December 11, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

An expansion for X Rebirth, adding a new star system with two sectors and numerous missions. One sector contains a massive Teladi space station with factories and...

Eterium

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

April 15, 2014

Steam: 49/100

A space flight simulator with action elements follows the war between the United Earth Alliance and the alien Revi. The player serves as a pilot aboard the carrier...

Distant Worlds

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Space, Science fiction

March 25, 2010

Steam: 71/100

This pausable real-time 4X space strategy game follows the growth of an interstellar empire across a vast galaxy. The player explores star systems, expands their...

Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey

Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

October 28, 2014

Steam: 73/100

Deep Eclipse: New Space Odyssey is a top-down indie action game in a sci-fi setting. You are the pilot of a space fighter who accidentally finds himself in a...

Drox Operative

Role-playing game, Action, Indie, Space

February 18, 2014

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A space action RPG in which a captain from the Drox Operative guild works among rival alien races. Long after the Drox vanished, their guild still takes contracts...

Retrobooster

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space

July 11, 2014

Steam: 100/100

Retrobooster is a 2.5D arcade shooter about piloting a nimble ship through strange worlds filled with enemies and hazards. Its flight controls use thrust and...

Sweezy Gunner

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Tanks, Indie, Space

May 6, 2014

Steam: 81/100

Sweezy Gunner is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter about a little tank's journey across a hostile planet. You will find dozens of interesting locations in three...

Rodina

Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Exploration, Open world

July 28, 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

This space action-adventure focuses on exploration across a seamless, procedurally generated solar system. The player explores planets and asteroids, discovers...

In Space We Brawl

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie, Space

October 14, 2014

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 54/100

This top-down arcade space shooter features ship-to-ship battles in local multiplayer matches as well as single-player missions. Up to four players can compete...

Bik: A Space Adventure

Adventure, Indie, Space

July 15, 2014

Steam: 94/100

Bik: A Space Adventure is a side-scrolling indie pixel adventure. Your hero is a boy who went on a hike with friends, but at one of the rest stops he is abducted by...

XenoRaptor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Space

June 16, 2014

Steam: 81/100

This top-down space shooter follows a cyberdragon battling an armada of space skeletons. The player salvages parts from defeated enemies to build weapons and equips...

Space Run

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Space

June 13, 2014

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Space Run is an exciting tower defense strategy game set in a sci-fi setting. You have to try on the role of a space courier and transport various cargo from one...

CLR: Cannons Lasers Rockets

Action, MMO, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Space

February 4, 2014

Steam: 25/100

This space arcade with MOBA elements centers on ship-to-ship combat, with 2D battles set in a 3D environment. Players attack with cannons, lasers and rockets, while...

Enemy Mind

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Space

June 6, 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

This side-scrolling space shooter follows a being of pure psychic energy lost in the depths of space. To survive, it takes control of other ships and uses their...

Celestial Command

Space, Simulation, Indie

November 21, 2014

Steam: 60/100

This space sandbox simulates orbital mechanics and centers on gathering resources, building ships and stations, and exploring a procedurally generated galaxy. The...

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Best Games in the Space genre of 2014