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Games like Celestial Command

2014PC60 % positive19.99 €

A space sandbox built around realistic orbital mechanics, where everything drifts along orbits with no vacuum friction or speed cap. It blends authentic spaceflight physics with classic space-action gameplay.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Deep systems to master

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In short: Games like Celestial Command

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X: Beyond the Frontier

85 %Match

1999USK 12PC75 % positive−80 % 4.99 € 0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Celestial Command: a sandbox with your own goals, an open world and a sci-fi setting.

A classic space sandbox where you play a stranded pilot who trades, fights and grows a personal empire of ships and stations. Freedom and a living economy matter far more than the story.

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Thrive

Deep systems to master

Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life, taking a species from a single cell up to a cosmic civilization. It focuses on simulation and creation tools, and is still a work in progress.

VoidExpanse

Realistic visuals

An indie space game where you mine asteroids, trade, upgrade your ship and take on missions. Fast-paced fights against aliens and mercenaries add action between exploration runs.

Distant Worlds 2

Deep systems to master

A huge pausable real-time 4X space strategy game where you explore galaxies with thousands of star systems, manage economy and diplomacy, and expand through conquest. Much can be automated, letting you run your interstellar empire your own way.

Star Ruler

Sandbox with your own goals

A large-scale real-time 4X strategy game set in space, where you design your own ships, command thousands of units and build a galaxy-spanning empire. Extensive mod support and multiplayer add plenty of freedom.

Space Engineers

Sandbox with your own goals

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

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