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Games like Lost Orbit

2015PC, PlayStation94 % positive

You guide the stranded maintenance worker Harrison alone through deep space, using planetary gravity as your only means of propulsion on the way home. The game lives on exploration and on working out clever, physics-based maneuvers.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Lost Orbit

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lost Orbit special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Nauticrawl

91 %Match

2019PC91 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Lost Orbit: a sci-fi setting, lots to discover and vast, open spaces.

You pilot a stolen submersible craft on an alien planet and must work out its baffling levers, buttons and gauges to escape. Figuring out the controls and the surroundings is the heart of the experience.

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Anoxemia

Pure single-player experience

You dive into dangerous underwater caves as scientist Dr. Bailey with your drone ATMA, collecting samples along the way. Currents, leftover mines and your dwindling oxygen keep you on edge.

The Solus Project

Calm and deliberate

You are stranded on an alien planet and must endure harsh weather, hunger and dangers while exploring caves and ruins in first person. The goal is to uncover the world's secrets and send a signal back to Earth.

Iron Lung

Calm and deliberate

You pilot a cramped submarine blindly through an ocean of blood on an alien moon, relying on coordinates, maps and photos. Its claustrophobic, oppressive atmosphere makes this short game an intense horror experience.

iOMoon

Sci-fi setting

A VR-focused exploration game where you pilot a research vehicle armed only with a flare and a camera deep into Jupiter's moon Io, photographing the strange things you find.

Red Matter 2

Pure single-player experience

You play agent Sasha, exploring an abandoned lunar base, solving puzzles and uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter. Its tense, claustrophobic atmosphere and blend of brain teasers with brief combat set it apart.

Adr1ft

Sci-fi setting

Adr1ft puts you in zero gravity as the lone survivor drifting through the wreckage of a destroyed space station while your oxygen runs low. It is a quiet, atmospheric first-person experience built around exploration, spatial navigation and a fragmentary story.

Trespasser

Sci-fi setting

As Anne you survive a plane crash on a dinosaur island and look for a way out with no HUD. Famous for its experimental physics-based controls, which bring unusual immersion and plenty of frustration.

Tin Can

Pure single-player experience

You play an untrained technician stuck in a cramped escape pod, learning its systems through manuals and trial and error to stay alive in space. The appeal is tense, claustrophobic problem-solving under pressure.

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