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Games like Orbital X

2016PC2.99 €

Orbital X is a small indie PC game that promises a journey through endless space. Its exact mechanics are unknown to me, so this rating is conservative and based only on the limited metadata.

  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Orbital X

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

Similar in what way?

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Not for me Exclude horror, turn-based combat, pixel art …

Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

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Space Shaft

85 %Match

2018PC0.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Orbital X: a sci-fi setting, vast, open spaces and a pure single-player experience.

A small first-person space flight simulator where you drift through an asteroid belt, collect gas clouds, and spend the stored energy to accelerate and maneuver.

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Orbitality

Easy to pick up

You pilot an orbital service drone from an advanced civilization, flying at extreme speed through cosmic scenery. The focus is on speed and space atmosphere.

Drone Swarm

Focus on a single character

You command a swarm of around 32,000 drones that overwhelm alien ships, slam them into each other and block incoming fire. Hopping from star system to star system, you outmaneuver defenses with clever swarm tactics.

Light

Sci-fi setting

You pilot a spaceship, unlock nearby star systems, upgrade your craft and hunt down pirates in space. A small indie space action game focused on shooting and ship upgrades.

Rodina

Sci-fi setting

Rodina lets you roam an entire solar system seamlessly, moving from your ship to planet surfaces with no loading screens. Space dogfights against an alien swarm and the mystery behind the fall of the Vanguard Company give the journey its pull.

Moonbase Alpha

Sci-fi setting

You repair the oxygen supply lines of a lunar colony after a meteor strike, working through a technical repair and rebuilding task. I only know this game from its description, so the rating stays conservative.

SpaceForce: Rogue Universe

Sci-fi setting

A 2007 space action game set in a science-fiction universe, where you pilot a ship through space, fighting and trading. Detailed information is limited.

Incognito

Sci-fi setting

A 2009 indie genre-blending adventure set in the alien solar system Sector 42, where you survive in deep space by exploring and questing between planets. I know little about it, so this rating is conservative.

Lost Orbit

Sci-fi setting

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.

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