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Games like Space Salvager

2014PC

A space sandbox RPG where you carve out a life as a salvager, miner or pirate hunter. You pick your ship, gear and specialisation, and skills improve the more you use them.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Loot and gear

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In short: Games like Space Salvager

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

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Flatspace IIk

94 %Match

2017PC15.79 €

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

A top-down space game set in a randomly generated universe where you freely trade, fight and explore while upgrading your ship. Every playthrough differs since you pick your own profession and path.

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Star Valor

Loot and gear

A 2D space action RPG where you upgrade your own ship, craft weapons, mine resources, trade and take on missions across a large galaxy. You grow from a humble pilot into a powerful commander with allies and hired mercenaries.

Avorion

Loot and gear

A procedurally generated space sandbox where you build modular ships block by block and push toward the galactic core as a trader, mercenary or explorer. Ship building and freedom of playstyle are the heart of the game.

TerraTech

Sandbox with your own goals

You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.

Entropia Universe

Loot and gear

A long-running online sci-fi universe with multiple planets and a real-cash economy, where hunting, crafting and trading can carry real monetary value. The focus is on social multiplayer and economy rather than story.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Sandbox with your own goals

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Starsector

Sandbox with your own goals

A space sandbox where you pilot a ship and build a fleet, trading, exploring and fighting in tactical real-time battles. You choose freely whether to become a trader, mercenary, pirate or warlord.

No Man's Sky

Sandbox with your own goals

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

Starcom: Nexus

Lots to discover

You captain a small survey ship stranded in an unknown galaxy, trading, fighting or allying with alien species while upgrading into a battlecruiser. A space adventure built on discovery and a lingering mystery.

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