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2019PC96 % positive28.99 €

A realistic space simulator and planetarium that lets you freely fly through a procedurally generated universe built on real astronomical catalogs, landing on planets and even traveling through time.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Lavish presentation

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In short: Games like SpaceEngine

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

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Universe Sandbox

100 %Match

2008USK 0PC96 % positive30.49 €

Fits your focus: Systems like SpaceEngine, Combat like SpaceEngine and Look like SpaceEngine.

A space sandbox where you create, alter and destroy planets, stars and entire galaxies with realistic gravity, collisions and climate simulation. It is about free experimentation and wonder rather than goals or story.

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Universe Sandbox Legacy

  • Systems like SpaceEngine
  • Combat like SpaceEngine

A space sandbox simulator where you build and wreck planets, stars and galaxies, tweaking gravity and orbits and smashing bodies together. There are no goals, just open-ended experimentation with a strong educational feel.

Lushfoil Photography Sim

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  • Combat like SpaceEngine

A calm photography game where you wander through gorgeous, photorealistic landscapes and capture the best shots with your camera. With no combat or pressure, the focus is entirely on atmosphere and discovery.

Beyond Blue

  • Systems like SpaceEngine
  • Combat like SpaceEngine

A calm underwater adventure where you play marine biologist Mirai, studying sea creatures and scanning the deep. It blends a nature-documentary feel with a gentle story, with no combat or pressure.

Slow Roads

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  • Combat like SpaceEngine

A calming browser-based driving game where you cruise endless procedurally generated country roads with no goals or time pressure. Perfect for unwinding with your own music, shifting scenery and changing times of day.

Everything

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  • Combat like SpaceEngine

This meditative sandbox lets you become any object in the universe, from animals to planets to galaxies, and drift freely through it all. Lectures by philosopher Alan Watts accompany a goal-free, contemplative journey.

Steep

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  • Look like SpaceEngine

Steep lets you freely ski, snowboard, paraglide and wingsuit across huge open mountain ranges in the Alps and Alaska. The appeal lies in finding your own lines, chasing high scores and messing around with other players.

Pools

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  • Combat like SpaceEngine

A liminal-space exploration game that favors eerie atmosphere over conventional horror. You wander through endless, near-identical pool rooms, trying to orient yourself and find the way out.

BeamNG.drive

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  • Look like SpaceEngine

A vehicle sandbox whose soft-body physics make crashes and deformation feel strikingly real. You roam open maps, push cars to destruction and build your own scenarios.

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