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Games like Forbidden planet

2016PC53 % positive

You pilot a small spaceship, gather resources in space, colonize planets and defend your home world from incoming asteroids. It blends space strategy, tower defense and shooter action.

Sci-fi setting
Shooting and gunplay
Action-packed real-time combat

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X-COM: Interceptor

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1998PC55 % positive4.99 €

A space spin-off of the X-COM series: you outfit your interceptor craft, manage bases and research, and fight fast 3D space dogfights against aliens to protect mining colonies.

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Pure single-player experience

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Shooting and gunplay

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X: Beyond the Frontier

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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.

X3: Terran Conflict

Pure single-player experience

A vast space sandbox where you fly ships, build trading empires and factory complexes, and get drawn into conflicts between rival races. Freedom is huge, but the learning curve is steep.

Control Craft 2

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A small real-time strategy game where you command soldiers, capture enemy bases and repel invading attackers wave after wave. Across 24 levels you upgrade your weapons.

Genesis Alpha One

Shooting and gunplay

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X3: Albion Prelude

Pure single-player experience

A vast, freely explorable space sandbox where you fly ships, trade, fight and build your own economic and fleet empire. The focus is on freedom and simulation rather than a tightly told story.