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2022PCSteam Deck playable55 % positive12.99 €

An atmospheric space survival game where you captain a starship, manage scarce resources, explore alien systems and shape your mission through text-based choices. Each run is tough and different.

Choices with consequences
Runs that play out differently every time
Sci-fi setting
Deep systems to master

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The closest matches for Out There: Oceans of Time are Sunless Sea, Crying Suns and FTL: Faster Than Light. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Out There: Oceans of Time special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Sunless Sea 87% match – Choices with consequences
Newest alternative: Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown 83% match – released 2026

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Sunless Sea

87 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck playable83 % positive18.99 €

As the captain of a steamship, you sail the dark underground sea of Fallen London, juggling fuel, supplies and your fraying sanity. It thrives on grim, literary storytelling, discovery and the constant risk of death.

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Crying Suns

Runs that play out differently every time

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Runs that play out differently every time

You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.

The Long Journey Home

Runs that play out differently every time

A procedurally generated space odyssey where you hop between dangerous star systems with a small crew, manage scarce resources and pilot a ship under Newtonian physics. Alien encounters and hard choices reshape every attempt to get home.

Shortest Trip to Earth

Deep systems to master

A space roguelike where you pilot your ship through sectors, manage crew and resources, and survive tactical real-time battles. Every run brings new decisions, events and ship upgrades.

60 Parsecs!

Choices with consequences

You flee a nuclear strike into space with a small crew and must manage supplies, morale and tough decisions in a darkly funny retro-futuristic survival story. Random events make each run play out differently, often ending in surprising or fatal ways.

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

Deep systems to master

As captain of the USS Voyager you guide the ship across the Delta Quadrant, juggling scarce resources and crew while making tough calls on the way home. It blends Star Trek storytelling with survival strategy.

Insurmountable

Challenging difficulty

As a lone mountaineer you climb a randomly generated mountain, carefully managing stamina, gear and shifting weather. Each ascent is a tense planning and survival challenge with roguelike randomness.

Hyperspace Delivery Service

Challenging difficulty

A space management adventure where you name your crew and ship, juggle supplies, trade and fight off pirates and rogue robots to get your cargo to its destination.

Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars

Runs that play out differently every time

A short, randomly generated space adventure where you explore a galaxy, meet aliens and upgrade your starship. Each run fits into one sitting and stays fresh thanks to varied random encounters.

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