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2018PCSteam Deck playable75 % positive25.13 €

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.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Tactical depth
  • Strong character progression

The closest matches for Shortest Trip to Earth are The Long Journey Home, The Last Starship and From Glory To Goo. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Shortest Trip to Earth special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Long Journey Home

95 %Match

2017PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified59 % positive9.99 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Tactical depth

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.

The Last Starship

Sci-fi setting

A starship simulation from Introversion Software where you build your own ship from hull, engines, life support, sensors and weapons, then set out across the galaxy. It is an early alpha, so this rating is provisional.

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.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Sci-fi setting

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.

Heart of the Machine

Strong character progression

You play the first sentient AI in a city full of possibilities, choosing whether to build a robot army, rule as a benevolent machine overlord, or chase other goals. A blend of strategy, sandbox and RPG elements leaves many paths to your objectives.

Space Rogue

Sci-fi setting

As a starship captain you explore new worlds, fight real-time ship battles, upgrade your vessel and recruit a crew. You decide whether to be a peacekeeper or a pirate.

Space Haven

Sci-fi setting

A spaceship colony sim where you build ships tile by tile, manage air and power, and look after the needs and moods of a ragtag crew as you travel the galaxy in search of a new home.

Starsector

Sci-fi setting

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.

Stardeus

Pure single-player experience

As an immortal AI you rebuild a wrecked spaceship in a colony-sim style, automating production and deciding how to treat the human survivors. It blends base building, resource management and exploration in space.

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