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2018PC74 % positive20.49 €

As a starship captain you roam a large galaxy, survey planets, talk with quirky alien races and fight top-down ship-to-ship duels. Its humor and diverse species give the adventure its character.

  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Star Control: Origins

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Endless Sky

83 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck playable92 % positivefree

Fits your focus: Combat like Star Control: Origins.

You begin with a modest shuttle and build your way up through trading and combat to a formidable flagship or fleet. The freely explorable 2D galaxy, full of missions and hidden secrets, lets you chart your own path.

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Freelancer

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

A classic space action game where you fly as a mercenary through the Sirius sector, trading, taking missions and upgrading your ship while a conspiracy unfolds. Accessible dogfighting and a strong sense of freedom between stations and factions define it.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

A space action-adventure where you assemble ships from swappable parts (hull, wings, weapons) and fly freely between planets across an open star system. Mixing weapons, elemental effects and pilots keeps the dogfights varied.

Between the Stars

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

You command an interstellar cruiser, warping from jump to jump and fighting the Children of the Sun in real time. Your decisions affect your ship, crew and the world while you upgrade your vessel.

Wing Commander: Privateer

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

You live as a freelance outlaw on the frontier of Terran space, choosing whether to trade, smuggle, hunt bounties or fight. The open galaxy full of pirates and Kilrathi is what makes this space game special.

Everspace 2

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

Everspace 2 is a fast-paced space combat shooter with loot-driven RPG progression. You explore handcrafted star systems full of secrets, fight in dogfights, and build up your ship through loot, mining, and crafting.

A Long Journey to an Uncertain End

  • Combat like Star Control: Origins

A space opera where you assemble a colorful crew, manage resources, make story decisions, and flee across the galaxy by ship. Short arcade-style space combat and a personal story about escaping a toxic relationship define the experience.

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