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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.
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The closest matches for The Long Journey Home are Starsector, Crying Suns and Eve Online. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Long Journey Home special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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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.
87 % 20.99 €
Challenging difficulty
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.
86 % 20.00 €
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A vast, persistent space sandbox MMO where players shape trade, mining, warfare and politics in a fully player-driven economy. The steep learning curve and costly losses give every decision weight.
86 % 9.99 €
Challenging difficulty
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.
85 % 19.99 €
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As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you roam the irradiated ruins of Boston, blending gunplay with the slow-motion V.A.T.S. targeting system and building your own settlements. Faction choices and countless darkly funny side quests shape the fate of the Commonwealth.
85 % 38.99 €
Choices with consequences
A post-apocalyptic action RPG set in the open Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where you craft weapons, recruit allies, court factions and shape the story through your choices. Bleak atmosphere, survival pressure and eerie creatures define the experience.
84 % 9.99 €
Lots to discover
A sprawling irradiated wasteland around Washington D.C. to roam freely, full of darkly funny stories and VATS-assisted gunfights. Moral choices shape towns, factions and the ending.
84 % 69.99 €
Choices with consequences
Obsidian's satirical first-person sci-fi RPG drops you into a new colony system rife with corporate absurdity, where dialogue choices, skills and even character flaws meaningfully shape your path. Opinionated companions and dark humor make every decision entertaining.
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A bleak survival horror adventure set in a photogrammetry-recreated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a physicist hunts for his vanished fiancée. You scavenge zones, build up a base, recruit companions and plan toward a final heist, with choices you can even rewrite reshaping the story.
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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.