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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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Space Pirates and Zombies

86 %Match

2011PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive9.99 €

A top-down space combat game with physics-driven battles, where you play a pirate captain, customize ships, roam a sandbox galaxy and fight corporations and zombies.

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Planetoid

Gameplay comes before story

You construct physics-based facilities on a small planetoid to fend off enemies and protect the humanoids living there. It blends building, strategy and action in an indie sci-fi setting.

Cosmic Dust & Rust

Vast, open spaces

A space tower defense game where you build turrets and defenses and upgrade your ship. You can also take direct control of the ship and blast enemies with its cannons and super weapons.

MechDefender

Action-packed real-time combat

You pilot a mech in a hybrid of top-down shooter and tower defense, holding off hordes of alien zombies. You build mazes, upgrade weapons and skills, and protect your base.

A re-imagining of the 80s classic in which you command a huge carrier and pilot its aircraft and ground vehicles yourself to capture islands across an archipelago. Real-time strategy meets first-person vehicle action.

Star Merchant

Realistic visuals

You play a space trader, buying and selling goods across the stars, fending off pirates and upgrading your ship. You need to plan carefully to reach your goal without going bankrupt.

Starscape

Action-packed real-time combat

An arcade-style space shooter where you play the last pilot of a research station, mining asteroids, salvaging alien tech and customizing your fighters. A modest story and resource management add depth to the dogfighting.

VoidExpanse

Realistic visuals

An indie space game where you mine asteroids, trade, upgrade your ship and take on missions. Fast-paced fights against aliens and mercenaries add action between exploration runs.

Battlezone Combat Commander

Action-packed real-time combat

A hybrid of first-person shooter and real-time strategy: you pilot hover-tanks and mechs from the cockpit while commanding your base and units in a war against an alien force.