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2022PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified89 % positive34.99 €

As a debt-laden salvage worker you dismantle huge spaceships in zero gravity with a cutter and grapple, sorting parts for profit. Physics-driven puzzling, the threat of explosions and a meditative work rhythm make it special.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lavish presentation
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Cosy, great for unwinding

The closest matches for Hardspace: Shipbreaker are Tin Can, Surviving Mars and In Other Waters. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Hardspace: Shipbreaker special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tin Can

81 %Match

2020PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable84 % positive17.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Hardspace: Shipbreaker: a sci-fi setting, puzzles to figure out and a focus on a single character.

You play an untrained technician stuck in a cramped escape pod, learning its systems through manuals and trial and error to stay alive in space. The appeal is tense, claustrophobic problem-solving under pressure.

Surviving Mars

Lavish presentation

A city builder where you found a Mars colony and keep it alive with domes, drones and careful resource management. The appeal lies in planning supply chains and surviving hostile conditions.

In Other Waters

Cosy, great for unwinding

You guide biologist Ellery Vas's diving suit across an alien ocean planet entirely through a minimalist map interface. Calm exploration, sample collecting and light puzzles drive an atmospheric story about loss and ecology.

The Solus Project

Lavish presentation

You are stranded on an alien planet and must endure harsh weather, hunger and dangers while exploring caves and ruins in first person. The goal is to uncover the world's secrets and send a signal back to Earth.

Machinika Museum

Cosy, great for unwinding

You explore alien machines in a museum, solving their tactile 3D mechanical puzzles to piece together the story of their vanished owner. Calm, atmospheric and free of time pressure.

Filament

Cosy, great for unwinding

A calm, fully narrated puzzle adventure where you use a cable-spooling suit to solve wire puzzles aboard a seemingly abandoned spaceship while uncovering its mystery.

Ambrosia Sky

Lavish presentation

As disaster specialist Dalia, you clean alien fungus from facilities around Saturn's rings, lay victims to rest and uncover the contamination's origins. It blends calm cleanup gameplay with survival and exploration.

Ixion

Lavish presentation

As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

Jurassic World Evolution

Lavish presentation

A park-building management sim where you breed dinosaurs, design enclosures and attractions, and keep guests safe when predators break loose. The impressively animated dinosaurs and the film license are the main draw.

Dyson Sphere Program

Cosy, great for unwinding

A space factory-automation game where you build production chains across multiple planets and ultimately wrap a star in a Dyson sphere. The appeal lies in optimizing sprawling logistics networks on a galactic scale.

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