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2024PCSteam Deck playable86 % positive19.99 €

A turn-based tactical survival game set in a space prison, where you fight, craft, trade and build relationships with convicts while climbing the gang ranks to plan your escape.

Turn-based combat
Runs that play out differently every time
Sci-fi setting
Deep systems to master

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The closest matches for Space Prison are Cogmind, X-COM: UFO Defense and Quasimorph. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Space Prison special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Cogmind 91% match – Runs that play out differently every time
Newest alternative: Quasimorph 87% match – released 2026

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Cogmind

91 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive24.50 €

A turn-based sci-fi roguelike where you play a robot that constantly rebuilds itself from parts scavenged off other machines. Every choice in loadout, tactics and hacking matters, and no run plays the same.

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X-COM: UFO Defense

Deep systems to master

The legendary tactics classic pairs tense turn-based squad missions against aliens with global base building, research and tight budget management. Soldiers die permanently, and every strategic decision can save or doom humanity.

Quasimorph

Runs that play out differently every time

A punishing turn-based extraction roguelike set in grim sci-fi horror: you send clone after clone of a mercenary into infested ships to loot and survive, while managing your own vessel between runs.

Sigma Theory: Global Cold War

Deep systems to master

You run an intelligence agency in a futuristic cold war over the singularity, recruiting agents and sending them on missions around the globe. Turn-based strategy blending espionage, intrigue and diplomatic decisions.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Tactical depth

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.

Into the Breach

Tactical depth

Compact turn-based tactics where three mechs defend cities from giant kaiju-like aliens. Every enemy attack is telegraphed in advance, so each turn plays like a tightly designed chess puzzle with roguelike runs and time-travel resets.

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Deep systems to master

A classic turn-based 4X game about founding a colony on an alien planet. Ideological factions, a philosophical narrative and fully customizable units set it apart.

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

Deep systems to master

The notoriously punishing sequel to UFO Defense moves the alien war to the ocean depths, combining base building and research with turn-based squad missions against Lovecraftian sea horrors. Its creepy atmosphere and brutal difficulty made it a cult classic.

Robothorium

Turn-based combat

You lead a robot uprising against human rule, commanding your squad in tactical turn-based battles. Roguelike elements make each run different, so building and managing your team wisely is key.

Invisible, Inc.

Tactical depth

A turn-based stealth tactics game where you guide a small team of agents through procedurally generated corporate facilities while a ticking clock pressures you. Every move matters, since mistakes can permanently cost you agents.