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Games like Star Control: Origins

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.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Lots of humour

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In short: Games like Star Control: Origins

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Star Control: Origins special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Endless Sky

87 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck playable92 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Star Control: Origins: an open world, a sci-fi setting and lots to discover.

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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Everspace 2

Sci-fi setting

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.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas

Open world

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.

A Long Journey to an Uncertain End

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Space Rangers 2: Dominators

Open world

A unique genre blend of turn-based strategy, space trading, and real-time combat in a living galaxy where you fight as a Ranger against the Dominator invasion. Humorous text quests and great freedom in playstyle add to the charm.

Freelancer

Sci-fi setting

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.

Wing Commander: Privateer

Open world

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.

Space Rangers

Open world

A Russian hybrid space game where you freely roam a living galaxy as a Ranger, trading, fighting and taking on quests while resisting the Klissan invasion. Turn-based battles, text quests and tongue-in-cheek humor set it apart.

Rebel Galaxy

Open world

A swashbuckling space adventure where you pilot broadside-firing capital ships, fight pirates, trade, mine asteroids and upgrade your vessel. A rock and country soundtrack gives it a distinct space-western flavor.

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