Prepare to Construct Solid Spacecraft
Building spaceships and exploring outer space are some of the coolest things around. From voxel-based space sandbox games like Starmade to the depth and realism of Space Engineers, these nine games offer an opportunity to engage in the excitement of building and exploring spaceships.
Avorion
Avorion is a sci-fi space exploration game that allows you to build any kind of spaceship you want using various blocks and materials. Featuring procedurally generated galaxies, Avorion offers depth in terms of survival, automation, and engineering applications. Explore and conquer various planets, which offer minerals and opportunities for trade.
Starmade
Starmade is a voxel-based, space sandbox game that offers building, mining, physics-based combat, and an enormous number of stars and planets to explore. Build ships, space stations, or practically anything you'd need or want, piece by piece and block by block. Create incredibly robust ships that can withstand even the most inhospitable planets.
Space Engineers
Space Engineers is a space exploration and sandbox game that requires you to build a ship capable of sustaining life in the harsh environment of space. Defend your ship against space pirates and other hostile factions. Experience the depth of physics and create some spectacular explosions.
Minecraft
Although an outlier, Minecraft allows you to build any kind of spaceship you want using various mods that introduce spaceship functionalities. Some of the best mods include Spaceship, Ender IO, and Mekanism. Give your spaceship impressive redstone contraptions on board using the Redstone Flux Tesla API.
Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program is one of the most realistic space programs out there. It places heavy emphasis on realistic, aerodynamic, and orbital physics. Build rockets that don't explode on the launch pad and put them into orbit around other planets. Master the physics of space travel and build bases on other planets and moons.
Empyrion Galactic Survival
Empyrion Galactic Survival checks all the boxes with building, exploration, combat, multiplayer, and a 3D universe to explore. Survive by building bases and defences against enemy factions and the harsh environment. Discover secrets about alien species and more.
Spore
Spore focuses on evolution, building a society, and exploring the galaxy. Start as a microscopic organism and evolve to a technologically advanced society capable of space travel. Eventually, build spaceships and explore the galaxy.
Kingdom Hearts
In Kingdom Hearts, explore the world as a keyblade wielder and come across the Gummi ships - the main form of transportation between worlds. Customize and modify the ships to your heart's content. Kingdom Hearts offers a variety of experiences beyond spaceship building.
Space Haven
Space Haven is an isometric, single-player-only game where you manage a colony of people in search of a new home. Build and expand spaceships and space stations while ensuring the well-being of your people. Manage enemies that want to destroy you. Experience this unique top-down perspective game.
Starbound
Starbound offers building and exploration in a rough-around-the-edges universe. Embark on an adventure to explore the cosmos and build your own spaceship.
