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unbeGames · 2020 · Windows

Steam: 80 % positive of 166 reviews, as of Oct 28

Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.

24 games that play like Rocket Science and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Spaceflight Simulator, Kerbal Space Program and Space Engineers.

Player tags

  • Space
  • Exploration
  • Sandbox
  • Building
  • Physics
  • Science
  • Simulation
  • Space Sim
Map region: Space & Sci-Fi
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Best matches

Plays and looks like Rocket Science

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Rocket Science

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Universe Sandbox96 % positive of 28,135Shared: Space · Exploration · Sandbox
  2. SimpleRockets85 % positive of 280Shared: Space · Sandbox · Physics
  3. Solargene76 % positive of 782Shared: Space · Sandbox · Building
  4. Mars First Logistics94 % positive of 3,551Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Building
  5. Starship EVO82 % positive of 1,347Shared: Space · Sandbox · Building
  6. Astro Colony80 % positive of 2,436Shared: Space · Exploration · Sandbox
  7. Space Haven85 % positive of 10,407Shared: Space · Exploration · Sandbox
  8. Approximately Up92 % positive of 1,125Shared: Exploration · Sandbox · Simulation
  9. Empyrion - Galactic Survival77 % positive of 29,240Shared: Space · Exploration · Sandbox
  10. Astrometica80 % positive of 2,951Shared: Space · Exploration · Simulation
  11. Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator97 % positive of 1,344Shared: Space · Exploration · Physics
  12. Surviving Mars76 % positive of 29,321Shared: Space · Sandbox · Building

By look

Looks like Rocket Science

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager86 % positive of 1,329
  2. Approximately Up92 % positive of 1,125
  3. Children of a Dead Earth88 % positive of 915
  4. Stormworks: Build and Rescue89 % positive of 55,066
  5. EarthX92 % positive of 543
  6. Eden Crafters84 % positive of 2,589
  7. PULSAR: Lost Colony89 % positive of 4,413
  8. IXION76 % positive of 15,437
  9. Main Assembly82 % positive of 1,005
  10. Carrier Command 282 % positive of 3,467
  11. Hardspace: Shipbreaker89 % positive of 19,537
  12. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command80 % positive of 4,109

At a glance

What games like Rocket Science have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Rocket Science: Space (21 of 24), Sandbox (19) and Exploration (14).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2026, 13 of them after Rocket Science (2020).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator (97 % positive of 1,344).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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