I've been following you for a while, and i gotta say I'm glad you don't do the 1-30 videos with numbered names even if you timestamp. scrubbing through one of those top X or upcoming Y games with no direct titles, is such a PITA. i understand having direct titles ruins your watch metrics..but I'm glad you make it viewer friendly with links and all!
Man you are making a great job showing those kind of games which don't get much attention. I am really into grand strategies, sandbox, simulation, space, physics etc .... For example there is a game which is exactly what people wanted Universe sandbox to be like, called SpaceSim by Pavel Ševeček.
This video is an interesting coincidence as a couple weeks ago I was looking for space games on Steam and ran into the same problem with the tags. I was hoping searching for something like Space + Flight would work but a lot of games were missing one or both tags. Bunch of tags you would think are useful like Spaceships and Spacesim but a lot of games aren't tagged right. Can't tell if Steam users are tagging the games wrong or if the developers are at fault.
Users make the tags, as far as I understand the devs don’t really have any control over them. I’m not really sure how to fix it, there are already “space” “sci-fi” and “space sim” as tags but they always seem to be used interchangeably
@@Nookrium devs can add tags as well and there's some sort of weighting system that should let them decide the 5 tags shown as the priority. Only the top 20 tags are shown to users and I believe those are used for the search. I wonder if users mis-tagging bungles it up and most devs just never take a look at them after release.
Excellent list! Found some potential gems here I've never heard about before. Can't wait for Spaceslog. Anything inspired by Rimworld/Cosmoteer is an instabuy for me. Thanks Nook!
Cool list! Lots of them wishlisted now. I find it amusing that they're making Lunar Lander Beyond. The old Lunar Lander game and clones were pretty basic games of landing your lander without crashing and/or running out of fuel, never was a huge fan of those.
Someone may be more knowledgeable about it, but I suspect it all has to do with funding- they simply can't get enough funding to make the games without it anymore...
@@Kyle-lx7xo yeah makes sense, but very selfishly I'd rather not know anything about a game and be surprised by its release, than get hyped and forget about it for the next 8 years. There are so many cool early access games I bought, played on day one, shelved and their final release years later just passed me by because I had moved on.
@sbef 100% agree... at least in my case I don't have much free time and I don't follow games too closely as best I can to keep some "mystery". I bought xcom 2 recently for$5 on gog and the space empire series for $4 so im not exactly up to date on games.
It's very multiplayer focused now but some sort of multi-mission mode and the campaign is being made and i think that's when ppl not interested in multiplayer can sink a lot of hours into it.
im hyped to try starship simulator. i loved the old star trek game that makes you captain of the a starship and you go around on missions that are like episodes from star trek. it was really immersive, you sit in your chair and give commands to your crew. i hope starship simulator will be something like that.
Wonder why "everyone" (not literally, but it sure feels like it) is compelled to add supernatural elements to their sci-fi lately? To be fair, Ostranauts is what bothered me the most - I want just that sort of game but without the supernatural elements! At least I have Falling Frontier *and* Homeworld 3 both releasing just before my birthday, so that's the kind of problem which I prefer to deal with... ;-)
One thing you might consider, even not new, is the latest X3 free DLC, made by Egosoft (now back to pure Indie status after flirting with 2K) X games modders. For those familiar with X3 it may not be to their/your taste, but it certainly makes things a lot less 'gamey' WRT faction relationships etc
This was a crazy useful video. Hadn’t heard of most of these, and you’re right, Steam’s ‘space game’ tag is useless. I’ve added a bunch to my wishlist now, thanks!
Cool video!!!. I found these one in my steam followedgames list: Age of Space, Alpha One, Approaching Infinity, ASV Trident, Elon, Eons of War, Era One, Exostation, Falling Frontier, Far Sector, Futuretech Space Combat Academy, Generation Nova, Haunted Space, Heroes of the Galaxy, Hunternet Starfighter, Immortal Space God, Last Sun, Outreach, Rise of Stars, Smugglers of Cygnus: Alpha System, Solar System Colonist, Space Commander, Space Dust, Space Lint, Space Transport Tycoon, Space Travellers, SpaceCraft Brawl, Star Spectre, Star Zeal 4x, Starship Colony, USS Tempest: Spaceship Simulator, Nexonauts, Voidless, WARPSQUAD, Worlds Of The Future.
You should do a side-by-side comparison of Startship Simulator versus Space Engine. I think Space Engine would win, due to providing a much better understanding of the mechanics of the galaxy, but don't let me spoil it for you.
One space game I think you've not checked out yet is Stationeers. Hard core survival station builder, it's been out for around 6 yrs but had a pretty rough launch. They have put consistent work into it over the years and I can now genuinely recommend it. It's probably the most detailed "systems" like game there is, atmospherics are simulated very well including even phase transition as of this year. The sound effects are exceptionally well done as well.
Once its 1.0. As much as I want it there already and with a workshop to auto update mods, I get the waiting, you only get a first impression on the platform.
I really wish more of these space games and sims would get a PlayStation 5 release ! As I love space games so much , but don’t have a pc ! But I guess I can only hope !
one game you might not know of is "Ascendance" its kinda like stellaris but more numbers and better graphics. im in the devs discord and he is promising alot of cool features and honestly i mostly believe him
I think that the lunar lander beyond is based on the classic Lunar lander arcade game. Don't know how they will expand that game out much, but I am interested to see.
Starship sim demo is not finished yet. It is qiute empty and the ship is unfinished. There are no npcs either so you have to do everything and it is alot of coming and going. There is also nothing to do.
You know what would have made me watch this video? "I looked at 30 space games and here are the best 5" Why do you think I'd want to sit through 30 potential games?
What I wanna know is... How. Do you open that many steam pages at one time... Probably an easy question for some. And have them all pre selected like this. It's not like Google tabs. U can make as many as your pc can handle.
Thanks for the work -Could not say I found anything there apart from "Mass Horizon 2". I really don´t understand why it should be so hard to be a bit more open to space games, given the "Terrible Waist of Space" that pops to mind - sorry Judy Foster for destroying your insightful one liner. I hate Turn based games, Fleet commander games where you do not feel your in space at all. Same with grid based, playing cards and grindy games. My experience after playing nearly every space game out there (I´m 69) are those classics that you can still go back to today. My first ever space experience was "Marathon" which was out 1994! Well if you want to have a real experience, then it would have to support VR and it´s hard to find anything to top No Mans Sky at the moment, that game caters for so many player types, whether building on a planet, running a whole village or building a modular solution on a giant mother ship with a fleet of others. I know they have increased the number of private ships now. Yet the game is truly my main reason for buying VR and PS5 in the first place. Yet now like to play on the PC as the flight controls match up with my Thrustmaster perfectly, when I look down in the cockpit at my hands, that is where they are. People underestimated "Planet Explorers" when it first came out, yet that is a classic too. You can design any craft or work horse to do and go anywhere. You are stuck on one planet, yet with powerful aliens and having to barter or mine very deep for recourses makes it amazing. Imagine, you scan the ground and see resources miles below, their are caves or not and you can dig by hand or build diggers to make roads that slope down. You find giant caves flooded and maybe have to build a sub to reach across, so it goes on. A fun area to explore and animals that look more alien than many games. I could keep writing here, yet like you, waiting for a decent space game is like hoping for that decent horror movie that never comes. Yet due to AI, I think we will see much more diversity in both terrain design and mission conversations. Each coming area will be different each time and VR will always be an option.
Rip Unitystation, that's the SS13 remake I prefer. Never heard of Space Station Multiverse. EDIT: Okay looks like it's literally just a rip-off of SS14???
Very interesting, Nook, but I'll probably be playing Starfield for the next century. :) PS. The 1.0 version of Planet Crafter comes out April 10. But although that's set on an alien planet, it's not really a "space game," I guess.
Seems like Hooded Horse went all in on space games
Hooded Horse is on like, all the cool original concept games it seems, see them everywhere now. XD
Correct. Falling Frontier is a solo developer. He reportedly had to stop work for a while for personal reasons, which is why it got delayed so long.
I've been following you for a while, and i gotta say I'm glad you don't do the 1-30 videos with numbered names even if you timestamp. scrubbing through one of those top X or upcoming Y games with no direct titles, is such a PITA. i understand having direct titles ruins your watch metrics..but I'm glad you make it viewer friendly with links and all!
I never click on videos that don't have direct titles purely out of principle and spite, lol.
Definitely check out Hell Galaxy..
Or watch the intro to Splattercat playing it.. for a quick summary
Some games you missed:
Era One (full game from Homeworld Complex mod devs)
Jump Ship
Ephemeris
In The Black
wow jump ship looks good
Man you are making a great job showing those kind of games which don't get much attention. I am really into grand strategies, sandbox, simulation, space, physics etc .... For example there is a game which is exactly what people wanted Universe sandbox to be like, called SpaceSim by Pavel Ševeček.
I love your videos but specifically the opening dad joke is always killer!
Green side up, Nook! :)
Thanks for this list! There were only a handful I didn't have on my wishlist lol
This video is an interesting coincidence as a couple weeks ago I was looking for space games on Steam and ran into the same problem with the tags. I was hoping searching for something like Space + Flight would work but a lot of games were missing one or both tags. Bunch of tags you would think are useful like Spaceships and Spacesim but a lot of games aren't tagged right. Can't tell if Steam users are tagging the games wrong or if the developers are at fault.
Users make the tags, as far as I understand the devs don’t really have any control over them.
I’m not really sure how to fix it, there are already “space” “sci-fi” and “space sim” as tags but they always seem to be used interchangeably
@@Nookrium devs can add tags as well and there's some sort of weighting system that should let them decide the 5 tags shown as the priority. Only the top 20 tags are shown to users and I believe those are used for the search. I wonder if users mis-tagging bungles it up and most devs just never take a look at them after release.
Excellent list! Found some potential gems here I've never heard about before. Can't wait for Spaceslog. Anything inspired by Rimworld/Cosmoteer is an instabuy for me. Thanks Nook!
Cool list! Lots of them wishlisted now.
I find it amusing that they're making Lunar Lander Beyond. The old Lunar Lander game and clones were pretty basic games of landing your lander without crashing and/or running out of fuel, never was a huge fan of those.
I think you covering a lot of ground has really planted the seed.
Anyone else getting really tired of early access? Good luck if most of these games get actually finished in 5-10 years.
Someone may be more knowledgeable about it, but I suspect it all has to do with funding- they simply can't get enough funding to make the games without it anymore...
@@Kyle-lx7xo yeah makes sense, but very selfishly I'd rather not know anything about a game and be surprised by its release, than get hyped and forget about it for the next 8 years. There are so many cool early access games I bought, played on day one, shelved and their final release years later just passed me by because I had moved on.
@sbef 100% agree... at least in my case I don't have much free time and I don't follow games too closely as best I can to keep some "mystery".
I bought xcom 2 recently for$5 on gog and the space empire series for $4 so im not exactly up to date on games.
If it annoys you put them on your wishlist and ignore them until full release?
@@Thyana-ig5noDone. But at 45 years old waiting for a nice looking game for another 5-10 years doesn't sound so appealing anymore.
Great list. I spruced up my wishlist. Loved Griftlands…so will probably give Dread Pilots a go… and am sure about 1/2 of the rest too…lol
I don't know if Nebulous Space Command is out of EA but it's a very good game
It's very multiplayer focused now but some sort of multi-mission mode and the campaign is being made and i think that's when ppl not interested in multiplayer can sink a lot of hours into it.
im hyped to try starship simulator.
i loved the old star trek game that makes you captain of the a starship and you go around on missions that are like episodes from star trek.
it was really immersive,
you sit in your chair and give commands to your crew. i hope starship simulator will be something like that.
bridge commander was the name of star trek game
or something like that.
Wish starsector would be in steam alread6
Wonder why "everyone" (not literally, but it sure feels like it) is compelled to add supernatural elements to their sci-fi lately? To be fair, Ostranauts is what bothered me the most - I want just that sort of game but without the supernatural elements! At least I have Falling Frontier *and* Homeworld 3 both releasing just before my birthday, so that's the kind of problem which I prefer to deal with... ;-)
I wish someone would do a prequel to wing commander on how the Pilgrams could sense the jump points and expand humanity before the conflict
Starwisp Hyperdrive is a game everyone should check out. Its like a mix of Starbound and Ostranauts. It went into early access last week
One thing you might consider, even not new, is the latest X3 free DLC, made by Egosoft (now back to pure Indie status after flirting with 2K) X games modders. For those familiar with X3 it may not be to their/your taste, but it certainly makes things a lot less 'gamey' WRT faction relationships etc
This was a crazy useful video. Hadn’t heard of most of these, and you’re right, Steam’s ‘space game’ tag is useless. I’ve added a bunch to my wishlist now, thanks!
Thanx Nook... Great list
Also... Splattercat played a few semi recently. That you definitely might consider worth your time. Worth checking out.
Cool video!!!. I found these one in my steam followedgames list:
Age of Space, Alpha One, Approaching Infinity, ASV Trident, Elon, Eons of War, Era One, Exostation, Falling Frontier, Far Sector, Futuretech Space Combat Academy, Generation Nova, Haunted Space, Heroes of the Galaxy, Hunternet Starfighter, Immortal Space God, Last Sun, Outreach, Rise of Stars, Smugglers of Cygnus: Alpha System, Solar System Colonist, Space Commander, Space Dust, Space Lint, Space Transport Tycoon, Space Travellers, SpaceCraft Brawl, Star Spectre, Star Zeal 4x, Starship Colony, USS Tempest: Spaceship Simulator, Nexonauts, Voidless, WARPSQUAD, Worlds Of The Future.
Ooh nice list, I should have consulted you before making the video! 😆
I played Breachway demo already, had fun, will probably buy on release.
You should do a side-by-side comparison of Startship Simulator versus Space Engine. I think Space Engine would win, due to providing a much better understanding of the mechanics of the galaxy, but don't let me spoil it for you.
Just bought everspace 2 recently I can't wait to try it out! It looks really good!
Whisker Squadron looks like a clone of Starfox.
Hooded horse has become a favorite publisher. Correction... the only publisher that I know enough and will still say is good.
Astrometica looks cool, but I must say I am suspicious of how similar the base building looks to Subnautica's. Like, worryingly so.
One space game I think you've not checked out yet is Stationeers. Hard core survival station builder, it's been out for around 6 yrs but had a pretty rough launch. They have put consistent work into it over the years and I can now genuinely recommend it. It's probably the most detailed "systems" like game there is, atmospherics are simulated very well including even phase transition as of this year. The sound effects are exceptionally well done as well.
Worlds of the Future is one I'm really looking forward to.
Not an upcoming game but Between the Stars released 1.0 recently, was pretty good
starship simulator is unreal so should work with UEVR, gonna try the demo in VR, hell galaxy appears to be also but cant confirm with rai pal
when will alex release starsector on steam already
Once its 1.0.
As much as I want it there already and with a workshop to auto update mods, I get the waiting, you only get a first impression on the platform.
I really wish more of these space games and sims would get a PlayStation 5 release ! As I love space games so much , but don’t have a pc ! But I guess I can only hope !
Thanks :)
one game you might not know of is "Ascendance" its kinda like stellaris but more numbers and better graphics. im in the devs discord and he is promising alot of cool features and honestly i mostly believe him
Ooh nice, I hadn't seen that one before.
store.steampowered.com/app/2275750/Ascendance/
Nothing like starting with a dirty pun.
Definitely check out Hell Galaxy..
Or watch the intro to Splattercat playing it.. for a quick summary.. it's worth it Nook
I think that the lunar lander beyond is based on the classic Lunar lander arcade game. Don't know how they will expand that game out much, but I am interested to see.
16 wasn’t wishlisted, thanks!
Starship sim demo is not finished yet. It is qiute empty and the ship is unfinished. There are no npcs either so you have to do everything and it is alot of coming and going. There is also nothing to do.
You know what would have made me watch this video? "I looked at 30 space games and here are the best 5" Why do you think I'd want to sit through 30 potential games?
If someone knows what the “best” games are before they come out they’re either a time traveler or they’re being paid.
Wish there would be more scifi games with less (or optional) flickering and flashing and glowing and bursting
Thanks for the vid, I knew some of these, but my wishlist just got even larger...where is all the time in the world I could spend on them? :D
i'm so scared for homeworld 3. it got delayed a bit too often.
I ahve been waiting for Breachway for a while now. But Star Exodus looks fun (to me). I like to min max bulds and see if they run.
Thanks!
Thanks Bof!
Looking forward to your views on Starship Simulator. A different kind of game than the usual shoot um up.
I played the demo after I made this, it seems like it could be a lot of fun multiplayer. I hope they add stuff to keep singleplayer interesting though
Falling Frontier has been on my wishlist since May of 2021 ... starting to think it is never going to get a release.
You've missed Infinity: Battlescape :(
Great video , thanks for sharing
IGF was doing Haunted Space then seemed to shelve that and go for Hell Galaxy...not sure what's going on there
What I wanna know is... How.
Do you open that many steam pages at one time... Probably an easy question for some.
And have them all pre selected like this. It's not like Google tabs. U can make as many as your pc can handle.
Left clock open new tab
30:53 Like me!
Star atlas on solana
Earth from another sun, coming to solana.
Is Starsector scheduled to officially release soon?
Thanks for the work -Could not say I found anything there apart from "Mass Horizon 2".
I really don´t understand why it should be so hard to be a bit more open to space games, given the
"Terrible Waist of Space" that pops to mind - sorry Judy Foster for destroying your insightful one liner.
I hate Turn based games, Fleet commander games where you do not feel your in space at all.
Same with grid based, playing cards and grindy games.
My experience after playing nearly every space game out there (I´m 69) are those classics that you can still go back to
today. My first ever space experience was "Marathon" which was out 1994!
Well if you want to have a real experience, then it would have to support VR and it´s hard to find anything to top
No Mans Sky at the moment, that game caters for so many player types, whether building on a planet, running a whole village
or building a modular solution on a giant mother ship with a fleet of others. I know they have increased the number
of private ships now.
Yet the game is truly my main reason for buying VR and PS5 in the first place. Yet now like to play on the PC as the flight controls match up
with my Thrustmaster perfectly, when I look down in the cockpit at my hands, that is where they are.
People underestimated "Planet Explorers" when it first came out, yet that is a classic too. You can design any craft or
work horse to do and go anywhere. You are stuck on one planet, yet with powerful aliens and having to barter or mine very deep for
recourses makes it amazing. Imagine, you scan the ground and see resources miles below, their are caves or not and you can dig by hand
or build diggers to make roads that slope down. You find giant caves flooded and maybe have to build a sub to reach across, so it goes on.
A fun area to explore and animals that look more alien than many games.
I could keep writing here, yet like you, waiting for a decent space game is like hoping for that decent horror movie that never comes.
Yet due to AI, I think we will see much more diversity in both terrain design and mission conversations.
Each coming area will be different each time and VR will always be an option.
Heyas Nook, are there any Western/Cowboy games coming out this year? 👍👍👑
I'm only here for the "jokes".
20:25 Reality Break seems a copy of Star Valor
No love for Era One? :(
I completely missed that one!
Rip Unitystation, that's the SS13 remake I prefer. Never heard of Space Station Multiverse.
EDIT: Okay looks like it's literally just a rip-off of SS14???
Very interesting, Nook, but I'll probably be playing Starfield for the next century. :)
PS. The 1.0 version of Planet Crafter comes out April 10. But although that's set on an alien planet, it's not really a "space game," I guess.
WOW Space Ark is hard to watch.
I normally don't have problems but just watching it makes me feel dizzy and sick.
Is it just me or do most of the ships across these games look ugly as f*ck?
Unsubbed, disliked, sod off (just kidding, much love ❤)