Captain Forever Remix similar games & best alternatives

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Captain Forever Remix

2016

Should you play it?

Can you create the raddest spaceship? Captain Forever Remix is the spaceship builder roguelike. Voyage across the Solar System and blast apart randomly-generated enemies for spare parts. This is an officially-licensed re-imagining of the indie classic Captain Forever.

What works

  • Highly creative ship building and customization
  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Colorful, charming art style and music
  • Good replayability with roguelike elements
  • Smooth and responsive controls

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty curve can be frustrating
  • Limited content and short campaign length
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Time pressure limits creative rebuilding
  • Some performance issues on later levels

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Jets'n'Guns Gold

  • Airships: Lost Flotilla

  • Sora

  • Machick 2

  • CleanFall

  • Waves of Steel

More relaxing

Games that feels like Captain Forever Remix but with a more relaxing feel

  • Cozy Space Survivors

  • Space Trash Scavenger

  • Eventide Matter

  • Nova Drift

  • EVERSPACE™ 2

  • 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey

Less story-driven

Games that feels like Captain Forever Remix but with less narrative immersion

  • Run Build Pew!

  • Destination Sol

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Space Scavenger

  • Neon Sundown

  • Void Scrappers

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Captain Forever Remix: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026