Deep Space Battle Simulator similar games & best alternatives

Deep Space Battle Simulator

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!

What works

  • Deep cooperative gameplay with varied roles
  • Extensive ship customization and strategy
  • Engaging mix of fps and space combat
  • Active and responsive developer
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Very small player base limits multiplayer experience
  • Early access state with bugs and rough edges
  • Limited map and ship variety
  • Some clunky controls and ui issues
  • Lack of narrative or single player content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Gangs of Space

  • Executive Assault 2

  • Starblast

  • Natural Selection 2

  • NEBULOUS: Fleet Command

  • ONRAID

Less intimate

Games that feels like Deep Space Battle Simulator but with less focus on close relationships

  • Star Ruler

  • Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition

  • Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection

  • Reassembly

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

More story-driven

Games that feels like Deep Space Battle Simulator but with deeper narrative immersion

  • STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™

  • Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

  • Star Control®: Origins

  • BattleGroupVR

  • Enemy Mind

  • Space Pirates And Zombies 2

Less competitive

Games that feels like Deep Space Battle Simulator but with less competition against others

  • Jump Space

  • PULSAR: Lost Colony

  • Void Crew

  • Space Crew: Legendary Edition

  • Starpoint Gemini Warlords

  • SENTRY

Less dominating

Games that feels like Deep Space Battle Simulator but with less domination over others

  • Quintet

  • Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

  • Guns of Icarus Online

  • Infinity: Battlescape

  • Sky Knights

  • Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
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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).

Deep Space Battle Simulator: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026