Best Space Games

Every Space game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Space setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Space theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Space world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Space-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Space Games rankings

9.8

Metroid Dread

Action · Adventure

Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

ExploratoryTenseIntense+3

9.8

Doom

FPS · Shooter · Horror

MS-DOS · 32X · Atari Jaguar · PC-98 · Super NES · PlayStation · Mac OS · 3DO · Windows · Sega Saturn · RISC OS · Game Boy Advance · Xbox · Xbox 360 · iOS · PlayStation 3 · Android · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.8

Community

9.8

1 rating

Outer Wilds

Adventure · Puzzle

Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceDetective / Mystery+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.8

Dead Space 2

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyEerieTense+3

9.7

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

Shooter

Arcade · Xbox 360 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiRobots / MechsSpace

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.7

Dead Space

Action · Survival

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.7

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

FPS · RPG · Survival

Windows PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiCyberpunkSpace+1

AtmosphericCreepyEerie+3

9.7

Risk of Rain 2

Action · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch · Stadia

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.7

Halo 2

Shooter · FPS · Action

Xbox · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One

Sci-FiFuturisticSpace+1

EpicIntenseFast-Paced+3

9.7

RimWorld

Simulation · Strategy

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceNature / Wilderness+1

Open-EndedChaoticChallenging+3

9.6

HELLDIVERS 2

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 5 · PC · Xbox Series X|S

Sci-FiSpaceMilitary+1

ChaoticIntenseCooperative+3

9.6

ZeroRanger

Shooter · Action

Windows

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseChallengingAtmospheric+2

9.5

Destiny 2: The Final Shape

Action RPG · FPS

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceMythology+1

EpicImmersiveIntense+3

9.4

Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

Shooter · Action

PC

FantasyMythologySupernatural+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.4

Starsector

Action RPG · Strategy · Simulation

Windows · macOS · Linux

Sci-FiSpaceMilitary+1

Open-EndedStrategicTactical+3

9.4

Pikmin 2

Strategy · Adventure

GameCube · Wii · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousStrategicTactical+2

9.4

No Man's Sky

Action · Adventure · Survival

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · macOS · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.3

Prey

FPS · Action · Simulation

PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

MysteriousImmersiveUnsettling+3

9.3

Pikmin 4

Strategy · Adventure

Nintendo Switch

SpaceNature / WildernessComedy+1

AdventurousExploratoryStrategic+3

9.3

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht

RPG

PlayStation 2

Sci-FiFuturisticSpace+1

MysteriousCinematicThought-Provoking+2

9.3

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Shooter · FPS · Action

Xbox · PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceMilitary+1

IntenseTacticalAtmospheric+3

9.3

Starbound

Action · Sandbox · RPG

Windows · OS X · Linux · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.2

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · Game Boy Advance · Nintendo DS · Symbian

Sci-FiSpaceWar+1

EpicIntenseCinematic+2

9.1

System Shock: Enhanced Edition

Action · Adventure · RPG

PC

Sci-FiCyberpunkSpace+1

AtmosphericChallengingEerie+3