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30 minutes to rescue
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A short Mars-colony survival story with resource management and choices, which reviewers found to play more like an e-book than a game.

T-Minus 30
A 30-minute real-time strategy sim where you scavenge, build, and launch rockets to save people from a dying Earth; tense and compact, though mechanics can feel simple.
2021-08-26
- Science fiction

Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Simulator

60 Parsecs! cover art

60 Parsecs!

A darkly humorous single-player space survival adventure centered on crew management and tough resource choices, with a light, casual feel and roughly six hours of play among reviewers.

2018-09-18

Action
Comedy
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Point-and-click

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown cover art

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

A story-driven space strategy game about commanding Voyager and making resource decisions, but the heavy tutorial and limited choice impact temper the experience; roughly 12 hours long.

2026-02-18

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Side view

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Celestial Return

A dice-driven cyberpunk RPG where players gamble, bribe, and survive while uncovering cosmic horrors in a hand-drawn, atmospheric world.

2026-07-14

Science fiction
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Visual Novel

60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room cover art

60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room

A tense, single-player puzzle adventure in a nuclear bunker with a real-time 60-minute countdown, no saves, and roughly 70–90 minutes of playtime.

2025-10-07

First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Point-and-click

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Titan Outpost

A hard sci-fi RPG on Titan with base-building, crew management, and exploration, praised for atmosphere and writing but a bit clunky, and around three hours long.

2019-08-09

Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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OESE

A short, casual space survival sim focused on decision-making and consequences in a robot-inhabited post-apocalyptic setting.

2016-06-14

Puzzle
Indie
Simulator

After the Crash : Colony cover art

After the Crash : Colony

A compact sci-fi survival-management strategy game where you build a colony on an alien planet, gather resources, and repair your crashed ship against rising threats.

2025-12-26

Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

Starship Traveller (Standalone) cover art

Starship Traveller (Standalone)

A short, choice-driven sci-fi RPG adaptation of a gamebook, where you captain a starship through a branching story.

2015-03-11

Adventure
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

Laika Space Adventure cover art

Laika Space Adventure

A brief single-player Mars survival sim about mining meteors, farming in greenhouse domes, and enduring freezing nights, with a cute and hopeful tone.

2026-06-03

Space Commanders: Solar System cover art

Space Commanders: Solar System

A compact single-player simulation where you explore real planetary bodies, build outposts, rescue astronauts, and survive — a lonely, physics-driven experience that takes about 1.5 hours.

2026-04-01

First person
Adventure
Third person
Simulator

Starlite: Astronaut Rescue - Developed in Collaboration with NASA cover art

Starlite: Astronaut Rescue - Developed in Collaboration with NASA

A very short NASA-collaboration Mars adventure that reviewers found too brief and thin to feel like a complete game.

2014-01-27

Adventure
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)