Distant Space similar games & best alternatives

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Distant Space

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

What works

  • Simple and accessible gameplay
  • Retro nostalgic appeal
  • Short and easy to complete
  • Achievement and trading card support
  • Low price or free availability

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short game length
  • Repetitive and minimal content
  • Lack of customization or progression depth
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • No story or narrative

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Space Codex

  • Cube Destroyer

  • Jay Fighter: Remastered

  • Shipwreck

  • Distant Space 2

  • Super Mustache

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Distant Space but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Slash or Die

  • RITE

  • Yoiyami Dancers: Twilight Danmaku Dancers

  • Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

  • Power Fantasy

  • Nomad Survival

Less violent

Games that feels like Distant Space but with less combat and destruction

  • WIN THE GAME: WTF!

  • Spikit

  • Cube Runner

  • Razortron 2000

  • Death Fungeon

  • Return.

More exploratory

Games that feels like Distant Space but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Dungeon of Zolthan

  • Sometimes: Success Requires Sacrifice

  • Xeodrifter

  • Broken Armor

  • Unalive

  • Shiro

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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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Distant Space. These titles are not in What to play next.

Distant Space: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026