SPACEPLAN similar games & best alternatives

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SPACEPLAN

Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.

What works

  • Engaging sci-fi narrative with satisfying ending
  • Phenomenal soundtrack and sound design
  • Minimalist and appealing visuals
  • Well-paced incremental gameplay with timing elements
  • Affordable price for quality content

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length with limited replayability
  • Some slow progression and waiting periods
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Lack of customization and expression options
  • No achievements or trading cards

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Count of Monte Clicker

  • Loot Box Quest

  • Starvester

  • Digseum

  • Lyca

  • Far Fishing

Less story-driven

Games that feels like SPACEPLAN but with less narrative immersion

  • Idle Research

  • Fracture Field

  • Revolution Idle

  • Incredicer

  • Pincremental

  • Coin Flipper

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like SPACEPLAN but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Hacknet

  • The Greenening

  • Kin and Quarry

  • Midnight Protocol

  • Rock Crusher

  • Underminer

More continuation-driven

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

  • Melvor Idle

  • Idle Spiral

  • Magic Research 2

  • Antimatter Dimensions

  • Rocky Idle

  • Piñata Go Boom

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with SPACEPLAN. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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 SPACEPLAN. These titles are not in What to play next.

SPACEPLAN: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026