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Underspace

2024

Should you play it?

The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with mod support and PvP/co-op multiplayer. You're going to need a bigger ship.

What works

  • Strong spiritual successor to freelancer
  • Engaging cosmic horror and space fantasy setting
  • Deep exploration and varied missions
  • Responsive and active developer
  • Good value for an indie early access game

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with bugs and missing polish
  • Lack of voice acting and some placeholder audio
  • Some ui and quality of life roughness
  • Limited multiplayer and social features currently
  • Retro graphics may not appeal to all

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SpaceBourne

  • Space Pirates and Zombies

  • Rodina

  • Rebel Galaxy

  • Cubic Odyssey

  • SpaceBourne 2

Less social

Games that feels like Underspace but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey

  • AMID EVIL

  • Chorus

  • Voidwrought

  • METALLIC CHILD

  • Dread Templar

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Underspace but with a stronger sense of community

  • PULSAR: Lost Colony

  • Jump Space

  • Void Crew

  • QANGA

  • Hellpoint

  • No Man's Sky

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Underspace. 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 Underspace. These titles are not in What to play next.

Underspace: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026