Space is a subgenre of Science fiction (shortened to sci-fi or SF) that emphasizes interplanetary battles, melodramatic adventure, and space warfare. It deals with futuristic science, faster than light travel, advanced technology, parallel universe and extraterrestrial life. Space video games take place entirely in the outer space environment and revolve around conflicts between competitors possessing modern abilities, advanced technology, and futuristic weapons. The story of the game focuses on technology and scientific consistency, enabling the players to move freely in the massive space environment, interact with the environment, encounter aliens and compete against them using advanced technology to survive. It incorporates several elements such as RTS, Exploration, Shooting, Building, Management, etc.

10 Best Space Games for iOS

#1 FTL: Advanced Edition

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FTL: Advanced Edition is a mix of Rough-like and Strategy elements developed and published by Subset Games for multiple platforms. The game supports Single-player mode only and introduces new playable race named as the Lanius with several event, equipment, and ships. It also includes a clone bay, that creates a crew consists of clones, hack drones to target enemies ships and a mind control system to take over the crew member of the enemy. In the game, you can assist the crew of a single spacecraft, and your ultimate goal is to deliver critical information to an allied flight consists of eight sectors while avoiding alien factions. Navigate the space environment, collect resources and earn points to upgrade your ship and enhance his abilities. FTL: Advanced Edition offers cool features such as Complex Gameplay, Unique Lifeform, Six different Alien Races, Procedurally Generated Galaxy, Be a Captain, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#2 Steredenn

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Steredenn is a Side-scroll and Space Shooter video game created by Pixelnest Studio and published by Plugin Digital. It takes place in the space world and puts you in insane boss battles. According to the story, your land is in danger and dreadful space pirates are planning to destroy your land from the galaxy to steal the resources. You are the last hope of the world, and your primary objective is to set out yourself in on an epic adventure to fight against enemies using a ship equipped with multiple upgradeable weapons. You have to survive as long as possible in the never-ending battles and show off your abilities by destroying enemies. The game offers a procedurally generated environment where it takes place and full of enemies who want to crush you along your land. There are different spaceships available, and you can select one of them to jump into the awesome battle. Up to thirty-five weapons and twenty-five upgrades are available with combos and interactions. Steredenn includes prominent features such as Ruthless Gameplay, Endless Arcade Mode, 35 Weapons, Daily Run, Unlockables, Online Leaderboard and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#3 Vega Conflict

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Vega Conflict takes you to a beautifully created Sci-Fi setting and lets you immerse yourself into the most Epic and unforgettable experience of MMO and RTS game-play. The game tasks you to explore and capture the whole Galaxy and maximize your reign by using all the unique strategy and real-time tactical approach, build your own massive Space Base, upgrade it with the help of all the available upgraders and latest and captured technologies, make your defenses impenetrable, find your friends, make grand alliances and invade your enemies and capture all the neighboring settlements and enjoy ruling over the whole galaxy. The primary objective of the game is to Capture and seize the Space stations built by the enemies, loot their resources and prove your supremacy by the use of advanced weaponry and tactics. When you are on quests to encounter the enemies, remember not to mess with the enemies more powerful than yourself or else you’ll be defeated badly. Start off with the ones less powerful than you, attack them, conquer them and combine them with your forces, build enough muscle and gather enough resources to defeat the bigger enemy forces and expand your reign and terrain. Combats in the game are mostly PvP and PvE based in which you can put on the best show of your might, defeat the enemies and enjoy playing this brilliant game. Try it out and it’ll lets you enjoy the experience of a life time.

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#4 FTL: Faster than Light

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FTL: Faster than Light, developed by Subset games is a Rouguelike Real-time Strategy (RTS) and Shooting Simulation by Subset Games. The game provides with Permadeath Mechanics and allows you to engage yourself in an amazing space themed environment. According to the story, you control a crew and an FTL (Faster Than Light) capable spaceship (Owned by the Galactic Federation) that is tasked to deliver critical information to an allied fleet of spaceships eight sectors away and is also being chased by a huge rebel spaceship fleet. Your task is to guide your ship safely all the way to your allied fleet and deliver the information by dodging and saving your ship from the rebel ship attacks. “FTL: Faster than Light” lets you defeat your enemies by directly getting into the permadeath styled combats, in a roguelike fashion. The Galactic Federation is on the verger of a drastic and mega devastation after they lost the great war against the Rebels. You must capture and contain the data packets, captured from Rebel ship communication intercept and deliver it to the Federation. The Federation will then use the information to attack and defeat the Rebel Factions and save the world. With a very well-written and quite involving storyline, beautifully created Ultra-HD graphics and a totally very addictive gameplay, FTL: Faster than Light is one amazing Space Exploration and RTS video game to play and enjoy.

#5 Space Hulk

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Space Hulk combines the Turn-based Strategy, Tactical, Sci-fi, and Board Game elements developed and published by Full Control Studios. The game takes place in the Warhammer 4K Universe and focuses on legendary battles and heroic actions. It lets you manages a small group of a space marine who effort to restore their honor by mounting an assault. You must lead your team, manipulate the environment, make your strategy and struggle to take down your enemies. Participate in turn-based combat and kill the enemy on your turn. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of individual objectives. The game unlocks further content as you progress through the match. You can use your experience points to upgrade your characters. It takes place in the three-dimension world and comprises twelve challenging missions. Space Hulk offers prominent features such as Warhammer 4K Universe, Fearsome Gene Stealers, 3D Environments, Damnation Campaign, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

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#6 End Space

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End Space is an exciting Action-Adventure, First-person Exploration and Space Simulation developed by Orange Bridge Studios Inc. for hardcore players. The game takes place in the open-ended space environment and enables you to take command of the advanced spaceship and struggle to progress through the game by fulfilling the requirements. There are different ships available, and each ship has its unique ability, a set of weapons and statistics. During the exploration, you will encounter different alien races, and you can smash those using arms and earn points. It has various missions available, and each mission offers a set of objectives to complete. Find out the secrets about the space and its hidden inhabitants. Unleash your space skills, manipulate the particular objects, and participates in firefights to win multiple rewards. There is a chance to explore the mysterious Tartarus Sector in Virtual Reality (VR). End Space offers prominent features such as detailed Environments, Single-player Campaign, Classic Combat, Virtual Reality, Powerful Enemies, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#7 Space Borders: Alien Encounters

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Space Borders: Alien Encounters is a cool RTS and Tactical video that takes you to an amazing space journey where your task is to control a massive starship fleet, wage epic wars against the alien enemies, collect resources and hunt for advanced alien technologies in order to benefit the human race. Space Borders: Alien Encounters offers 15 different types of ships all laced up with different skill sets (Fighters, Destroyers, Scavengers etc.) along with amazing 3D visuals, wonderful training missions and more advanced game Mods. With and endless campaign, 8 separate missions and a lot of other great things, Space Borders: Alien Encounters features great visual details, engaging and quite immersive game-play and a brilliant storyline to follow.

#8 Vendetta Online

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Vendetta Online combines the elements of Massively Multiplayer Online, Role-playing, Combat, Trading and Space Simulation. It offers both First and Third-person Perspective and includes shooting and PvP elements. The game takes place in a huge space environment populated with hundreds of other players around the globe. The player has to pilot his starship, fight against foes and avoid their attack. He can customize his ship using different tools and weapons. Explore the galaxy, team-up with other players and fight against enemy ships to protect the land. The player has to gather resources to survive and trade with other players or NPCs to earn money that he can use to unlock other features. There are different long-term objectives such as Conquerable Stations, Race Tracks, Deneb War, and Capture the Cargo. It has a variety of levels consists of different missions and tasks. Through crafting features, the player can create useful items. The player can join his military of his nation and take part in battles. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and prominent features, Vendetta Online is the best Space Trading and Combat Simulation to play and enjoy.

#9 Astro Lords

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Astro Lords or Astro Lords: Oort Cloud takes you to an amazing Universe Exploration and Combat journey and allows you to engage yourself into epic enemy encounters, trade and management simulation. This brilliant 3D MMO offers real-time battles and combats against the enemies, tons of space exploration and adventures and lets you be in charge of your own Asteroid. Your task is to simply defend your asteroid against the enemy attacks, collect resources to build structures on your asteroid, create various types of spaceships to explore the universe, build a huge base and militarize your every move against the enemies to stay always ahead of their plans. With a brilliantly designed core game-play, MMORTS aesthetics, PvP and PvE combats, and the ability to capture and conquer other Asteroids floating around the Oort Cloud nebula, defeating the enemies in epic encounters, game’s own economy system, unique trading capabilities and a unique Combat system, Astro Lords lets you enjoy experience of a life time. Astro Lords offers wonderful visuals, an immersive game-play and a lot of fantastic things to discover and enjoy beyond limits.

#10 Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

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Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy mixes the Strategy, Adventure, Space, Turn-based and Tactical elements created by Black Lab Games and published by Slitherine Ltd. The game takes place in the futurist 22nd century, where the human left a dying Planet Earth and settle to a new homeland called Novus. It enables the player to control the Naval Strike Group 7 and participate in the second contact war to experience a branching story with more than sixty challenging missions. There are six playable classes available, and the player can select one of them to get into the world where he has to craft his ship, manipulate the world, face terrifying creatures and defeat them to fend off them from disturbing the peace. The life on another planet is not easy, and the player must gather resources, solve lots of missions to score the points and purchase advanced technology to save the humanity. The spaceships are equipped with multiple weapons such as proximity mines and bio-missiles. The player can customize his ship using lots of features and options to improve his abilities. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is the excellent game compared to other Space Simulations.