Top 19 New Upcoming Space Games In 2023

Space. The final frontier. In fact it’s been the final frontier for a really, really long time, and we’re still waiting on getting up there. A very select few continue to do so of course, but what about the rest of us who don’t have “peak physical and mental fitness”, or can “contribute to science”? So while we’re waiting on g-force resistant space-shuttles and teleporters, we’ve got gaming to tide us over. Whether we’re exploring the far edges of the universe to seek out strange new life, or blowing it up, here’s our top upcoming space games for 2023. Engage!

#19 Risk of Rain Returns

Platform: PC Switch
Release Date: November 08, 2023

Steam | Nintendo

What’s more sci-fi than being on a spaceship that is damaged and has to take refuge on a planet full of monsters and now has to survive what’s down there? That’s what we thought.

Risk of Rain Returns is the remaster of the classic title that aims to give players more than they could’ve ever wanted! For example, there are over a dozen survivors to pick from to take on the planet’s creatures. Each of these survivors has skills and weapons that are different from one another, so choose the one you think you can use the best!

Then, head to the planet and loot it to get even stronger!

#18 Metroid Prime Remastered

Platform: Switch
Release Date: February 08, 2023

Nintendo

For intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran, there’s no such thing as an “easy mission.” In Metroid Prime Remastered, you’ll see the start of the “Phazon Saga” with updated graphics and mechanics. You’ll head to the mysterious planet Tallon IV.

There, the villainous Space Pirates, headed up by Ridley, are trying to do experiments with the Phazon substance. But what are their end goals? What makes Phazon so powerful? Furthermore, what makes Tallon IV so dangerous?

You’ll find out after you end up on the planet and have to search its remains to expose the truth, regain your abilities, and stop their plans.

#17 Ripout

Platform: PC XSX|S PS5
Release: October 24, 2023

What’s left of humanity is in a desperate search for a sanctuary. But where it is and what it might be remains a mystery. Players are just one of the few living humans, and a mutated alien virus is hunting them down. In this FPS horror gameplay experience, players will venture to different abandoned ships in space in hopes of uncovering survivors or potentially a means to find a haven. Search these ships, gather unique loot, and fight off mutated beasts that will seek your demise. With procedurally generated levels, each run should feel like a fresh new experience. Fortunately, you don’t have to enjoy this game solo. Instead, players can enjoy Ripout as a co-op experience, so gather your friends and seek refuge for humanity together.

#16 Occupy Mars: The Game

Platform: PC
Release: May 10, 2023

Humanity can often think of a time when we will colonize planets outside our own. While it might not be accessible in our lifetime, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a simulation of the experience. Occupy Mars: The Game does just that. This simulation sandbox game puts players into an astronaut that lands on Mars. It’s their journey to build a base and ensure it can thrive for humanity. That means building up a base, ensuring that it has electricity, generating oxygen, finding a means to produce water, grow crops, mine resources, exploring, and fixing whatever may break along the journey. 

#15 Deliver Us Mars

Platform: PC PS4 Xbox One XSX|S PS5
Release: February 02, 2023

With the success of Deliver Us The Moon, it wasn’t too much of a surprise that a sequel followed. Deliver Us Mars is another science fiction adventure game to chart out a route in space to reach the ARK colony ships and recover them from the Outward. The human race’s survival depends on recovering these ARK colony ships, which is why astronaut Kathy Johanson is willing to put it all on the line to reach these vessels. With a compelling narrative that will have players sitting on the edge, players that enjoy a more walking simulation adventure title might want to give this game a shot. 

#14 The Invincible 

Platform: PC XSX|S PS5
Release: November 6, 2023

After a new story-driven adventure game? The Invincible might scratch that itch for you. This is a futuristic title that puts players into an astrobiologist. Landing on an unexplored planet, our protagonist Yasna finds her crewmates have vanished. Now players are forced to tread carefully as you never know what may be lurking on this planet. Explore the world, uncover new scientific phenomena, seek out your crew, and make decisions on what to do next. Fortunately, you’re not entirely alone, as you’ll have a voice connection to your Astrogator, that can offer a line of help during troubling situations. 

#13 Starship Troopers: Extermination

Platform: PC
Release: May 17, 2023

Starship Troopers taught us that the only good bug is a dead bug. So get ready to do your part with a new invasion of arachnids. Players interested in a first-person shooter experience set in the Starship Troopers universe may want to take a look into this game. This is a cooperative multiplayer experience where Starship Troopers: Extermination will drop up to twelve players on a planet that has become overrun by insectoid aliens. Thirsty for blood, humanity is forced into a deadly assault against these beasts. Build a base and work on the different objectives, all while blasting away these giant insects.

#12 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Developer: Respawn Entertainment
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Platforms: PC PS5 XSX|S
Release: April 28, 2023.

One of the most-anticipated games of 2023, STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor, brought back Cal Kestis and his crew to the galaxy far, far away and puts them against new threats in their fight against the Empire.

It’s been five years since the crew destroyed the Holocron that contained the identities of the Force-sensitive children. Since then, Cal has made it his business to screw with the Empire. But new threats are lurking on the horizon, including new Force-wielders who don’t have the same goals as Cal.

He’ll learn new lightsaber and Force techniques to fight them and explore new worlds to save the galaxy!

#11 SpaceBourne 2

• Publisher: Burak Dabak
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Developers: Burak Dabak
• Released: February 17, 2023

So, are you ready to conquer the galaxy? We hope so if you want to play SpaceBourne 2! The sequel to the hit RPG title puts you in a new position as you try to build up an empire to conquer the galaxy.

The freedom you have is apparent from the start. You’ll be able to fully customize your character, then explore the galaxy’s systems. Each system has different planets, features, resources, and ways you can make use of them. Pick the ones that can house a growing empire and then build up your forces from there!

The galaxy will change the more you grow, so be prepared for any obstacles on your path to glory!

#10 Star Trek: Resurgence

• Released: May 23, 2023
• Developer: Dramatic Labs
• Publisher: Dramatic Labs
• Platforms: PC PS4 PS5 Xbox One XSX|S

Star Trek games aren’t as numerous as you would expect. Part of the reason is that unlike another “star counterpart,” the battles aren’t the story’s main point. Instead, it’s often about diplomacy and exploration.

With Star Trek: Resurgence, they’re going to bridge the gap to deliver a narrative experience that will make you feel like you’re in one of the TV series or movies.

Set before the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation, you’ll take the roles of two officers on a starship that will have a hand to play in a war between two civilizations. Something sinister is going on here, and you must discover it and stop it before bloodshed occurs.

Your choices will shape the narrative, so make your decisions wisely.

#9 Stargate: Timekeepers

• Publisher: Slitherine Software
• Platform: Microsoft Windows
• Developers: CreativeForge Games, Creative Forge
• Released: December 12, 2023

Are you a fan of the Stargate SG-1 franchise? Good, because Stargate: Timekeepers takes what happened there and then goes off to tell its own story! Specifically, it goes from where Season 7 of the show left off, and things only get wilder from there!

How so? Well, the team you command get stuck in a time loop! Which as we know from shows and movies, is not a thing you want to be stuck in, ever. As such, you’ll need to use your brains and your brawn to try and break out of it, but also use it to your advantage!

With multiple ways to go about the story, you can replay missions on a whim to get a different outcome! The universe, and time, is in your hands.

#8 System Shock Remake

• Publisher: Prime Matter
• Developer: Nightdive Studios
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
• Released: May 30, 2023

Many people today fear the time when artificial intelligence rises in an attempt to replace humanity. In the System Shock Remake, you’ll witness one such attack!

An AI named SHODAN has taken over Citadel Station. But that’s not the worst of it. The AI has taken the human crew and morphed them into something unrecognizable. This is its plan for Earth, and you are the only one left who can stop it.

With no help, you’ll have to take on this threat and put it down before all human life is warped beyond recognition. Do you think you can handle that? Or will you be the next one transformed?

#7 Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

• Publisher: Ubisoft
• Developer: Massive Entertainment
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, Google Stadia
• Released: December 7, 2023

Avatar may have set cinemas alight back in 2009, but there is still a very dedicated fan base behind it. Along with the upcoming Avatar: The Way of Water film this year- along with three more films planned up to 2028- the giant blue cat aliens are looking to leap into video games again; this time with an original story. Players will command a Na’vi on Pandora’s Western Frontier, a brand new region, overrun by the RDA. Players will be tasked with stopping their high-tech assault by working with the reactive nature. We have very little to go on at this stage beyond a few CG trailers, but there could be potential in jumping on various alien animal to fight and travel. Fans will need to hope there is more to the game than its visuals, or Ubisoft runs the risk of the viewer once again rooting for the RDA.

#6 Dead Space Remake

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Motive Studio
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Released: January 27, 2023

Dead Space is set in 2508. While Earth is tapped out of resources, “Planetcrackers” have been used to gather them from other worlds. One of these mining vessels has gone dark, and engineer Issac Clark has volunteered find out why, along with what happened to his girlfriend, the vessel’s Senior Medical Officer. Issac will wish he hadn’t. To deal with the horrific monsters aboard, players not only need to refill their air supply, but use various engineering tools to slice enemies to pieces. Even then, they may get back up and keep moving. The original game received high praise for its atmosphere and dietetic UI (that means no UI, with all info presented in-game), so why not give the remake a chance today?

#5 Aliens: Dark Descent

• Publisher: Focus Entertainment
• Developer: Tindalos Interactive
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Released: June 19, 2023

This squad-based RTS puts you in the shoes of a commander, and it’s game over man- game over! Xenomorphs have overrun the base on Moon Lethe, yet the base’ experiments, rogue commandos, and worse also promise to give you a run for your money. Customize your soldier’s abilities, gear, and armor, develop their base, and send them out on missions to recapture key points as your foes promise will adapt to your tactics. The open world is persistent, so create shortcuts and safe-zones, set up motion trackers, and defend them at all costs. Death is permanent for your troops, and managing your resources and their mental health is essential if you want to quell the horde.

#4 Cocoon

• Publisher: Annapurna Interactive
• Developer: Geometric Interactive
• Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One
• Released: September 29, 2023

It can be all too easily forgotten that you don’t need a human element for sci-fi, and you can still scratch that space-craving itch with an alien adventure on an alien world. Or rather, worlds. Cocoon is a rather interesting take on puzzle platformers, from developer behind Limbo and Inside no less. Players are an alien moth creature that can use orbs to power and interact with alien machines. Bring A to B, simple right? Well how about the fact each of those orbs are their own level, with their own orbs inside it? Not only do you need to solve puzzles within an orb to change its properties- in order to solve puzzles in the level that orb is in- but each orb also has a guardian that players need to beat. If you want a game with layers, odds are this is going to go pretty deep, and that’s just the gameplay…

#3 Everspace 2

• Publisher: ROCKFISH Games
• Developer: ROCKFISH Games
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Released: April 6, 2023

Man the cockpit of your own spaceship, and take on the galaxy. Craft, mine, discover aliens, uncover ancient mysteries, vaporize space pirates, enter the most dangerous sectors of space for the greatest rewards- and all dictated by RPG elements, your steering, and your aiming. Collect and modify ships to your hearts content, and even the odds with the environment, or overwhelming firepower. One of the few points that have riled some fans up is the removal of roguelike elements from the first Everspace game.

#2 Kerbal Space Program 2

• Publisher: Private Division
• Developer: Intercept Games, Squad
• Platform: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S
• Released: 2023

It’s time to boldly go where many YouTubers have gone before- assuming you survive take off. The original Kerbal Space Program gave players the closest thing the actual physics of launching a rocket into space, getting it into orbit, and landing on other planets. Thanks to being able to freely design their own rockets, players took just as much delight in the explosive disasters of their initial efforts as their eventual successes. The sequel will task players once again with developing their space program, building rockets and spaceships, establishing colonies, and discovering just what’s out there. Revamped tutorials also hope to bring players into the fold easier, new parts to take players even deeper into space, colonists being able to- ahem- populate other worlds, and continued mod support.

#1 Starfield

• Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
• Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
• Platform: PC, Xbox Series X|S
• Released: September 5, 2023

Probably one of the most hyped games of 2023 is Starfield, touted as “Skyrim in space” and a “Han Solo Simulator.” Even in the year 2310, and 50 light years from Earth, humanity continues to explore, and you join Constellation to continue that great quest. Things won’t be easy, as humanity has only enjoyed 20 years of peace since the war between the United Colonies and Freestar Collective. So what will you do? Who will you side with? Will you stick to being an explorer, or become a hero, a space pirate, or something else? The game is very much a Bethesda RPG. You’ll create a character, customize its stats, and set out your own story. Explore to hearts content, take up quests, and find out the secrets of the universe. This is one game that will easily suck you in and keep you playing along for the long haul.

Disclaimer: This article was updated on 10/30/23 as we continue to adjust this list with new entries or remove games due to delays or failure to captivate audiences.