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24 alternatives to Space Rider

Discover The Dark Side of Space

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Space Rider launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Beyond Earth: Life Simulation▲103
Swipe decision game, explore, and conquer the galaxy
2024 · its alternatives →
2
SpaceX Falcon 9 Lander▲208
Try (and fail) to land Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Core Defender▲78
Kill your time with a challenging and simple gameplay
2021 · its alternatives →
4AO
Atlas of Space▲770
Hello HN! Sharing a recent side project of mine, the Atlas of Space, that I built out to explore the Solar System. As a long-time space nerd, I realized recently that I didn't have a good intuition on the scale, speed, and relative orientation of the celestial bodies around us. So over the break I built out a kind of spatial Wikipedia to click around and learn about planets, moons, asteroids, and other bodies orbiting the Sun. The physics is all simulated in the browser using simple Newtonian mechanics. There's a lot left to do from here, including modeling objects in non-Keplerian orbits…
2025 · atlasof.space · its alternatives →
5
Rocketty▲72
Infinite challenge game
2022 · its alternatives →
6IB
I built an autopilot for the lunar lander game▲277
I got pretty good at (and very addicted to) the lunar lander game from a few days ago... so I decided to make an autopilot for the lander based on what I felt like was the best strategy! Now I can have perfect landings every time without lifting a finger :D Writing the autopilot code was a lot more fun than I expected! It felt a bit like programming a robot. Source code: https://github.com/szhu/lunar-lander-autopilot Original lander HN post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35032506
2023 · szhu.github.io · its alternatives →
7
Spaceteam▲93
Command a spaceship with your friends
2014 · its alternatives →
8
Alto's Odyssey▲263
Discover the endless desert. A beautiful game for mobile.
2018 · its alternatives →
9
Major Tom - Space Adventure▲88
Major Tom is doing the 'fly of shame' back to Earth
2015 · its alternatives →
10
AstroGrid▲113
Explore the entire universe in your browser, in real 3D
Apr 2026 · velonspace.com · its alternatives →
11
Galaxy Cross Road▲66
Cross galactic roads to gain score, boost pads triple speed
2022 · its alternatives →
12
Blastar - Space Race▲121
Bet on your billionaire space racer
2021 · its alternatives →
13
Spatium▲182
A space odyssey awaits you with beautiful space images
2021 · its alternatives →
14
Space Mission▲2
game
2022 · its alternatives →
15
Space Grub▲79
Simple and fun space shooter
2017 · its alternatives →
16
Space Shooter▲6
Play and defeat aliens from outer space
2023 · its alternatives →
17
Astro Dodge▲2
Dodge the asteroids as you navigate space!
2023 · its alternatives →
18
Space Blaster▲6
space free game
2025 · melonix2871.itch.io · its alternatives →
19
Flee Earth▲89
Mobile game where user controls a UFO and avoids asteroids
2021 · its alternatives →
20
Space AI▲88
Control a spaceship by writing JavaScript code
2016 · its alternatives →
21
illi▲92
Jump ur way through a strange world where gravity follows u
2016 · its alternatives →
22
Astroneer▲98
A game of aerospace industry and interplanetary exploration
2015 · its alternatives →
23RD
Rocket Drone, a lunar lander type game for the web▲102
2022 · rocket-drone.lol · its alternatives →
24
Space Ops Arcade▲7
A top down shooter you didn't know you need in your list.
2024 · its alternatives →

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