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24 alternatives to Sun Dogs

An open-world text adventure in a transhumanist solar system

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sun Dogs launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Astroneer▲98

   A game of aerospace industry and interplanetary exploration

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   No Man's Sky▲272

   Explore a nearly endless procedurally generated universe

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Humani: Jessie’s Story▲76

   A conversation-based narrative game

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Animal Ratio▲77

   A super-fun minimalistic physics-based chaotic browser game

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Starbound▲67

   An extraterrestrial sandbox adventure game

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tharsis▲66

   A turn-based space strategy game.

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Rising World▲73

   A voxel based open-world sandbox game

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Invisible Dragons▲73

   A text based game with amazing UI

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   0RBITALIS▲60

   An abstract gravitational puzzler

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Cat Interstellar▲62

    A story-driven science fiction game

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Endless Sky▲76

    A 2D space trading and combat game

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    That Dragon, Cancer▲122

    A videogame developer's love letter to his son

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Human Resource Machine▲82

    A programming game from the creators of Little Inferno

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Refunct▲70

    Vibrant first-person platformer

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Seashine▲103

    A Poetic Journey Into The Abyss

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    PixelSpace▲68

    A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17OR
    OpenRA – RTS project that recreates Command and Conquer games▲131

    2014 · openra.res0l.net · its alternatives →

18. 18
    DarkMaus▲74

    A challenging action game with a minimalist style

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Neptune's Pride 2▲70

    A multi-week, highly strategic multiplayer game in space

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Swapper▲84

    An atmospheric puzzle platformer set on a distant planet

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Talos Principle▲80

    A philosophical first-person puzzle game

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Robot Nature▲77

    Addictive Game

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Robot Turtles▲69

    The game for little programmers

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Gridland ▲87

    An adictive roleplaying stacking puzzle

    2015 · its alternatives →

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