5 Games with a space setting like Dome Keeper that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Dome Keeper down to the 5 that fit the “Space” category. AI War: Fleet Command, Gratuitous Space Battles and Unstoppable Gorg top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Dome Keeper.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

The best games with a space setting like Dome Keeper

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Dome Keeper. Each one has been evaluated across 20 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1AI War: Fleet CommandClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

Co-opSoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeSci-FiSpaceExploration

Steam👍 82%· 1.6KRAWG👍 26%· 50MC80IGDB90· 1

Year 2009Dev Arcen GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of tower defense games: deep simulation, tower defense planning and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, turn-based strategy and punishing difficulty, while skipping roguelike runs

###Impulse A real-time strategy developed by independent developers from Arcen Games. The game first appeared on the public in 2009 on the developer's site and the Impulse site, and later appeared on Steam in version 2.0.

Where it drifts furthest from Dome Keeper: tone and world.

It predates Dome Keeper by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting67Progression39Tone0

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#2Gratuitous Space BattlesClosest on setting

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloMultiplayerMeleeTacticalSci-FiSpace2D

Steam👍 70%· 877RAWG👍 24%· 42MC72IGDB65· 2

Year 2009Dev Positech GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of tower defense games: deep simulation, tower defense planning and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, real-time strategy and sandbox freedom, while skipping roguelike runs

Gratuitous Space Battles is a mix of real-time strategy and tactics of Tower Defense, altogether featuring a science-fiction setting of space warfare.

Where it drifts furthest from Dome Keeper: tone and world.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Dome Keeper.

It predates Dome Keeper by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode73Setting73Visuals30Tone0

GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloMeleeSci-FiSpaceCasual

Steam👍 79%· 307MC73IGDB73· 2

Year 2012Dev FuturemarkPlaytime ~1hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of tower defense games: tower defense planning, melee combat and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with vibe casual and visual isometric, while skipping roguelike runs

Get ready to experience a revolution in tower defense that will send you spinning. Unstoppable Gorg challenges you to defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit. Unlike other tower defense games, in Unstoppable Gorg you can move your towers by rotating the orbits that surround planets, moons and space stations.

Where it drifts furthest from Dome Keeper: tone and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Dome Keeper.

It predates Dome Keeper by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting69Combat53Game mode36Tone0Visuals0

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#4Endless SpaceClosest on world

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