The best games in which you explore space 🚀 2023
Looking for a really good space exploration game 🚀? Then we have just the thing: our list of the best space exploration games 2023.
What are space exploration games?
Space exploration games often have themes and storylines related to travel and adventure in space. Players often have to search for and collect resources and areas as the goal of the game.
Many of the popular space exploration games are also categorized under science fiction.
List of the best games in which you explore space 2023 🚀
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
Nominated for 25 awards and won 13.
⭐️ Kennerspiel des Jahres 2020
More details for The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Planet Unknown
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2023
More details for Planet Unknown- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 80 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Space Base
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Space Base- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Space Base
Terraforming Mars
Nominated for 27 awards and won 14.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017
More details for Terraforming Mars- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Terraforming Mars
Star Wars: Outer Rim
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Star Wars: Outer Rim- 1 - 4 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!60€ at.de
Tiny Epic Galaxies
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Tiny Epic Galaxies- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!30€ at.de
Video reviews for Tiny Epic Galaxies
Galaxy Trucker
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
More details for Galaxy Trucker- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Cosmic Encounter
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Cosmic Encounter- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Star Wars: Rebellion
Nominated for 15 awards and won 4.
More details for Star Wars: Rebellion- 2 - 4 Players
- 180 - 240 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Video reviews for Star Wars: Rebellion
Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
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More details for Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 - 200 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
🔥 Great price!118€ at.de
First Rat
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for First Rat- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 75 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!29€ at.de
Race for the Galaxy
Nominated for 11 awards and won 4.
More details for Race for the Galaxy- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!30€ at.de
Roll for the Galaxy
Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.
More details for Roll for the Galaxy- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!47€ at.de
Beyond the Sun
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Beyond the Sun- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Galaxy Trucker (Second Edition)
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Space Park
- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Alien Frontiers
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Alien Frontiers- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Tiny Epic Galaxies BLAST OFF!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
Wild Space
- 1 - 5 Players
- 15 - 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Jump Drive
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Jump Drive- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 - 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Pyramid Arcade
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Pyramid Arcade- 1 - 10 Players
- 5 - 180 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Pyramid Arcade
Xia: Legends of a Drift System
Nominated for 6 awards.
More details for Xia: Legends of a Drift System- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 - 180 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Xia: Legends of a Drift System
Ultra Tiny Epic Galaxies
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
Nominated for 11 awards.
More details for Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game- 3 - 6 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition- 3 - 6 Players
- 240 - 480 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
Video reviews for Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition
Star Clicker
- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Catan: Starfarers
- 3 - 4 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!58€ at.de
Space Alert
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!45€ at.de
Cosmic Colonies
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
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