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12 space games for PS4, from No Man's Sky to Mars Horizon. Star Wars: Squadrons is €4.79 (no fees) as a PSN Key and Breathedge €6.24 (no fees).
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- Cheapest right now
- € Standard · Account · Global · Difmark
- Live offers
- 6 offers · 6 stores
- Our pick
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Star Wars: Squadrons costs €4.79 (no fees) as a PSN Key on the PlayStation Store this morning, the lowest price we have recorded for it on PS4, and Breathedge is €6.24 (no fees). Those are the two cheapest ways onto this list with a copy that stays on your own account. The best-reviewed game here is Outer Wilds, with 95% of 91,361 Steam reviews positive, and it costs more: €24.99 (no fees) for the standard PSN Key.
We started from the 57 PS4 games in our catalogue whose PC version carries Steam's Space tag and that had at least two offers in stock, and kept twelve where space is what the game is about, not a sci-fi backdrop. The scores are from Steam users and refer to the PC version, since PS4 games don't have a public user score we can quote.
You'll see a Difmark account next to almost every game, and it's nearly always the cheapest option. An account is a login to someone else's PSN account that already owns the game: you download it to your PS4 and play, but the game isn't in your name and you lose it if the seller takes the account back. We list them because they're there, but we'd buy the PSN Key or the disc. Difmark prices below already include the Gocdkeys coupon; the PlayStation Store and Amazon charge no fees.
Exploring: No Man's Sky and Outer Wilds
No Man's Sky is the obvious pick. The universe is procedurally generated, so you land on a planet, mine what you need, fix the ship, take off and look for the next system, and the loop can last hundreds of hours if you start building bases or trading. Hello Games has kept adding free updates for years. On Steam, 84% of 319,908 reviews of the PC version are positive. The problem on PS4 is the format. There's no PSN Key in stock with any shop we track, the Difmark account is €9.23 (€9.65 with fees) and the only disc, at Amazon FR, is €37.80 (no fees). The PlayStation Store does sell it, but we don't have its price today.
Outer Wilds is much smaller and, for many players, much better. You explore a solar system caught in a time loop that resets every 22 minutes, and you never get stronger: all you keep from one loop to the next is what you've learnt. It's better to know as little as possible before you start. The PSN Key is €24.99 (no fees); the PlayStation Store also lists an edition it calls Deluxe at €19.99 (no fees), cheaper than the standard one, so check what it includes before you choose. The Difmark account is €10.49 (€10.96 with fees).
In the cockpit: Squadrons, Rebel Galaxy and Chorus
Star Wars: Squadrons is dogfighting from inside the cockpit of X-wings and TIE fighters, with a story campaign and online 5-versus-5 battles, and on PS4 it supports PS VR. Steam reviews are Mixed, 66% of 25,183, but at this price that matters less. The Star Wars: Squadrons PS4 key is €4.79 (no fees) on the PlayStation Store, the disc at Amazon DE is €17.43 (no fees), and the Difmark account is €1.37 (€1.43 with fees). The live offers:
Rebel Galaxy plays like a pirate game with spaceships: your big ships fire broadsides, so you line up alongside the enemy instead of chasing it, and between fights you trade, take missions and upgrade your hull. 85% of 7,275 positive on Steam. The PSN Key is €19.99 (no fees) and the account €3.99 (€4.17 with fees).
Chorus is a single-player space shooter. You fly Nara and Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, against the cult that made her, with zero-g combat and old temples to explore along the way. 81% of 3,932 positive on Steam. The PSN Key is €24.99 (no fees); the Difmark account, €3.49 (€3.65 with fees).
Stations and wrecks: Prey, Void Bastards, Breathedge and The Expanse
Prey comes from Arkane, the Dishonored studio. You wake up on Talos I, a station orbiting the Moon, overrun by aliens that can disguise themselves as a chair or a coffee cup, and you get through it with improvised tools as much as with weapons. It's the highest-rated game here after Outer Wilds, 90% of 38,027 positive. There's no PSN Key in stock: the disc at Amazon DE is €18.01 (no fees), for the edition that still comes with the pre-order bonus, and the Difmark account is €12.59 (€13.16 with fees).
Void Bastards takes the idea of System Shock 2 and BioShock and makes it short and comic-book. Each run you send a prisoner to raid derelict ships in the Sargasso Nebula looking for fuel and parts, and when he dies the next one takes over. 86% of 3,895 positive on Steam. The disc at Amazon ES is €27.99 (no fees), two euros below the €29.99 (no fees) PSN Key, and the account is €12.59 (€13.16 with fees).
Breathedge is survival and crafting in orbit, played for laughs: you're a man who only wanted to scatter his grandfather's ashes and ends up mixed up in a galactic conspiracy, always watching your oxygen. 82% of 14,934 positive on Steam. The PSN Key at €6.24 (no fees) beats the disc at Amazon FR, €15.87 (no fees), and is close enough to the €4.19 (€4.38 with fees) account that the account makes no sense.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series is the story game of the group. You're Camina Drummer, captain of a scavenger crew in the Belt, salvaging wrecks in zero gravity and making the decisions that Telltale games are built on. All five episodes are included. 76% of 2,419 positive, Mostly Positive on Steam. PSN Key €24.99 (no fees), account €10.49 (€10.96 with fees).
The Moon and Mars, on foot or from mission control
Deliver Us The Moon is set in a near future where Earth has run out of resources and the energy now comes from a base on the Moon, which has gone silent. You're the astronaut sent to find out why. It's puzzles and exploration in first and third person. 87% of 7,582 positive on Steam. The PSN Key is €24.99 (no fees) and the account €12.59 (€13.16 with fees). The sequel, Deliver Us Mars, is also on PS4, at €29.99 (no fees) as a PSN Key.
Surviving Mars is a city builder where the city is a set of domes on Mars: first drones and supplies, then colonists, and you have to keep air, water and power running for all of them. 77% of 29,345 positive, Mostly Positive. There's no PSN Key in stock: the disc at Amazon FR is €29.95 (no fees) and the Difmark account €16.79 (€17.55 with fees).
Mars Horizon puts you in charge of a space agency rather than a colony: you design rockets, launch missions around the Solar System and race other agencies to Mars. It was made with support from the European Space Agency. 84% of 2,765 positive on Steam. PSN Key €17.99 (no fees), account €7.55 (€7.89 with fees).
Four that have been far cheaper on the PlayStation Store
Several of these games drop hard during PlayStation Store sales. These are the lowest PSN Key prices we've recorded there, without fees:
- Chorus: €4.99 on 10 September, against €24.99 (no fees) today.
- Rebel Galaxy: €5.99 on 10 September, against €19.99 (no fees).
- Void Bastards: €8.99 on 24 September, against €29.99 (no fees).
- The Expanse: A Telltale Series: €9.99 on 8 October, against €24.99 (no fees).
None of them is urgent, so a price alert for Chorus or any of the others is the better move. Squadrons and Breathedge, on the other hand, are at their lowest right now. If you've moved on to the newer console, we have a separate list of space games for PS5.
Prices checked on the morning of 15 November.
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