Games like Avorion
Games like Avorion include X4: Foundations, Kerbal Space Program, EVE Online, Elite Dangerous, and Space Engineers. We matched them by the tags players give Avorion on Steam (Sandbox, Exploration, Space Sim, Building, and Space): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

X4: Foundations
Shared: Space · Space Sim · Exploration

Kerbal Space Program
Shared: Sandbox · Space · Space Sim

EVE Online
Shared: Exploration · Space Sim · Open World

Elite Dangerous
Shared: Space Sim · Exploration · Space

Space Engineers
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Space

Kerbal Space Program 2
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Space

No Man's Sky
Shared: Exploration · Space · Open World

Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Shared: Space · Building · Exploration

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Space · Building · Open World

SpaceEngine
Shared: Sandbox · Open World · Space Sim

Starminer
Shared: Sandbox · Space Sim · Space

Starbase
Shared: Building · Space Sim · Sandbox

Spaceflight Simulator
Shared: Sandbox · Space Sim · Space

ASTRONEER
Shared: Exploration · Space · Open World

Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Open World

X Rebirth
Shared: Space · Sandbox · Space Sim

SPORE™
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Open World

Starfield
Shared: Space · Exploration · Open World

Aviassembly
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Exploration

Space Engineers 2
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Space

Interstellar Rift
Shared: Space Sim · Exploration · Building

SimplePlanes
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Exploration

StarMade
Shared: Sandbox · Space · Building

Ostranauts
Shared: Sandbox · Space Sim · Flight