Games like ORBITAL
Games like ORBITAL include Elite Dangerous, Kerbal Space Program, No Man's Sky, X4: Foundations, and EVE Online. We matched them by the tags players give ORBITAL on Steam (Adventure, Space, Space Sim, Sci-fi, and Simulation): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Elite Dangerous
Shared: Space · Space Sim · Sci-fi

Kerbal Space Program
Shared: Space · Simulation · Space Sim

No Man's Sky
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Adventure

X4: Foundations
Shared: Space · Space Sim · Simulation

EVE Online
Shared: Space Sim · Adventure · Space

Starfield
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Exploration

Endless Sky
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Adventure

Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Shared: Space · Simulation · Space Sim

Kerbal Space Program 2
Shared: Space · Exploration · Simulation

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Simulation · Space

Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Simulation

SPORE™
Shared: Space · Simulation · Colony Sim

Exo One
Shared: Space · Adventure · Exploration

X Rebirth
Shared: Space · Simulation · Sci-fi

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Sci-fi · Space · Space Sim

Rebel Galaxy
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Adventure

Outer Wilds
Shared: Space · Adventure · Exploration

Spaceflight Simulator
Shared: Space · Space Sim · Simulation

Universe Sandbox
Shared: Space · Simulation · Space Sim

SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
Shared: Space · Adventure · Simulation

Stellaris
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Simulation

V: Rings of Saturn
Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Space · Simulation · Sci-fi

Deliver Us The Moon
Shared: Adventure · Space · Sci-fi