Games like The Tau Ceti Terminus
Games like The Tau Ceti Terminus include Outer Wilds, No Man's Sky, Elite Dangerous, Myst, and Rise of the Tomb Raider™. We matched them by the tags players give The Tau Ceti Terminus on Steam (Exploration, Puzzle, Interactive Fiction, Science, and Space): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Space · Puzzle

No Man's Sky
Shared: Exploration · Space · Survival

Elite Dangerous
Shared: Exploration · Space · VR

Myst
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · VR

Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Action-Adventure

Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Shared: VR · Exploration · First-Person

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Action-Adventure

STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Shared: Action-Adventure · Exploration · Space

Obduction
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · VR

Riven
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · VR

Starfield
Shared: Space · Exploration · Action-Adventure

Deliver Us The Moon
Shared: Space · Puzzle · Exploration

The Talos Principle
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person

Killer Frequency
Shared: Puzzle · Interactive Fiction · Exploration

Green Hell VR
Shared: VR · Exploration · Survival

Far Cry® 5
Shared: Exploration · Action-Adventure · First-Person

The Solus Project
Shared: Exploration · VR · Survival

Blue Prince
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person

Amnesia: Rebirth
Shared: Puzzle · Action-Adventure · Exploration

BONELAB
Shared: VR · Puzzle · First-Person

A Plague Tale: Requiem
Shared: Exploration · Action-Adventure · Interactive Fiction

Pacific Drive
Shared: Exploration · Survival · First-Person

The Talos Principle 2
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · First-Person

BONEWORKS
Shared: VR · Puzzle · Action