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Games Like 1000 days to escape

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Indie, Singleplayer, Simulation.

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Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can. Explore planets, colonize them, help people find a new home.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 406 reviews
Released: 2019-07-25
Developer: Lemon Squeezy
Genres: Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.0 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 77%

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    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 147,368 reviews2015
    Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  2. #2 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,372 reviews2026
    Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

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    96% matchMixed63% of 122 reviews2023
    Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows
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    Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.

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  4. #4 Utopia Colony
    94% matchMixed65% of 113 reviews2026
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    Windows

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  5. #5 Tiny Space Academy
    95% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2021
    Dev: Full Orbit Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.

    Why similar: Space Sim 39%, Space 32.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Casual 9.5%, Indie 5%

  6. #6 Mars Horizon
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 3,099 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Mars 26.4% ★, Space 22.1%, Science 16.8%, Simulation 5.2%

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    93% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2025
    Dev: Part Time Monkey
    Windows

    The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.

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  8. #8 Spaceflight Simulator
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 9,809 reviews2022
    Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,203 reviews2012
    Dev: Tiger Style
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

    Why similar: Mars 41.2% ★, Sci-fi 33.7%, Indie 18.2%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 3%

  10. #10 Earth Space Colonies
    91% matchMixed50% of 167 reviews2016
    Dev: Persona and Pixel studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Earth Space Colonies is a strategy-simulation game where you build space colonies around the Solar system. Establish a first self-sustaining colony on the Red planet with ultimate goal of terraforming Mars. Play three story campaigns all at once: terraform Mars, fight on Ceres and explore Ganymede.

    Why similar: Space 57.1%, Simulation 27%, Indie 15.9%

  11. #11 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
    90% matchMixed69% of 410 reviews2016
    Dev: Chondrite Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.

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  12. #12 Take On Mars
    89% matchMixed55% of 2,032 reviews2017
    Dev: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Mars 29.2% ★, Space 26.9%, Space Sim 20.7%, Science 13.3%, Simulation 9.5%

  13. #13 Space Company Simulator
    88% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 reviews2019
    Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
    Windows

    Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.

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  14. #14 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,722 reviews2021
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.

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  15. #15 Brazed
    87% matchMixed52% of 63 reviews2016
    Dev: Vladimir Maslov
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,789 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

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    86% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: 34BigThings srl
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%

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    83% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2026
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

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    85% matchMostly Negative41% of 1,016 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    81% matchVery Positive94% of 124 reviews2018
    Dev: Cosmic Picnic
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    80% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

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  24. #24 Colony On Mars
    82% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
    Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    You play as an astronaut in a colony on Mars and you need to upgrade your colony, build new constructions and collect resources

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    Dev: terraforming.titans
    Windows · Linux

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    78% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
    Windows

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  27. #27 Escape Gaia
    78% matchMostly Positive73% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: Current Games
    Windows

    you will play as Gaia, the shattered will of a planet, and command your spaceship to explore new worlds, collect and refine various resources, build a home on the damaged spacecraft, summon a wide range of monsters, and ultimately, devour other shattered wills to repair yourself.

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  28. #28 Last Horizon
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 262 reviews2015
    Dev: PixeljamPub: Akupara Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 18 minMean: 126.2 hrs≥1hr: 33%

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  29. #29 Oxygen Not Included
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    77% matchMixed56% of 167 reviews2025
    Dev: Mirage Game Studios
    Windows

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    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,344 reviews2015
    Dev: Giant Army
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    75% matchVery Positive97% of 437 reviews2022
    Dev: Florian van Strien
    Windows

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

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  33. #33 Astro Colony
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

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  34. #34 Space Haven
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  35. #35 Reshaping Mars
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 834 reviews2023
    Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

    Why similar: Mars 40.7% ★, Space 34.2%, Simulation 14%, Sci-fi 4.8%, Indie 4.6%

  36. #36 Starcom: Nexus
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 2,322 reviews2019
    Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  37. #37 Occupy Mars: The Game
    70% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.

    Why similar: Mars 49.5% ★, Space 30.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  38. #38 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2023
    Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows

    Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue is a story prelude to the full version, which will introduce you to the world of cosmic repairs, greedy corporations, and cutting-edge technology.

    Why similar: Space Sim 33.5%, Mars 28% ★, Space 20.7%, Science 10%, Simulation 7.7%

  39. #39 Per Aspera
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,783 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

    Why similar: Mars 34% ★, Space 26.9%, Science 22.1%, Simulation 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.1%

  40. #40 Low Oxygen
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 313 reviews2023
    Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
    Windows · Linux

    Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

    Why similar: Casual 32.2%, Space 26%, Funny 17%, Sci-fi 10.7%, 2D 10.1%

  41. #41 Planet Miner
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2021
    Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
    Windows

    Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.

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  42. #42 Mars Colony:Challenger
    74% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
    Dev: HyperKat Games
    Windows

    Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together.

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  43. #43 Spacebase DF-9
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,342 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

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  44. #44 60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 162 reviews2025
    Dev: mc2games
    Windows

    You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.

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  45. #45 Plan B: Terraform
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 3,674 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

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  46. #46 Solargene
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

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  47. #47 Final Upgrade
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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  48. #48 Procrastinaut
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 78 reviews2024
    Dev: cptbuk
    Windows

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  49. #49 Epic Astro Story
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 64 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

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  50. #50 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 703 reviews2021
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  51. #51 The Spatials
    71% matchMixed69% of 330 reviews2015
    Dev: Weird and Wry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  52. #52 Red Planet Farming
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 888 reviews2020
    Dev: Nina Demirjian
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Become the first Agricultural Director of Mars in Red Planet Farming! This casual strategy game tasks players with producing enough food to feed a growing population of settlers on the red planet.

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  53. #53 Shortest Trip to Earth
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,437 reviews2019
    Dev: Interactive Fate
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

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    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

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  55. #55 Adaptory
    65% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

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  56. #56 Mercury Fallen
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 320 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.

    Why similar: Space 34.1%, Science 28.3%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Casual 10.8%

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