Games Like Sunshine Heavy Industries

A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.

Why similar: Space 31.2%, Building 30.8%, Sandbox 24.8%, 2D 4.1%, Sci-fi 3.1%

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 34.1%, Sandbox 20.4%, Building 10.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Why similar: Space 36.2%, Sandbox 23.5%, Relaxing 9.2%, Comedy 8.2%, Simulation 5.7%

The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Why similar: Spaceships 28.2% ★, Space 21.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Building 15.5%, Sci-fi 6.2%

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Space 36%, Sandbox 24.3%, Building 16.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Funny 5.1%

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Spaceships 25.5% ★, Space 23.1%, Building 21.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Simulation 5.5%

Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.

Why similar: Building 28.2%, Sandbox 23.3%, Puzzle 21.2%, Space 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Why similar: Sci-fi 50.3%, Pixel Graphics 38.4%, Singleplayer 11.3%

Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

Why similar: Puzzle 44.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.2%, Indie 8.3%

Casual puzzle game on a cosmic scale. Build stars, planets and other cosmic objects. Evolve your cosmos using abilities of the stars from stellar winds to supernova.

Why similar: Space 27.4%, Building 21.5%, Sandbox 21.4%, Puzzle 12.5%, Relaxing 5.2%

Galaxy is on fire! Only you can save it! More than 20 modules and even more weapons and equipment,you can design your own spaceship and defeat the most powerful ships in galaxy!

Why similar: Space 39.3%, Building 33.6%, Sandbox 20%, Indie 7.1%

Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.

Why similar: Space 69%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Indie 8.8%, 2D 5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, Sci-fi 16%, Indie 12.1%, Simulation 9.3%

Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?

Why similar: Puzzle 65.8%, Simulation 15.9%, Indie 10.7%, Singleplayer 7.5%

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

Why similar: Puzzle 42%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 17.4%, Indie 8.6%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%

Blobular is a simulation virtual-pet game. You are tasked with researching these strange Blob creatures. Take care of and mess around with your blobs, how you interact with each individual blob will influence how they grow up by changing their looks, color and personality!

Why similar: Sandbox 23.9%, Space 22.2%, Cute 12.9%, Aliens 11.6%, Colorful 9.8%

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 48.5%, Cute 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Indie 9.2%, 2D 6.4%

Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

Why similar: Building 32.4%, Sandbox 29.8%, Space 23.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Indie 5.6%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 15.7%, Indie 6.6%

Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!

Why similar: Sandbox 30.1%, Building 27.6%, Puzzle 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Simulation 6.8%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Building 43.8%, Sandbox 41.9%, Simulation 14.3%

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Puzzle 63.3%, Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Indie 12.8%, Singleplayer 8.6%

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Building 42.2%, Sandbox 40.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, 2D 5.5%, Indie 3%

shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

Why similar: Sandbox 39.6%, Building 28.2%, Puzzle 12%, Simulation 6.4%, 2D 4.9%

A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!

Why similar: Space 42%, Funny 26.4%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.6%

UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 36.5%, Indie 19.8%, 2D 16.1%, Puzzle 14.3%, Casual 6.8%

130+ unique goals to achieve in over 50 levels! Operate a control center, launching and maneuvering a fleet of colorful moon landers. Scrape by with near-miss flights, or engineer perfect solutions to earn stars. Discover the secrets of this hostile alien moon.

Why similar: Building 22.1%, Space 18.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Puzzle 13.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.2%, Simulation 21.3%, Indie 17.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Singleplayer 9.3%

Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!

Why similar: Cute 26.8%, Colorful 23.2%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Indie 14.2%, Casual 11.1%

TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

Why similar: Puzzle 61.1%, Simulation 23.4%, Indie 11.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

Why similar: Space 51.5%, Colorful 14.4%, 2D 10.2%, Casual 8.1%, Indie 6.3%

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Puzzle 52%, Pixel Graphics 23.2%, 2D 17.9%, Singleplayer 6.8%

Design your home in the non-Euclidean world.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.5%, Building 21.6%, Space 20.8%, Simulation 9.6%, Colorful 7.1%

The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!

Why similar: Building 67.9%, 2D 15%, Casual 11.2%, Singleplayer 5.8%

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Puzzle 54.8%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Indie 7%, Great Soundtrack 6%

Create the Starship of your dreams, explore the vast expanse of the galaxy, land on planets and jump into epic space battles. Experience a truly unique and powerful building engine where your imagination is the limit. Welcome to the next evolution in Space Sandbox gaming!

Why similar: Space 27.6%, Building 25.1%, Sandbox 20.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Spaceships 7.9% ★

In "The Space Garden" you can build your own garden across the Universe! Discover, acquire and grow your plants with love as you watch them evolve. Collect fruits by yourself or request help from your "helpers", a race of mini friends who come from nature.

Why similar: Space 22%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Funny 8.1%, Casual 6.7%

Build both simple and complex spaceships, and engage in combat against other players using your creations!

Why similar: Space 31.5%, Building 26.8%, Sandbox 25.4%, Casual 8.7%, Indie 7.6%

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

Why similar: Building 46.6%, Cute 12.6%, Simulation 11.1%, Colorful 8.6%, 2D 8.2%

Kinetic Void is a 3D space adventure with a focus on customization and enjoyable space simulation. The shipyard allows players to construct their ship piece by piece. Ships can be as simplistic as a cockpit, a hull, a engine and a gun, or as complex as a player wants.

Why similar: Space 44.8%, Sandbox 21%, Building 11.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Sci-fi 6.7%

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

Why similar: Puzzle 33.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.4%, Relaxing 17.2%, Cute 12.1%, 2D 9.8%

In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Why similar: Funny 34%, Puzzle 32.4%, Comedy 23.3%, Indie 5.7%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

Why similar: Comedy 51.4%, Funny 23.6%, Indie 14.6%, Singleplayer 4.3%, Casual 3.5%

Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.4%, Building 26.8%, Space 22.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Casual 4%

Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

Why similar: Building 29.7%, Sandbox 27.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Simulation 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Building 44.3%, Cute 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Simulation 8%, Colorful 7.4%

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Why similar: Simulation 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 28.1%, Casual 13.6%, 2D 11.9%, Indie 8.9%

Buba Stacker is a physics-based sandbox and puzzle game where you can create simple constructions or complex contraptions using everyday objects. Create, play, or tell stories in the world of Buba Stacker, inhabited by curious Pipis and the titular Buba.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.4%, Building 21.9%, Puzzle 12.1%, Relaxing 10.2%, Cute 10.2%

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Why similar: Space 36.5%, Building 26.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Sci-fi 7.2%

A survival comedy where every storm, outage, and pigeon is out to end your career. Upgrade, panic, and try to keep the lights on a little longer.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Simulation 13.9%, Comedy 10.8%, Funny 9.3%, Casual 7.6%

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

Why similar: Puzzle 62.2%, Colorful 13.7%, Relaxing 8.9%, Indie 6.3%, Singleplayer 4.8%

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Simulation 60.2%, Indie 21%, Singleplayer 18.8%

Intergalactic Taxi Co. is a casual puzzle game about picking up and dropping off passengers across a colorful, low-poly galaxy. Plan your route carefully to avoid running out of fuel and get everyone where they need to be!

Why similar: Space 24.5%, Puzzle 20%, Relaxing 13.6%, Aliens 9.4%, Casual 8.1%

The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

Why similar: Space 40.2%, Building 38.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Singleplayer 2%

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, Cute 23.1%, Funny 16.3%, Colorful 12.3%, Simulation 8.1%

Roller coaster design puzzle meets physics sandbox. In a series of increasingly challenging levels your task is to get creative and build all kinds of crazy coasters. Don't get too crazy, though, or physics will turn your coaster into a rocket.

Why similar: Sandbox 28.2%, Building 27.1%, Puzzle 16.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Relaxing 8.3%

Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

Why similar: Funny 69.8%, Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Singleplayer 8.1%

In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.

Why similar: Puzzle 55.2%, Colorful 16.3%, Indie 8.5%, Relaxing 8.1%, Singleplayer 6.2%

APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.

Why similar: Building 24.6%, Sandbox 24.5%, Relaxing 11.9%, Cute 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Building 42.5%, Sandbox 39.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%