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Games Like Alpha Lyrae Discovery

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, City Builder, Colony Sim, Simulation.

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Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."

Reviews: Positive — 83% — of 18 reviews
Released: 2019-08-08
Developer: xe2050
Publisher: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
Genres: Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    97% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
    Dev: liuliu
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    This is a special simulation tower defense game, where you need to command each citizen to build a base. To produce food, one also needs to resist monsters from the night.if you want to pass the level, it has a certain difficulty and requires you to have a certain strategy and observation rules.

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  2. #2 Rise to Ruins
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
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    A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

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  3. #3 Planeta
    96% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
    Dev: Tomas Daugela
    Windows

    Planeta is a planet-building game where you can create and customize your planet as you wish! Main goal is to create conditions for humans to live and build a rocket ship and fly to the moon!

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  4. #4 Stonehearth
    95% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

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    94% matchVery Positive86% of 302 reviews2021
    Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
    Windows

    In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

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  6. #6 Airborne Empire
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 688 reviews2025
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

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    92% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
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    93% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

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    91% matchNo user reviews
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    Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.

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  10. #10 To Save Humanity From Virus
    91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
    Dev: Tomas Daugela
    Windows

    To Save humanity From Virus is a building game where you are on a different planet trying to get resources to create a vaccine. The virus hit the earth and the only way to save humanity is to gather resources from the different planet.

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  11. #11 The Universim
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
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    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

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  12. #12 Kingdoms and Castles
    90% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    Windows

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  14. #14 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
    Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

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    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Games Incubator
    Windows

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    86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
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    85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
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    84% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    80% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    79% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    78% matchNo user reviews2026
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    78% matchNo user reviews
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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    76% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    75% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    75% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
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  39. #39 Dawn of Man
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
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    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    74% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    72% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
    Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
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    71% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    72% matchMixed65% of 10,510 reviews2017
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    70% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
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    68% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
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    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

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    70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
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    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 289 reviews2016
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    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2025
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    68% matchVery Positive92% of 175 reviews2023
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    67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
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  55. #55 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    66% matchMixed60% of 450 reviews2025
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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
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