60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sandbox, Simulation, Building, Physics.
Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
Space Engineers 2
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Starbase
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Science 15.6%, Moddable 13.3% ★, Space Sim 12.6%, Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.8%
Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.6%, Programming 17.6% ★, Building 12.8%, Open World 10.5%, Space 10.1%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7%, Science 18.1%, Sandbox 13.1%, Space 12.3%, Crafting 6.5%
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Science 18.8%, Space Sim 17.1%, Space 10.6%, Building 10.4%, Sandbox 10%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9%, Science 19.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Space 12.6%, Open World 9.5%
Create, Collect, and Crash in Autocraft, a physics destruction sandbox. Create your own cars, rockets, tanks, planes, boats, and more.
Why similar: Sandbox 21%, Building 18%, Space 13.2%, Physics 12.6%, Space Sim 11.3%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Programming 20.8% ★, Science 15.7%, Space Sim 14.7%, Moddable 9.8% ★, Building 8.6%
Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.
Why similar: Building 19.8%, Space 18.6%, Space Sim 17.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 7.7%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.4%, Moddable 15.7% ★, Building 11%, Space 10.5%, Sandbox 10.4%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Science 22.3%, Moddable 16.6% ★, Building 12%, Crafting 11.8%, Sandbox 11.3%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Programming 27.4% ★, Science 19.5%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Crafting 10%
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Programming 37% ★, Sandbox 17.8%, Building 14.4%, Crafting 7.7%, Simulation 6.7%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 30.2%, Space Sim 21.9%, Sandbox 19.3%, Building 12.6%, Simulation 10.8%
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
Why similar: Space 22.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Building 14.4%, Open World 13.5%, Space Sim 11.4%
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Immersive Sim 14.3%, Space 8.5%, Realistic 7.5%
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: Science 19.5%, Space Sim 17.4%, Space 15.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Moddable 10.2% ★
Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!
Why similar: Building 23.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Open World 14.2%, Physics 13.4%, Crafting 12.2%
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.
Why similar: Science 23.5%, Space Sim 19.2%, Space 13.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Physics 9.2%
Kerbal Space Program 2 is the sequel to the acclaimed space-flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. Enter the next generation of space adventure with exciting new parts, stunning visuals, fully revamped UI and Map View, and rich new environments to explore.
Why similar: Science 19.8%, Space Sim 14.8%, Building 10.5%, Space 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%
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.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.2%, Science 19.3%, Space 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10%, Building 9.2%
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.3%, Science 20%, Sandbox 12.9%, Space 12.6%, Open World 12.5%
Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.
Why similar: Science 24%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Physics 11.3%
PixPhys is a 2D engineering sandbox with huge technical possibilities and scope for imagination: design equipment from a jet-powered cart to space stations.
Why similar: Programming 26.6% ★, Moddable 16% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Space 12.1%, Building 11.4%
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.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.3%, Space 16.7%, Building 13.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 11.2%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.9%, Crafting 16.2%, Open World 14.8%, Space 14.8%, Inventory Management 9.6%
Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Open World 10.9%
Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.
Why similar: Science 17.1%, Space Sim 16%, Building 12.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Space 11.4%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Building 21.1%, Science 20.6%, Sandbox 16.6%, Physics 14%, Crafting 13.4%
Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.
Why similar: Crafting 20.1%, Sandbox 17%, Building 16.6%, Open World 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 26.6%, Sandbox 22.3%, Open World 17.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Multiplayer 9.8%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Space Sim 19%, Science 18.6%, Space 12.9%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Physics 8.9%
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 24.8%, Building 19.9%, Space Sim 17.2%, Open World 15.6%, Sandbox 15.1%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Programming 27.5% ★, Space Sim 21.2%, Space 10.6%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 8.8%
Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!
Why similar: Science 30.8%, Building 17.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, Space 15.2%, Physics 12.9%
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 20.4%, Space Sim 19.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Physics 13.2%, Building 7%
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: Science 19.1%, Space Sim 16.5%, Space 16.4%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.2%
Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!
Why similar: Moddable 20.8% ★, Building 18.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Physics 12.8%, Immersive Sim 11.4%
Unleash your creativity and craft anything from flying cars to jet-powered toilets.Fair warning: there's a learning curve. But once you've got it, the sky's the limit for your creations!While active development is paused, we focus preserving the game and keeping it accessible.
Why similar: Programming 32% ★, Science 16.9%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%, Crafting 8.8%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Crafting 20.3%, Sandbox 18.6%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Open World 16.3%, Physics 13%
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
Why similar: Space Sim 21.5%, Building 13.3%, Space 13.1%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 10.9%
Flight of Nova is a simulator based on newtonian mechanics in which you control spacecraft in the Noren star system. You fly multiple types of spacecraft doing transport and search missions in an environment with realistic aerodynamics and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.3%, 6DOF 16.3% ★, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Open World 8.4%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 19.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 15.4%, Open World 13.2%, Physics 11.8%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Science 17.1%, Space Sim 16.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 10.4%, Programming 10.3% ★
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Building 18.7%, Crafting 17.9%, Space 17.1%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 14.5%
Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.
Why similar: Programming 60.6% ★, Building 20.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Multiplayer 3.8%
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
Why similar: Programming 37.8% ★, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Open World 8.9%
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 23.7%, Science 12.8%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Space 11.3%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Space 22.3%, Open World 19.1%, Sandbox 16%, Building 14.1%, Crafting 13.7%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Space 29%, Sandbox 24.1%, Crafting 19.5%, Open World 13%, First-Person 10%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Crafting 21.2%, Building 20.6%, Sandbox 20.4%, Open World 17.1%, Space 10.5%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 16.9%, Crafting 16.1%, Space 15.4%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 13.4%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Science 21.9%, Space Sim 20.1%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 9%
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Why similar: Programming 28.6% ★, Science 18.8%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Space Sim 10.9%
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Crafting 23.8%, Space 21.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 14.9%, Open World 12.4%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 18%, Building 17.2%, Space 17%, Open World 15.9%
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 31.4%, Sandbox 28.8%, Space 20.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Simulation 9.3%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Building 22.6%, Crafting 19.1%, Sandbox 17.1%, Physics 16.3%, Open World 11.7%
Modbox is a multiplayer game creation sandbox for Desktop+VR
Why similar: Programming 30% ★, Moddable 17.8% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 10.3%, Physics 8.7%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Crafting 17.4%, Open World 15.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 14.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%
