60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space Sim, Simulation, Sandbox, Singleplayer.
Calling Home is an exciting sci-fi simulation resource management game that draws heavily from games in the factory-building and exploration genres, providing a thrilling mix of building your base, researching, factory management, puzzle solving, exploration, and resource gathering.
Space Sim Tycoon
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Among The Stars
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 12.9%, Automation 10.8%, Strategy 9%
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 43.2%, Sandbox 19.8%, Exploration 10.1%, Futuristic 6%, Simulation 5.7%
A first person building game where every problem is solved with pipes.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.4%, Sandbox 18.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Exploration 7.3%, Futuristic 6.5%
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Sandbox 19.6%, Automation 12.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Crafting 6.9%
Build and manage your own space company. Design missions, launch satellites, and expand your influence across Earth’s orbit.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 17.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 13.2%, Automation 8.8%
Space Tourist is a chill, mechanic-lite, easy space exploration game designed for tired gamers who love to discover beautiful worlds without overwhelming systems or steep learning curves. Explore space. Land on new worlds. Plant flags. Take photos. Relax.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Stylized 10%, First-Person 9.7%
Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.8%, Automation 19.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, First-Person 6.7%, Simulation 6.6%
After a mysterious accident you are left are stranded, floating through space on a piece of a space station. Craft supplies and Hubs to expand what is now your home. But be warned space is a dangerous places where one mistake can mean certain death. Can you defy the odds and survive in space?
Why similar: Space Sim 34.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Futuristic 7.8%, Crafting 7.3%
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Futuristic 9.3%, Exploration 9.2%, 3D 5.8%
Build, crash, rebuild! Explore new planets in co-op multiplayer with your fully modular spaceship made from whatever bolts together long enough to fly. Mount giant thrusters, annoying cables, and everything in between. Complete wild missions, face the dangers of space and argue with your crew!
Why similar: Space Sim 37.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 7.7%, Stylized 6.1%, Exploration 6%
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.6%, Automation 18%, Sandbox 15%, Resource Management 8.2%, Crafting 7.8%
The hit mobile game Interstellar Pilot 2 has come to Steam. Join the TEF forces heading to the Gatopean sector to find a new home for mankind. Play how you like in this open world space-sim developed by Pixelfactor.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.5%, Sandbox 19.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Simulation 14.1%, 3D 4.2%
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 36%, Sandbox 14%, Futuristic 8.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Exploration 6.6%
A 2D space trading game with a real economy. NPC ships haul cargo between 78 stations and prices move whether you're there or not. Good routes die as other traders catch on, so you keep hunting new ones. No quest markers, no "best trade" arrows. Just you, a map, and the prices.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.7%, Sandbox 19.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Exploration 7.8%, Top-Down 7%
A space exploration and crafting game set in a fully simulated N-body small scale solar system, where you build space infrastructure to progress and figure out the misteries of the cosmos.
Why similar: Space Sim 33%, Simulation 11.5%, Automation 10.9%, Crafting 10%, First-Person 9.9%
Worlds Of The Future is a sci-fi open world, action/adventure game. Explore a fully seamless solar system full of adventures, mysteries and colorful characters. Build your space delivery company, climb the company rankings and become a legend among the worlds!
Why similar: Space Sim 37.4%, Sandbox 18.1%, Futuristic 9.3%, Stylized 8.2%, Exploration 7.8%
Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Automation 20.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%
Boötes is a Space Sim where you get to jump on astroids. Collect Crystals, Unlock New Abilities, Find Secrets to Unlock New Suits, and Much More. You are all alone in The Boötes Void where you find mysterious crystals that can help fuel your space shuttle so you can visit the Cold Dark.
Why similar: Space Sim 49.7%, Futuristic 11.2%, Simulation 10.7%, Adventure 9%, Exploration 8.8%
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 19.4%, Space Sim 18.8%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 8.8%, Resource Management 8.1%
Build a colony on an alien planet. Supply settlers, defend against meteors, upgrade your base, develop your economy, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.5%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Top-Down 6.6%
Build and automate your own modular space fleet in this sandbox base-building game. Mine asteroids, expand your ship, fight enemies, explore new star systems, and uncover the deepest secrets of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.6%, Automation 23%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.2%, Exploration 5.1%
Explore a seamless endless universe with an uncountable number of galaxies, stars, planets, and moons. Make friends or enemies with unique alien civilizations. Research upgrades for your vessel with scientific phenomena and alien tech that you've acquired.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.7%, Sandbox 17.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Exploration 7.9%, Simulation 7.4%
Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.5%, Automation 20.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Simulation 8.4%
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.2%, Automation 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 7.4%, Strategy 7%
LithoBreak is an Early Access industrial survival game rebuilding toward one moon-site loop: boot up the console, build the first site, and help shape a science-driven survival sim.Play with Science
Why similar: Space Sim 21.7%, Automation 16.7%, Sandbox 13%, Crafting 8.2%, Resource Management 7%
A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Sandbox 15.5%, Automation 14.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 10.1%
Perihelion lets you run your own rocket engine shop. Take over an abandoned desert airfield, design realistic, unique engines, then test them!
Why similar: Space Sim 38.9%, Sandbox 24.1%, Simulation 14.2%, 3D 5.1%, Crafting 5%
Stranded in the asteroid belt with a broken ship and one working drill. Repair the ship part by part, mine your way back to the stars and grow a lifeboat into an empire. Offline counts exactly like online — no timers, no microtransactions, buy once.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Automation 12.1%, Minimalist 8.8%, Crafting 7.7%
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.3%, Automation 18%, Sandbox 17%, Exploration 8.7%, Crafting 7.9%
A base-building and automation game about restoring a ruined planet. Mine resources, build factories, deploy AI drones, and revive a living world.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.9%, Automation 19.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Crafting 9.2%, Exploration 5.6%
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Automation 14.1%, Crafting 7.7%, Exploration 6.3%
A short automation challenge aimed at everyone from beginner to veteran. Take your time to uncover the lore of an ancient civilization without any dangers. Can you find a clever way to use logistics to overcome the scarce space available?
Why similar: Automation 20.6%, Sandbox 18%, Crafting 10.2%, Minimalist 9.5%, Strategy 8.6%
Build your space station, design your own ships, and explore relaxed sci-fi sectors in Astrosphere. Gather resources, research new technologies, and shape your journey through the cosmos at your own pace.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.6%, Sandbox 12.6%, Exploration 7.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 7.2%
Starship Factory is a construction / space simulation game where you build, test, and optimize rocket production for Mars colonization.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.2%, Minimalist 11.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.7%, Automation 9.1%
Explore a seed-driven galaxy where every ship, planet, and dungeon is generated at runtime. Dogfight pirate wings, land on 20 kinds of worlds, raid surface sites on foot, and build a fleet from salvaged hulls, solo or in Steam co-op. The same seed rebuilds the same galaxy, every time.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Exploration 8.9%, Futuristic 7.1%
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.7%, Automation 16.1%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 7.5%, Resource Management 7%
AVIK is an atmospheric space sandbox where you explore space. Following a recent tragedy, you must begin your story from scratch, unraveling the mysteries of the past while upgrading your spaceship, mining resources, crafting new parts, and fighting for your survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.1%, Sandbox 16.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Adventure 7.8%, Minimalist 7.3%
Deep Claims is a space exploration game where you upgrade your ship and equipment in order to mine increasingly valuable and hazardous asteroids. Can you make it to the core?
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1%, Sandbox 20.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Exploration 11.4%, Simulation 9.6%
GlowCore is a singleplayer progression game focused on resource gathering and gradual world expansion. In the center of the world lies the GlowCore. The goal is to expand the world by feeding the GlowCore with wood and other resources.
Why similar: Automation 21.3%, Sandbox 13.3%, Minimalist 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Stylized 8.6%
In Delos, you are the space traffic controller managing the flow of ships at a bustling space station. Direct docking, allocate resources, and prevent collisions in a real-time strategy setting. Balance efficiency and safety to maintain order in the interstellar hub.
Why similar: Space Sim 51.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 11.9%, 3D 7%, Resource Management 6%
Gravitation is a sandbox simulation set in the vastness of the cosmos and built on the laws of real-world physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.3%, Sandbox 18.5%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 16%, Exploration 6.3%
History of Space is an immersive and educational game that allows players to explore a virtual space history museum, delving into the captivating history of space exploration.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 8.9%, First-Person 7.1%
HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.3%, Automation 19.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Resource Management 8%, Strategy 6.8%
Lead an expedition into an unexplored solar system. Build rockets, aircraft, and other vehicles, discover new worlds, gather resources, complete missions, unlock technology, and grow a colony of tiny purple Klorps in this spaceflight sandbox.
Why similar: Space Sim 42.7%, Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 16.2%, Crafting 7.3%, Exploration 6.4%
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
Why similar: Automation 19.5%, Space Sim 18.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 8.8%, Resource Management 8.2%
A simulation sci-fi game where players take on the role of the project manager of a space elevator project. They will progressively achieve project phase goals and ultimately accomplish the ultimate goal of constructing a Mars colonization spacecraft.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 17.8%, Exploration 9.1%, 3D 5.8%
Run Your Own Galactic Fuel Station! Restore an abandoned station, refuel starships, and grow your intergalactic business! Extract fuel, sell rare goods, and repair ships to keep customers happy. Expand your station, automate operations, and become the galaxy's most popular fueling hub!
Why similar: Space Sim 42.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Futuristic 9.6%, Exploration 9%, Stylized 8.8%
Rionag: Survey Fleet is a top-down starship builder and logistics game where it's your job to balance the needs of the crews with cutting-edge equipment on board. Unlock tech that adds new capabilities for your ships to go through hazardous environments, enabling you to explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.2%, Automation 15.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Futuristic 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.2%, Automation 19.8%, Sandbox 13.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Resource Management 7.1%
You are the supreme commander who directing the construction of a galactic space base. You need to manage the living and administrative needs of the space base residents, establish the industrial chain for space docks and starship, and ultimately complete a dream starship.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.4%, Automation 20.1%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Resource Management 7.9%
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.2%, Sandbox 21.5%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Crafting 5.7%
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 40.3%, Automation 16.7%, Crafting 9.7%, First-Person 8.3%, Resource Management 5.9%
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 22.5%, Automation 20.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Resource Management 8.5%, Strategy 7%
Survive against a relentless horde in a single-player space sandbox blending factory automation, RTS combat, and deep RPG progression. Pilot humanity's last ark, the Mothership, on a desperate mission back in time to build a fleet powerful enough to change the destiny of the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.4%, Sandbox 17.4%, Automation 16.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Top-Down 6.9%
In "Space Mechanics: Repair | Hiring | Craft" you are the owner of a space repair station in which you have to work. Repair spaceships, get money for it, hire them and create items for sale or for your own purposes.
Why similar: Space Sim 48.6%, Futuristic 13.8%, Simulation 11.6%, First-Person 10%, 3D 7.1%
Exovia is a physics-based mining and automation sandbox in space. Survey asteroids, engineer zero-G logistics without conveyor belts, and design complex Newtonian factories. Turn floating chaos into perfect order and experience true inner peace as you solve one satisfying problem and then the next.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.7%, Automation 15.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Futuristic 7.1%, Crafting 7%
Red Frontier is a game about exploring the red planet and collecting trash and scrap metal.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.7%, Sandbox 17%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 12.9%, Adventure 9%
This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.
Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Sandbox 24.1%, Crafting 13.6%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 8.2%
In celebration of the 25 yr anniversary of the first release, this compendium contains all 4 games in the Battlecruiser 3000AD series which was first released in 1996.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Futuristic 11.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Exploration 8.3%
Your hero is Andy Freeman, a technical engineer of the Zeus-M700 spacecraft, sent on an expedition to the satellite of Jupiter to colonize it. However, what is conceived does not always go according to plan…
Why similar: Space Sim 40.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Adventure 12.8%, Futuristic 11.4%, Exploration 9.2%
