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Games Like Colony On Mars

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Space, Strategy, Base Building.

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

Reviews: Mostly Negative — 25% — of 55 reviews
Released: 2018-01-04
Developer: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"
Publisher: Ghost_RUS Games
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 30 min
Mean playtime: 4.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 20%

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  1. #1 Reshaping Mars
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 831 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: Base Building 60.8%, Simulation 17.7%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 4.1%

  2. #2 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
    97% matchMixed69% of 409 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.

    Why similar: Base Building 49.6%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 18.9%, Indie 8.6%

  3. #3 My Colony
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 263 reviews2018
    Dev: Ape Apps
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

    Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Strategy 39.4%, Indie 19.2%

  4. #4 Astro Colony
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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: Base Building 63.6%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Casual 5.9%, Indie 5.2%

  5. #5 Occupy Mars: The Game
    94% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Base Building 72.4%, Simulation 19%, Indie 8.6%

  6. #6 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

    Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Simulation 31.7%, Strategy 29.8%, Base Building 27.6%, Casual 10.8%

  7. #7 Utopia Colony
    93% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2020
    Dev: GridSky Software
    Windows

    The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.

    Why similar: Base Building 61.9%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 15.3%, Casual 7%

  8. #8 Planetbase
    92% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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.

    Why similar: Base Building 70%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Indie 3%

  9. #9 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Base Building 63.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Casual 4.5%

  10. #10 Solargene
    87% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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

    Why similar: Base Building 74.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 9.4%

  11. #11 Farlanders
    88% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Base Building 67.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 15.5%

  12. #12 Mars Colony:Challenger
    90% 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.

    Why similar: Simulation 78.7%, Indie 21.3%

  13. #13 Earth Space Colonies
    89% 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: Simulation 41.8%, Strategy 40.6%, Indie 17.6%

  14. #14 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: VD Games
    Windows

    Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.

    Why similar: Base Building 77.4%, Simulation 22.6%

  15. #15 Oxygen Not Included
    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Base Building 79.1%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 2.8%

  16. #16 Aven Colony
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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.

    Why similar: Base Building 52.7%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 18.7%, Indie 4.8%

  17. #17 Space Company Simulator
    86% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 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.

    Why similar: Base Building 55.7%, Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 21%, Indie 1.5%

  18. #18 EarthX
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 905 reviews2023
    Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

    Why similar: Base Building 54%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 18.6%, Indie 8.8%

  19. #19 Mars Colonization
    83% matchMixed53% of 53 reviews2023
    Windows

    The time has finally come when we can enjoy a new stage in human development!

    Why similar: Base Building 31.4%, Strategy 28.2%, Simulation 22.8%, Casual 13.7%, Indie 3.9%

  20. #20 Starship Theory
    84% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 60.2%, Simulation 15.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Indie 6.1%, Casual 3.7%

  21. #21 Terraformers
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

    Why similar: Simulation 100%

  22. #22 Per Aspera
    80% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 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: Base Building 64.9%, Strategy 18.5%, Simulation 16.6%

  23. #23 Colony Simulator
    81% matchMixed67% of 424 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie Marc
    Windows

    Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!

    Why similar: Base Building 57.5%, Simulation 37%, Indie 5.4%

  24. #24 Mars Horizon
    79% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 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: Strategy 56.5%, Simulation 43.5%

  25. #25 Maia
    82% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Base Building 46.9%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 9%

  26. #26 Mars Colony: Frontier
    82% matchMixed40% of 57 reviews2015
    Dev: HyperKat Games
    Windows

    In Mars Colony: Frontier you can learn the hard way what life would be like if you were stranded on the red planet. In this open-world simulator, you assume the role of an astronaut who has been sent on a mission to Mars only to have turmoil on Earth extend your stay indefinitely.

    Why similar: Simulation 68.3%, Indie 31.7%

  27. #27 Idle Colony
    76% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

    Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, Simulation 27.1%, Casual 24.9%, Indie 8.8%

  28. #28 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
    77% matchMixed63% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar pug studio
    Windows · Mac

    A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.

    Why similar: Base Building 77.1%, Strategy 22.9%

  29. #29 Space Haven
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Base Building 61.5%, Strategy 17%, Simulation 15.5%, Indie 6.1%

  30. #30 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    75% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Simulation 48.3%

  31. #31 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
    73% matchMixed52% of 1,856 reviews2025
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.

    Why similar: Base Building 51.1%, Strategy 24.8%, Simulation 24%

  32. #32 ReFactory
    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
    Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
    Windows

    Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

    Why similar: Base Building 47.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 18.5%, Casual 8%, Indie 6%

  33. #33 Mars or Die!
    78% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: 34BigThings srl
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

    Why similar: Base Building 57.7%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 13.7%, Indie 9%

  34. #34 Farlight Explorers
    78% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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: Strategy 40.1%, Simulation 35.6%, Indie 24.2%

  35. #35 Space Architect
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Base Building 60%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 14.6%, Indie 9.2%

  36. #36 Spacebase DF-9
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    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.

    Why similar: Base Building 58.5%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Indie 6.4%

  37. #37 Farlanders: Prologue
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
    Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.

    Why similar: Base Building 66.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 15.6%

  38. #38 Titan Outpost
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 97 reviews2019
    Dev: The Boar Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

    Why similar: Base Building 49.2%, Simulation 33.8%, Indie 16.9%

  39. #39 Epic Astro Story
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!

    Why similar: Simulation 58.2%, Casual 31.2%, Strategy 7.3%, Indie 3.3%

  40. #40 Red Planet Farming
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 864 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.

    Why similar: Strategy 68.8%, Indie 31.2%

  41. #41 Space Station Manager
    74% matchMixed45% of 77 reviews2020
    Dev: Ondrej Hroch
    Windows

    Space Station Manager is an exciting game where you own a space company, your main goal is to build a space station, make profit, grow your business, build an economical network, and expand beyond the solar system.

    Why similar: Simulation 44.7%, Casual 24.6%, Indie 21%, Strategy 9.6%

  42. #42 Mercury Fallen
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Base Building 61.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Casual 9%

  43. #43 The Crust
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    Why similar: Base Building 67.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 4.1%

  44. #44 A Planet of Mine Legacy
    73% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2019
    Dev: Tuesday Quest
    Windows

    A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies and start the conquest of space.

    Why similar: Base Building 65.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 4.6%

  45. #45 Rover Mechanic Simulator
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 654 reviews2020
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.

    Why similar: Simulation 68%, Indie 32%

  46. #46 Build Master: MarsVille
    70% matchMixed50% of 290 reviews2023
    Dev: FIRST FUN HONG KONG LIMITED
    Windows

    Build Master: MarsVille is a city-building and strategy game that invites you to create your Martian colony with your engineering genius and building skills. Form alliances, trade resources, and conquer rival colonies. Embrace the challenge and become the ultimate Build Master on Mars!

    Why similar: Base Building 63.9%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 17.1%

  47. #47 Surviving Ceres
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Base Building 64.3%, Simulation 22.3%, Strategy 13.4%

  48. #48 Project AURA
    71% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: Base Building 33.9%, Strategy 27%, Simulation 24.8%, Indie 9.8%, Casual 4.5%

  49. #49 Stationeers
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Base Building 100%

  50. #50 The Colonists
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: Base Building 68.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 14.1%

  51. #51 Captain of Industry
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Base Building 69.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Indie 2.2%

  52. #52 Planet Miner
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
    Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Simulation 86.4%, Indie 13.6%

  53. #53 Prospector
    66% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
    Dev: Loonworks Games
    Windows

    Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

    Why similar: Base Building 75.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Indie 8.3%

  54. #54 Plan B: Terraform
    63% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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.

    Why similar: Base Building 61.3%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 6.3%

  55. #55 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
    67% matchMixed69% of 434 reviews2023
    Dev: Septarian Games
    Windows

    Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

    Why similar: Base Building 50.7%, Strategy 32.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 5.2%

  56. #56 Autonauts
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 4,915 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    Why similar: Base Building 53.5%, Simulation 20.5%, Casual 10%, Indie 9%, Strategy 7%

  57. #57 Unclaimed World
    71% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
    Dev: Refactored Games OÜ
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.

    Why similar: Simulation 43.1%, Strategy 40.9%, Indie 16%

  58. #58 Space Mechanic Simulator
    66% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
    Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows

    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: Simulation 49.5%, Casual 28.5%, Indie 22%

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