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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Resource Management, Strategy, Sandbox.

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Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 70% — of 264 reviews
Released: 2025-07-14
Developer: Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
Publisher: Astra Logical
Genres: Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Colony Sim 26%, Automation 22%, Base Building 19.3%, Space 9.7%, Crafting 7.9%

  2. #2 Stationeers
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 9,306 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 85.8 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: Colony Sim 27%, Automation 21.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Space 8.9%

  3. #3 The Crust
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Automation 23.8%, Base Building 19.2%, Space 10.5%, Resource Management 4.4%

  4. #4 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    95% matchVery Positive83% of 11,546 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 29.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Destruction 6%

  5. #5 Outworld Station
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 859 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

    Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Base Building 22.5%, Space 13.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Strategy 5%

  6. #6 FOUNDRY
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 3,960 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 48.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

    Why similar: Automation 24.6%, Voxel 23.4% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Strategy 5.1%

  7. #7 Captain of Industry
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 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: Automation 37.8%, Base Building 25.1%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Resource Management 7%, Strategy 5.3%

  8. #8 Space Haven
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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: Colony Sim 39.9%, Base Building 23.3%, Space 12.8%, Strategy 6.5%, Sandbox 5%

  9. #9 Stardeus
    92% matchVery Positive87% of 1,562 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Space 11.3%, Strategy 5.6%

  10. #10 Dyson Sphere Program
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,831 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: Automation 39.1%, Base Building 27.8%, Space 16.1%, Resource Management 5.3%, Sandbox 4%

  11. #11 Kubifaktorium
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, Automation 22.5%, Voxel 15% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.7%

  12. #12 Eden Crafters
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Space 7.9%

  13. #13 StarRupture
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Automation 26.4%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 4.1%

  14. #14 Sandustry
    85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

    Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Base Building 22.6%, Crafting 17.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Sandbox 5.9%

  15. #15 Planetbase
    88% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 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: Colony Sim 45.1%, Base Building 23.7%, Space 12.9%, Strategy 6%, Resource Management 2.9%

  16. #16 Colony Survival
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.8%, Base Building 22.7%, Voxel 9% ★, Crafting 8%, Strategy 4.7%

  17. #17 Space Architect
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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: Colony Sim 31.6%, Automation 22.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Space 6.9%, Strategy 5.1%

  18. #18 Maia
    87% matchMixed44% of 1,065 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: Colony Sim 51.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Space 9.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 5.1%

  19. #19 Factory Town
    84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,486 reviews2021
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    Why similar: Automation 26.2%, Colony Sim 26.1%, Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Resource Management 4.7%

  20. #20 Techtonica
    84% matchMixed65% of 3,273 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    Why similar: Automation 36.3%, Base Building 24.4%, Crafting 14%, Strategy 6.5%, Resource Management 5.3%

  21. #21 Orebound
    83% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
    Dev: Emberforge
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

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  22. #22 The Last Starship
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,705 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 20.5%, Automation 19.2%, Space 11.9%, Strategy 6.2%

  23. #23 Satisfactory
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    Why similar: Automation 36.5%, Base Building 30.2%, Crafting 16.1%, Resource Management 4.9%, Sandbox 4.1%

  24. #24 Final Factory
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 306 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.

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  25. #25 Desynced
    81% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,067 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

    Why similar: Automation 37.3%, Base Building 28%, Strategy 8.3%, Sandbox 6.3%, Resource Management 5.9%

  26. #26 Facteroids
    81% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

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  27. #27 Microtopia
    79% matchVery Positive87% of 977 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

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  28. #28 Space Engineers 2
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    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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  29. #29 MineMogul
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  30. #30 Astronomics
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 727 reviews2025
    Dev: Numizmatic
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Welcome to the asteroid belt. The work is dangerous, the asteroids are temporary, and Earth is prohibitively expensive. Build automated mining operations, complete contracts, and earn your way back home.

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  31. #31 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,372 reviews2026
    Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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.

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  32. #32 ALL WILL FALL
    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

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  33. #33 Industries of Titan
    78% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Voxel 22.6% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Space 9.7%, Strategy 6%

  34. #34 Adaptory
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Automation 23.6%, Base Building 22.2%, Resource Management 4.8%, Simulation 4.4%

  35. #35 Oxygen Not Included
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 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: Colony Sim 49.3%, Base Building 27.7%, Space 5.3%, Resource Management 5.3%, Survival 3.3%

  36. #36 Evospace
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 392 reviews2019
    Dev: Quantum Rivet
    Windows · Mac

    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: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 23.9%, Voxel 20% ★, Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 5.4%

  37. #37 Swarmdustry
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
    Dev: Mitchy Studios
    Windows

    Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.

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    74% matchMixed70% of 834 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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.

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  39. #39 Autonauts
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 4,970 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: Automation 33%, Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 10%, Simulation 4.5%

  40. #40 Icaria
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2026
    Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows

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  42. #42 Plan B: Terraform
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 3,674 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 81 reviews2023
    Dev: Mystiqular
    Windows

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    Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Voxel 21.8% ★, Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Strategy 4.3%

  44. #44 Solargene
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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

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  45. #45 Embark
    74% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
    Dev: Overly Complicated Games
    Windows

    Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

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  46. #46 Hammerting
    73% matchMixed57% of 2,605 reviews2021
    Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  47. #47 Factorio
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
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    Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  48. #48 Star Birds
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 3,164 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
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  49. #49 Surviving the Aftermath
    71% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

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  50. #50 Pax Autocratica
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,490 reviews2026
    Dev: Multiverse
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.

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  51. #51 Occupy Mars: The Game
    69% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  52. #52 FortressCraft Evolved!
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    Why similar: Automation 33.2%, Voxel 17.2% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 5.5%

  53. #53 SeaColony
    68% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

    SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, Base Building 22.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Strategy 6.2%, Resource Management 4.7%

  54. #54 ReFactory
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 92 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: Automation 29.6%, Base Building 27.3%, Crafting 18%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 7.3%

  55. #55 Per Aspera
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,783 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 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: Colony Sim 29.5%, Automation 23.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Space 8.9%, Strategy 5.2%

  56. #56 Possible One: Lunar Industries
    68% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: Upstairs Games
    Windows

    Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Space 11.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 5.9%

  57. #57 Drill Core
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.9%, Base Building 24.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Space 8.3%, Sandbox 4.2%

  58. #58 Space Engineers
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 134,498 reviews2019
    Dev: Keen Software House
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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: Base Building 35.4%, Space 20.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%, Physics 7.6%

  59. #59 Dawn of Man
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 17,862 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 73.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Survival 4.6%, Simulation 4.4%, Sandbox 3.8%

  60. #60 Voxel Tycoon
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,793 reviews2021
    Dev: Voxel Tycoon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Voxel Tycoon is a management sim set in an infinite voxel world. Mine resources and process them into goods in your custom factories. Set up supply chains and passenger routes with a huge fleet of trains, trucks, and buses, and turn small towns into prosperous megacities with a thriving economy!

    Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Voxel 29% ★, Crafting 18.4%, Strategy 6.7%, Sandbox 6.3%

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