- #1 Planetbase
97% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,370 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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: City Builder 37.4%, Space 23.8%, Survival 16%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 8%
- #2 Aven Colony
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,765 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 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: City Builder 45.8%, Strategy 17.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Space 12.4%, Survival 6.6%
- #3 Mercury Fallen
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 316 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Space 31.5%, Survival 29%, Simulation 21.3%, Strategy 18.2%
- #4 My Colony
95% matchVery Positive90% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: City Builder 57.3%, Simulation 19%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 6.7%
- #5 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
94% 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: Space 32.8%, Strategy 30.7%, Simulation 27.2%, Indie 9.3%
- #6 Reshaping Mars
93% matchVery Positive84% of 832 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: Space 29.1%, Simulation 24.4%, Strategy 22.6%, City Builder 19.5%, Indie 4.3%
- #7 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
91% 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: City Builder 34.6%, Simulation 28.6%, Strategy 25.2%, Space 11.6%
- #8 Terraformers
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,713 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 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: Space 37.8%, Survival 32.5%, Simulation 29.7%
- #9 Planet S
89% matchVery Positive92% of 2,874 reviews2023
Dev: Glimmerlight Games
Windows · Linux
Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.
Why similar: City Builder 42.4%, Space 29.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Indie 4.7%, Simulation 4.6%
- #10 Per Aspera
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,722 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: City Builder 33.8%, Space 21.2%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14.3%
- #11 Mars Colony:Challenger
91% 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 45.5%, Space 36.4%, Indie 9.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #12 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
87% matchMostly Positive70% of 828 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.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Space 19.5%, Survival 15.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 14.3%
- #13 Solargene
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: City Builder 46.9%, Space 26.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 10.4%
- #14 Colony On Mars
88% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 20%
You play as an astronaut in a colony on Mars and you need to upgrade your colony, build new constructions and collect resources
Why similar: Simulation 41.7%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 17.6%
- #15 EarthX
84% matchVery Positive88% of 912 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.8 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: Space 40.3%, Simulation 26.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Indie 9.3%
- #16 Unclaimed World
86% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 38.9%, Strategy 34.5%, Survival 15.6%, Indie 10.9%
- #17 Poly Universe
84% matchVery Positive87% of 124 reviews2018
Dev: Pouchmouse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Universe is a survival city-building game in a galaxy where planets are only slightly larger than the colonists who inhabit them.
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, Simulation 42.6%, Indie 14.8%
- #18 PeriAreion
86% matchMixed41% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Explorasaurus Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Prepare for the ultimate test of survival! Do you have the skill necessary to build and manage the first sustainable extraterrestrial colony, or will your colonists become mere footnotes in the history of human space exploration? Their lives and legacies are in your hands!
Why similar: Simulation 36.4%, Strategy 36.2%, Space 13.8%, Indie 13.6%
- #19 Farlanders
82% matchVery Positive91% of 583 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: City Builder 34.9%, Space 24.4%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.7%
- #20 Surviving Ceres
79% matchVery Positive87% of 138 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: Survival 42.5%, Simulation 36.9%, Strategy 20.7%
- #21 Maia
83% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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: Survival 24.4%, Simulation 23.4%, Strategy 22.8%, Space 22%, Indie 7.4%
- #22 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
78% matchVery Positive88% of 1,153 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Space 46.8%, Simulation 26.6%, Strategy 18.5%, Indie 8.1%
- #23 Trappist
80% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: City Builder 37%, Space 23.5%, Survival 13.8%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 12.5%
- #24 Astro Colony
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,654 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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: Space 46.5%, Simulation 24.2%, Strategy 21.8%, Indie 7.5%
- #25 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
78% matchMixed54% of 2,051 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: City Builder 38.8%, Space 24.3%, Simulation 18.7%, Strategy 18.1%
- #26 Space Company Simulator
82% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 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: Space 32.8%, Simulation 28.5%, Strategy 27.8%, City Builder 9.3%, Indie 1.5%
- #27 Starport Delta
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Cloudfire Studios
Windows
Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...
Why similar: Simulation 26.7%, Strategy 26.4%, City Builder 20.4%, Space 16.7%, Indie 9.8%
- #28 Space Haven
74% matchVery Positive86% of 10,886 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 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: City Builder 28.7%, Space 22.6%, Survival 17.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 13.4%
- #29 Space Drilling Station
76% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Space 29.7%, Simulation 20.5%, Strategy 14.9%
- #30 Galactic Inheritors
81% matchMixed43% of 88 reviews2015
Dev: Crispon GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Colonise solar systems and watch them grow. Explore the galaxy to find its strategic choke points. Build up your empire and your fleet and then use the power of the media to prepare your people for the inevitable war. At the same time watch your opponents, keep on an eye on their own media and watch for threats and opportunities.
Why similar: Space 56.5%, Strategy 33.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #31 Occupy Mars: The Game
75% matchMixed70% of 3,099 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Space 38.7%, Survival 28.9%, Simulation 24.1%, Indie 8.3%
- #32 Mars Horizon
77% matchVery Positive84% of 3,071 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 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: Space 48.4%, Strategy 28.2%, Simulation 23.3%
- #33 Eden Crafters
72% matchVery Positive86% of 2,537 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Space 42.7%, Survival 37.2%, Strategy 20%
- #34 Exogate Initiative
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 714 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: City Builder 39.7%, Space 23.4%, Simulation 18.5%, Strategy 18.4%
- #35 Plan B: Terraform
72% matchVery Positive91% of 3,542 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Simulation 51%, Strategy 35.6%, Indie 13.3%
- #36 Habitat
79% matchMostly Negative40% of 261 reviews2016
Dev: 4gencyPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox Mode for true creative control.
Why similar: Space 36.7%, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 21.1%, Survival 11.4%, Indie 7.9%
- #37 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
75% matchVery Positive89% of 700 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 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: City Builder 45.4%, Strategy 27.3%, Simulation 27.3%
- #38 Imagine Earth
73% matchVery Positive82% of 961 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: City Builder 70.3%, Strategy 29.7%
- #39 Space Station Alpha
76% matchMixed46% of 78 reviews2015
Dev: NuclearFirecracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Space 22.8%, Simulation 22.3%, Strategy 18.5%, Indie 7%
- #40 The Universim
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,595 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: City Builder 40.3%, Space 19.1%, Survival 17.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 11.4%
- #41 Generation Exile
70% matchMixed69% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Sonderlust Studios
Windows
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
Why similar: City Builder 42.9%, Space 23.7%, Survival 17.7%, Simulation 15.7%
- #42 Space Architect
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 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: Survival 25.6%, Space 23.8%, Strategy 20.9%, Simulation 20%, Indie 9.6%
- #43 Epic Astro Story
71% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!
Why similar: City Builder 49.6%, Simulation 32.8%, Space 12.3%, Strategy 3.9%, Indie 1.4%
- #44 Space Colony: Steam Edition
73% matchVery Positive80% of 663 reviews2015
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
Why similar: City Builder 45.9%, Space 25.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Simulation 11.9%
- #45 Industries of Titan
71% matchMixed62% of 1,613 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Space 23.3%, Simulation 17.6%, Strategy 17.3%
- #46 SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD
69% matchVery Positive83% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Logix Interactive
Windows · Mac
Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, single-player, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game.
Why similar: Space 61%, Strategy 39%
- #47 Tempest Citadel
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 62 reviews2018
Dev: Aartform Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Tempest Citadel is a base building simulation set on a storm-ruled planet with a vivid sci-fi story. Build a mighty Citadel in the clouds for your crew of explorers and conquer the deadly planet below in automated squad battles!
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, Simulation 41.8%, Indie 15.4%
- #48 Periphery Online
68% matchMixed73% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Aleksandr Nagaev
Windows
A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players.
Why similar: Space 45.5%, City Builder 28.8%, Strategy 24.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #49 The Final Earth 2
67% matchVery Positive97% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Space 31.9%, City Builder 28.9%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 16.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #50 Moons of Ardan
67% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Pandora Technology
Windows
Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.
Why similar: City Builder 54.6%, Space 36.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #51 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
71% matchMixed50% of 381 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Space 27.1%, City Builder 24.1%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 16.5%, Survival 11.5%
- #52 Sphere - Flying Cities
69% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Space 21.7%, Survival 18.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 11.9%
- #53 orbit.industries
68% matchMixed61% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space 57.1%, Simulation 23.3%, Strategy 19.6%
- #54 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
66% matchMixed62% of 116 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: City Builder 70.9%, Strategy 29.1%
- #55 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,271 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 34.5%, Survival 25.6%, Simulation 23.6%, Strategy 16.3%
- #56 Evospace
67% matchVery Positive83% of 391 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: Simulation 73.8%, Indie 26.2%
- #57 IXION
64% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,436 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Space 26.4%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 9%
- #58 Meeple Station
68% matchMixed57% of 951 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: City Builder 24.9%, Space 24.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 15.3%, Survival 14.7%