Games Like Empyrion - Galactic Survival

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Space Sim 15.7%, Space 9.5%, Co-op 9.1%, Building 9%, Survival 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Empyrion, it drops you into a physics-driven sandbox where mining, survival, and building detailed ships, rovers, bases, and stations are the core loop.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.6% ★, Space 13.2%, Open World 10.9%, Space Sim 9.2%, Survival 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It matches Empyrion's planet-to-space fantasy with resource gathering, base construction, multiplayer exploration, and a huge universe to roam.

Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

Why similar: Space Sim 17.3%, Voxel 12.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 11.3% ★, Building 10.4%, Space 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: If Empyrion's ship and station construction is your favorite part, Starbase offers even deeper voxel-based engineering in a shared space sandbox.

Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Survive in a hostile galaxy with your own custom designed and constructed starship. Invite other players to join your crew or fight them across the galaxy!

Why similar: Space Sim 21.2%, Building 11.5%, Space 10.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Open World 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its blend of first-person exploration, customizable capital ships, station building, and seamless space travel feels very close to Empyrion's spaceship sandbox.

A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.

Why similar: Space Sim 20.4%, Voxel 16.9% ★, Space 11.6%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Though viewed from above, it scratches the same itch of building custom starships, expanding into a galaxy, and exploring a sandbox universe.

Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

Why similar: Space 16.9%, Building 16.3%, Voxel 14.9% ★, Space Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on designing and flying modular ships and vehicles in a freeform sci-fi sandbox much like Empyrion's creative side.

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: Space 14.1%, Building 13.8%, Co-op 13%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This leans harder into simulation, but its off-world base construction, survival systems, and engineering depth will appeal to Empyrion builders.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% ★, Space 11.7%, Open World 9.2%, Survival 9.1%, Co-op 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is lighter and friendlier, but the mix of crafting, base building, co-op, and hopping between planets captures Empyrion's exploratory sandbox appeal.

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 13.4%, Building 12.3%, Co-op 11.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Open World 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers first-person sci-fi survival on a hostile planet with power management, construction, vehicles, and a strong base-building focus.

A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Co-op 10.5%, Building 10%, Space 10%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: If you love landing on barren worlds and slowly turning them into livable bases through gathering and construction, this is a great fit.

Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.

Why similar: Space Sim 14.4%, Space 11.9%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It chases the same engineering-heavy survival sandbox as the first game, with ship and base construction that overlaps heavily with Empyrion's design loop.

The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!

Why similar: Space 17.4%, Voxel 16.8% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 10.1%, Open World 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its age, it remains a strong match for players who want to build block-based starships, stations, and fleets in a large-scale space sandbox.

The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits

Why similar: Space Sim 23.9%, Co-op 13.4%, Space 12.9%, Open World 10.8%, PvE 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades survival crafting for co-op starship roleplay, but the first-person ship systems and spacefaring teamwork hit a similar fantasy.

Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.

Why similar: Space Sim 25.9%, Building 14.7%, Space 14.4%, Open World 12.5%, Survival 12%

Why You'll Like It: This combines FPS exploration, colony-ship building, resource gathering, and alien worlds in a very Empyrion-adjacent sci-fi survival package.

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Space Sim 23.3%, Space 15.6%, Building 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is 2D and tactical, but the joy of assembling functional warships piece by piece makes it a natural pick for Empyrion ship designers.

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: Space Sim 20.1%, Space 13.6%, Building 12.5%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: From a top-down perspective, it still echoes Empyrion through ship construction, crew survival, resource management, and long-form space exploration.

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World 10.3%, Survival 7.5%, Crafting 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world sci-fi crafting, vehicle building, and emphasis on constructing your own solutions mirror Empyrion's sandbox spirit.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.5% ★, Co-op 13.3%, Survival 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Open World 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This focuses more on survival and exploration than combat, but its mobile-base crafting and sci-fi atmosphere will resonate with Empyrion fans.

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.3% ★, Space 15%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 9.8%, Crafting 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers first-person survival and crafting among wreckage in space, making it a good fit if you like Empyrion's harsher survival side.

Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.1% ★, Survival 14.6%, Open World 10.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This under-the-radar sci-fi survival game features resource gathering, modular base building, defenses, and co-op on an alien world.

TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.1% ★, Co-op 10.7%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Like Empyrion, it blends exploration, harvesting, base building, and custom vehicle creation in a sandbox on alien worlds.

GRAV is a sand box experience where you explore a multitude of planets, hunt strange alien creatures, build and defend outposts, craft weapons and armor, and attempt to survive against other players in a hostile environment.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.9% ★, Survival 12.1%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Space 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes alien-planet survival, crafting, base building, and multiplayer, even if it is less deep and polished than the best matches above.

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Co-op 11.8%, Survival 9%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op crafting and moving-base progression capture some of Empyrion's build-to-explore rhythm even in a very different setting.

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Building 17.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It isn't space-themed, but its co-op survival and obsession with designing your own vehicles and contraptions scratches a similar builder-sandbox itch.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.1% ★, Survival 11.1%, Co-op 8.5%, Building 8.3%, Crafting 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It lacks the spacefaring element, but its session-based co-op survival, gathering, and substantial base building can still scratch part of the Empyrion loop.

Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.

Why similar: Space 31.5%, Open World 22.2%, Space Sim 20.9%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Exploration 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more RPG-driven, its ship customization, outpost building, and multi-planet exploration overlap with Empyrion's broader sci-fi adventure.

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 34.1% ★, Voxel 12.1% ★, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The voxel construction, automation, and survival systems appeal to the same players who enjoy spending hours building functional sci-fi infrastructure in Empyrion.

Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.

Why similar: Space Sim 34.7%, Space 19.7%, Open World 13.5%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Exploration 6%

A single-developer passion project. A seamless full scale solar system. Thrilling action. Be part of an incredible journey as a Universe is built from the ground up!

Why similar: Space 29.3%, Open World 17.5%, Space Sim 17.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: This indie space sandbox delivers seamless ship-to-planet exploration and a strong sense of personal starship ownership that Empyrion players often want more of.

Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore, trade, fight, and build as you rise to command fleets, stations, and entire economies in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to every decision.

Why similar: Space Sim 24.1%, Space 15.5%, Building 12.4%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 10.9%

Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox set on the wild frontier of a distant star system. Play solo or host your own server as you craft, build, and battle to survive in a galaxy shaped by danger, discovery, and your own grit.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.3% ★, Space Sim 10.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Space 8.1%, Survival 6.3%

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 25.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17.4% ★, Space 12.2%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 11.3%

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: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% ★, Crafting 9.3%, Building 9.2%, Co-op 8.2%, Space 8.2%

Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.2% ★, Co-op 13.9%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%

TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29% ★, Building 15.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 8.4%

A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

Why similar: Co-op 13.8%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 11%

Shape your citizen, forge your destiny and sculpt your world in this epic voxel sandbox MMO built on endless possibility.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.9% ★, Voxel 18.9% ★, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 9.5%, Building 9.1%

Medieval Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and the maintenance of architectural works and mechanical equipment using medieval technology. Players build castles; construct mechanical devices and underground mining. There is an entire planet to explore!

Why similar: Building 19.8%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 12%, Physics 10.7%, Crafting 8.9%

Embark on a journey to greatness. Get ready for adrenaline-fueled battles and a chance to claim your place in the galaxy. Grab the controls of your ship, gear up for the fight, and unleash your ambition to conquer and build a new empire in the vastness of space.

Why similar: Space Sim 40.1%, Space 18.1%, Open World 16.2%, Building 13.2%, Crafting 8.6%

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: Open World Survival Craft 29.2% ★, Co-op 11.8%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.4%, Crafting 9.3%

Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.7% ★, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 10.1%

Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.5% ★, Voxel 18.7% ★, Building 9.5%, Co-op 8.7%, Crafting 7.8%

Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.3% ★, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Crafting 9.8%, Open World 9.7%

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.1% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Space 9.2%, Survival 7.5%, Crafting 7.1%

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: Space 25.5%, Survival 17.8%, Building 10.8%, Space Sim 9.7%, Strategy 7.5%

Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.4% ★, Space 10.6%, Space Sim 10.4%, Crafting 8.7%, Survival 8.4%

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Co-op 13.4%, Space 10.2%, Crafting 8.4%, Sandbox 8.1%

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 18.2%, Space 17.6%, Building 13.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%

A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.2% ★, Voxel 15.4% ★, Space 10.6%, Crafting 9.3%, Building 6.7%

Stranded in a hostile alien world, you must fight to survive. Hunt, harvest, craft, advance skills, and build using local resources along with technology from your voyage.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 39.6% ★, Survival 12%, Open World 8.2%, Crafting 6.4%, Building 6.2%

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: Open World Survival Craft 16.8% ★, Co-op 13.1%, Building 12.5%, Open World 12.2%, Crafting 12%

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.6% ★, Voxel 18.5% ★, Building 9.3%, Co-op 9.1%, Crafting 7.9%

Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.

Why similar: Space Sim 23%, Space 13.4%, Co-op 10.6%, Open World 10.5%, Sandbox 8.5%

You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Space 12.4%, Survival 10.1%, Building 9.4%, Crafting 8.6%

Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.5% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11%, Building 8.4%, Open World 8.2%