- #1 PoliPlanet
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 14.3%, Open World Survival Craft 11.7% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #2 Guardians of the Sanctree
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 375 reviews2024
Dev: HuCang Studio
Windows
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 13.8% ★, Tower Defense 12.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Automation 9.4%
- #3 Candy Factory TD
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 Originals
Windows
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.2% ★, Tower Defense 14.8%, Automation 13.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.1%
- #4 Planet Barren Objective
95% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Kaan Özgül
Windows
Fight, upgrade, explore, and build your way out of a dangerous planet in this 2D pixel art side scroller. Stream of foes will keep you on your toes while beating them will reward you with much needed resources.
Why similar: Tower Defense 13.9%, Colony Sim 11.9%, Automation 11.5%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #5 Untethered
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Automation 12.2%, Survival 9.9%, Space Sim 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #6 Worlds Explorers
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.6%, Survival 11.2%, Open World Survival Craft 10.9% ★, Sandbox 7.8%, Base Building 7.7%
- #7 The Crust
93% 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: Automation 14.3%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9.3%, City Builder 8.8%
- #8 Galaxy Scavengers
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Base Building 15.5%, Survival 12.1%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #9 Chocolate Factory
91% matchMixed56% of 152 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.6% ★, Automation 14.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #10 Space Haven
90% 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 12.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 9.8%, Space Sim 9.3%, City Builder 8.8%
- #11 Chocolate Factory: Prologue
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 208 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! The free prologue for the full game!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.7% ★, Automation 14.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #12 Starship Colony
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.1%, Space Sim 9.9%, Building 8.6%
- #13 Beyond These Stars
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 12.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Automation 10.6%, City Builder 10.5%, Building 10.1%
- #14 Dyson Sphere Program
88% 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 18.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 11.5%, Space 8.6%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #15 X Space
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Tower Defense 14.8%, Automation 11.8%, Building 10.6%, Space Sim 9.7%, Base Building 9.2%
- #16 Wreckborn
86% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: Krystian Dobaczewski
Windows
Cleanse the system of pirates, destroy their bases and free the captives. On the asteroids, build a base, mining colonies, explore asteroids and extract resources needed for survival. Develop buildings, build defenses and turn the asteroid into a fortress.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.4% ★, Automation 12.1%, Base Building 10.2%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Building 9.7%
- #17 Eden Crafters
86% 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 9.4%, Survival 7.8%
- #18 ALL WILL FALL
85% 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.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Automation 10.2%, City Builder 9.9%
- #19 Reprocessed
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 15.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 12.1%, Space Sim 9.7%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #20 Space
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.1% ★, Automation 12.7%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Space Sim 10.2%
- #21 Modulus: Factory Automation
82% matchVery Positive91% of 869 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 16%, Building 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, City Builder 9.5%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #22 Sandustry
81% 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: Open World Survival Craft 22% ★, Automation 14.9%, Building 12%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 9.7%
- #23 Architect of Ruin
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 12.9%, Base Building 10.8%, City Builder 10.5%, Building 10%, Automation 9.8%
- #24 Space Architect
82% 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 13.4%, Automation 12.9%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.2%, Survival 9.1%
- #25 Astro Colony
78% 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: Automation 16.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #26 Space Trash Scavenger
79% matchVery Positive83% of 528 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 23.8% ★, Automation 14.6%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.9%, Base Building 7.8%
- #27 Factorwave
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 21.9%, Tower Defense 20.1%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.4%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #28 Planetbase
81% 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 18.9%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 14%, Survival 10.5%, Space 8.2%
- #29 Survival Vacancy
80% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.2%, Automation 12.7%, Open World Survival Craft 12% ★, Building 11%, Base Building 9.7%
- #30 Prospector
78% matchMixed70% of 152 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: Open World Survival Craft 16.6% ★, Automation 13.4%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #31 Industry Unbound:无界工业
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TU HENGYU
Windows
A factory automation strategy game on an infinite canvas. Mine resources, route logistics, balance power, supply settlements, and research new technologies to build a self-sustaining planetary industry.
Why similar: Automation 18.8%, Building 18%, Base Building 14.2%, City Builder 13.5%, Colony Sim 8.4%
- #32 Mob Factory
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Automation 20.5%, Tower Defense 20.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 8.9%
- #33 Resort Galactica
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.7%, Building 14%, Base Building 12.5%, City Builder 10.7%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #34 World Turned Stone: Apocalypse
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! The first stage of terraforming the world from the beginning of the apocalypse. Provides a discount for the full game.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Automation 14.5%, Colony Sim 13%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #35 World Turned Stone
75% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! Prologue link below.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% ★, Automation 14.4%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #36 Terra Taker
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.8% ★, Automation 13.6%, Colony Sim 12.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 10.4%
- #37 XenoHaven
73% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #38 FortressCraft Evolved!
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 29.2% ★, Automation 16.3%, Building 12%, Sandbox 9%, Survival 8.7%
- #39 Venusville
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.2%, City Builder 13%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8.6%
- #40 Wall World Strategy
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing – in Wall World, it's easy to fall.
Why similar: Tower Defense 15.6%, Colony Sim 14%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.9%
- #41 Lunar Impact
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Rumyantsev
Windows
Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6% ★, Building 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Space Sim 10.3%
- #42 Fill the Sky
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Orbital Entry Studios
Windows
A factory automation game where you are the mind of a self-replicating interstellar probe. Turn barren rock and ocean into sprawling industry that feeds the data centers you run on. Launch copies of yourself until they fill the sky. No enemies. Build at your own pace.
Why similar: Automation 20.1%, Colony Sim 14.7%, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 10.1%, Building 9.6%
- #43 Oxygen Not Included
72% 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 22%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11.1%, Resource Management 10%
- #44 The Final Earth 2
71% matchVery Positive97% of 437 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: Colony Sim 15.2%, Building 11.8%, Space Sim 10.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #45 Trappist
71% matchVery Positive90% of 73 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: Colony Sim 12%, Automation 11%, Space Sim 10.6%, Building 10.5%, City Builder 10.2%
- #46 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
70% matchVery Positive91% of 7,668 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5% ★, Automation 13.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 9.4%, Survival 7.8%
- #47 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
71% matchMixed68% of 849 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21% ★, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Survival 10.8%
- #48 SkyRig
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Build floating automated rigs in a volatile gas giant. Extract elements, synthesize compounds, and descend through atmospheric layers in this sci-fi systems-builder focused on chemistry, engineering, and survival.
Why similar: Automation 16.2%, Science 14.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Space Sim 9.3%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #49 Settlements Rising
69% matchVery Positive81% of 436 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 11.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Tower Defense 9%
- #50 Factory Survival
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roman Software
Windows
Build and create automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 3D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally escape from creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% ★, Automation 19.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 11.4%, Building 9.1%
- #51 The Planet Crafter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 23.9% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Automation 11.4%, Survival 10.3%
- #52 Second Dawn
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: windurex
Windows
Sent ahead alone to make a dead world breathe, you print machines, raise heat and air and turn Hearth green. But your warmth wakes a swarm beneath the ruins. Hold the line with turrets, then take the fight to its hives in tanks, walkers and gunships. Survival terraforming for 1–4 players.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24% ★, Tower Defense 15.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #53 LithoBreak
70% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Labs
Windows
LithoBreak is an Early Access industrial survival game rebuilding toward one moon-site loop: boot up the console, build the first site, and help shape a science-driven survival sim.Play with Science
Why similar: Automation 14.5%, Open World Survival Craft 14.1% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 11.3%, Space Sim 9.3%
- #54 Generation Ship
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16%, City Builder 12.7%, Building 11.3%, Space Sim 9.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #55 Stonedeep
70% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12%, Survival 10.6%, Resource Management 9%
- #56 Planet Factory
67% matchPositive87% of 30 reviews2024
Dev: SupremeGuardianGames
Windows
A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!
Why similar: Base Building 14.3%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 11.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Science 9.9%
- #57 Astral Divide
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sébastien Aoki
Windows · Linux
You wake up alone in a damaged space station with no memories. To get out of here, you will have to build your own spaceship. But survival comes first: gather resources, build a base and a factory out of gear and steam, and explore hand-crafted planets with unique biomes and resources.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.7% ★, Automation 15.8%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Base Building 9%
- #58 Oceaneers
65% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20% ★, Colony Sim 15.1%, Building 12.3%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 10.6%
- #59 Pawnholm
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 15.3% ★, Colony Sim 13.6%, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 10%