Games Like Jumplight Odyssey

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 29.2%, Space Sim 18.8%, Management 12.9%, Building 12.6%, Space 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most similar experience of managing a crew and building a starship while navigating the dangers of deep space.

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: Colony Sim 36.7%, Space 19.4%, Building 15%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-stakes space station management with a narrative-driven journey, capturing the desperate search for a new home.

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 36.3%, Space Sim 22.8%, Space 12.7%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A complex space-faring colony sim where you manage an AI-controlled ship and its inhabitants through various crises.

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 44.7%, Management 17.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 12.4%, Building 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D survival colony sim that focuses on managing a small group of survivors against environmental threats.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50.8%, Management 16.2%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony management, providing deep social interactions and emergent storytelling that mirrors the soap-opera feel of your crew.

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 46.9%, Space 14.5%, Building 8.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space colony builder that emphasizes resource management and infrastructure development on alien worlds.

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 36.6%, Space Sim 19.4%, Building 14.8%, Space 14.7%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base-building with automation and exploration, perfect for players who enjoy the logistical side of space colonization.

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 52.3%, Building 14.3%, Management 11%, Space 6%, Space Sim 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features intricate resource management and simulation mechanics that challenge your ability to keep a colony alive in a hostile environment.

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

Why similar: Space 25.5%, Management 23.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 16.1%, Building 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the ship-building and survival aspects, requiring you to adapt your vessel to survive combat and environmental hazards.

From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Management 16.3%, Building 14.5%, Space 11.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a space station as an AI, balancing the needs of your human colonists with your own directives.

Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?

Why similar: Management 52.9%, Strategy 25.9%, Simulation 21.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that captures the tension of managing a small team in a harsh, alien environment.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 52.4%, Building 25.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Cute 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: While set on Earth, its core focus on social needs and family dynamics provides a similar interpersonal management experience.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5%, Management 23.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep architectural building mechanics and colony management that reward careful planning and resource allocation.

Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Space Sim 20.2%, Management 15.8%, Building 13.4%, Space 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the logistical and defensive aspects of running a space station in a busy galaxy.

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 47.8%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Space 9.1%, Simulation 9%

Why You'll Like It: A hard sci-fi colony management game that emphasizes the technical and psychological challenges of living on a hostile planet.

In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

Why similar: Space 28.4%, Building 21.6%, Simulation 17.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Management 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space station management sim that focuses on the daily lives and needs of your station's inhabitants.

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 54.7%, Management 16.4%, Building 14.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulation game that emphasizes building and managing a base in a procedurally generated environment.

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Space Sim 19.8%, Management 13.9%, Building 13%, Space 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A space station builder that combines management with sandbox exploration and trade mechanics.

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: Colony Sim 36.3%, Building 17.2%, Management 13.9%, Space 12.7%, Female Protagonist 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder set in space that focuses on establishing a thriving colony across multiple moons.

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Space Sim 29%, Simulation 10.7%, Retro 4.9%, Cute 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted simulation game that focuses on building a space colony and managing its inhabitants' growth.

An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9%, Building 18.3%, Space 17.3%, Simulation 6.3%, Cute 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A farming-focused colony sim that emphasizes building a community on a new planet.

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 25.8%, Space Sim 23.6%, Building 14.1%, Space 11.1%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to design and manage your own starship, focusing on the technical systems required to survive in space.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Building 20%, Management 19.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate simulation game that provides unparalleled depth in managing the complex lives and needs of a colony.

Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.5%, Management 19.3%, Comedy 13.3%, Funny 9.1%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A management game where you run a space station, dealing with the diverse needs of alien travelers.

In a future not too far away, humans are finally able to harvest food on alien planets. Embark on a new journey with your team of robots called Beebop 179. Build and manage a hydroponic farm, grow delicious plants and survive the mysterious challenges of outer space.

Why similar: Management 35.6%, Building 27.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Funny 12.1%, Cute 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the automation and management of agricultural systems, a key component of any successful space colony.

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 57.5%, Building 22.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Cute 8.3%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Management 37.1%, Building 27.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the emotional and survival-based management of a family unit in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Why similar: Management 32.7%, Building 25.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Funny 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a lighthearted management style where you oversee the daily lives and social interactions of vault dwellers.

Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Space Sim 29.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Strategy 4.8%, Cute 3.9%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Colony Sim 58.3%, Building 12.1%, Management 12%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with roguelite elements as you build a base to survive a demonic invasion.

Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

Why similar: Building 43.4%, Space 21.9%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox building game that allows for creative construction and resource management in space.

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 34.9%, Management 15.9%, Building 14.4%, Cartoony 11.2%, Space 8.2%

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: Space Sim 28.2%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 19.2%, Building 13.9%, Space 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused space station builder that emphasizes expansion and resource management.

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: Colony Sim 42.5%, Building 21%, Management 17.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 6.8%

In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.

Why similar: Management 67.6%, Atmospheric 22.9%, Singleplayer 9.6%

In the wake of the Nacho Wars, your alien family embarks on a galactic journey to Lilith -- a faraway planet of new hope. Discover the history of the Mugalo galaxy. Relax to in-game radio. Grow your fishing, farming and spacefaring skills in a casual adventure across a cosmos of 1000+ unique worlds.

Why similar: Space Sim 62.1%, Roguelite 22.2%, Cute 12%, Singleplayer 3.7%

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 32.9%, Building 22.7%, Space 17%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 7.7%

Vanquish villains and lead the Kairobot Corps to glory in this spacefaring saga!

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.6%, Space Sim 27.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Space 8.8%, Strategy 8.8%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7%, Building 15.4%, Space 15%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 7.8%

Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Why similar: Space Sim 37%, Space 26.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Roguelite 8.8%

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.

Why similar: Space 23.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Cute 9.1%

Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Space Sim 21.9%, Building 11%, Cartoony 8.3%, Management 7.7%

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 Sim 31.1%, Space 18.6%, Management 18.2%, Building 11.7%, Simulation 9.9%

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: Colony Sim 35.3%, Space Sim 17.4%, Building 14.7%, Space 9.6%, Management 8.7%

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 57.3%, Building 20.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 5.5%, Management 5.2%

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 44%, Building 21%, Management 19.7%, Space 15.4%

Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!

Why similar: Building 57.6%, Female Protagonist 21.7%, Cute 13.8%, Simulation 5.8%, Singleplayer 1%

Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

Why similar: Space 43%, Strategy 29.4%, Simulation 27.6%

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

Why similar: Space 30%, Funny 24.1%, Female Protagonist 22.6%, Cute 17%, Singleplayer 6.3%

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 33.8%, Space Sim 25.8%, Building 16.1%, Space 11.1%, Strategy 6.3%

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: Colony Sim 31%, Space Sim 22.7%, Management 11.4%, Building 10.2%, Space 8.6%

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: Colony Sim 31.5%, Management 17.3%, Building 16.8%, Space 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%

Welcome to Sunshine Heavy Industries! As the new spaceship engineer, solve increasingly tricky design puzzles with your own personal style. Manage customer demands, juggle budget and ship performance, and survive the questionable decision making skills of your business partner.

Why similar: Building 28%, Space 22.3%, Comedy 16.1%, Funny 14.8%, Simulation 9.7%

Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Space Sim 18.6%, Building 13.7%, Management 12.4%, Space 11.9%

Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming.

Why similar: Space Sim 55.4%, Space 19.8%, Simulation 12.6%, Cute 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%

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: Colony Sim 39.7%, Building 18.4%, Management 17.6%, Space 11.9%, Simulation 7.3%

Navigate a living, AI-driven universe spanning 150+ planets and 600+ intelligent NPCs. Rise from a rookie trader to a galactic tycoon: manage storefronts, forge a Commerce Guild, and become the nexus between Factions, steering the fate of the Galaxy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Management 18.3%, Building 17.9%, Space 13.6%, Roguelite 10.4%

It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.

Why similar: Management 19.9%, Building 15.2%, Colony Sim 14.8%, Space 14.8%, Space Sim 12.1%

Time for your toughest mission yet! Recruit and train your crew to tackle the growing threat from alien and android armies as you defend Earth to become a Galactic Legend in Space Crew: Legendary Edition. All new content free to existing owners of Space Crew!

Why similar: Space Sim 23.1%, Management 17%, Space 13%, Roguelite 10.9%, Cartoony 9.5%

Lodestar sends you and your squad of friends on your own space odyssey. Traverse multiple planets in a journey to get home without losing yourself or your ship to the perils of the unknown! Solve puzzles, gather resources, mine asteroids, and survive... with your own oh-so welcoming AI sidekick!

Why similar: Space Sim 41.7%, Building 21.4%, Space 18.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%