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Games Like MewnBase

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Building.

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MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.

Reviews: Very Positive — 93% — of 1,450 reviews
Released: 2023-10-30
Developer: Cairn4
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 4.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 73%

Overview

MewnBase is a charming 2D space survival game that perfectly balances resource management with cozy base construction. These recommendations focus on titles that capture that same blend of exploration, crafting, and survival mechanics, prioritizing games that offer similar top-down perspectives or engaging space-themed survival loops.

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    97% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
    Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!

    Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Building 14.3%, Survival 13.8%, Open World 11.6%, Base Building 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that emphasizes exploration, base-building, and combat in a hostile alien world.

  2. #2 Nova Lands
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    Why similar: Base Building 24.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 11.5%, Building 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This 2D automation and base-building game captures the cute aesthetic and resource-gathering focus of MewnBase while adding satisfying logistics.

  3. #3 Core Keeper
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
    Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 16.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 13.3%, Survival 13.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game shares the addictive loop of mining, crafting, and base-building in a mysterious, exploration-heavy environment.

  4. #4 The Planet Crafter
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 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: Base Building 21.4%, Crafting 14%, Space 12.3%, Building 11.8%, Survival 11.3%

    Why You'll Like It: While 3D, this game mirrors the core loop of scavenging and transforming a barren planet into a habitable base through steady resource management.

  5. #5 Starbound
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
    Dev: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 15.5%, Space 14.7%, Survival 12.3%, Building 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A quintessential 2D space survival game that offers extensive exploration, base-building, and crafting across procedurally generated planets.

  6. #6 Space Trash Scavenger
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 525 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: Crafting 15.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Space 14%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the scavenging and survival aspects of space exploration, requiring players to build and maintain their base while gathering resources.

  7. #7 Forager
    93% matchVery Positive89% of 43,959 reviews2019
    Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

    Why similar: Crafting 24.4%, Survival 18.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This title features a similar cute, top-down aesthetic with a heavy focus on gathering, crafting, and expanding your base of operations.

  8. #8 Crashlands
    92% matchVery Positive90% of 6,745 reviews2016
    Dev: Butterscotch Shenanigans
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 15.4%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 11.6%, Building 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-adventure game that excels at crafting and survival, featuring a distinct art style and a focus on exploring alien environments.

  9. #9 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 4,645 reviews2024
    Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

    Why similar: Crafting 16.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 14%, Building 12.9%, Open World 9.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A cozy, top-down survival game that emphasizes base-building and resource management in a relaxed, post-apocalyptic setting.

  10. #10 Scrapnaut
    91% matchMixed70% of 837 reviews2021
    Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!

    Why similar: Building 17.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that focuses on building a base and managing resources to survive in a hostile environment.

  11. #11 ASTRONEER
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 139,015 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Base Building 17.9%, Space 16%, Survival 12.9%, Open World 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused space survival game that emphasizes base-building and terraforming on colorful, alien planets.

  12. #12 Necesse
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
    Dev: Fair Games ApS
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

    Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 17.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Survival 13.7%, Building 12.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game allows for deep base-building and settlement management, mirroring the progression feel of MewnBase.

  13. #13 Breathedge
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 17,661 reviews2021
    Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Base Building 20.5%, Space 18.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 13%

    Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that captures the feeling of being stranded and needing to scavenge to survive, albeit with a more humorous tone.

  14. #14 Winter Burrow
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 3,187 reviews2025
    Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 14%, Building 13.5%, Cute 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A cozy exploration and survival game that features a cute protagonist and a focus on gathering resources to survive the elements.

  15. #15 Miniland Adventure
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 332 reviews2023
    Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!

    Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13.3%, Building 11.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox survival game that focuses on building and crafting in a cute, minimalist world.

  16. #16 Astro Colony
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Base Building 28.9%, Space 17.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game combines space exploration with automation and base-building, allowing players to construct complex systems for survival.

  17. #17 Terraria
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
    Dev: Re-Logic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    Why similar: Sandbox 25.5%, Crafting 19.9%, Survival 17.4%, Building 15.5%, Open World 9%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive 2D survival and building game that offers endless exploration and crafting possibilities in a vibrant world.

  18. #18 Learning Factory
    85% matchVery Positive86% of 523 reviews2025
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build intricate supply chains to meet your feline customers' needs. Discover underground and air transport layers, a vast research tree, procedural worlds, machine learning, and endless automation in this relaxing, enemyless game.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Crafting 14.7%, Cats 14.2%, Building 13.7%, Sandbox 12.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A base-building and management game that features a cute aesthetic and a focus on optimizing production chains.

  19. #19 XenoHaven
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 69 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: Base Building 18.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.9%, Open World 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that centers on base-building and exploration in a sci-fi setting.

  20. #20 Catizens
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

    Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 14.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Building 14.5%, Survival 12%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim featuring cute cats that focuses on building and managing a settlement, similar to the charm of MewnBase.

  21. #21 Oxygen Not Included
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 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: Base Building 35.3%, Survival 17.9%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Space 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A complex space-themed base-building game that challenges players to manage resources and survival conditions for their colonists.

  22. #22 Eden Crafters
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 10.8%, Space 10.1%

    Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival and automation game that tasks players with terraforming a planet through extensive base-building.

  23. #23 Astrometica
    82% matchVery Positive83% of 3,181 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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: Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 19.8%, Space 16.6%, Survival 16.2%, Open World 13.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A space survival game that focuses on building a base in orbit while managing oxygen and resources.

  24. #24 AETHUS
    81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,015 reviews2026
    Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Building 11%, Space 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival and base-building game that focuses on mining and crafting in a challenging environment.

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    79% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
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    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Space 14.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Building 12.7%, Survival 12.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building and managing a spaceship, requiring careful resource management and survival planning.

  26. #26 Retreat To Enen
    81% matchMixed61% of 401 reviews2022
    Dev: Head WestPub: indie.io
    Windows

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    Why similar: Base Building 19%, Sandbox 13.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival game that emphasizes relaxing exploration and base-building in a peaceful, natural environment.

  27. #27 Don't Starve
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,372 reviews2013
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

    Why similar: Survival 35%, Crafting 25.1%, Sandbox 18.4%, Open World 8.5%, Exploration 5.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a challenging survival experience with a unique, stylized aesthetic that emphasizes crafting and base management.

  28. #28 Remains
    80% matchMostly Positive75% of 321 reviews2021
    Dev: SoloQ
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!

    Why similar: Base Building 17.7%, Crafting 14.4%, Space 12.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that emphasizes scavenging and base-building to stay alive in a harsh environment.

  29. #29 Astrometica: Prologue
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 1,299 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.

    Why similar: Base Building 23%, Building 14.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Space 13.4%, Survival 12.7%

  30. #30 Above Snakes
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,990 reviews2023
    Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Piece by piece, create your own world in this relaxing Wild West-inspired worldbuilder. Craft, farm, hunt, build your base, and explore.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 12.8%, Open World 11.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival game that allows players to build their own world tile-by-tile, offering a unique take on base-building and exploration.

  31. #31 Cat Simulator: Meow
    77% matchMixed61% of 240 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Cats 18.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Open World 11%, Survival 10.7%

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    76% matchVery Positive87% of 721 reviews2023
    Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    Miniland: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full game. Your task is to build your world and fight against your enemies. The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself!

    Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 14%, Survival 12.8%, Building 11.5%

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    75% matchVery Positive82% of 330 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    76% matchMixed50% of 1,130 reviews2026
    Dev: Reconnect Software
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    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: Base Building 37%, Space 21.8%, Survival 14.9%, Building 8%, Sci-fi 6.6%

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    78% matchMixed53% of 99 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    Why similar: Base Building 19.3%, Space 14.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.2%, Open World 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A space-themed survival game that emphasizes exploration and resource management on an alien planet.

  36. #36 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,709 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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  37. #37 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 637 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
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    72% matchMixed70% of 152 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,552 reviews2022
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    Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Space 13.8%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 11.1%

  42. #42 Builderment
    73% matchMixed68% of 128 reviews2023
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    Why similar: Base Building 28.8%, Crafting 21.4%, Sandbox 15.1%, Building 14.3%, Top-Down 4.4%

  43. #43 SteamWorld Build
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,253 reviews2023
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    Windows
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    70% matchMixed70% of 106 reviews2025
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  46. #46 Farlight Explorers
    73% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  47. #47 Spacebase DF-9
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,335 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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: Base Building 28.2%, Space 22.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%

  48. #48 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    68% matchMostly Positive70% of 832 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: Base Building 32.5%, Building 17.8%, Space 16.9%, Survival 14.4%, Sandbox 11.3%

  49. #49 Autonauts
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 4,956 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    Why similar: Base Building 29.5%, Crafting 18.5%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 13.3%, Cute 8%

  50. #50 Flotsam
    66% matchVery Positive81% of 4,563 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: Base Building 26.5%, Sandbox 16.9%, Survival 13.6%, Building 13.5%, Open World 11.5%

  51. #51 My Little Universe
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,242 reviews2023
    Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

    Why similar: Crafting 17.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Space 15.3%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 9.8%

  52. #52 CryoFall
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,462 reviews2021
    Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 12.8%, Survival 12.2%

  53. #53 The Last Cat in the Universe
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,219 reviews2026
    Dev: Apamate Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Gather the remains of a dying space station to build a cozy home for the last cat in the universe. A short, narrative-driven incremental game about finding peace in the face of darkness

    Why similar: Cats 36.5%, Relaxing 16.6%, Cute 14%, Space 12.6%, Sci-fi 10%

  54. #54 Evospace
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 392 reviews2019
    Dev: Quantum Rivet
    Windows · Mac

    Contribute to the colonization of the universe. Get and process resources, develop your technologies. Achieve complete automation and build a portal to include another planet in the chain of worlds.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Crafting 21.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Building 14.2%, Open World 11.3%

  55. #55 Planetbase
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 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: Base Building 32.2%, Space 21.3%, Survival 15.3%, Building 8.7%, Sandbox 6.1%

  56. #56 Farmcoz
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 82 reviews2024
    Dev: Wigtor
    Windows · Linux

    Cozy Sandbox Game about Farming and Building. Is it raining outside? Just chill and relax with warm and cheerful atmosphere of Farmcoz. Farm, Build, Explore, Explode and Unlock all items. Good luck!

    Why similar: Crafting 19.2%, Sandbox 18%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 16.2%, Relaxing 8.8%

  57. #57 Pathless Woods
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,110 reviews2024
    Dev: AniYa Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Sandbox 14%, Building 12.1%, Survival 11.9%

  58. #58 Surviving Ceres
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 139 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: Base Building 22%, Crafting 19.9%, Building 15.8%, Survival 15%, Open World 11%

  59. #59 Solarpunk™
    64% matchVery Positive82% of 4,341 reviews2026
    Dev: CyberwavePub: rokaplay
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Solarpunk is a survival game in a technologically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 16.8%, Building 13.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Survival 11%

  60. #60 Lost Nova
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 425 reviews2022
    Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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

    Why similar: Crafting 19.2%, Space 15.6%, Open World 14%, Cute 10.3%, Exploration 9.7%

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