- #1 Worlds Explorers
97% matchNo user reviews
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 20.4% ★, Space Sim 15.2% ★, Space 9.9%, Open World Survival Craft 9.8% ★, Survival 9.7%
- #2 Arcbound
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outbreak Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6% ★, Space Sim 21.1% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Building 9.8%, Crafting 7.5%
- #3 Surviving Ceres
96% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, Farming Sim 15.3%, Crafting 13.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 11.1%
- #4 HELLO EXO
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
It is the year 2072. Recent research has revealed how to locate an Earth-like exoplanet. You were shipped there. Your mission is to repair the spaceship, keep people in hibernation pods alive, and prepare the exoplanet for their arrival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Space Sim 24.6% ★, Space 12.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.6%
- #5 Stationbreak
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 16%, Space 11.1%, Building 10.2%
- #6 Space Haven
94% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 24.7% ★, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Base Building 12%, Building 9.5%, Survival 9.5%
- #7 Wanderlost
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eli SegalPub: Crytivo
Windows
Survive then thrive in a zombie-infested world. Gather materials, craft diverse weapons and tools, build and fortify a shelter, explore a massive world filled with the secrets of a dead civilization and whatever you do: stay clear of the…
Why similar: Farming Sim 16.3%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World Survival Craft 10.3% ★, Crafting 9.8%
- #8 Starship Colony
92% 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 29.6% ★, Space Sim 16.9% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 10.8%, Building 8.2%
- #9 Zomboard
91% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 8.9%, Tower Defense 8%
- #10 Oxygen Not Included
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 40.4% ★, Base Building 19%, Survival 13.6%, Building 9.7%, Space 5.5%
- #11 Starfall Protocol
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4% ★, Space Sim 22.1% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 8.1%, Building 7.9%
- #12 The Stellar Station Engineer
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbital Flag StudioPub: Unknown
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi turn-based strategy, station building game where you need to manage resources and protect the station and human inside from the danger of space, and your own action.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Space Sim 15.2% ★, Crafting 11.5%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 10.1%
- #13 Triton Survival
88% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Space Sim 19.5% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 12.2%, Space 11.7%
- #14 Horizon 1990
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Gather exotic resources, build defenses, research new technologies, and explore the mysteries of the void, all while being chased by the darkness from the end of time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Space Sim 8.9% ★, Strategy 8.2%
- #15 Embark
87% matchMixed61% of 386 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.3%, Survival 8.9%
- #16 Buzzopolis: Hive Incremental
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
An incremental roguelite colony sim about bees, mutations, and controlled chaos. Experiment with management, crafting, research, and upgrades. When mutations spiral out of control — collapse the hive, keep progress, and start fresh. Every run unlocks new strategies and a buzz of unpredictable fun.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Farming Sim 14.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Roguelite 10.4%, Crafting 10.3%
- #17 Maia
86% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6% ★, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Space 9.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #18 Planetbase
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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 36.7% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Space 13.4%, Survival 10.9%, Building 5.9%
- #19 Project: Zenith Expanse
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 13.5% ★, Space 12.8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #20 Order: The New Dawn
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1% ★, Space Sim 22.3% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Building 9.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #21 Woodland Rebels
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Open World Survival Craft 15.2% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 11.5%
- #22 Stardeus
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 25.5% ★, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Space 10.4%
- #23 Underground Nomads
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Building 13.1%, Survival 12.5%, Exploration 6%
- #24 Reclaim Earth
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Radish Games
Windows · Mac
Reclaim Earth is a base-building, colony management, survival game where you play as a semi benevolent robot crash-landed on a post apocalyptic Earth. You must build your base, enlist the help of humans, and defend against hordes of mutated bugs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.5%
- #25 ZIC: Survival
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 48 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1% ★, Farming Sim 13.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Open World Survival Craft 9.6% ★
- #26 Medieval Frontiers
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Fungus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
First-person colony simulation where strategy meets survival in a demanding, medieval wilderness. Construct gridless settlements, establish production chains, and manage the needs, desires, and work morale of your villagers to ensure their survival through the harsh realities of nature and disease.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Farming Sim 13.9%, Crafting 11.9%, Open World Survival Craft 11.8% ★, Base Building 11%
- #27 Astro Colony
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Space Sim 13.9% ★, Space 12.4%, Building 9.8%
- #28 Catizens
77% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 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: Colony Sim 29.3% ★, Farming Sim 16.8%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Survival 10.1%
- #29 Children of Mare
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Building 12.3%, Survival 11.8%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #30 Vilset
78% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.9%, Survival 12.1%
- #31 The Wild Age
78% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 13.4%, Building 10%, Tower Defense 8%
- #32 Space Squad Survival
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Twins
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight, rebuild, survive. Command your crew in a frantic survival shooter with simple controls, intense action, and nonstop chaos. Every run makes you stronger!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Crafting 20.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 9.6%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #33 HUNKER DOWN
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: munkgames
Windows
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources.
Why similar: Crafting 15.4%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 13.3%, Building 11.3%, Open World Survival Craft 10.4% ★
- #34 Colony Survival
76% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 13.8%, Building 12.3%, Crafting 8.1%
- #35 Space Station Tycoon
75% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24.9% ★, Space Sim 16.9% ★, Space 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 11%
- #36 Deep In Snow
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PimpGameStudio
Windows
Survival in a post-apocalyptic ice age with settlement building. Dig through the snow, find resources, build shelters, and defend yourself from evolved beasts and feral locals. Explore ruins, trade, and rebuild civilization in the harsh world after the icy cataclysm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, Farming Sim 20.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Survival 12.5%
- #37 Summa Expeditionis
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Lobico GamesPub: Megalevel
Windows
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7% ★, Farming Sim 15.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12%, Building 10.9%
- #38 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6% ★, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Building 10.2%
- #39 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: Space Sim 17.6% ★, Open World Survival Craft 14.3% ★, Crafting 14.2%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 11.7%
- #40 Eternal Space
73% match8 user reviews56% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Freeworld DevelopmentsPub: Studio Grandis
Windows · Mac
Eternal Space is a city builder and space exploration/combat game. Explore the Eternal Space, and manage your city while you fight pirates, or maybe even become a pirate! Keep your citizens happy, and collect taxes from them each year for a little bonus!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1% ★, Space Sim 21.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Space 10.4%, Survival 7.2%
- #41 Hello World
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Agency
Windows · Mac · Linux
A colony sim with turn-based tactical combat, set in a lush, living apocalypse. Build a community of humans and robots while a bioengineered jungle devours the world around you and rogue machines fight you for what's left.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Farming Sim 13.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9.7%
- #42 Oceaneers
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable 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: Colony Sim 29.1% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.9%, Building 11.4%
- #43 SpaceSlog
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Space Sim 21.4% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 9.2%, Building 8.8%
- #44 Stacks:Space!
71% matchVery Positive85% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Stacks:Engine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stacks:Space is a space-themed base builder card game with rogue-like elements. Buy booster packs to get new cards, discover craft recipes by stacking cards together, create structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies, visit distant planets, and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, Space Sim 22.4% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Building 11%, Space 10.5%
- #45 Drill Core
69% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Roguelite 11.9%, Tower Defense 8.4%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #46 Mars Colony Builder
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.9%
- #47 Space
70% 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: Space Sim 18.6% ★, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 13%, Space 11.8%, Survival 11.1%
- #48 Outer Space Shack
70% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Open Lowcode SAS
Windows
Build and manage space outposts on the Moon and Mars in this realistic simulation game. From the first step on the Moon to Mars colonization, launch rockets, take care of your astronauts and expand your base as you explore the cosmos. No grind, just pure management and exploration fun.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Space Sim 17.3% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Space 11.9%, Crafting 9.4%
- #49 Marscape
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohn Media GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival management simulator on the red planet. Make sure your astronauts survive on Mars. Manage and expand your habitat. Produce enough resources, build facilities, explore the environment and brave the harsh weather until you are rescued.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Space Sim 15.2% ★, Farming Sim 15.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Base Building 11.5%
- #50 Hostile Mars
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Building 12.8%, Space Sim 12.3% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 11.6%
- #51 Minicology
68% matchMixed68% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Isaac DennerPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.
Why similar: Space Sim 24% ★, Farming Sim 16.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World Survival Craft 10.9% ★, Crafting 10.9%
- #52 Amazing Space
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Space Sim 23.1% ★, Space 12.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 11.6%
- #53 Spruce
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vatt Labs
Windows · Linux
Create the perfect community for your town of wizards. Forge weapons and defensive towers in preparation for the onslaught of monsters - and pray you survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1% ★, Farming Sim 21.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Building 9%, Tower Defense 7.6%
- #54 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 36.5% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 14%, Crafting 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #55 Untethered
68% matchNo user reviews2026
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: Space Sim 19.2% ★, Open World Survival Craft 13.3% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%
- #56 PoliPlanet
67% 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: Base Building 15.6%, Colony Sim 14.9% ★, Crafting 14.4%, Space Sim 13.9% ★, Building 11.5%
- #57 The Great Fluctus
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Finalcrunch Interactive
Windows
Assist your astronaut crew as they survive and start a space colony, evolving it into a unique settlement of your choice. The living voxel world, with its striking visuals, offers more than sandbox survival - trade, explore, and immerse yourself in the weirdest alien culture ever!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Farming Sim 18.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Space Sim 12.1% ★, Crafting 11.6%
- #58 Galactic Pioneers
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Item Games
Windows
Explore space: Colonize different planets, gather valuable resources, and build your own space colony. Travel the solar system and even create your own planet. Your decisions shape the future of the galaxy in this limitless space adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Space Sim 23.9% ★, Space 12%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 9%
- #59 Gateworlds
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9.5%