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  1. #1 Yuri's Resolve
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Apothecary Games
    Windows

    Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.

    Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Space Sim 17.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Simulation 9%

  2. #2 Main Sequence
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tumbling Dumpling StudioPub: Mythwright
    Windows

    Main Sequence is a first-person space-sim factory builder where you design spaceships, build space stations, and automate everything. Start with a single ship and grow to become an interstellar industrial empire as you leave your mark on the galaxy.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.5%, Automation 22.4%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 9%, Space 8%

  3. #3 FARWORLD BEACON
    96% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: BEACON STUDIO
    Windows

    You are the supreme commander who directing the construction of a galactic space base. You need to manage the living and administrative needs of the space base residents, establish the industrial chain for space docks and starship, and ultimately complete a dream starship.

    Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Automation 20.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Building 7.8%

  4. #4 Astrometica: Prologue
    95% matchVery Positive90% of 1,306 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: Space Sim 28.4%, Automation 16.2%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 10.2%, Space 7.7%

  5. #5 Cosmic Fugue
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CosmicAtomGames
    Windows · Linux

    A space exploration and crafting game set in a fully simulated N-body small scale solar system, where you build space infrastructure to progress and figure out the misteries of the cosmos.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.7%, Crafting 14%, Simulation 13.6%, Automation 12.6%, Base Building 12.2%

  6. #6 Reprocessed
    94% 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 21.4%, Space Sim 21.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Crafting 11.3%, Space 8.4%

  7. #7 Astrometica
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 3,211 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.

    Why similar: Space Sim 31.9%, Automation 17.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Space 8.3%

  8. #8 Industronaut
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Amca Games
    Windows

    A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.

    Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Space Sim 15.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Space 7.4%

  9. #9 Space Elevator Project
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: VanilliA Studio
    Windows

    A simulation sci-fi game where players take on the role of the project manager of a space elevator project. They will progressively achieve project phase goals and ultimately accomplish the ultimate goal of constructing a Mars colonization spacecraft.

    Why similar: Space Sim 37.9%, Simulation 20%, Base Building 9.8%, Space 8.5%, Building 5.7%

  10. #10 Space Industry
    91% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Eirikrson
    Windows

    Build and automate your own modular space fleet in this sandbox base-building game. Mine asteroids, expand your ship, fight enemies, explore new star systems, and uncover the deepest secrets of the universe.

    Why similar: Space Sim 32.5%, Automation 27.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Space 5.5%

  11. #11 Astro Colony
    89% 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 22.5%, Space Sim 18.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Space 9.9%, Crafting 9%

  12. #12 Rionag: Survey Fleet
    90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: Reul Games
    Windows · Linux

    Rionag: Survey Fleet is a top-down starship builder and logistics game where it's your job to balance the needs of the crews with cutting-edge equipment on board. Unlock tech that adds new capabilities for your ships to go through hazardous environments, enabling you to explore new worlds.

    Why similar: Space Sim 31%, Automation 17.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%

  13. #13 Final Upgrade
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!

    Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Space Sim 22.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Space 9.9%, Simulation 7.8%

  14. #14 X Space
    88% 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: Space Sim 22.7%, Automation 18%, Base Building 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%, Space 9%

  15. #15 Space
    87% 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 23.5%, Automation 19.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Space 9%

  16. #16 Starvector
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
    Windows

    Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.

    Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Space Sim 20.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 10.8%, Space 7.8%

  17. #17 Space Sim Tycoon
    86% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: SuperChicken Productions LLC
    Windows

    Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.

    Why similar: Space Sim 34.4%, Simulation 18.3%, Automation 15%, Space 7.4%, Building 6.4%

  18. #18 Pizzy6
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CelestiaDominance
    Windows

    A small game about running a floating pizzeria in deep space. Serve customers, earn credits, and upgrade your equipment—nothing more, nothing less.

    Why similar: Space Sim 29%, Simulation 21.4%, Automation 17%, Base Building 10.2%, First-Person 6.6%

  19. #19 CosmoFab
    84% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2026
    Dev: StrabSphace
    Windows

    CosmoFab is a factory-building game focused on mining, production, and automation. Mine resources and build production lines to create a fully automated industrial system. Defend your base against relentless hostile creatures, explore the planet, and complete your mission.

    Why similar: Automation 33.1%, Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Simulation 13%, Building 7.2%

  20. #20 Bouncekraft
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sinister Plots Games
    Windows · Mac

    A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.

    Why similar: Space Sim 24.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Automation 17.3%, Simulation 12.6%, Crafting 6.1%

  21. #21 Untethered
    83% 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: Space Sim 24.4%, Automation 19.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Space 8.6%

  22. #22 Final Factory
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 306 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Final Factory blends factory building, spaceship design, and a rich universe to explore. Build a mega factory and command a massive fleet against the hostile local aliens. Discover new technologies and unlock the secrets of an ancient civilization as you explore an infinite cosmos.

    Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Space 7.8%

  23. #23 Launch Window
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: gumptiongames
    Windows

    Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using orbital mechanics.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Automation 19%, Transportation 13.3% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Space 8.1%

  24. #24 PoliPlanet
    81% 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 24.5%, Space Sim 17.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Simulation 7.2%

  25. #25 StarWorks
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: ayvem
    Windows · Linux

    A space sim where you build the industry that produces your rockets, then fly them. Genuinely integrated orbits, aerodynamics solved part by part, procedural planets you can walk. From first mine to first interstellar flight.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.6%, Automation 26.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Space 8.6%

  26. #26 SpaceCraft
    78% matchMixed64% of 2,773 reviews2026
    Dev: Shiro Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 54.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.

    Why similar: Space Sim 25.5%, Automation 17.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Space 9.7%

  27. #27 Dyson Sphere Program
    80% 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 30.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Space Sim 14%, Space 12.4%, Simulation 7.7%

  28. #28 Hexfactory
    79% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Aquila Industrial
    Windows

    Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.

    Why similar: Space Sim 28.9%, Automation 18.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Space 7.2%

  29. #29 Huntian: StarTrace
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: INSIGNE
    Windows

    Rebuild civilization from the first flame! As last pioneer, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.

    Why similar: Space Sim 27.8%, Automation 17.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Space 12.1%, Crafting 12%

  30. #30 SkyRig
    78% 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 23.7%, Space Sim 21%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Space 9.2%

  31. #31 Cartefact
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Sillage Games
    Windows · Mac

    Cartefact is an automation card game. Craft, automate and manage resources all through cards Play as a young explorer who lands on a distant alien planet to uncover its mysteries and find a way to solve humanity’s energy crisis.

    Why similar: Automation 37%, Crafting 19.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Simulation 12.6%, Sci-fi 5.1%

  32. #32 Outer Factory
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kescoding
    Windows · Mac

    Outer Factory is a peaceful, minimalist factory simulation where you build and automate factories across planets and asteroids. Create complex production networks with simplified building mechanics. Become an interplanetary automation expert.

    Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Crafting 15.3%, Transportation 11% ★, Simulation 9.4%

  33. #33 Kardaviik
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinyl Studios Pty Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Kardaviik is a 3D factory automation game set in a voxel asteroid belt. Your mission: harness energy, ascend the Kardashev Scale, and save Earth. Conquer the expansive procedurally generated belt by harvesting resources and extracting fuel, and build your ultimate space factory!

    Why similar: Automation 34.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Space 12.2%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 5.9%

  34. #34 Project Klorp
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Static Drift
    Windows

    Lead an expedition into an unexplored solar system. Build rockets, aircraft, and other vehicles, discover new worlds, gather resources, complete missions, unlock technology, and grow a colony of tiny purple Klorps in this spaceflight sandbox.

    Why similar: Space Sim 39.2%, Simulation 20.2%, Space 13.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 6%

  35. #35 Rebots
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 56 reviews2024
    Dev: FlatPonies
    Windows

    Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!

    Why similar: Space Sim 25.2%, Automation 20.2%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 11.4%, Space 9%

  36. #36 Haul Yeah!
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FunkMunki
    Windows

    Haul Yeah! is a chill co-op space trucking game. Live aboard your ship, grow food, cook meals, deploy drones, repair hull systems, trade on a player-driven market, and haul resources across 15 star systems. Play solo or with up to 3 friends via Steam.

    Why similar: Space Sim 40.9%, Simulation 19%, Crafting 11.9%, Space 7.4%, Exploration 6.1%

  37. #37 Laplana
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Laplana Games
    Windows

    Laplana is a strategy simulation game on an alien world. Domesticate different organisms and combine them to build complex biological production chains. Evolve them to unlock new abilities. Adapt to a changing environment and defend your structures against the chaos of this world.

    Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Crafting 19.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Building 11.8%

  38. #38 Pinsky Protocol
    74% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Colmillo Estelar
    Windows

    Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.

    Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Space Sim 26.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 11.2%, Simulation 10.4%

  39. #39 Production Zero
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alloi Games
    Windows

    Production Zero is a factory building game in which you grow a manufacturing empire across an untamed world. Design vast networks of factories from top to bottom, extract unique resources, optimize & automate to achieve industrial harmony and scale your operation through varied biomes.

    Why similar: Automation 29.4%, Simulation 20.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 11.9%, Transportation 7% ★

  40. #40 UNIT 42: Adrift in Space
    72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: AwitaGames
    Windows · Linux

    An incremental journey through space. Manage your ship's capsules, choose your path through the stars, and watch your crew and automation do the rest.

    Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Space Sim 16.5%, Crafting 13%, Space 12.7%

  41. #41 Exovia
    73% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows

    Exovia is a physics-based mining and automation sandbox in space. Survey asteroids, engineer zero-G logistics without conveyor belts, and design complex Newtonian factories. Turn floating chaos into perfect order and experience true inner peace as you solve one satisfying problem and then the next.

    Why similar: Space Sim 26.5%, Automation 19%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Simulation 7.7%

  42. #42 Deep Space Idle: Frontier Era
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 音速工业
    Windows

    Build an industrial base among the stars. Gather resources, manufacture ships, research technologies, and explore unknown regions of space. The core gameplay can be played offline, while alliance features add online missions and cooperative construction.

    Why similar: Space Sim 40.5%, Automation 21.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Base Building 10%, Space 4.2%

  43. #43 MORS
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Phiality
    Windows

    Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.

    Why similar: Automation 23%, Space Sim 20.4%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 9.8%, Simulation 8.7%

  44. #44 MineEngineer
    71% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: MoonBuninni
    Windows · Mac

    Build physics-driven ships and automated factories block by block in a 2D space survival sandbox. Mine planets and asteroids, program machines, explore a hostile universe and survive solo or with friends.

    Why similar: Space Sim 24.3%, Automation 22.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Space 9.3%

  45. #45 Solar Baron
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Preon Studio
    Windows

    As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.

    Why similar: Space Sim 27.5%, Automation 22.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Space 10.5%, Simulation 9.9%

  46. #46 Triton Survival
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 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 28.6%, Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Space 10.3%, Building 7.8%

  47. #47 HAS Galactics
    70% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: HAS Games
    Windows

    HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!

    Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Space Sim 24%, Base Building 15.4%, Space 9.6%, Simulation 6.8%

  48. #48 Infinite Space: Mining
    68% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: Taner Saydam
    Windows

    Build and automate your own industrial space empire. Mine asteroids, manage logistics, expand production lines with drones and conveyors, explore new sectors through wormholes, and grow your mining operation across the galaxy.

    Why similar: Automation 24%, Space Sim 23.3%, Space 11.5%, Crafting 9.2%, Simulation 7.6%

  49. #49 shapez 2 - Factory
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 15,399 reviews2026
    Dev: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.

    Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Transportation 14.2% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Simulation 8.2%

  50. #50 Alien Planet Survival
    71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: Yamate
    Windows

    You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game

    Why similar: Automation 30.6%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 16.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Space 7.4%

  51. #51 The Factory Must Grow
    69% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
    Dev: Krayno Studios
    Windows

    The Factory Must Grow is a 3D first-person factory builder where you mine resources, craft machines, and research tech. Begin by unlocking your first technology, then expand into a sprawling, multi-layered production empire. From small setups to massive systems, your imagination is the only limit!

    Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Simulation 18.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Base Building 11%, First-Person 7.1%

  52. #52 Baryum
    67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Dams-Labs
    Windows

    A first-person space sim set in the real solar system at true scale, with every planet where it actually is today. Dock at the ISS, take contracts, survey planets, mine moons, haul cargo and fight pirates across genuine interplanetary distances as you rise from cadet to major.

    Why similar: Space Sim 48.2%, Simulation 14.1%, Space 13.8%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Exploration 5.9%

  53. #53 Orbit Foundry
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: kimchistan
    Windows · Mac

    Build an orbital factory and create a new star. Arrange neighboring machines to boost production, time reactor pulses, and automate your growing foundry. Rebuild for permanent upgrades in a cosmic incremental game.

    Why similar: Space Sim 43.8%, Simulation 21.6%, Automation 20.4%, Space 7.5%, Sci-fi 4.7%

  54. #54 Rogue System
    69% matchMixed67% of 275 reviews2022
    Dev: Digits Crossed Interactive, LLCPub: Image Space Incorporated
    Windows

    Our goal is to depict the possibilities of space exploration & combat within a realistic environment- to emphasize the "science" in science-fiction. Key features to include: proper orbital mechanics for all objects in space, detailed ship system control, functionality, inter-dependency & damage reaction.

    Why similar: Space Sim 62.6%, Simulation 26.2%, Space 11.2%

  55. #55 FluxWerks
    65% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2026
    Dev: Metallibitti Oy
    Windows

    Every block of this planet is real, including fluids! Dig it, flood it, process it. FluxWerks is a factory automation game on a fully destructible voxel world with physical fluid and heat simulation. Dig anywhere, automate everything, and survey a world that was supposed to be empty.

    Why similar: Automation 29%, Base Building 17.4%, Transportation 14.3% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Simulation 10.3%

  56. #56 Desktop Planet
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MagicJellyGames
    Windows

    A desktop idle-style game inspired by Factorio. Free from constant monster attacks, you can focus purely on construction. Start by mining resources to build bases and factories, then assemble fleets to explore more planets.

    Why similar: Space Sim 36.5%, Automation 31.8%, Base Building 24.2%, Sci-fi 7.4%

  57. #57 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 22%, Space Sim 21.5%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13%, Simulation 7.4%

  58. #58 GridCraft
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: hy_studio
    Windows

    Shape an entire grid-based world with your mouse. Gather, craft, farm, cook, tame animals, automate production, and battle powerful bosses. Every item, machine, and creature is yours to pick up, place, and combine.

    Why similar: Automation 32.4%, Crafting 21%, Simulation 16.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 7.9%

  59. #59 One Time In Space
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Elanetic
    Windows · Mac

    Build and navigate your ship as it barrels through space. Machines, pipes, and wiring; all necessities to keep your ship running. Survive and explore.

    Why similar: Space Sim 29%, Automation 21.7%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.8%, Space 8.9%

  60. #60 Calling Home
    68% matchMixed45% of 20 reviews2023
    Dev: Crystal Fox GmbH
    Windows

    Calling Home is an exciting sci-fi simulation resource management game that draws heavily from games in the factory-building and exploration genres, providing a thrilling mix of building your base, researching, factory management, puzzle solving, exploration, and resource gathering.

    Why similar: Space Sim 37.2%, Automation 19%, Simulation 12.2%, Crafting 9.3%, Exploration 5.7%

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