Nodal

Games Like Project: Zenith Expanse

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Colony Sim, Base Building, Strategy, Simulation.

Project: Zenith Expanse header art

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.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Q3 2026
Developer: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

Similar Games

View all 59 recommendations
  1. #1 Stardeus
    97% 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 23.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Space 9.7%, Space Sim 9%, Resource Management 8.3%

  2. #2 Starship Colony
    96% 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 29.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 10.6%, Resource Management 8.2%, Space 8.1%

  3. #3 HELLO EXO
    96% 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 34.7%, Space Sim 15.8%, Space 13%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 10.4%

  4. #4 Stationbreak
    95% 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: Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 18.3%, Space Sim 14.1%, Space 11.8%, Resource Management 9%

  5. #5 The Final Earth 2
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
    Dev: Florian van Strien
    Windows

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Space 11.5%, Space Sim 10.7%, Resource Management 7.5%

  6. #6 Starfall Protocol
    94% 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 30.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Space Sim 14.1%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Sandbox 7.6%

  7. #7 Oxygen Not Included
    93% 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 42%, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Space 5.8%, Sandbox 5%

  8. #8 Astro Colony
    91% 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 26.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Space 12.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Space Sim 8.7%

  9. #9 Maia
    92% 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 43.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Space 10%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.1%

  10. #10 SpaceSlog
    91% 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 28.8%, Base Building 15%, Space Sim 13.2%, Resource Management 9.8%, Space 8.6%

  11. #11 Worlds Explorers
    90% 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 24.6%, Space 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Space Sim 11.5%, Sandbox 7.4%

  12. #12 Planetbase
    89% 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 38.6%, Base Building 18.9%, Space 14.4%, Resource Management 6.5%, Strategy 5.4%

  13. #13 Tidal Expanse
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Per Aspera Studios
    Windows

    Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Space Sim 17%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Base Building 6.4%

  14. #14 Embark
    89% 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 49.4%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 7.1%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 5.8%

  15. #15 Space Haven
    87% 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 27.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Space Sim 11.1%, Space 10.9%, Resource Management 9.1%

  16. #16 Arcbound
    86% 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 39.7%, Base Building 19.2%, Space Sim 16.1%, Simulation 9%, Resource Management 4.9%

  17. #17 Sky Base Venus
    86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
    Windows

    Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, Space 16.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 8.2%

  18. #18 Type2
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucas LázaroPub: Type 2 Studios
    Windows

    Type2 is a space-based city builder where you try to run a mining business on the moon. Use your management skills to maintain a colony, expand your company, and of course, make money

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8%, Base Building 18.8%, Space 14.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Resource Management 8.6%

  19. #19 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 17.2%, Moddable 8%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%

  20. #20 Idle Terra
    83% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
    Dev: Boris Naftaliev
    Windows · Linux

    Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Procedural Generation 7.3%, Sandbox 7.1%

  21. #21 TFM: The First Men
    84% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
    Dev: Gathering Tree
    Windows

    An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3%, Base Building 22.3%, Resource Management 7%, Sandbox 6.9%, Procedural Generation 6.6%

  22. #22 Rebots
    82% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
    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: Colony Sim 20.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Space Sim 12.2%, Space 11.9%, Resource Management 10.2%

  23. #23 Venusville
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
    Windows

    Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Space 14%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 7.2%

  24. #24 Mars Colony Builder
    81% 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 31.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%, Moddable 7.6%

  25. #25 _space_train
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Josh McNamee
    Windows

    What if there was a train, in space? Embark as a simple passenger or take a longer-term role as a member of staff in an asymmetric gaming experience like no other.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, Space Sim 17.4%, Space 11.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%

  26. #26 Resort Galactica
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stupid Name Studios
    Windows

    Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Space Sim 9.5%, Resource Management 9.3%

  27. #27 Travelers in Space Crack
    80% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
    Dev: Xenon LuPub: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
    Windows

    Travelers in Space Crack is a survive game in deep space. Explore in different galaxy through space cracks. To find and gather useful resource, to trade and make money are all important to develop your own fleets. And only through build massive fleets, you triumph over the unknown evil forces.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Space Sim 18.1%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Base Building 9.8%

  28. #28 Order: The New Dawn
    78% 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 33.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Space Sim 15.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 7.8%

  29. #29 Generation Ship
    78% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Scifan Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Space Sim 11%, Space 10.8%

  30. #30 Settletopia
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
    Windows · Linux

    Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 8.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Simulation 8.2%

  31. #31 Aven Colony
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Space 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%

  32. #32 RimWorld
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 38.6%, Base Building 20.4%, Moddable 8.8%, Sandbox 7.6%, Procedural Generation 6.2%

  33. #33 SuperColony
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Antic Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Base Building 20%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  34. #34 The Crust
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 30.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Space 13.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 7.9%

  35. #35 Dungeon D14
    76% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
    Dev: EhtChaos
    Windows

    You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 10%, Procedural Generation 8.3%

  36. #36 Colonization Simulator
    74% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
    Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
    Windows

    Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.3%

  37. #37 Founders' Fortune
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 7%, Simulation 6.8%, Resource Management 6.6%

  38. #38 Sigma Draconis
    75% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
    Dev: Draconis Games
    Windows · Linux

    A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 11.1%

  39. #39 Amazing Space
    73% 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 27.9%, Space Sim 15.6%, Base Building 14%, Space 13.7%, Resource Management 8.3%

  40. #40 Subzero Tides
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Logical Progression Games
    Windows · Linux

    Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Base Building 16%, Space 11.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 7.6%

  41. #41 Microtopia: Prologue
    73% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2024
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Moddable 8.7%, Sandbox 7.9%

  42. #42 Red Dust Colony
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lorin Atzberger
    Windows · Mac

    Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Moddable 4.3%

  43. #43 Terra-7
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gamyeon
    Windows · Mac

    A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%

  44. #44 Titan: The Ascension
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wildercroft Studio
    Windows

    Embark on an exciting mission to establish a colony on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon. Following Earth's collapse, humanity's fate rests in your hands. Gather essential resources, excel in trading, and combat ancient technology to secure our future on Titan's harsh frontier. Will you prevail?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Space 15.6%, Space Sim 12.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  45. #45 Adaptory
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    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 35.5%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%

  46. #46 ORBITAL
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Night Sky Dogs
    Windows · Mac

    Bring a forgotten solar system to life in this serene space simulator. Pilot your ship to gather tech, resolve story-rich incidents, and upgrade planets to watch your civilization thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Space Sim 17.7%, Space 16.3%, Resource Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.7%

  47. #47 Beyond These Stars
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows

    Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%

  48. #48 Space One - Electron
    71% matchMixed56% of 15 reviews2021
    Dev: Triangle4 Studios Inc.
    Windows

    Adventure through a limitless procedural galaxy, as you play the role of a colonist in this epic colony simulator.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Space 13.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Crafting 6.7%

  49. #49 Architect of Ruin
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Linux

    Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Moddable 7.5%

  50. #50 Dawn Apart
    68% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
    Windows

    Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Space 11.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Strategy 5.9%

  51. #51 Nuclear Crawler
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
    Windows

    Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Base Building 25.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Space 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%

  52. #52 Solargene
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 13%, Resource Management 10.1%, Space 9.1%

  53. #53 Underground Nomads
    68% 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 43.6%, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 5.5%

  54. #54 Never Secure
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blank Page Games
    Windows

    In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 7.7%

  55. #55 Nebula Miner
    66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
    Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
    Windows

    Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Space 21.1%, Resource Management 15.6%, Space Sim 11.3%, Strategy 9.5%

  56. #56 The Last Starship
    65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 25.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Space Sim 14.3%, Space 13.2%, Sandbox 8.8%

  57. #57 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
    70% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
    Dev: Jim Offerman
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, Space 14.9%, Space Sim 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 9.7%

  58. #58 Gateworlds
    67% 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 37.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%, Procedural Generation 8.4%

  59. #59 Microtopia
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Sandbox 8%

Based on tag similarity + player behavior
Loading graph...