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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Crafting, Automation, Open World.

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Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 59 reviews
Released: 2025-11-10
Developer: Weatherfused
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 Eden Crafters
    97% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7%, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 9%, Building 7%

  2. #2 The Planet Crafter
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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: Open World Survival Craft 23.4%, Automation 13.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 7.8%

  3. #3 Astrometica
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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: Automation 16.7%, Open World Survival Craft 14.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 9.6%

  4. #4 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
    95% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9%, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 6.5%

  5. #5 Star Crafter
    94% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4%, Automation 14.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Space 7.5%

  6. #6 TerraTech Worlds
    94% matchMixed63% of 2,175 reviews2024
    Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Automation 12.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 9%

  7. #7 Astro Colony
    93% 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: Automation 23.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Space 10.9%, Building 9.3%, Resource Management 9.3%

  8. #8 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 10%, Crafting 9.8%, Automation 9.1%

  9. #9 Space Trash Scavenger
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
    Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 25.3%, Automation 18%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Space 8.1%

  10. #10 ASTRONEER
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
    Dev: System Era Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 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: Open World Survival Craft 29.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Space 10.1%, Survival 9.5%, Open World 9%

  11. #11 StarRupture
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.5%, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Survival 8.9%

  12. #12 FOUNDRY
    90% matchVery Positive81% of 3,508 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 45.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

    Why similar: Automation 22.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Building 11.1%, Open World 9.3%

  13. #13 Blossom: The Seed of Life
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 654 reviews2026
    Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows

    Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.9%, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8.2%

  14. #14 Prospector
    88% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
    Dev: Loonworks Games
    Windows

    Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.2%, Automation 16.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 8.3%

  15. #15 Satisfactory
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World Survival Craft 12.3%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 8.5%

  16. #16 Forever Skies
    86% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,284 reviews2025
    Dev: Far From Home
    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.3%, Survival 8.7%, Building 7.9%

  17. #17 The Last Caretaker
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
    Dev: Channel37 Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Open World 10.4%

  18. #18 Evospace
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 387 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: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 12.1%, Open World 10.3%

  19. #19 Outworld Station
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 506 reviews2025
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

    Why similar: Automation 26%, Base Building 16.6%, Space 11.9%, Crafting 10.9%, PvE 6.7%

  20. #20 Nova Lands
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 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: Open World Survival Craft 22.5%, Automation 20.7%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 7.2%

  21. #21 Techtonica
    83% matchMixed65% of 3,183 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    Why similar: Automation 28.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 11.1%, Resource Management 9.3%

  22. #22 Omega Crafter
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 560 reviews2025
    Dev: Preferred Networks
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Adventure in a vast open-world survival craft game with your programmable sidekick Grammi! Program the Grammi to collect materials, build your town, craft weapons and armor to challenge strong enemies! Play alone or with friends online!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7%, Automation 22.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.4%

  23. #23 XenoHaven
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 64 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: Open World Survival Craft 23.1%, Base Building 13%, Automation 10.6%, Crafting 9.1%, Open World 9.1%

  24. #24 Dyson Sphere Program
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 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 28.9%, Base Building 18%, Space 12.7%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8.5%

  25. #25 Outpath
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.6%, Automation 17.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 8%

  26. #26 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 620 reviews2024
    Dev: Luden.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.

    Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 16%, Open World Survival Craft 16%, Resource Management 4.3%

  27. #27 Surviving Ceres
    78% 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: Base Building 17.3%, Crafting 16.4%, Building 14.7%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 11%

  28. #28 Occupy Mars: The Game
    77% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 11.1%, Space 10.7%, Open World 10.3%

  29. #29 FortressCraft Evolved!
    80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7%, Automation 20.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Building 9%, Base Building 8.6%

  30. #30 Astrometica: Prologue
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,281 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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: Automation 17%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 10.7%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.4%

  31. #31 Volcanoids
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
    Dev: Volcanoid
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, Open World 9.4%

  32. #32 Final Upgrade
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 25.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 11.9%, Space 11.5%, Open World 9.4%

  33. #33 Lightyear Frontier
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 4,206 reviews2024
    Dev: FRAME BREAK
    Windows
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 12.8%, Resource Management 9.4%, Survival 8.4%

  34. #34 Plan B: Terraform
    73% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Automation 32.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 10.4%

  35. #35 Final Factory
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 300 reviews2024
    Dev: Never Games Limited
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    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 25.4%, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 9.8%, Resource Management 9.6%

  36. #36 JUNKPUNK
    75% matchMixed63% of 672 reviews2021
    Dev: SCT
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    JUNKPUNK is a factory management, base building, exploration game where a New World Robotics ship has crash landed. You and any survivors must restore this ruined planet and prepare it for habitable life. Craft, build, explore, discover, and grow to terraform the planet.

    Why similar: Automation 30.1%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 14.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 6.3%

  37. #37 Soulmask
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 17,627 reviews2024
    Dev: CampFire StudioPub: Qooland Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 66.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Choose your path across a primeval continent shaped by the Mask's power. From lush rainforests to scorched sands, recruit and lead unique tribesmen, build automated production lines, and construct everything from local bases to colossal airships, uncover the secrets of the Mask

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1%, Automation 18%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 9%

  38. #38 Planet Explorers
    76% matchMixed62% of 6,817 reviews2016
    Dev: Pathea Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.1%, Open World 12.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Survival 10%, Building 8.8%

  39. #39 Stationeers
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

    Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 15.8%, Crafting 12.3%, Building 11.4%, Space 10.4%

  40. #40 Planetaries
    73% matchMixed59% of 222 reviews2024
    Dev: EY-Studio
    Windows

    Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 30.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.5%, Survival 9.8%

  41. #41 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,144 reviews2020
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

    Why similar: Automation 20.9%, Crafting 13.7%, Space 12.5%, Building 10.8%, Survival 9.4%

  42. #42 Space Engineers 2
    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,293 reviews2025
    Dev: Keen Software House
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Space Engineers 2 is a sandbox about engineering and colonization where you build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible world. Begin the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol, expand humanity’s foothold in the Almagest system, and fight to survive.

    Why similar: Building 17.3%, Space 15.6%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13%, Open World 12.5%

  43. #43 Remains
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 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: Open World Survival Craft 27.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.5%, Space 9.3%

  44. #44 Outpost Zero
    73% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
    Dev: Symmetric GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 37.4%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Open World 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%

  45. #45 Heat Death: Survival Train
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2024
    Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
    Windows

    Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 32.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Building 10.8%, Survival 10%

  46. #46 AETHUS
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2026
    Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
    Windows

    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: Open World Survival Craft 18.1%, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.2%

  47. #47 Icaria
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
    Windows

    Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

    Why similar: Automation 23.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9.2%

  48. #48 The Crust
    68% 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: Automation 25.9%, Base Building 18%, Space 12.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Building 10.2%

  49. #49 Under A New Sun
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    Windows

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Crafting 12.7%, Survival 11.9%, Open World 10.6%

  50. #50 Automation Empire
    70% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Automation 33.3%, Base Building 20%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 9.7%, Crafting 9.1%

  51. #51 Captain of Industry
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Automation 38.3%, Base Building 23.2%, Resource Management 15.5%, Building 9.3%, Simulation 5.1%

  52. #52 Farlight Explorers
    71% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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

    Why similar: Building 38.5%, Space 24%, Crafting 13.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Strategy 11.2%

  53. #53 MineMogul
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,443 reviews2025
    Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

    Why similar: Automation 29.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 12.6%, Resource Management 8.9%

  54. #54 Outerverse
    70% matchMixed51% of 124 reviews2022
    Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
    Windows

    Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!

    Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.9%, Automation 18.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Space 8.8%

  55. #55 Aviassembly
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,303 reviews2025
    Dev: Jelle Booij
    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.

    Why similar: Building 33.8%, Crafting 24%, Open World 16.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Simulation 7.3%

  56. #56 Builderment
    67% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2023
    Dev: Builderment LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!

    Why similar: Automation 31.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 11.6%, Resource Management 11.3%

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