- #1 Mars Horizon
97% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
Why similar: Mars 27% ★, Space Sim 17.2% ★, Space 11.5%, Building 9.8%, Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and strategic planning required to lead a space agency, closely matching the mission-driven progression of the seed.
- #2 Interstellar Transport Company
96% matchMixed67% of 408 reviews2019
Dev: MT Worlds
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Space 29.9%, Space Sim 16% ★, Management 15.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the seed game's focus on managing a space transport business and navigating the complexities of interstellar logistics.
- #3 EarthX
95% matchVery Positive88% of 905 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Space Sim 22% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Space 15.5%, Building 13.8%, Management 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to manage a modern space company, focusing on the growth of your fleet and the successful execution of launch contracts.
- #4 Starship Corporation
96% matchMixed42% of 555 reviews2018
Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.
Why similar: Simulation 25.3%, Management 23.9%, Strategy 22.2%, Space 20.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines ship design with corporate management, requiring you to balance technical specifications with business profitability.
- #5 Offworld Trading Company
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,669 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Space 14.3%, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 13%, Strategy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is a pure economic strategy game set on Mars that emphasizes market manipulation and corporate competition in space.
- #6 Cargo Company
94% matchMixed59% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Ambiera
Windows
Cargo Company is a transport simulation tycoon game where you make money by transporting passengers, wood, steel, goods, cars, tanks and more - using trains, trucks, busses, and even rockets between planets.
Why similar: Management 20.4%, Simulation 16.5%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Sandbox 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistical side of transportation and supply chains, which is a core component of the seed game's management loop.
- #7 Startup Company
93% matchVery Positive81% of 6,175 reviews2020
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
Why similar: Management 35.6%, Simulation 21.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Building 12.5%, Sandbox 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This management sim focuses on the challenges of running a company, scaling operations, and managing resources in a competitive market.
- #8 Planetbase
91% 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: Base Building 22.9%, Space 17.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 8%, Resource Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This colony management game requires careful resource allocation and base expansion to ensure the survival of your space outpost.
- #9 Transport Fever 2
90% matchVery Positive91% of 31,208 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 65.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Management 20.8%, Simulation 18.4%, Strategy 16%, Building 15.8%, Sandbox 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: While not space-themed, it is the gold standard for complex logistics and transport network management that mirrors the seed's operational depth.
- #10 Rise of Industry
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,155 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: Management 19.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep look at supply chain management and corporate growth, perfect for players who enjoy the business-building aspect of the seed.
- #11 Dyson Sphere Program
89% 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: Base Building 19.3%, Space 15.8%, Building 12.4%, Space Sim 9.7% ★, Resource Management 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes large-scale logistics and automation, challenging players to build an efficient interstellar supply chain.
- #12 Software Inc.
88% matchVery Positive94% of 7,637 reviews2015
Dev: Coredumping
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.9 hrsMean: 45.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
Why similar: Building 29.1%, Management 25.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly detailed look at building a business, managing employees, and optimizing production pipelines.
- #13 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: Space Sim 16.4% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Building 11%, Space 10.7%, Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines ship management with survival mechanics, forcing you to manage crew needs and ship systems in a hostile environment.
- #14 Railroad Corporation
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,474 reviews2019
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Relive the pioneering spirit of the Golden Age of Steam by establishing your own railroad empire across 19th century North America. Bring settlements together, produce and trade goods and develop new technologies to stay ahead of the competition. Want more? RAILROAD CORPORATION 2 Out Now!
Why similar: Management 21.9%, Building 18.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 15.1%, Resource Management 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the expansion of a transport empire, requiring careful financial planning and infrastructure development similar to space logistics.
- #15 Space Station Tycoon
86% 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: Space Sim 20.3% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Space 15.1%, Building 13.4%, Management 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a more casual, management-focused approach to building and maintaining a profitable space station.
- #16 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
83% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.9% ★, Building 18.6%, Space 18.2%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep ship design and management mechanics that allow for both functional and economic optimization of your fleet.
- #17 Reshaping Mars
84% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: Mars 22.6% ★, Base Building 15%, Building 11.5%, Space 9.6%, Simulation 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the long-term strategic development and terraforming of Mars through colony management.
- #18 orbit.industries
84% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space Sim 20.3% ★, Space 17.9%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It centers on the construction and management of space stations, emphasizing efficiency and strategic layout.
- #19 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
85% 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: Space Sim 15.6% ★, Space 12.6%, Building 12%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the technical management and expansion of a space station, requiring careful resource balancing.
- #20 InfraSpace
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,870 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Space 15%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 14.2%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with complex traffic and logistics management in a sci-fi setting.
- #21 X4: Foundations
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 27,985 reviews2018
Dev: Egosoft
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 94.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Your journey to building a vast space empire begins behind the controls of a single ship. Explore the stars, trade goods, fight battles, build stations, buy and equip ships, and command fleets in a living, fully simulated universe that reacts to your decisions.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.8% ★, Space 16.6%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a massive, dynamic space economy that you can influence through trading, mining, and fleet management.
- #22 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Mars 22.2% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Space Sim 12% ★, Building 10.1%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the construction and management of space colonies, emphasizing resource extraction and base growth.
- #23 Avorion
80% matchVery Positive90% of 14,288 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.6 hrsMean: 98.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.2% ★, Building 17.3%, Space 16.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It allows you to build your own ships and manage a fleet, with a strong emphasis on trading and resource gathering in space.
- #24 Big Ambitions
78% matchVery Positive93% of 12,519 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Management 45.4%, Simulation 21.4%, Resource Management 16.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a comprehensive CEO experience, focusing on the granular details of running multiple businesses and managing assets.
- #25 SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD
79% matchVery Positive82% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Logix Interactive
Windows · Mac
Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, single-player, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game.
Why similar: Mars 32% ★, Space 15.5%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It is a strategy game that captures the historical and future progression of space exploration and corporate expansion.
- #26 Factorio
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Base Building 33.4%, Resource Management 19.1%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.4%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive game for players who enjoy optimizing complex production lines and logistics networks.
- #27 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
79% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Why similar: Mars 26.8% ★, Space Sim 18.3% ★, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Futuristic 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: It blends colony-sim elements with strategic resource management to simulate the development of a Martian base.
- #28 Project AURA
81% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: Strategy 13.7%, Management 13%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a management-heavy approach to building a self-sustaining colony in a post-apocalyptic space setting.
- #29 Solargene
76% 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: Space Sim 16.9% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Mars 12.4% ★, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #30 Space Mechanic Simulator
77% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 28% ★, Mars 18.8% ★, Space 17.2%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #31 Farlanders
75% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Mars 24.9% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Space 10.4%, Building 9.9%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #32 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
77% matchMixed69% of 409 reviews2016
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.
Why similar: Mars 33.5% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Space 17%, Strategy 15.8%, Simulation 13%
- #33 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
73% matchMixed52% of 1,856 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
Why similar: Mars 29.2% ★, Space 11.4%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #34 Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 495 reviews2014
Dev: Polar MotionPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.
Why similar: Space 30.5%, Simulation 23.7%, Strategy 22.5%, Management 16.8%, Turn-Based 5.1%
- #35 Per Aspera
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
Why similar: Mars 23.3% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Building 10.5%, Space 9.3%, Management 8.9%
- #36 Anno 2205™
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,263 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: Strategy 14.8%, Futuristic 12.4%, Space 12%, Simulation 10%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #37 Space Station Manager
75% matchMixed45% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Ondrej Hroch
Windows
Space Station Manager is an exciting game where you own a space company, your main goal is to build a space station, make profit, grow your business, build an economical network, and expand beyond the solar system.
Why similar: Simulation 35.8%, Space 16.3%, Building 15.4%, Management 12.3%, Futuristic 10.3%
- #38 Airport CEO
72% matchVery Positive83% of 8,135 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: Building 16.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 16%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 9.8%
- #39 Space Architect
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Building 13.9%, Management 12.4%, Space 10.3%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #40 Industries of Titan
73% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: Space Sim 18.1% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Space 10.7%
- #41 Good Company
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,764 reviews2022
Dev: Chasing Carrots
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Building 17.3%, Management 14%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 9.9%
- #42 Astro Colony
71% 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: Base Building 22.3%, Space Sim 15.9% ★, Space 15.5%, Building 12.5%, Resource Management 12%
- #43 Take On Mars
74% matchMixed55% of 2,023 reviews2017
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
Why similar: Mars 36.7% ★, Space 17.2%, Space Sim 15.3% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Building 9.8%
- #44 Exogate Initiative
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Base Building 17%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.2%, Resource Management 10.9%, Space 10.8%
- #45 IXION
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: Space 22.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 11.4%
- #46 Occupy Mars: The Game
67% 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: Mars 28.6% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Space 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #47 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Simulation 22.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Space 10%, Futuristic 9.7%
- #48 Starport Delta
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Cloudfire Studios
Windows
Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...
Why similar: Space Sim 16.4% ★, Strategy 15.2%, Simulation 14.4%, Base Building 11.5%, Space 9.8%
- #49 Rocket Science
70% matchVery Positive80% of 160 reviews2020
Dev: unbeGames
Windows
Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.7% ★, Space 18%, Building 17.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Simulation 9%
- #50 Utopia Colony
70% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: GridSky Software
Windows
The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.
Why similar: Mars 31.5% ★, Space Sim 17.9% ★, Space 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Futuristic 7.1%
- #51 Starmancer
69% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Base Building 15%, Space 15%, Building 14.7%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #52 City Bus Manager
65% matchVery Positive91% of 2,686 reviews2024
Dev: PeDePe GbRPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own bus depot from scratch and create your personal bus routes in City Bus Manager. Play in your own hometown or any famous city in the world with real map data. Buy buses, maintain them, take care of your staff and lead your bus company to become the #1 in town!
Why similar: Management 33.9%, Simulation 28.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Singleplayer 5.5%
- #53 Farlanders: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
Why similar: Mars 31.5% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Building 12%, Resource Management 7.7%, Management 7.5%
- #54 Terraformers
64% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Mars 31.2% ★, Space 12.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Futuristic 9.7%
- #55 Production Line : Car factory simulation
66% matchVery Positive82% of 3,465 reviews2019
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
Why similar: Management 19.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 16.2%, Resource Management 12%, Simulation 11.1%
- #56 StarbaseSim
64% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: AshtorakSimGames
Windows · Linux
Operate the Starship space launch system and learn how to catch a rocket to understand what it takes to colonize Mars in this ever-evolving simulation of SpaceX Starbase Texas.
Why similar: Space Sim 45.9% ★, Simulation 18.7%, Sandbox 16.2%, Space 15.2%, Realistic 3.3%
- #57 Farlight Explorers
68% 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 30.9%, Space 20.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 14.4%
- #58 The Crust
63% 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: Base Building 19.5%, Space 15.1%, Building 12%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 9.3%