- #1 Starfall Protocol
97% 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: Space Sim 21.9%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Open World 7.6%
- #2 Titan: The Ascension
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Wildercroft Studio
Windows
Titan: The Ascension is a colony management strategy game on Saturn’s moon Titan. Build and expand an off-world industrial colony, extract ice to produce water for Earth, trade resources, and defend against ancient automated systems that react to technology growth. Will you prevail?
Why similar: Space Sim 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Space 14.2%, Aliens 7.1%
- #3 _space_train
96% 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: Space Sim 28.3%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Aliens 13.3%, Space 11.3%, Base Building 8.3%
- #4 Search of Galaxy
95% matchMixed56% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: DRAGONnoid
Windows
After the supernova explosion, the Thermian race was destroyed. All knowledge, technologies and data about the past were lost. You must to restore civilization and explore the territories of your home system in search of lost technologies and artifacts.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Aliens 12.2%, Creature Collector 11.8%
- #5 Stationbreak
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Space 13.1%, Choices Matter 7%
- #6 HELLO EXO
94% 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: Space Sim 30.5%, Colony Sim 26.9%, Space 14.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 10.4%
- #7 Starship Colony
93% 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 23.4%, Space Sim 20.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Space 9.3%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #8 Sole Seeker
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dozing Bison
Windows
Land on unique planets to survive the horrors that await in this adventure survival RPG. Use the spoils to upgrade defensive buildings and explore the galaxy further. Can you survive the hunt all alone?
Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, Space 14.7%, Aliens 14.7%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Open World 10.4%
- #9 Super Starship
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Les Bird
Windows · Mac
A futuristic sci-fi persistent universe exploration game with one million stars and 18 million planets and moons. Fly your ship to any star and explore its solar system. Claiming stars, planets and moons will make them yours forever - other players will see your discoveries and you will see theirs.
Why similar: Space Sim 40.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Space 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Exploration 8.1%
- #10 Planet's Edge
91% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: New World ComputingPub: Ziggurat
Windows · Mac
Travel between dozens of stars, harvest resources to repair and upgrade your equipment, meet and negotiate with friendly (and hostile) aliens, and do whatever it takes to stay alive and bring Earth back in this groundbreaking sci-fi RPG.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Space 12.9%, Open World 10.7%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
- #11 Travelers in Space Crack
90% 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: Space Sim 31.7%, Colony Sim 23.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Base Building 9.2%
- #12 ORBITAL
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Sky Dogs
Windows · Mac
A space adventure where you solve the mystery of your past, building a thriving civilization across a distant solar system. Fly your rocket as a commander, grow your colonies and build planet upgrades to conquer this unknown space.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Space 16.5%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Open World 6.2%
- #13 Stardeus
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,534 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 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 20.5%, Space Sim 19.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Space 12.6%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #14 Pandora Galaxy
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: SimplexCode
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pandora Galaxy is a PC game. The game is based in space, in the far future, with elements of exploration and trade. The protagonist of the game is a merchant engaged in interplanetary trade, but as the story unfolds, the player can choose the path of an interstellar pirate or a planetary explorer.
Why similar: Space Sim 39.4%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #15 Rebots
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 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: Space Sim 22.9%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Space 13.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Aliens 13.1%
- #16 无尽星海(Endless Stars)
87% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Lxy
Windows
The story takes place in the distant future. You will play a captain of a star ship and go into deep space. You need to manage your resources carefully. In the game, you can investigate the outliers of various planets, discover the wonders of the universe or learn the stories of lost civilizations.
Why similar: Space Sim 41%, Space 23.3%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Multiple Endings 4.4%
- #17 Space Elevator Project
86% 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 38.3%, Space 13.8%, Simulation 12.1%, Base Building 12%, Strategy 11.7%
- #18 The Universe Won't Pause
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: My Insights Games
Windows
47 million probes were launched into the void. Yours just found something alive. A living universe simulation where evolution never stops — not even when you do.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.4%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Aliens 10.5%, Simulation 10%, Space 8.6%
- #19 REAL MOON
83% matchMixed68% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: historia Inc.
Windows
Explore a precisely recreated lunar surface built from real data and a JAXA-backed simulation.
Why similar: Space Sim 44.1%, Space 19.4%, Simulation 12.1%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #20 ARESDA
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drnagol
Windows
An open-world space exploration game. Explore, trade and fight to rise the ranks, discover new worlds and new species, and leave your mark on the Galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.9%, Space 20.2%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Open World 9.7%, Exploration 9.4%
- #21 Space Merchant
84% matchMixed43% of 35 reviews2021
Dev: Retora Games
Windows
Based off the original Merchant RPG, a new Idle RPG space exploration experience!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Space 14.7%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Multiple Endings 6.8%
- #22 ROVA
81% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: FreeRangeDevs
Windows
ROVA is a cozy space-rover photography game. Help a new space colony conduct research on large spherical planets, by documenting elements of alien worlds through photography. ROVA is a game about discovery and exploration.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.8%, Colony Sim 26.4%, Space 15.9%, Open World 8.3%, Exploration 7.2%
- #23 StarDune
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 2w Systems
Windows · Mac
Build, Fly, and Survive. StarDune combines tactile, modular construction with seamless space travel. Reshape vibrant voxel planets, automate your outposts, and explore a procedurally generated solar system alone or with friends in a world that’s yours to mold.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Open World 10.4%, Space 8.5%
- #24 Nova Origin
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZapNova Games
Windows
Nova Origin is a next-generation sci-fi city builder set on a mysterious alien planet. Build, expand, and survive as you establish a thriving colony, manage resources, and uncover the secrets of a hostile new world.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.1%, Colony Sim 27.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #25 Amazing Space
80% 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: Space Sim 28.9%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Space 14.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Aliens 10.1%
- #26 Space Haven
78% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 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 22.3%, Space Sim 22.1%, Base Building 16.1%, Space 13.3%, Open World 8.8%
- #27 Astro Colony
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 22.1%, Base Building 20.9%, Space Sim 18.3%, Space 15.7%, Open World 7.8%
- #28 Whiteverse: No Country for Old Men
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whiteverse Studio
Windows
This is a game combines SIM and SRPG. Please lead your family, your friends and strangers who come to you to survive in this broken, unknown and fascinating universe, Captain.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.2%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Space 9.4%, Aliens 8.3%
- #29 Space Travellers
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lonely Man
Windows
Space Travellers is a unique open-world sandbox space simulator set in the year 2343. Travel the galaxy, trade, explore unexplored worlds, fight, build bases and factories, forge alliances and experience new adventures!
Why similar: Space Sim 34.1%, Space 16.5%, Procedural Generation 16%, Open World 11.5%, Exploration 6.3%
- #30 Tidal Expanse
77% 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: Space Sim 34.9%, Colony Sim 25.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Base Building 7.1%, Space 7%
- #31 Planet Miner
77% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space Sim 37.6%, Colony Sim 26.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Space 8.9%, Adventure 7.3%
- #32 Immortal Space God
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iteration 11
Windows
Fight till you can't then fight some more! A space combat simulator with survival crafting elements.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Aliens 14.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Open World 12.2%, Space 8.8%
- #33 Space Station Tycoon
76% matchMixed61% of 216 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 22.2%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Space 14.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
- #34 Zenith Expanse
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Space Sim 19.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Space 10%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #35 Star Explorers
75% matchVery Positive83% of 251 reviews2018
Dev: Schmidt Workshops
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.5%, Space 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Open World 11.9%, Aliens 11.5%
- #36 Muhe space
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: klmfs
Windows
A space strategy game. By freely editing the attributes of eight warships, engage in free combat and obtain unlimited resources to strengthen the warships. Featuring innovative combat modes, mutually restrained weapon types, and highly strategic.
Why similar: Space Sim 35.2%, Space 18.1%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Aliens 12.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #37 Stardust Origins
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Nikolaj Piet PaghPub: PetskullGames
Windows
You are a pilot, seeking revenge on your deceitful father who threw you into unknown space. Can you find your way back and get revenge? Experience a mix of 2D topdown space adventure and explore planets to discover quests, negotiate trades, mine, hunt and survive in an expanding universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.8%, Space 20.9%, Open World 13.4%, Top-Down 11.8%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #38 Galactic Crew II
74% matchMostly Negative33% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Benjamin Rommel Games
Windows
Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. Explore a hostile galaxy with your valorous crew from its center to the outer reaches of space, clawing your way up from a nobody to a galactic pioneer through colonization, commerce, and combat.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.1%, Colony Sim 18%, Base Building 14.1%, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #39 Elysian Eclipse
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Seven Ducks Studios
Windows
Elysian Eclipse is a Sandbox Evolution Simulator, letting you evolve from an amoeba into a space traveling sentient being. Create your own creatures, buildings and vehicles to conquer procedural planets. Turn the galaxy into your personal playground!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Space 13.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Open World 11.9%
- #40 Stellar Archipelago
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Gogodinosaur
Windows
Stellar Archipelago is a third-person base builder with a space western flair. Gather resources, build colonies on miniature planets, and grow your population to prove habitability. Unlock the warp junction and open your frontier system to future settlers.
Why similar: Space Sim 36%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Space 13.7%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 8.3%
- #41 Space Zone
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Astroviz
Windows
The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.8%, Space 18.6%, Simulation 14.2%, Open World 11.1%, Exploration 9.3%
- #42 IMPACT
71% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Hochschule Darmstadt
Windows
IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.3%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Space 14%, Base Building 12.9%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #43 Stella Nova
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DavePub: also Dave
Windows
Build modular space stations, manage citizen crews, and master a deep crafting chain in a procedurally generated solar system with real orbital physics. Mine asteroids, smelt alloys, manufacture components, and expand across the planets!
Why similar: Space Sim 26.4%, Colony Sim 21.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Space 9.8%
- #44 Space One - Electron
72% 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 23.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Space 15%, Open World 10%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #45 No End
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thomas Martin
Windows
Explore a seamless endless universe with an uncountable number of galaxies, stars, planets, and moons. Make friends or enemies with unique alien civilizations. Research upgrades for your vessel with scientific phenomena and alien tech that you've acquired.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.8%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Open World 14.2%, Space 14%, Exploration 7.5%
- #46 Among The Stars
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Hidden Universe Games
Windows
You find yourself in a distant galaxy full of merchants, diplomats, bandits and powerful factions. Explore unknown galaxies, trade, fight pirates or become one. Uncover mysteries and shape the universe!
Why similar: Space Sim 46.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10%, Open World 9%, Space 8.5%
- #47 Eternal Space
70% match8 user reviews56% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Freeworld DevelopmentsPub: Studio Grandis
Windows · Mac
Eternal Space is a city builder and space exploration/combat game. Explore the Eternal Space, and manage your city while you fight pirates, or maybe even become a pirate! Keep your citizens happy, and collect taxes from them each year for a little bonus!
Why similar: Space Sim 28.4%, Colony Sim 26.6%, Space 13.4%, Aliens 8.1%, Strategy 7.2%
- #48 Infinite Voyager
71% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: cGh ONE
Windows
Far from Earth, mankind hasn't changed in the centuries since we've reached the stars. Across this wide-open galaxy, you'll find merchants, builders, and explorers. The more adventurous are colonizers, conquerors, and even space pirates. And you, Voyager? What will you be?
Why similar: Space Sim 31.9%, Space 21%, Procedural Generation 13%, Open World 11.5%, Exploration 7.9%
- #49 Arcbound
69% 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: Space Sim 33.7%, Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 21.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 4.3%
- #50 Operation Numa
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stonebyte Studio
Windows
Master the heavy physics of your offroad hauler and upgrade it to conquer the treacherous Martian landscape. Transport vital resources to evolve your central outpost from a humble shelter into a thriving planetary hub. The frontier is hostile, it’s your job to tame it.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.2%, Colony Sim 27.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Space 8.9%, Adventure 7%
- #51 The Last Starship
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,491 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.2 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: Space Sim 27%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 16.2%, Space 14.6%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #52 Android Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Android Simulator is a futuristic FPS game in which you take the role of an android who is in charge of a spaceship colony. Keep a firm hand on the flight route and manage the right water balance for plants, oxygen level, and spacecraft parameters to securely deliver the colonizers.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.8%, Base Building 18.3%, Space 14.3%, Aliens 9.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #53 Inspiral: Echoes of Gravity
67% matchVery Positive80% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.5%, Space 20%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Open World 6.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
- #54 The New Earth
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Lxy
Windows
本游戏为太空模拟经营游戏,您需要通过调节各资源产量的平衡以建设您在行星上的基地,用富余的物资组织对遗迹的探险,调查这里发生了什么,并一步一步发现地球的真相
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Space Sim 22.5%, Space 18.7%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #55 Kairobotica
68% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Vanquish villains and lead the Kairobot Corps to glory in this spacefaring saga!
Why similar: Space Sim 29.3%, Colony Sim 25.6%, Strategy RPG 17.9%, Space 10.9%, Simulation 6.9%
- #56 Heroes of the Galaxy
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shaggy Dwarf
Windows
Space adventure with open world, FPS shooter and a lot of missions. Choose your own carrier. Are you a space pirate or a brave space ranger? Choose your destiny. The galaxy needs you, commander! Openworld game with multiple worlds to explore.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9%, Colony Sim 16%, Space 15.2%, Aliens 13.7%, Open World 11.7%
- #57 Huntian: StarTrace
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, 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 28.1%, Space 19.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Open World 14%, Exploration 7.1%
- #58 Possible One: Lunar Industries
65% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Upstairs Games
Windows
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.8%, Colony Sim 24.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Space 11.1%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #59 Helium Rain
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 332 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 50.3%, Space 25.8%, Simulation 9%, Strategy 8.3%, Exploration 6.6%