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  1. #1 Hydroneer
    97% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
    Dev: Foulball Hangover
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!

    Why similar: Mining 31%, Sandbox 14.3%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 8.3%

  2. #2 Out of Ore
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 3,794 reviews2022
    Dev: North Modding Company AB
    Windows
    Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.

    Why similar: Mining 17.9%, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 9.2%, Simulation 7.6%

  3. #3 MineMogul
    96% 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: Mining 26.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 9.8%

  4. #4 Orebound
    95% matchMostly Positive78% of 849 reviews2024
    Dev: Emberforge
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?

    Why similar: Mining 26.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Base Building 8.9%

  5. #5 Astro Colony
    94% 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: Space 16.5%, Resource Management 14.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.4%

  6. #6 GeoDepths
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 298 reviews2023
    Dev: A Little More Games
    Windows

    Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.

    Why similar: Mining 32.4%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 13.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Exploration 6.8%

  7. #7 Stationeers
    93% 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: Mining 22.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Space 10.9%, Resource Management 10.2%

  8. #8 Occupy Mars: The Game
    91% 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: Crafting 15.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Space 13%, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 9.7%

  9. #9 Galactic Mining Corp
    92% matchVery Positive84% of 931 reviews2021
    Dev: Windybeard
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.

    Why similar: Mining 27.7%, Space 13.9%, Management 13.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 9.3%

  10. #10 Star Crafter
    91% 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: Mining 24.2%, Crafting 13.1%, Space 11%, Resource Management 10.3%, Base Building 8.3%

  11. #11 Recycling Center Simulator
    90% matchVery Positive87% of 2,774 reviews2024
    Dev: Balas GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.

    Why similar: Management 17.2%, Sandbox 15.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Resource Management 11.1%, First-Person 10%

  12. #12 Center Station Simulator
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 555 reviews2024
    Dev: Nightmare Phoenix
    Windows

    Mine, farm, manufacture components and build a wide range of machines in an infinite basement. Forget primitive tasks thanks to automation! And sell your products to your customers! Build a parking, a gas station...

    Why similar: Sandbox 20%, Crafting 17.2%, Management 13.8%, Building 10.5%, First-Person 9.3%

  13. #13 Prospector
    89% 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: Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Resource Management 14.5%, Space 13.1%, Base Building 10.9%

  14. #14 Geo
    88% matchVery Positive85% of 182 reviews2017
    Dev: Windybeard
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Geo is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Explore uncharted space and discover comets, moons, Planets and gas giants before heading in and drilling the cash out of them! Expand your HQ, build new rooms and facilities to increase your drilling stats.

    Why similar: Mining 28.2%, Space 12.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Crafting 9.8%, Management 9.8%

  15. #15 Keep on Mining!
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 7,558 reviews2025
    Dev: EagleEye Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!

    Why similar: Mining 53.5%, Resource Management 15.3%, Relaxing 10.5%, Management 7.5%, Casual 6.6%

  16. #16 Moose Miners
    86% matchMixed68% of 514 reviews2024
    Dev: Lingon Studios
    Windows
    Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 146.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.

    Why similar: Mining 33.5%, Management 15%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 8.7%

  17. #17 My Little Universe
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,048 reviews2023
    Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!

    Why similar: Mining 34.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 14%, Space 13.1%, Exploration 7.4%

  18. #18 FOUNDRY
    85% 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: Crafting 17.9%, Sandbox 16.2%, Resource Management 14.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.6%

  19. #19 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
    87% matchVery Positive84% of 454 reviews2015
    Dev: Jace Masula
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.

    Why similar: Mining 28.6%, Space 23.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 10.1%

  20. #20 Digger: Galactic Treasures
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
    Dev: RainStyle games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!

    Why similar: Mining 39.5%, Space 14.1%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 7.2%, First-Person 6.8%

  21. #21 Facteroids
    83% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

    Why similar: Mining 25%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 13.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Space 9.4%

  22. #22 Space Trash Scavenger
    82% 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: Crafting 20.5%, Space 18.4%, Sandbox 16.7%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 9.3%

  23. #23 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: Crafting 15.6%, Space 15.5%, Sandbox 15.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Base Building 9.7%

  24. #24 Astronomics
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: Numizmatic
    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.

    Why similar: Space 35.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Exploration 15.9%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Mining 9.2%

  25. #25 Star Birds
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 2,628 reviews2025
    Dev: Toukana Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!

    Why similar: Resource Management 17.8%, Crafting 16.1%, Space 13.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 12%

  26. #26 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
    79% matchVery Positive95% of 986 reviews2025
    Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.

    Why similar: Mining 49.9%, Management 17.5%, Resource Management 16%, Simulation 9.3%, Relaxing 4.6%

  27. #27 Space Architect
    81% 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: Mining 18.6%, Management 13.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%

  28. #28 The Crust
    78% 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: Space 16.9%, Resource Management 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 11.8%

  29. #29 StarRupture
    75% 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: Crafting 23.7%, Sandbox 21%, Base Building 17.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Exploration 10.1%

  30. #30 Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
    76% 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: Sandbox 27.2%, Crafting 26.5%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.6%

  31. #31 Techtonica
    76% 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: Crafting 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Resource Management 13.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 11.3%

  32. #32 The Planet Crafter
    73% 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: Crafting 16.1%, Space 13.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%

  33. #33 AETHUS
    73% 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: Mining 24.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Space 10.1%, Resource Management 9.9%

  34. #34 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: Crafting 18%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.6%

  35. #35 Automation Empire
    77% 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: Mining 16.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 11%

  36. #36 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
    79% 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 17.1%, Management 15.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 10.6%

  37. #37 Super Mining Mechs
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 784 reviews2024
    Dev: Delayed Victory
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!

    Why similar: Mining 37.6%, Sandbox 23.7%, Crafting 17.1%, Relaxing 7.9%, Family Friendly 6.4%

  38. #38 Coal Mining Simulator
    78% matchMostly Negative34% of 182 reviews2023
    Dev: GamePlanet
    Windows

    Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.

    Why similar: Mining 38.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Management 12.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Exploration 7.8%

  39. #39 Astrometica
    72% 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: Crafting 21.7%, Space 18.5%, Resource Management 12.4%, Base Building 12%, First-Person 10.7%

  40. #40 Space Rock Breaker
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,972 reviews2025
    Dev: WAKA WAKA
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.

    Why similar: Mining 59.5%, Space 24.9%, Casual 12.6%, Singleplayer 3%

  41. #41 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
    75% matchMixed66% of 305 reviews2022
    Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
    Windows

    Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.

    Why similar: Mining 37.1%, Sandbox 17.4%, Management 13%, Simulation 7.9%, Exploration 7.4%

  42. #42 Dyson Sphere Program
    71% 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: Space 20%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 13.9%, Sandbox 12.6%, Management 11.5%

  43. #43 Click Space Miner 2
    77% matchMostly Negative32% of 65 reviews2019
    Dev: PIxelssoftworks
    Windows

    In Click Space Miner II you take control over a mining company in space. There is a big market, a lot of customers, but therefore also a lot of concurrents so you have to mine fast.

    Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Crafting 19.7%, Resource Management 14.6%, Simulation 11.9%, Relaxing 7.5%

  44. #44 The Last Starship
    71% 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: Mining 26.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Space 13.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.4%

  45. #45 Gas Station Simulator
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 26,842 reviews2021
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

    Why similar: Management 22.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Building 15.8%, Base Building 15.4%, First-Person 11.2%

  46. #46 Outworld Station
    70% 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: Space 17.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 12.2%

  47. #47 Planet Miner
    73% 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: Simulation 25.6%, Space 17.7%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 13.7%, 3D 8.5%

  48. #48 Alien Market Simulator
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2025
    Dev: Silly Sloth StudiosPub: Shadow Owl Studios
    Windows

    Run a market on your space station. Restore and upgrade the station, expand your services, and sell to a variety of alien customers. Experience the challenge of managing a business in space and growing your market

    Why similar: Management 20.5%, Space 14.6%, Resource Management 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Building 11.1%

  49. #49 The Last Caretaker
    67% 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: Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Management 14%, Base Building 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%

  50. #50 Widget Inc.
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
    Dev: Leaping Turtle
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.

    Why similar: Resource Management 42.1%, Base Building 28.5%, Simulation 15.8%, Casual 8.2%, Indie 3.5%

  51. #51 InfraSpace
    69% 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 15.2%, Sandbox 14.6%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%, Management 12.2%

  52. #52 Mining Mechs
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 2,395 reviews2023
    Dev: Delayed Victory
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!

    Why similar: Mining 38.4%, Crafting 18%, Sandbox 16.4%, Exploration 8%, Family Friendly 6.3%

  53. #53 orbit.industries
    71% 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 25.9%, Resource Management 16.3%, Management 16.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Building 11.5%

  54. #54 A Game About Digging A Hole™
    64% matchVery Positive90% of 19,048 reviews2025
    Dev: DoubleBeePub: rokaplay select
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!

    Why similar: Mining 34%, Sandbox 16.2%, Crafting 16%, Exploration 8%, First-Person 7.1%

  55. #55 Gold Mining Simulator
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 16,043 reviews2017
    Dev: Code Horizon
    Windows
    Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.

    Why similar: Mining 51.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Management 5%, Building 5%

  56. #56 Outpath
    65% 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: Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 15%, Resource Management 12.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 11.1%

  57. #57 Incremental Factory
    67% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

    Why similar: Mining 21.6%, Crafting 17.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 8%

  58. #58 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
    67% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2024
    Dev: FrontRunnerTek
    Windows · Linux

    A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.

    Why similar: Mining 48.9%, Crafting 25.5%, Space 13.9%, Relaxing 6.5%, Casual 5.3%

  59. #59 TerraForge
    65% matchMostly Positive78% of 113 reviews2025
    Dev: OverjoyedGameDevs
    Windows · Linux

    TerraForge is a mining simulation game mixed with a bit of shop management. You dig for ores, craft items, research new blueprints, improve your shop, sell your items and slowly grow your own little mining town.

    Why similar: Mining 39.7%, Management 14.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Simulation 7.1%

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