Games Like Starfall Protocol

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 23.8%, Space Sim 16.6%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 7.3%, Procedural Generation 5.8%

A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Space Sim 24%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%

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 21.5%, Space Sim 16.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, Sandbox 7.5%

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 26.8%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Sandbox 12.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Base Building 5.4%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Procedural Generation 8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Open World 6.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Open World 7.2%

Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 6.2%, Open World 5.9%

Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Space Sim 15.8%, Base Building 9%, Sandbox 7.5%, Open World 7.2%

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 23.3%, Space Sim 18.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 6.6%

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 27.8%, Space Sim 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Procedural Generation 6.8%

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 21.1%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 6.9%

Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Space Sim 24.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 6.5%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Space Sim 15%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 8.7%

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 25.8%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Building 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%

SpaceDominator is strategy fantasy open world where you can discover universe! Contact other civilizations, make friends or enemies, start trading or fighting, expand your own area or help others to expand, increase your intelligence level.. and much more! Follow developing http://discord.gg/cqEZJ5J

Why similar: Space Sim 21.9%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Open World 7.6%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Open World 8.2%

Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Sandbox 10%, Building 6.1%

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, Base Building 21%, Building 7%, Sandbox 6.5%, Space Sim 4.9%

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8%, Open World 5.9%

It is the year 2072. Recent research has revealed how to locate an Earth-like exoplanet. You were shipped there. Your mission is to repair the spaceship, keep people in hibernation pods alive, and prepare the exoplanet for their arrival.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Space Sim 30.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Crafting 5.8%

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 30.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 14%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Open World 8.6%

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 25.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Space Sim 16.3%, Sandbox 7.7%, Building 7%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Building 7.7%

Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36%, Base Building 18%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Strategy 7.3%

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 6.7%

Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Sandbox 7.8%, Management 6.9%, Simulation 6.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Space Sim 20.5%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 7.8%

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Base Building 19%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.9%, Open World 7.2%

Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Base Building 21.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 6.7%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Sandbox 8.2%, Procedural Generation 6.6%, Open World 5.7%

Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Management 7.6%, Simulation 6.5%

Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 11%, Open World 7.9%, Building 7.7%

Deep Claims is a space exploration game where you upgrade your ship and equipment in order to mine increasingly valuable and hazardous asteroids. Can you make it to the core?

Why similar: Space Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Management 8.9%

Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Procedural Generation 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 10.2%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Strategy 10.6%

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: Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Open World 9.7%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 9%

Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Management 6.6%

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Space Sim 20.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 7.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Sandbox 10%, Management 6.1%

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: Colony Sim 24.2%, Space Sim 20.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Building 7.2%

Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 9.5%, Management 6.8%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Building 7.9%, Simulation 5.7%

Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.

Why similar: Base Building 16.9%, Space Sim 16.1%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 9.4%

Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Space Sim 25.6%, Base Building 7.3%, Building 6.8%, Simulation 6.5%

A creative sandbox adventure with a focus on exploration, discovery and survival. Shape your worlds, build, mine, and farm. Expand your reach and travel to other worlds using your ship, and worm holes!

Why similar: Space Sim 22.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Building 9.5%

Ensure the moon is safe for humanity’s lunar settlement! Explore the moon as a Lunar Rover and interact with crashed ships, natural resources, and the nearby landmarks to determine if humans can live here!

Why similar: Space Sim 32.7%, Colony Sim 28.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Building 5.8%

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 31.6%, Colony Sim 30.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%

A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Base Building 18%, Open World 9%, Management 6.6%, Crafting 6.4%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 9%, Open World 7.7%

Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Space Sim 22.1%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Base Building 23%, Building 10.5%, Open World 7.7%, Management 7.1%

A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 8.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Procedural Generation 7.1%

Red Frontier is a game about exploring the red planet and collecting trash and scrap metal.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Space Sim 24.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 8.3%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 7.6%, Open World 7.3%

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: Colony Sim 32.6%, Space Sim 27.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 5.4%

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: Colony Sim 26.4%, Space Sim 22%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Open World 10%

Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, Space Sim 18.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 6.7%

As the brave crew sets course for the Red Planet, their mission takes a terrifying turn. In the vast emptiness of space, their once-proud vessel becomes a haunted nightmare. Can they survive the horrors that await them in the darkness and escape or will they succumb before completing their mission?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Space Sim 22.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 8%, Building 7.9%

A physics-driven automation game where your workers bounce between buildings like pinballs. Design bounce paths, build production chains, and survive asteroid waves.

Why similar: Space Sim 23%, Base Building 20.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Space Sim 31.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Crafting 6.2%