- #1 Project: Zenith Expanse
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Space Sim 14.1% ★, Space 11.8%, Resource Management 9%
- #2 Arcbound
96% 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 25.5% ★, Colony Sim 23.3% ★, Base Building 19.3%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 6.6%
- #3 Starship Colony
96% 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 19.4% ★, Space Sim 18.7% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Space 7.7%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #4 Amazing Space
95% 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 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Space 10.9%, Building 9.3%
- #5 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 28.1% ★, Colony Sim 22.8% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Space 12.4%, Strategy 11.7%
- #6 The Final Earth 2
94% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
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: Space Sim 19% ★, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Space 11%, Building 9.4%
- #7 Venusville
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.3% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Space 12.1%, Resource Management 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #8 Space Elevator Project
92% 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 33.2% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Space 10.9%
- #9 Space Haven
91% 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 18.8% ★, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, Base Building 16%, Space 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #10 SpaceSlog
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 8.9%, Space 8.1%
- #11 Starfall Protocol
90% 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 25.7% ★, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Building 7.3%, Simulation 6.2%
- #12 Subzero Tides
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Building 10.4%, Space 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #13 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
89% 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 19.3% ★, Space 12.6%, Colony Sim 11.9% ★, Building 10.6%, Base Building 9.7%
- #14 Resort Galactica
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
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 19.1% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Space Sim 15.6% ★, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #15 Space Company Simulator
88% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.7% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Space 12%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #16 FARWORLD BEACON
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BEACON STUDIO
Windows
You are the supreme commander who directing the construction of a galactic space base. You need to manage the living and administrative needs of the space base residents, establish the industrial chain for space docks and starship, and ultimately complete a dream starship.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.7% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Building 13.6%, Simulation 10%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #17 Exostation
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Openhood SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exostation is a sci-fi real-time strategy game. Reach sustainable planet economies by building, allocating, mining, and selling wisely. Allow humanity to spread and conquer new solar systems not by war but by ensuring its planet's resources are not exhausted.
Why similar: Space Sim 27.8% ★, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Building 8.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #18 Oxygen Not Included
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 28.9% ★, Base Building 25.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 9.5%, Space 5.9%
- #19 Generation Ship
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9% ★, Space Sim 18.4% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Space 9.7%
- #20 Starport Delta
84% 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 20.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Space 10.1%
- #21 Worlds Explorers
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
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: Space Sim 20.9% ★, Colony Sim 16.6% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Space 12.1%, Building 7.7%
- #22 Possible One: Lunar Industries
82% matchNo user reviews
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 23.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 8.6%, Space 8.2%
- #23 Planetbase
82% 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: Colony Sim 26% ★, Base Building 21.9%, Space 14.1%, Space Sim 6.6% ★, Strategy 6.3%
- #24 Space Station Tycoon
81% 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 19.5% ★, Colony Sim 16.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Space 11.7%, Building 9.3%
- #25 Astro Colony
80% 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%, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Space Sim 16.4% ★, Space 12.9%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #26 The Spatials
81% matchMixed69% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Space 14.8%, Space Sim 11.5% ★, Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #27 AstroCore Mining
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gamegine
Windows
AstroCore Mining puts you in charge of a colony where profit is everything and survival is fragile. Extract resources, balance factions, and face pirates and unrest. Lead not just a colony but the future of a nation in the brutal reality of space capitalism. Join to the Playtest now!
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9% ★, Colony Sim 20.8% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.7%, Space 8.5%
- #28 Order: The New Dawn
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
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: Space Sim 26.8% ★, Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Building 9.2%
- #29 Tidal Expanse
78% 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 31.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Simulation 9.1%, Building 7.8%, Base Building 7.5%
- #30 The Last Starship
75% 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: Space Sim 23.5% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Space 11.6%, Building 10%
- #31 Heliopolis Six
77% matchMixed55% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Embark on a cosmic odyssey as the director of your own space station in a galaxy full of wonders. Skillful management is vital as you construct and connect station components, oversee resource handling, and guide your space haven to reach new heights amidst the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Space Sim 17.7% ★, Space 12.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 10%
- #32 RemoteSpace: First Settlement
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ShadowDev
Windows
A sci-fi settlement building game with orbital mechanics. Start from a spaceship, scan asteroids, manage fuel, ore, electricity, time, and sanity, while expanding your settlement, exploring an alien solar system, and building stations and spacecraft to support your growing colony.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.7% ★, Base Building 17%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.8%, Space 9.7%
- #33 Dark Moon
76% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Space 9.6%, RTS 9.3%
- #34 Final Upgrade
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
Why similar: Space Sim 19.8% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Space 13.5%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #35 Maia
78% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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 30.6% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Space 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%
- #36 Nebula Miner
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
Windows
Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.9% ★, Space 18.9%, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Resource Management 13.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #37 Sky Base Venus
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
Windows
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, Space 16.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 9%, Building 8.1%
- #38 Nuclear Crawler
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
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: Base Building 27.1%, Colony Sim 25.4% ★, Building 13.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #39 Interstellar Inn
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kunaya
Windows
Interstellar Inn is a 2D hotel building and management sim in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.5% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Building 15.2%, Space 13.4%, Simulation 7.5%
- #40 Solargene
71% 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 22% ★, Colony Sim 18.2% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.6%
- #41 Stardeus
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 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: Space Sim 19.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Space 11.3%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #42 No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape
72% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
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: Space Sim 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 16%, Space 11.1%, Building 10.2%
- #43 Colonials Programme
73% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: CookieLegends
Windows
Rebuild humanity with two robots while travelling across the galaxy in this colony-management game! Build machines, harvest resources, shelter colonists and launch rockets!
Why similar: Space Sim 23.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Space 8.9%
- #44 Venusville - Prologue
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide a robotic mission in Venus’s polar clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy to stay afloat, in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient base while navigating storms and acid clouds to hunt mysterious anomalies.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, RTS 11.3%, Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #45 Titan: The Ascension
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildercroft Studio
Windows
Embark on an exciting mission to establish a colony on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon. Following Earth's collapse, humanity's fate rests in your hands. Gather essential resources, excel in trading, and combat ancient technology to secure our future on Titan's harsh frontier. Will you prevail?
Why similar: Space Sim 21.8% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #46 IXION
70% 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: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Space 17.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 9.5%
- #47 Space Station Continuum
72% matchNegative15% of 39 reviews2020
Dev: N-Body Solutions
Windows
Space Station Continuum is a building & management sim inspired by the past, present, and future of humans in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.3% ★, Base Building 17%, Space 12%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #48 The Crust
69% 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 20.3%, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Space 13.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 9.3%
- #49 Travelers in Space Crack
70% 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 32.6% ★, Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%
- #50 Space Sim Tycoon
68% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: SuperChicken Productions LLC
Windows
Space Sim Tycoon – A sandbox transportation tycoon game where you can explore forbidden planets, gather resources, craft goods, and establish routes to manage your space empire.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.4% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Building 11%, Space 10.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #51 Meeple Station
70% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: Space Sim 18.8% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Space 12.5%, Building 9.9%
- #52 Planet Factory
67% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: SupremeGuardianGames
Windows
A small quick game about building a factory to launch planets into a solar system! Grow your base and increase production to make the ultimate factory for launching planets!
Why similar: Space Sim 31.3% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Space 9.4%
- #53 Sigma Draconis
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #54 Outlive 25
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 14.7% ★, Base Building 14.5%, RTS 10.9%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #55 nStations
69% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: OxeLiz
Windows · Mac
Construct and manage your colony anytime, anywhere, any device!!!!
Why similar: Space Sim 19% ★, Colony Sim 15.5% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 11.4%, RTS 8.5%
- #56 ORBITAL
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Sky Dogs
Windows · Mac
Bring a forgotten solar system to life in this serene space simulator. Pilot your ship to gather tech, resolve story-rich incidents, and upgrade planets to watch your civilization thrive.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.3% ★, Colony Sim 18.4% ★, Space 15.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #57 Andromeda: Rebirth of Humanity
68% matchMixed65% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Null Reference Games
Windows · Linux
Andromeda is a hybrid between a space 4X and an MMO for Android and PC. Get dropped into an online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.3% ★, Colony Sim 21.1% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Space 10.1%, Building 7.5%
- #58 Solar Baron
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Preon Studio
Windows
As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.1% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Space 13.5%, Resource Management 12.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #59 Dyson Sphere Program
66% 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 24.6%, Space 16.7%, Space Sim 12.8% ★, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #60 _space_train
67% 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 31.9% ★, Colony Sim 23.3% ★, Space 11.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Sci-fi 8%