- #1 Tidal Expanse
97% 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 30%, Colony Sim 28%, Sandbox 17.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 6.7%
- #2 Elon Simulator - Spend Like A Trillionaire
96% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Anark Studios
Windows
Elon Simulator is an immersive Trillionaire Simulator with TONS of fun mechanics and activities. As Elon, you can: Smoke Weed (a lot), Print your own Money, Sell Lithium to Earth for BILLIONS, Make MILLIONS while you sleep in real life, Become a Trillionaire, and TONS more! Made by one dude.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Space Sim 23.2%, Capitalism 14.9%, Sandbox 13%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #3 Andromeda: Rebirth of Humanity
96% matchMixed65% of 117 reviews2021
Dev: Null Reference Games
Windows · Linux
Andromeda is a hybrid between a Space 4X and an MMO. 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, or just sit and chat with the friendly community.
Why similar: Space Sim 32.6%, Colony Sim 30.1%, Strategy 17.5%, Capitalism 12.6%, Trading 4.2%
- #4 Orbital Express
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Igor Trnka
Windows
Build and manage your own space company. Design missions, launch satellites, and expand your influence across Earth’s orbit.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Sandbox 18%, Immersive Sim 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%
- #5 Red Frontier
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DW
Windows
Red Frontier is a game about exploring the red planet and collecting trash and scrap metal.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Space Sim 25.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Simulation 8%
- #6 Urban Entrepreneur
94% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: ArchDawnPub: ArchDawn LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage inventory, staff, prices and more while creating a monopoly!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Capitalism 14.8%, Time Management 12.8%, Sandbox 11.4%, Automation 8.8%
- #7 Orbit Engineer
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Albion Games
Windows
Orbit Engineer – Build, grow, and survive in your own space station. Manage crew morale, supplies, and research while facing unpredictable space events and system failures. Every decision matters as you expand and fight to keep your station alive in space.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Space Sim 28.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 8.8%, Immersive Sim 8%
- #8 Campsite Architect
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AdamasWare
Windows · Mac
Build, manage, and live in your own campsite at the beach. Grow it from a humble campground to a luxurious holiday resort. Every guest brings their own personality, needs, and story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Time Management 16.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Capitalism 15.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #9 HELLO EXO
91% 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: Colony Sim 40.3%, Space Sim 35.2%, Strategy 23.3%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #10 Generation Nova
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OatCube Games
Windows
Manage a colony of people who woke too soon from their cryo-sleep. Build and manage a working generation ship and hopefully one day the grandchildren of the first generation might land on a habitable planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Space Sim 28.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Time Management 9.5%, Management 6.2%
- #11 Cyber Prison Management
90% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Michael Richard Lannon
Windows
You are tasked with managing 8 prisoners in a flying space prison for 30 days with your camera system. You’ll need to manage the stock market, hostile ships, and keep prisoners in line. Or play as one of the prisoners, hiding and trying to escape. But be careful - danger is always around the corner.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, Space Sim 21.6%, Time Management 12.7%, Sandbox 12%, Capitalism 10.7%
- #12 Travelers in Space Crack
89% 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 34.6%, Colony Sim 33.9%, Strategy 20.4%, Simulation 10%, Indie 0.8%
- #13 On & Under
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crabtr1
Windows
Build a fantasy settlement, guide unique villagers, reshape a fully destructible world, and lead your people in real-time battles against monsters, raiders, and rival factions. Raise a homestead, a druid's grove, a wizard's spire, a necromancer's deep lair—or something only you can imagine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 5.5%
- #14 Starfall Protocol
87% 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: Colony Sim 34.2%, Space Sim 30.9%, Sandbox 14.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 5.7%
- #15 Orc Colony
89% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.4%, Strategy 21.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 6.4%
- #16 The Final Earth 2
86% matchVery Positive97% of 424 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: Colony Sim 32.8%, Space Sim 23.4%, Sandbox 13.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Time Management 7.5%
- #17 Nova Origin
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZapNova Games
Windows
Explore, scan, and conquer an unknown world. Deploy rovers, uncover hidden resources, and build a fully automated colony that must survive, adapt, and scale.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, Space Sim 30.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 3.8%
- #18 Gridmax
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Gridmax is a living board game of readable tiles, rules, and behaviors. Lost on a hostile alien world, gather, craft, and build to survive. Grow a team, expand your colony, explore the grid, and advance your technology as you search for a way home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4%, Sandbox 18.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Automation 12.1%, Management 8.7%
- #19 MeowFactory
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smola Game Studio
Windows
Welcome to the MEOWFACTORY! Automate production lines and manage limited space to achieve perfection. Connect machines with conveyor lines and minimize hand (well, paw) labour! In the near and depressing future, when the world is on the verge of destruction, ONLY MEOWORKERS can revive production!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Sandbox 16.8%, Time Management 12%, Immersive Sim 8.7%
- #20 Space Sim Tycoon
82% 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 35.4%, Sandbox 20.2%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Automation 8.2%
- #21 Arcbound
83% 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: Colony Sim 43.1%, Space Sim 33.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 8.2%, Simulation 6.6%
- #22 Exostation
81% 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: Colony Sim 34.1%, Space Sim 33.3%, Time Management 13.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Management 5%
- #23 Cosmic colonists
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chewy bytes studio
Windows
Build a colony on an alien planet. Supply settlers, defend against meteors, upgrade your base, develop your economy, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.4%, Strategy 21.3%, Sandbox 16.9%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Simulation 10.4%
- #24 Logistik
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dysnomia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, schedule, and optimize your rail network, with every track reshaping the world. Balance fuel costs, adapt to the terrain, and fulfill demands. Elevate Trains to the ultimate means of transport!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Trains 20.5% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Capitalism 9.3%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #25 Far Sector
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Metal cast
Windows
All that matters is that you're a spaceship captain. Your objective is to explore the far sector. Build, develop, and research. Get to the bottom of the targets of your mission and find out the truth of what happened before it.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Space Sim 27.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Time Management 12.9%, Strategy 10.9%
- #26 Starship Colony
78% 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 36.4%, Space Sim 24.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Management 7.5%
- #27 The Colony
81% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 70.2%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 9.2%
- #28 Skyberry Garden
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.8%, Sandbox 20.1%, Automation 14.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Management 9.2%
- #29 Our Dear Kingdom
78% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 70.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 5.1%, Management 3.9%
- #30 Space for Sale
77% matchMixed56% of 166 reviews2025
Dev: Mirage Game Studios
Windows
Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Space Sim 29.7%, Sandbox 16%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 5.4%
- #31 Casino Resort Tower
76% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Cyperk Software
Windows · Mac
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Capitalism 12.9%, Time Management 11.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #32 Perihelion
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Connor RowlandPub: Tritium Softworks
Windows · Mac
Perihelion lets you run your own rocket engine shop. Take over an abandoned desert airfield, design realistic, unique engines, then test them!
Why similar: Space Sim 37.8%, Sandbox 26.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 6.4%
- #33 Your Spaceport!
76% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Manage your very own space station in this Tycoon game. Sell fuel and repairs to the visitors. Manufacture and research new ways to defend your business and make more money while balancing your relations towards other factions. Survive against all odds.
Why similar: Space Sim 26.2%, Time Management 17.3%, Sandbox 16.7%, Capitalism 15.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #34 TV Show Tycoon
75% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: ORDA
Windows
Get in charge of your own TV Show Company in this text-based tycoon game! Have you ever thought of your own TV Show? Design your dream shows down to the small details. Release your shows and witness your audience comment on your design choices! Make money and release more shows and seasons!
Why similar: Clicker 33.7% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Text-Based 13.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #35 Order: The New Dawn
74% 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: Colony Sim 36%, Space Sim 32.1%, Sandbox 14.1%, Strategy 8%, Management 6.2%
- #36 Resort Galactica
74% 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 33.7%, Space Sim 19.5%, Sandbox 17.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 7.7%
- #37 Clipper
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adequate Games
Windows · Linux
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Sandbox 17.2%, Automation 16.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Management 9.8%
- #38 MoonScape
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SouthMoon Studio
Windows · Linux
Build an army, raid rival corporations, and defend your base while it keeps running without you. Research upgrades, arm your Titan, and dig into a moon that isn't as abandoned as it looks. Something was here first. Find out why it's gone.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, Strategy 22.3%, Text-Based 19%, Simulation 10.5%, Time Management 8.4%
- #39 SeaOrama: World of Shipping
73% matchMixed58% of 413 reviews2023
Dev: Hidden TowerPub: PID Games
Windows · Mac
Experience the challenges of running a successful shipping company with Seaorama: World of Shipping.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Sandbox 15.2%, Time Management 14.1%, Strategy 14%, Capitalism 10.7%
- #40 Star Life
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 21HOBNAILS
Windows
Star Life is a space sandbox RPG where you start on a planet and carve your own path. Develop skills through "learn by doing," influence dynamic economies, schedule your life with the "Life Planner," and face the challenges of space. Balance risk and survival in a universe shaped by your choices.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.3%, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Trading 10.6%, Capitalism 10.1%
- #41 The EverFloating Island
71% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: GU GAMES
Windows
This is a Sky Island simulation game. To prevent your Sky Island from falling, you need a large amount of float stones to maintain the production of float energy. Trade, missions, robbery—do whatever it takes to survive...
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Space Sim 31%, Time Management 14.6%, Trading 11.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #42 The Last Starship
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,688 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 28%, Colony Sim 25.8%, Sandbox 15.5%, Strategy 11%, Automation 8.1%
- #43 Exodus: The Colonization of Space
70% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Artex
Windows · Linux
Colonize a galaxy in 256 colors! In this RiscOS gem from 1997, the fate of human civilization lies in your hands. Travel the stars, claim uninhabited planets or fight over them against your alien opponents. Your ultimate chance to relive the original experience, on the PC for the first time ever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Space Sim 29.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 8.7%, Management 5%
- #44 Galactic Pioneers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Item Games
Windows
Explore space: Colonize different planets, gather valuable resources, and build your own space colony. Travel the solar system and even create your own planet. Your decisions shape the future of the galaxy in this limitless space adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Space Sim 32.3%, Time Management 14.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Management 5.6%
- #45 Spaceflight Factory
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kanapper
Windows
SpaceFlight Factory is an Automation and Base Building game with some survival game mechanics.You lead a small colony of human remnants. Help them to survive, expand and gather enough resources to leave Earth for their new home planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Space Sim 21.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Automation 11.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #46 Big Market Simulator
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mobaroid
Windows
Build and manage a massive supermarket. Order products, stock shelves, serve customers, and expand your business into the ultimate shopping destination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 10%, Immersive Sim 9.6%, Capitalism 8.3%
- #47 AstroCore Mining
69% 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: Colony Sim 35.8%, Space Sim 31.6%, Capitalism 12.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 5.5%
- #48 The Colony Experiment
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bilboldev
Windows
The Colony Experiment is a colony simulator where you lead a group of Joes trapped in The Scientist's experiment. Gather resources, build your colony, survive the challenges ahead, and uncover the Scientist's base to finally break free.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4%, Strategy 24.9%, Sandbox 19.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 1%
- #49 Roving Rovers - Australian Rover Challenge 2026
68% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Mammoth Games
Windows
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 38.8%, Colony Sim 26.9%, Sandbox 16.7%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #50 Stella Nova
69% 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: Colony Sim 30.1%, Space Sim 27.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Immersive Sim 9.2%
- #51 EarthX 2
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac
Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!
Why similar: Space Sim 27%, Colony Sim 25.6%, Time Management 11%, Automation 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%
- #52 Wasteland Train: Conductor
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jinye
Windows
Wasteland Train is a 2D train management strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic rail network. Command an expanding mobile base, trade between isolated cities, recover crystal cores, develop technology, and survive raids, broken tracks, acid rain, and toxic fog.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Trains 24.6% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Trading 8.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #53 Age of Beasts
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LD Gaming
Windows
Age of Beast is a real time dinosaur survival strategy game where you take control of a species and guide it through generations of survival on a massive tropical island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.5%, Strategy 28.4%, Simulation 14%, Management 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #54 Gravitation
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GoldenEggsPub: GoldenEggs Interactive Tech
Windows
Gravitation is a sandbox simulation set in the vastness of the cosmos and built on the laws of real-world physics.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.4%, Strategy 25.2%, Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Indie 1%
- #55 Launch Window
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gumptiongames
Windows
Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using orbital mechanics.
Why similar: Space Sim 31%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Automation 11%, Transportation 8.3% ★
- #56 Money Garden Simulator
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sector Games
Windows
In the Money Garden Simulator, money literally grows on trees! Grow diverse currencies, expand your empire, and dominate the global economy. Crush markets, manipulate exchange rates, builde the ultimate Money Machine.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Capitalism 21.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Trading 11.6%, Simulation 10.3%