- #1 Factor Y
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Mining 17.9% ★, Automation 14.5%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 7.4%
- #2 The Last Starship
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,491 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Mining 16.7% ★, Colony Sim 13.7%, Space Sim 13.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Automation 9.2%
- #3 Bouncekraft
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jordan Davis Graphics Adapter
Windows · Mac
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: Mining 23% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Space Sim 12.9%, Automation 11.5%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #4 Astro Colony
95% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, Automation 16.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Space 10.9%, Space Sim 10.3%
- #5 Yuri's Resolve
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apothecary Games
Windows
Yuri’s Resolve is a single-player factory-building game set in Mars' orbit. Salvage wreckage, mine Phobos, construct manufacturing systems, and forge a path back home. Operate from the immersive cockpit of your ship as Yuri’s Resolve delivers a bold, innovative take on the factory building genre.
Why similar: Automation 18.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Space Sim 12%, Crafting 11.1%, Space 10.5%
- #6 Starvector
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Justus BlairPub: Octopus Inc. Studios
Windows
Starvector is a massive story-driven procedural universe where you aren't the main character. Collect resources, craft technology, build custom spaceships and bases, and so much more in a universe that existed long before you arrived, complete with pre-existing factions, conflicts, and history.
Why similar: Automation 16.4%, Space Sim 12.5%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #7 Colony
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbit Games
Windows · Mac
Craft, defend, and conquer in Colony! Solo or with friends. Engage in battles against rival colonies, harness automation for efficient production, explore new islands with new resources, and master the art of survival. Don't wait, your colony needs you!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Mining 18.5% ★, Automation 15.8%, Diplomacy 11.4% ★, Base Building 10.6%
- #8 Wreckborn
92% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Krystian Dobaczewski
Windows
Cleanse the system of pirates, destroy their bases and free the captives. On the asteroids, build a base, mining colonies, explore asteroids and extract resources needed for survival. Develop buildings, build defenses and turn the asteroid into a fortress.
Why similar: Automation 15.8%, Flight 15.3%, Space Sim 14.6%, Base Building 11%, Space 10.1%
- #9 Space Architect
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 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: Colony Sim 20.1%, Automation 14.6%, Mining 12.7% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Building 8%
- #10 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: Colony Sim 23.2%, Space Sim 18.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 6.7%
- #11 Hexfactory
89% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila Industrial
Windows
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 20.7%, Space Sim 16.9%, Automation 13.7%, Mining 11.8% ★, Space 8.4%
- #12 Rise - The Vieneo Province
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Unistellar Industries, LLC
Windows
Rise is a persistent science fiction sandbox strategy MMO set on Vieneo, an exomoon about 225 LY from Earth. Use ground, air, and space vehicles to explore this vast open world of 100 million square kilometers in size! You are helping establish a living, breathing world with virtually no boundaries!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.2%, Mining 13.2% ★, Space Sim 12.6%, Flight 12%, Base Building 8.6%
- #13 FARWORLD BEACON
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
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 21.7%, Automation 18.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 12.7%, Space 9.1%
- #14 Eternal Space
88% match8 user reviews56% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: Freeworld DevelopmentsPub: Studio Grandis
Windows · Mac
Eternal Space is a city builder and space exploration/combat game. Explore the Eternal Space, and manage your city while you fight pirates, or maybe even become a pirate! Keep your citizens happy, and collect taxes from them each year for a little bonus!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Space Sim 17.1%, Flight 15.7%, Building 10.5%, Space 10%
- #15 Space Colony: Steam Edition
89% matchVery Positive80% of 658 reviews2015
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, Space Sim 14.4%, Mining 13.2% ★, Base Building 10.4%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #16 Tempered Forge: Lands of Mine
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Sticklen Games
Windows
Mine resources, craft tools, and battle fierce underground enemies as you explore, trade, and build your way back to the stars. Level up, upgrade your gear, and automate your processes for ultimate efficiency. Play solo or team up with a friend in this 1-2 player mining and combat adventure.
Why similar: Mining 20.8% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.4%, Economy 9.8%
- #17 Odd Realm
86% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 21.1%, Mining 16.7% ★, Automation 12.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Crafting 8.4%
- #18 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 26.6% ★, Automation 16.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 7.4%, Colony Sim 7.4%
- #19 Facteroids
84% 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: Automation 17.3%, Mining 17.3% ★, Colony Sim 15.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Space Sim 10.1%
- #20 Main Sequence
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tumbling Dumpling Studio
Windows
Main Sequence is a space-sim factory builder where your goal is to build an interstellar industrial empire. Collect resources, automate production, and expand your fleet of ships in order to survive and leave your mark on the galaxy.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.4%, Automation 20.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Space 11.3%, Crafting 8.8%
- #21 Pinsky Protocol
82% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Colmillo Estelar
Windows
Play as Agent 8085, the most advanced mining AI sent to asteroid 8085 Pinsky. Extract resources, upgrade your systems, and complete missions that affect the future of humanity. Your choices matter: promote unity, extinction, remain neutral. A sci-fi strategy game where your decisions have impact.
Why similar: Automation 21.4%, Mining 19.4% ★, Space Sim 15.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Crafting 9%
- #22 LithoBreak
84% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Tau Ceti Labs
Windows
LithoBreak is a survival factory-builder grounded in real physics and engineering. Build and automate a lunar colony, explore in first-person, and survive constant orbital threats – all while you Play with Science
Why similar: Mining 17.8% ★, Automation 16.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Space Sim 12.6%, Crafting 10.3%
- #23 Dawn Apart
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Automation 21.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Space 9.8%
- #24 Tidal Expanse
81% 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: Colony Sim 23.6%, Space Sim 22.4%, Sandbox 12.5%, Building 7.2%, Crafting 6.8%
- #25 Rebots
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Automation 15.8%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Space Sim 15.4%, Base Building 11%, Space 10.9%
- #26 Exovia
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Free your mind as you mine an asteroid in zero gravity, creating floaters that drift through the oddly satisfying physics-driven supply chains YOU design to pave humanity's road to the stars.
Why similar: Mining 18.5% ★, Space Sim 15%, Automation 14%, Base Building 10.3%, Space 8.6%
- #27 ExoColony: Planet Survival
79% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Simplemole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.
Why similar: Mining 19.7% ★, Colony Sim 18%, Space Sim 13.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Space 9.2%
- #28 PoliPlanet
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
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: Automation 20.1%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 11.6%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Space Sim 11.5%
- #29 Vilset
80% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.6%
- #30 Reprocessed
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Automation 19.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 14.7%, Space 11.7%, Crafting 10.6%
- #31 Resort Galactica
77% 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 23.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Space Sim 12%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #32 Flow Factory
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Smuie
Windows
Flow Factory is a physics-based factory automation game. Tinker with complex production lines, make them faster and more efficient. Deal with freely floating pieces and defy gravity. Build, research, optimize. Relax and enjoy everything running smoothly.
Why similar: Automation 21.8%, Mining 19.7% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #33 Hammerting
77% matchMixed57% of 2,582 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, Mining 19.3% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 9%
- #34 Rionag: Survey Fleet
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Reul Games
Windows · Linux
Rionag: Survey Fleet is a top-down starship builder and logistics game where it's your job to balance the needs of the crews with cutting-edge equipment on board. Unlock tech that adds new capabilities for your ships to go through hazardous environments, enabling you to explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space Sim 21.4%, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Space 10.6%, Building 10.2%
- #35 Infinite Space: Mining
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Taner Saydam
Windows
Build and automate your own industrial space empire. Mine asteroids, manage logistics, expand production lines with drones and conveyors, explore new sectors through wormholes, and grow your mining operation across the galaxy.
Why similar: Mining 20.7% ★, Automation 18.5%, Space Sim 14%, Space 13.6%, Crafting 7.5%
- #36 Celestium
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: alex197
Windows · Linux
An open world survival game set in space.
Why similar: Mining 18.8% ★, Space Sim 17.4%, Space 13.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 9.9%
- #37 Survival Vacancy
76% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Automation 15.5%, Mining 14% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 9.8%
- #38 Planet Gemini
72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: decidonePub: Planet Gemini
Windows
Planet Gemini is a factory-building and tower defense game. After crash-landing on two planets during an interdimensional journey, fend off waves of enemies and research a portal to survive.
Why similar: Mining 20.6% ★, Automation 18.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Space 9.9%, Crafting 9.8%
- #39 ASTROBURROW
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bacon interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey through uncharted galaxies. Build new space civilizations, and fight for the future of the species in this pixel art space strategy game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Space Sim 17.2%, Flight 15.9%, Base Building 10.8%, Space 8.5%
- #40 Astrocraft
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Flowcraft Games
Windows
Astrocraft is a simulation game about building and managing your own space station. You mine resources, construct buildings, install machinery and equipment, sell goods to space travelers, and hire workers to automate all the operations.
Why similar: Mining 14.8% ★, Economy 12.5%, Colony Sim 12.1%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.7%
- #41 Dungeon D14
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
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: Mining 25.9% ★, Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 10.4%, Building 9.7%
- #42 Launch Window
73% 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 18.6%, Automation 15.8%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Flight 12.6%, Space 10.5%
- #43 Dig a Little Deeper
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unbound Sparks
Windows · Mac
Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, Mining 18% ★, Base Building 15%, Crafting 11.4%, Building 10.9%
- #44 Starship Colony
71% 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 26.4%, Space Sim 16%, Base Building 15.6%, Space 8.8%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #45 One Time In Space
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elanetic
Windows · Mac
Build and navigate your ship as it barrels through space. Machines, pipes, and wiring; all necessities to keep your ship running. Survive and explore.
Why similar: Mining 19.5% ★, Space Sim 17.6%, Automation 16.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Space 10.7%
- #46 I Fetch Rocks
69% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: SarumXR
Windows
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
Why similar: Mining 20.3% ★, Flight 16.5%, Automation 15.8%, Base Building 10%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #47 Astra Industria
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Regnum Noctis
Windows · Linux
Astra Industria is a sci-fi factory builder set on colossal player-constructed space megastructures with the addictive growth of incremental games. Extract resources, craft advanced components, and automate deep-space production through a vast tech tree.
Why similar: Automation 18.1%, Mining 16.2% ★, Base Building 13%, Space Sim 9.7%, Building 9.5%
- #48 HELLO EXO
70% 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 31%, Space Sim 23.9%, Space 14.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.8%
- #49 Arcbound
70% 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 32.2%, Space Sim 22.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 7.7%
- #50 Scraponauts
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AriaMakesGames
Windows
You are a Scraponaut, create your own spaceplane with unique parts each affecting the way your plane behaves. Collect scrap while exploring procedurally generated islands, unlock and discover unique new parts to upgrade your spaceplane.
Why similar: Space Sim 23.3%, Flight 17.4%, Space 14%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #51 Truck City
67% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: Automation 17%, Mining 16.2% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Economy 8.1%
- #52 HavenCraft
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Automation 18.3%, Sandbox 11.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.8%
- #53 Preset Rocket Plan
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MakeThings
Windows
A rocket simulation game inspired by SpaceX's rocket recovery technology: Precisely control rocket engines, plan launches, complete missions, secure government funding, deliver supplies to Mars, and ultimately achieve Mars terraforming and human colonization.
Why similar: Automation 18.9%, Colony Sim 16%, Space Sim 14.4%, Space 12.5%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #54 Roving Rovers - Australian Rover Challenge 2025
67% matchMostly Negative33% of 21 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: Colony Sim 24.6%, Space Sim 24.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Building 7.3%
- #55 Medieval Lord Tycoon
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HayatePub: Onigokko
Windows
A pixel art medieval lord simulator! Farm, chop wood, hunt yourself—or delegate to townsfolk. No meddling in daily lives; govern via taxes & laws. When enemies attack, higher prestige means more peasants rally to fight. Balance survival & strategic rule—build your medieval realm, forge your legacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, Mining 17.1% ★, Automation 13.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Crafting 8.3%
- #56 Illuminaria
68% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Mining 21.8% ★, Colony Sim 17.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Automation 15.5%, Building 10.6%
- #57 Huntian: StarTrace
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: INSIGNE
Windows
Welcome to this innovative sci-fi open-world! As the last survivor of humanity, build a home on a wild alien planet. Reignite civilization—from primal survival to advanced energy systems. Use the Planetary Control Module to reshape the world, uncover human secrets, and journey back to Earth.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.6%, Space 16%, Automation 14.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Base Building 12.2%
- #58 Create Your Own Universe
67% match5 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: UNPREDICTABLE GAMES
Windows
Create Your Own Universe is a survival, crafting, exploration, base building, third person, open world, go anywhere you see on screen space game.
Why similar: Space Sim 17.1%, Flight 17.1%, Mining 12.8% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Space 8.1%
- #59 Sky Scaffold
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Asleepius Games
Windows
Build a sky-high industrial tower! Defend against enemies & deep space fleets. Your faction reputation persists across death—build a legacy that outlasts you. Hardcore simulation strategy. Deep industry chains & emergent narrative in handcrafted pixel art.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Diplomacy 16.6% ★, Automation 14.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Space 9.1%