- #1 Hardspace: Shipbreaker
97% matchVery Positive89% of 21,702 reviews2022
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
Why similar: Space 34.1%, Sandbox 20.4%, Building 10.5%, Puzzle 9.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #2 Reassembly
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
Dev: Anisoptera GamesPub: Indie Voyage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A spaceship building and universe-exploration game. Collect resources, expand and grow your fleet, and conquer your personal galaxy. Stellar ambience by Peaks.
Why similar: Space 31.2%, Building 30.8%, Sandbox 24.8%, 2D 4.1%, Sci-fi 3.1%
- #3 Infinifactory
96% matchVery Positive95% of 2,459 reviews2015
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Infinifactory is a sandbox puzzle game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infiniminer. Build factories that assemble products for your alien overlords, and try not to die in the process.
Why similar: Building 28.2%, Sandbox 23.3%, Puzzle 21.2%, Space 8.3%, Simulation 7.5%
- #4 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
94% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Spaceships 25.5% ★, Space 23.1%, Building 21.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #5 SpaceChem
95% matchVery Positive92% of 5,057 reviews2011
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
Why similar: Puzzle 54.9%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Indie 7%, Great Soundtrack 6%
- #6 Mars First Logistics
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,474 reviews2025
Dev: Shape Shop
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
Why similar: Building 29.4%, Sandbox 27.8%, Funny 16.6%, Puzzle 15.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #7 Poly Bridge
94% matchVery Positive91% of 18,451 reviews2016
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
Why similar: Building 35.5%, Sandbox 16.2%, Puzzle 14.2%, Funny 9%, Simulation 9%
- #8 Manufactoria 2022
92% matchVery Positive96% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: PleasingFungus Games
Windows · Mac
Manufactoria 2022 is a constructive puzzle game about pushing robots around. (It's okay, they don't complain.) Use simple parts to engineer solutions to open-ended problems, then rebuild 'em better! Take a company from your backyard to the soaring heights of success! How hard could it be?
Why similar: Puzzle 23.4%, Funny 20.9%, Comedy 17.3%, Building 11%, Simulation 10.8%
- #9 Kerbal Space Program
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Why similar: Space 36%, Sandbox 24.3%, Building 16.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Funny 5.1%
- #10 shapez 2
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 13,196 reviews2024
Dev: tobspr Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
Why similar: Building 29.6%, Sandbox 27.5%, Puzzle 15.5%, Simulation 9.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #11 Space Mechanic Simulator
91% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space 33.8%, Building 23.8%, Relaxing 11.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #12 Kosmokrats
89% matchVery Positive87% of 124 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel DelusionPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Experience life in space using cutting edge drone simulation technology. You can never fail — build ships, make friends, live forever.
Why similar: Space 34.6%, Comedy 17.7%, Puzzle 17.3%, Simulation 9%, Funny 7.8%
- #13 Opus Magnum
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,719 reviews2017
Dev: Zachtronics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
Why similar: Puzzle 44.5%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, Indie 8.3%
- #14 Spaceflight Simulator
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.
Why similar: Space 27.4%, Sandbox 26%, Spaceships 18.7% ★, Building 10.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #15 Solar 2
86% matchVery Positive91% of 2,205 reviews2011
Dev: Murudai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Why similar: Space 36.3%, Sandbox 23.5%, Relaxing 9.2%, Comedy 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%
- #16 Human Resource Machine
86% matchVery Positive94% of 4,614 reviews2015
Dev: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
Why similar: Puzzle 37.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Comedy 11.6%, Indie 9.2%, Casual 8.2%
- #17 Space Haven
85% 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 25.9%, Building 24.4%, Sandbox 23.6%, Simulation 8%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #18 Spacebase DF-9
88% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
Dev: Double Fine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
Why similar: Space 34%, Sandbox 19.1%, Building 18.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #19 Galaxy Pass Station
84% matchVery Positive87% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
Why similar: Sandbox 20.9%, Comedy 16.3%, Funny 14%, Simulation 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #20 Unbox the Room
83% matchVery Positive84% of 222 reviews2025
Dev: Weird Penguin Games
Windows · Mac
Unbox the Room is a relaxing simulator where you play as an interior designer helping clients move into their new homes. Unbox and arrange their belongings to create a cozy space, placing everything just right — from the smallest cup to the largest sofa.
Why similar: Relaxing 15.9%, Puzzle 14.5%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 10.7%
- #21 Sticky Business
82% matchVery Positive94% of 7,336 reviews2023
Dev: Spellgarden GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Experience the joy of running your own cozy small business: Create stickers, pack orders and hear your customers’ stories. Time to build the cutest shop on the internet!
Why similar: Sandbox 17%, Relaxing 16.4%, Puzzle 13.2%, Cute 10.8%, Simulation 10.3%
- #22 Two Point Museum
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 11,346 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Building 28.3%, Sandbox 23%, Comedy 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Funny 8.6%
- #23 Starship Corporation
84% matchMixed42% of 555 reviews2018
Dev: Coronado GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi simulation game, in which players must design, assemble and test spaceships, in a bid to build a supreme Galactic Mega-Corporation. Gain your reputation by engineering and selling your own spacecraft, testing them to the limit in RTS missions and simulated emergency and combat situations.
Why similar: Space 48.8%, Simulation 31.4%, Indie 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #24 RoboCo
78% matchVery Positive88% of 204 reviews2026
Dev: Filament Games
Windows
RoboCo is a sandbox game about designing and building robots to serve the needs of squishy, hapless humans in the world of tomorrow!
Why similar: Building 28.9%, Sandbox 26.7%, Funny 13.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Puzzle 6.3%
- #25 Space Sprouts
79% matchVery Positive100% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Schleuder Games
Windows · Mac
Launch into a chaotic spaceship adventure: bend the rules of physics, experiment with unusual gadgets and toss everything around. With each journey, you will have limited time to reveal the mysteries aboard your solar punk spaceship - how much will you discover before you arrive home?
Why similar: Sandbox 24.3%, Space 22.6%, Puzzle 14.6%, Funny 12.4%, Simulation 8.6%
- #26 Spacebase Startopia
81% matchMixed56% of 648 reviews2021
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
Why similar: Space 23.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Building 14.3%, Simulation 9.6%, Comedy 8.9%
- #27 Mini Maker: Make A Thing
80% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Casa Rara
Windows
A hero thing, a monster thing, a robo thing… in Mini Maker, you can make any ‘thing’! Use an arsenal of plastic limbs, wonky tools, rainbow stickers and googly eyes to assemble creations, please demanding clients, and laugh in the face of perfectionism.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.8%, Building 21.7%, Comedy 14.8%, Funny 12.1%, Relaxing 7.7%
- #28 The Space Garden
82% matchMixed42% of 50 reviews2016
Dev: MaxPub: Max Indie Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
In "The Space Garden" you can build your own garden across the Universe! Discover, acquire and grow your plants with love as you watch them evolve. Collect fruits by yourself or request help from your "helpers", a race of mini friends who come from nature.
Why similar: Space 22%, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 13.7%, Funny 8.1%, Casual 6.7%
- #29 Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!
81% matchMixed67% of 973 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! is a whacky space exploration game where you manage your very own spaceship, craft hundreds of weapons, and explore the vastness of a veggie-filled universe.
Why similar: Space 36.2%, Simulation 12.9%, Funny 10.9%, Cute 10.3%, Sci-fi 9.7%
- #30 Space for Sale
78% matchMixed57% of 165 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: Sandbox 24.4%, Building 21%, Aliens 12.8%, Funny 11.3%, Simulation 9.1%
- #31 Learn to Fly 3
75% matchVery Positive95% of 10,991 reviews2017
Dev: Light Bringer Games inc.
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Why similar: Sandbox 23.4%, Space 21.6%, Puzzle 12.6%, Relaxing 10.7%, Simulation 8.6%
- #32 When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
76% matchVery Positive86% of 871 reviews2019
Dev: Hugecalf StudiosPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!
Why similar: Building 29.7%, Sandbox 21.8%, Funny 13.1%, Simulation 11.7%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #33 Bubblegum Galaxy
72% matchVery Positive100% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: Building 28.6%, Puzzle 17.3%, Relaxing 11.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Cute 8.3%
- #34 Mars Power Industries: First Job
75% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2020
Dev: 7A Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Is that your first job here at Mars Power Industries? Okay... Let's learn how to supply your tiny colony. Think of this like a puzzle. Sparkly crystals make power and your buildings need that sweet, sweet blue jazz. Black goo? Right, umm... Best to ign#-$!ore it. We do&!@ ONE #%& OF &#@ US %!&
Why similar: Puzzle 26.4%, Relaxing 21.4%, Cute 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #35 Garlic Builder
73% matchVery Positive96% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: CaveLiquidPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Garlic Builder is a unique building game. As the new builder of the Garlic Family, can you inherit your father's building hammer, take various orders, follow the blueprint, or use your imagination to fulfill the strange needs of your customers?
Why similar: Building 27.9%, Sandbox 17.6%, Relaxing 15.5%, Funny 12.6%, Cute 10.3%
- #36 Celestial Command
77% matchMixed63% of 687 reviews2014
Dev: Romenics
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Mine asteroids, salvage space debris, design your own small or massive spacecraft using individual functional components, complete missions, and engage in battles against enemies in a vast galaxy with realistic physics based on orbital mechanics or in a classic physics mode.
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Sandbox 23%, Building 15%, Simulation 11.8%, Sci-fi 6%
- #37 Little Rocket Lab
71% matchVery Positive91% of 1,227 reviews2025
Dev: Teenage AstronautsPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Transform your childhood home as you build brilliant factories and forge lifelong friendships, then reach for the skies and finally finish your family's dream - your mother's precious rocket ship. Roll up your sleeves, it turns out that saving this town really IS rocket science!
Why similar: Building 33.9%, Sandbox 28%, Relaxing 11.3%, Cute 8.4%, Colorful 5.5%
- #38 Heliopedia
73% matchVery Positive88% of 212 reviews2021
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!
Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Space 23.7%, Building 17.4%, Funny 9.1%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Bridge!
77% matchMostly Negative21% of 53 reviews2015
Dev: toxtronyx interactive GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Bridge! lets you be a structural engineer and a construction manager in one. Master the mystery to bridge with a limited budget and limited numbers of parts to divide and to ensure a smooth operation.
Why similar: Building 32.3%, Sandbox 22.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Relaxing 10%, Casual 8.8%
- #40 Color Factory: Automation Meets Canvas
71% matchVery Positive88% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Bosphorus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Color Factory is a relaxing factory-building game where strategy meets automation. Start with basic colors, refine them into vivid shades, and craft canvases of all sizes. Optimize your machines, scale operations at your own pace, and master automation to build a masterpiece of efficiency.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Puzzle 17.9%, Funny 13.3%, Simulation 13.3%, Cute 8%
- #41 Tiny Space Academy
74% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Full Orbit Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.
Why similar: Space 40.4%, Building 29.5%, Simulation 13.1%, Casual 6.6%, 2D 5.7%
- #42 Redirection
74% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Ratcliffe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Unknown forces have scattered the Robot crew of the Starship Redirection across a perilous asteroid belt! In this 3D puzzle game, play as the ship’s computer and solve challenging puzzles to rescue your Robotic colleagues.
Why similar: Space 39.2%, Puzzle 22.7%, Indie 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Cute 9%
- #43 Ship, Inc.
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,047 reviews2025
Dev: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!
Why similar: Simulation 22.7%, Sandbox 18.8%, Relaxing 17.3%, Colorful 14.9%, Casual 11.3%
- #44 Habitat
76% matchMostly Negative40% of 261 reviews2016
Dev: 4gencyPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Habitat is a physics-based space game where you build, fly, and fight with whatever you can find out in space. Upgrade and arm your creations with weapons and structures you find in orbit, fly and explore using rocket physics.Battle deadly enemies in Campaign Mode to save humanity or explore Sandbox Mode for true creative control.
Why similar: Space 50.8%, Sandbox 28.2%, Simulation 14.3%, Indie 6.7%
- #45 PC Building Simulator
70% matchVery Positive94% of 52,392 reviews2019
Dev: Claudiu KissPub: The Irregular Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build and grow your very own computer repair enterprise as you learn to diagnose, fix and build PCs. With real-world licensed components and comprehensive hardware and software simulation, you can plan and bring your ultimate PC to life.
Why similar: Building 27.7%, Sandbox 20.5%, Simulation 14.7%, Funny 10.5%, Relaxing 10.2%
- #46 Space Architect
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Building 27.4%, Sandbox 24.9%, Space 22.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Sci-fi 9%
- #47 Particle Fleet: Emergence
72% matchVery Positive92% of 1,261 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.
Why similar: Space 49.5%, Simulation 21.6%, Indie 11%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #48 Star Stuff
69% matchVery Positive99% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Ánimo Games StudioPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac
Star Stuff is a deceptively cute programming puzzle game. Program and work alongside bots to tackle the most important (and undoubtedly safest) task in the galaxy: fixing a star factory. Ready for your first day on the job?
Why similar: Puzzle 37.7%, Relaxing 25.5%, Cute 16.5%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 5.4%
- #49 Grand Casino Tycoon
73% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2021
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
In this colorful tycoon with unique puzzle elements you are the designer of stunning, glamorous casinos. Your guests, though, have varied and sometimes opposite demands! Analyze their routines, split them up and manipulate them on your way to success!
Why similar: Building 32.5%, Comedy 20.1%, Puzzle 17%, Funny 9.5%, Simulation 6.1%
- #50 Small Spaces
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,147 reviews2025
Dev: Niklas TomkowitzPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Design and decorate beautiful apartments you’d love to live in! Relax and let your creativity flow — organize a simplistic flat in Tokyo, fill a cozy place with flowers in Berlin, or unpack an industrial loft in New York.
Why similar: Building 26.5%, Sandbox 23.5%, Relaxing 12.7%, Puzzle 11.4%, Cute 7.4%
- #51 Jumplight Odyssey
70% matchMixed59% of 982 reviews2023
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows
Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew.
Why similar: Building 27.9%, Space 22.2%, Comedy 16.1%, Funny 14.8%, Simulation 9.8%
- #52 Furnish Master
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,082 reviews2024
Dev: Alex Blintsov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Furnish Master is a relaxing game about furnishing apartments, houses, commercial estate and even outdoor territory! Realize your design dreams!
Why similar: Building 25.7%, Sandbox 25%, Relaxing 12.1%, Puzzle 9.3%, Cute 8.4%
- #53 SpaceKraft!
68% matchVery Positive91% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: Game Dev Garage
Windows
Gather crystals, repair/run crafting facilities, upgrade your spaceship, build machines, explore the open world, find your way back to mother earth.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.3%, Building 25.6%, Puzzle 23.5%, Simulation 10.3%, Sci-fi 8%
- #54 Poly Bridge 2
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,114 reviews2020
Dev: Dry Cactus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The acclaimed bridge-building indie-hit is back! More levels, more features, more physics fun!
Why similar: Building 34.9%, Sandbox 21.9%, Puzzle 14.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Funny 7.5%
- #55 Scrap Mechanic
66% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 57.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Building 42.2%, Sandbox 34.4%, Funny 12.3%, Simulation 6.5%, Indie 2.8%
- #56 Next Space Rebels
67% matchVery Positive86% of 354 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Floris KaaykPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE. In Next Space Rebels, you will develop from a naive rocket hobbyist into an experienced space activist by designing, building, and launching rockets of increasing complexity.
Why similar: Building 30.6%, Space 19%, Simulation 18.1%, Funny 12.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #57 Hotel Architect
63% matchVery Positive94% of 1,342 reviews2025
Dev: Pathos InteractivePub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!
Why similar: Building 27.8%, Sandbox 26%, Funny 13.9%, Relaxing 12.9%, Simulation 9.5%
- #58 Stationeers
67% matchVery Positive88% of 8,897 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 81.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Space 31.7%, Building 30.2%, Sandbox 28.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #59 IncrediMarble
67% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2021
Dev: Dave Kap
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build amazing marble contraptions with IncrediMarble! Enjoy idle incremental tycoon sandbox simulation gameplay with the best physics Unity can offer. It's like that old toy you had as a kid!
Why similar: Sandbox 28.4%, Building 26.8%, Relaxing 14.4%, Simulation 7.9%, Colorful 5.6%
- #60 Automate It: Factory Puzzle
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: South Blue MoonPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.8%, Building 25.2%, Puzzle 16.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Casual 4.8%