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Games Like The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

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  1. #1 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    97% matchVery Positive84% of 11,322 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 28.5%, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 15.1%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 7.6%

  2. #2 IXION
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 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: Base Building 23.8%, Survival 22%, Resource Management 18.6%, Strategy 11%, RTS 9.3%

  3. #3 The Crust
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 25.6%, RTS 15.1%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 13.7%, Survival 10.9%

  4. #4 Space Haven
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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: Base Building 25.5%, Management 18%, Survival 17.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%

  5. #5 Stationeers
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 9,229 reviews2017
    Dev: RocketWerkz
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 85.3 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: Base Building 24%, Crafting 18.5%, Survival 16.5%, Management 16.4%, Resource Management 14.2%

  6. #6 Surviving Ceres
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Crafting 18%, Survival 16.2%, Management 13.7%, Immersive Sim 8%

  7. #7 The Last Caretaker
    93% matchVery Positive86% of 13,056 reviews2025
    Dev: Channel37 Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Survival 13.9%, Management 13.5%, Immersive Sim 12.3%

  8. #8 Ascent of Ashes
    91% matchMixed70% of 303 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Base Building 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Crafting 12.3%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Management 11.8%

  9. #9 The Alters
    90% matchVery Positive90% of 19,420 reviews2025
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.3%, Survival 18.8%, Management 17.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Resource Management 10.3%

  10. #10 Maia
    92% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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: Survival 17.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Management 17%, Sci-fi 13%, Strategy 10.3%

  11. #11 Planetbase
    91% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.1 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: Base Building 31.5%, Survival 18.6%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 9.3%

  12. #12 Surviving the Aftermath
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.6%, Survival 27.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 14%, Management 11.3%

  13. #13 Stardeus
    88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,552 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.7 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: Base Building 21.8%, Crafting 16.2%, Survival 14.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 12.2%

  14. #14 Astrometica
    87% matchVery Positive83% of 3,181 reviews2024
    Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Crafting 24%, Survival 23.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sci-fi 11.8%

  15. #15 orbit.industries
    89% matchMixed60% of 91 reviews2022
    Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
    Windows · Linux

    🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!

    Why similar: Management 24%, Immersive Sim 21%, Resource Management 20.5%, Realistic 15.6%, Simulation 9.5%

  16. #16 Astro Colony
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 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 41.3%, Resource Management 20.8%, Crafting 19.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9.2%

  17. #17 Starship Theory
    86% matchMixed50% of 1,130 reviews2026
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 35.5%, Survival 17.7%, Management 16.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 9.9%

  18. #18 Occupy Mars: The Game
    84% matchMixed70% of 3,132 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Base Building 24%, Crafting 19%, Survival 16.6%, Resource Management 14%, Realistic 11%

  19. #19 The Planet Crafter
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.

    Why similar: Base Building 28.8%, Crafting 19.5%, Survival 18.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.2%

  20. #20 Surviving Mars: Pioneer
    84% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: Bolverk GamesPub: Impact Inked
    Windows

    The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.

    Why similar: Base Building 28.9%, Immersive Sim 22.8%, Survival 21.9%, Resource Management 18.6%, Simulation 7.7%

  21. #21 Outworld Station
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 841 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, RTS 17.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Management 12.7%, Top-Down 8.6%

  22. #22 Into the Stars
    85% matchMixed40% of 541 reviews2016
    Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

    Why similar: Survival 40.4%, Strategy 30.9%, Simulation 28.7%

  23. #23 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,295 reviews2026
    Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

    Why similar: Management 24.6%, Realistic 20%, Resource Management 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Simulation 12.1%

  24. #24 StarRupture
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
    Dev: Creepy Jar
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.2%, Crafting 19.8%, Survival 18.8%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Sci-fi 11%

  25. #25 Titan Outpost
    82% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2019
    Dev: The Boar Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

    Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, RPG 20.4%, Simulation 16.9%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Survival 13.1%

  26. #26 Space Drilling Station
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2026
    Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows

    In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!

    Why similar: Base Building 22%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Management 15.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.1%

  27. #27 The Rule of Land: Pioneers
    80% matchMixed68% of 335 reviews2023
    Dev: Horgee GamesPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows

    This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.

    Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Crafting 19.2%, Survival 18.2%, Resource Management 15.5%, Simulation 6.8%

  28. #28 Base One
    81% matchMostly Negative37% of 478 reviews2021
    Dev: PixFrozePub: Blowfish Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!

    Why similar: Crafting 21.8%, Management 18.2%, Realistic 16.3%, Survival 12.9%, Strategy 10.8%

  29. #29 The Last Starship
    76% 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: Base Building 31%, Top-Down 17.8%, Management 16.1%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Strategy 11.1%

  30. #30 Dark Moon
    78% matchMixed47% of 161 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: Base Building 21.1%, RTS 19%, Management 16.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Survival 11.2%

  31. #31 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 12,820 reviews2022
    Dev: Walternate Realities
    Windows
    Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 41.1 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: Sci-fi 36.1%, Survival 32.8%, Strategy 17.7%, Simulation 13.3%

  32. #32 Per Aspera
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,760 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

    Why similar: Base Building 25%, Management 19.2%, Resource Management 15.2%, Survival 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.1%

  33. #33 Ragnorium
    76% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
    Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows

    Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

    Why similar: Survival 23%, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 14.9%, Character Customization 13.5%, Sci-fi 9%

  34. #34 Rogue Station
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2023
    Dev: Quint Studio
    Windows

    This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

    Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, Management 15.8%, Survival 13.7%, Top-Down 8.9%

  35. #35 JCB Pioneer: Mars
    77% matchMixed42% of 154 reviews2017
    Dev: AtomicomPub: GamesCo
    Windows

    JCB Pioneer: Mars drops you onto the surface of The Red Planet. Your mission: To survive and prepare Mars for future human colonization.

    Why similar: Survival 58%, Simulation 42%

  36. #36 New Cycle
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.7%, Survival 14.8%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 11.2%, Realistic 11.1%

  37. #37 Space Station Tycoon
    73% matchMixed60% of 217 reviews2023
    Dev: Lunheim Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Base Building 24.5%, Management 23.5%, Crafting 20.3%, Realistic 10.3%, Sci-fi 8%

  38. #38 Alien Marauder
    73% matchMixed62% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

    “Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

    Why similar: RTS 21.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Survival 12.5%, Top-Down 10.5%

  39. #39 Possible One: Lunar Industries
    71% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
    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: Base Building 20.5%, Management 16.7%, Realistic 14.9%, Top-Down 14.7%, Resource Management 12.1%

  40. #40 PeriAreion
    75% matchMixed41% of 64 reviews2015
    Dev: Explorasaurus Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Prepare for the ultimate test of survival! Do you have the skill necessary to build and manage the first sustainable extraterrestrial colony, or will your colonists become mere footnotes in the history of human space exploration? Their lives and legacies are in your hands!

    Why similar: Strategy 53.7%, Simulation 46.3%

  41. #41 Exogate Initiative
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2025
    Dev: Xeno Bits
    Windows

    Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, RTS 22.2%, Management 17.1%, Resource Management 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%

  42. #42 Starmancer
    72% matchMixed62% of 1,047 reviews2021
    Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

    Why similar: Management 25.2%, Base Building 25%, Survival 18.5%, Sci-fi 15%, Strategy 9.7%

  43. #43 Adaptory
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

    Why similar: Base Building 30.2%, Survival 18.8%, Resource Management 16.1%, Management 14.7%, Sci-fi 10.4%

  44. #44 Sphere - Flying Cities
    71% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
    Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

    Why similar: Survival 19.8%, Crafting 19.5%, Management 16.5%, Resource Management 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%

  45. #45 The Spatials
    72% matchMixed69% of 330 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 23.8%, Management 20.2%, Survival 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%, RPG 9.8%

  46. #46 Desynced
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,026 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

    Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Management 12.4%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 9.9%

  47. #47 Oxygen
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Resource Management 12.4%, Realistic 10.4%

  48. #48 PIONER
    68% matchMixed61% of 3,610 reviews2025
    Dev: GFAGAMES
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.

    Why similar: Crafting 35.5%, Survival 31.4%, Realistic 18.5%, RPG 14.6%

  49. #49 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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

    Why similar: Base Building 28.3%, Survival 21.1%, Crafting 13.2%, Management 10.1%, Resource Management 9.6%

  50. #50 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 34,392 reviews2020
    Dev: Eleon Game Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 77.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

    Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Crafting 28.1%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Simulation 14.4%, Strategy 11.6%

  51. #51 Life in Bunker
    71% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
    Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

    Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Survival 22%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 10.1%

  52. #52 Farlight Explorers
    70% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

    Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Crafting 32.7%, Simulation 30.2%

  53. #53 Solargene
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 848 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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: Base Building 31.4%, Management 20.2%, Resource Management 18%, Realistic 9.5%, Strategy 8.4%

  54. #54 Eden Crafters
    64% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Base Building 31.1%, Crafting 24.6%, Survival 17.6%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%

  55. #55 Space Architect
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 300 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: Base Building 22.3%, Management 16.4%, Survival 14.5%, Top-Down 13%, Resource Management 11.2%

  56. #56 Oxygen Not Included
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 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: Base Building 35.2%, Survival 22.2%, Resource Management 16.8%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 4.8%

  57. #57 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    65% matchMostly Positive70% of 832 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Base Building 31.9%, Resource Management 19.4%, Survival 17.6%, Management 12.4%, Strategy 10.1%

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