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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Colony Sim, Strategy, Simulation, Base Building.

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Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 72 reviews
Released: 2024-03-01
Developer: Sirrah
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  2. #2 Solargene
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    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    Dev: Xeno Bits
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  4. #4 Planetbase
    95% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

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    94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    92% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,747 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

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  9. #9 Industries of Titan
    91% matchMixed63% of 1,609 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,534 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

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  11. #11 The Crust
    90% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    88% matchVery Positive91% of 576 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
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  14. #14 Maia
    89% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
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    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    89% matchMixed57% of 947 reviews2020
    Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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  34. #34 Oxygen Not Included
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    73% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive90% of 964 reviews2013
    Dev: My Little Planet Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    74% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2019
    Dev: Tuesday Quest
    Windows

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    72% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    67% matchVery Positive87% of 941 reviews2026
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    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    75% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,327 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,706 reviews2021
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Windows
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    70% matchVery Positive82% of 955 reviews2021
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    71% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
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  49. #49 Terraformers
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,672 reviews2023
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
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  50. #50 Desynced
    66% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,936 reviews2026
    Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  51. #51 Earth Space Colonies
    72% matchMixed50% of 167 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  55. #55 Amberspire
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2026
    Dev: Lunar DivisionPub: Bithell Games
    Windows · Mac

    A science fantasy dice city builder. Construct buildings, manage resources, and build in harmony with an alien ecology. Beneath the glow of a gas giant, Amberspire will grow and prosper into a flourishing city atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 8.9%, Isometric 7.5%

  56. #56 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 700 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

    Why similar: 4X 21.2%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Space Sim 17.4%, City Builder 14.5%, Resource Management 8.5%

  57. #57 Captain of Industry
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Automation 26.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 14.7%, Colony Sim 12.8%, City Builder 11.6%

  58. #58 Space Colony: Steam Edition
    69% 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 19.1%, Space Sim 16.9%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8%

  59. #59 Hazeron Starship
    66% matchVery Positive83% of 105 reviews2023
    Dev: Hazeron Freehold LLC
    Windows · Linux

    Explore and colonize a vast universe. Discover resources. Build cities. Make spacecraft. Walk aboard them. Operate their controls. Command a crew of NPCs. Lift off. Fly up through the atmosphere to outer space. Land on other worlds, anywhere, not at designated places. Build an empire.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, City Builder 26.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Space 12%, Building 12%

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