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Games Like Trappist

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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    97% 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.

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  2. #2 Solargene
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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

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  3. #3 Planetbase
    96% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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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  4. #4 Astro Colony
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 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.

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    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.

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  6. #6 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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.

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  7. #7 Aven Colony
    93% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    92% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

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  9. #9 Stardeus
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.7 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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  10. #10 The Crust
    91% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  11. #11 The Universim
    90% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

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  12. #12 Farlanders
    89% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  13. #13 IXION
    88% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  14. #14 Meeple Station
    89% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
    Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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  15. #15 The Colonists
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Windows
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    82% matchMixed61% of 87 reviews2022
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    Windows · Linux

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  25. #25 The Spatials: Galactology
    82% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    80% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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  32. #32 My Colony
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 263 reviews2018
    Dev: Ape Apps
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  33. #33 Final Upgrade
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    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  34. #34 The Spatials
    76% matchMixed69% of 329 reviews2015
    Dev: Weird and Wry
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
    Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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  36. #36 Facteroids
    74% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
    Dev: by Jan Zizka
    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  38. #38 A Planet of Mine Legacy
    75% matchMixed63% of 62 reviews2019
    Dev: Tuesday Quest
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Pandora Technology
    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
    Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

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    76% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 818 reviews2019
    Dev: Praxis Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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  45. #45 Terraformers
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  46. #46 Earth Space Colonies
    73% matchMixed50% of 167 reviews2016
    Dev: Persona and Pixel studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  47. #47 Ragnorium
    71% 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.

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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 952 reviews2021
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    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  49. #49 New Cycle
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
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    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  50. #50 Captain of Industry
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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.

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  51. #51 Startopia
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 962 reviews2013
    Dev: My Little Planet Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 39%

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    65% matchVery Positive81% of 1,825 reviews2026
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 17.2%, God Game 14.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.7%

  55. #55 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: Building 32.8%, Sandbox 27.6%, Space 20.4%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 9.1%

  56. #56 Space Colony: Steam Edition
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 657 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 9.5%, Sandbox 8%

  57. #57 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    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 21.1%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Space Sim 17.4%, City Builder 14.4%, Resource Management 8.7%

  58. #58 IMPACT
    67% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2024
    Dev: Hochschule Darmstadt
    Windows

    IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, Space Sim 20.2%, City Builder 16.4%, Space 8.8%, Base Building 8.6%

  59. #59 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
    70% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
    Dev: Jim Offerman
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.

    Why similar: Space Sim 15.7%, Colony Sim 13.4%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 10.3%, Space 10.3%

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