- #1 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
97% matchMixed50% of 381 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
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: Real-Time with Pause 18.1% ★, Space Sim 13%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Space 9.9%, Building 7.9%
- #2 Starship Colony
96% 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 20.8%, Space Sim 13.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 7.8%, Management 7.1%
- #3 Generation Ship
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Spaceships 15.7% ★, Space Sim 12.2%, Resource Management 8%, Space 7.5%
- #4 Arcbound
95% 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 27%, Space Sim 20.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 8.6%, Building 8.3%
- #5 Stationbreak
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken SpaceshipPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Linux
You are on the run. Build stations in hostile systems, gather what resources you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Your ships are slowly failing, but the Swarm is relentless, hungry, and on your heels. Can you survive long enough to secure a future for humanity?
Why similar: Space Sim 20%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Space 10.5%, Building 8.2%
- #6 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
94% matchVery Positive94% of 12,916 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 41.3 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 21% ★, Real-Time with Pause 19.5% ★, Space Sim 15.5%, Space 10%, Building 8.6%
- #7 Oxygen Not Included
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 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: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 10.7%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 7.6%
- #8 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
92% matchMixed70% of 834 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: Colony Sim 18.9%, Spaceships 17.5% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Space Sim 10.7%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #9 Space Haven
91% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 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: Colony Sim 19.8%, Space Sim 14.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Space 9.6%, Building 7.7%
- #10 Stranding Echoes
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mend Games
Windows
STRANDING ECHOES is a minimalist colony sim. Manage the non-corporeal creatures called echo to build your base and survive the heat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3% ★, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 8.7%
- #11 Starship Theory
90% matchMixed50% of 1,143 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 20.9%, Real-Time with Pause 17.8% ★, Space 15%, Survival 10.1%, Management 8.8%
- #12 SpaceSlog
89% matchMixed69% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This challenging survival colony sim features deep simulated ship systems and a whole universe to explore.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, Space Sim 14.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Space 8.5%, Survival 8.2%
- #13 Maia
89% matchMixed44% of 1,065 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: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Management 9.4%, Space 8.8%
- #14 Starbound Settlers
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Bitwright Games
Windows
A space colony survival sim. Build a station room by room, lay the wires, pipes and ducts that carry power, water and air, and keep a crew fed, rested and sane. Build it how you like and keep it running.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Space 7.4%
- #15 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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: Colony Sim 26.8%, Real-Time with Pause 17.1% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 10.6%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #16 Space Drilling Station
86% 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: Real-Time with Pause 22% ★, Colony Sim 19.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Space 8.7%, Management 7.6%
- #17 The Spatials: Galactology
86% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Space Sim 15.6%, Spaceships 15.1% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Space 9.1%
- #18 Zenith Expanse
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Space Sim 13.1%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.7%
- #19 New Cycle
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 8.6%, Survival 8.3%
- #20 The Final Earth 2
84% matchVery Positive97% of 437 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Space Sim 15.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Space 10.7%, Building 8.7%
- #21 Solar Baron
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Preon Studio
Windows
As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.5% ★, Space Sim 17.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Space 11.6%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #22 Eternity
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ground Control Studios
Windows
Lead the last fleet of mankind across an abandoned star system. Ration life-support, weigh research against survival, and shape society through Fleet Council decisions you cannot undo. Every choice tightens the path to the next jump.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26% ★, Colony Sim 18.9%, Space 10.9%, Resource Management 8.7%, Survival 8.4%
- #23 Starfall Protocol
82% 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 24.3%, Space Sim 21.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Building 6.7%
- #24 Order: The New Dawn
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Space Sim 21%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 8%
- #25 Venusville
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 14.2%, Space 11.9%, Survival 8.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #26 Planetbase
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 15.9%, Space 12.9%, Survival 9.1%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #27 Stardeus
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,562 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, Space Sim 14.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Space 10%, Survival 7.9%
- #28 Periapsis: Gravity Slingshot
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2026
Dev: PcZ Games
Windows · Mac
Lead humanity’s final journey beyond Earth. Launch ships, harness gravity slingshots, and explore distant star systems to make humanity multi-planetary.
Why similar: Spaceships 23.9% ★, Space Sim 21.6%, Space 11.1%, Colony Sim 9.4%, Resource Management 8%
- #29 Worlds Explorers
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, Survival 10.7%, Management 10%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #30 Trenite Engineer
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gryzly22
Windows
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Spaceships 30.1% ★, Space Sim 22.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 9.7%, Space 9.6%
- #31 Deep Space Outpost
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 33 reviews2026
Dev: Niris Games
Windows · Linux
Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Space Sim 17.1%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 6.9%
- #32 Starstack
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hexline Games
Windows
Build an automated planetary factory, design modular warships, then risk them in tactical space expeditions for rare technology and resources. Push deeper for greater rewards—or return home alive and expand your factory. The factory powers the ship; the ship unlocks the factory.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.5% ★, Spaceships 22.6% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Space 9.8%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #33 The Spatials
79% 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 14.7%, Space 13.6%, Management 11.5%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Space Sim 9.1%
- #34 Resort Galactica
76% 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%, Base Building 14.2%, Space Sim 12.9%, Building 10.8%, Management 8.8%
- #35 Amazing Space
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Space Sim 20.9%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Space 11.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.3%
- #36 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,491 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9%, Building 9%
- #37 Crowded Blue Dot
75% matchMixed59% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Real-Time with Pause 15.2% ★, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.5%
- #38 Eternal Space
74% match9 user reviews60% of 9 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 24.7%, Space Sim 19.6%, Management 10.6%, Building 10.5%, Space 9.9%
- #39 Sky Base Venus
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
Windows
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Space 15.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 8%, Survival 7.2%
- #40 Astrosphere
73% matchMixed50% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Mario Jacob
Windows
Build your space station, design your own ships, and explore relaxed sci-fi sectors in Astrosphere. Gather resources, research new technologies, and shape your journey through the cosmos at your own pace.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Space 10.9%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.8%
- #41 CLI: Colony Line Interface
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: babia
Windows
Guide the fate of a space colony from a simple command line. Keep the life support systems running on a station orbiting a now-dead Earth, dispatch colonists on missions down to the planet, read reports, and intercept signals to guide your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Space Sim 20.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 9.1%, Survival 7.6%
- #42 The Last Starship
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,705 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 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: Space Sim 19.1%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Space 11%, Building 9.1%
- #43 FleetForge: Warship Builder & Fleet Command
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Text Arcade
Windows
Conquer a contested galaxy by designing modular warships and commanding real-time fleet battles. Forge your fleet from dozens of modules and weapon systems, then grow your empire in a solo or online co-op campaign.
Why similar: Spaceships 29.5% ★, Space 16.6%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #44 Meeple Station
74% matchMixed57% of 956 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, Space Sim 14.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Space 11.4%, Building 8.5%
- #45 HELLO EXO
71% 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 30.8%, Space Sim 26%, Space 13.4%, Base Building 11.5%, Strategy 9.9%
- #46 Goblin Colony
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quench Forge
Windows
Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.4%, Building 8.1%
- #47 Horizon 1990
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Gather exotic resources, build defenses, research new technologies, and explore the mysteries of the void, all while being chased by the darkness from the end of time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 14.4%, Space Sim 9.1%, Management 8.8%
- #48 Space Architect
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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 23.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 9.3%, Building 8.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #49 ExoColony: Planet Survival
68% 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: Colony Sim 19.2%, Space Sim 15.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Space 9.2%, Building 8.1%
- #50 Industries of Titan
69% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.3 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!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.7%, Space Sim 13.9%, Base Building 9.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #51 Underground Nomads
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 11.7%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #52 Exocraft
70% matchMixed52% of 361 reviews2019
Dev: GoldFire Studios
Windows · Mac
Design unique spaceships and build the ultimate space mining fleet as you team up to battle for resources and glory in this massively multiplayer action strategy set in an alien wasteland.
Why similar: Spaceships 31.1% ★, Space Sim 14.4%, Resource Management 8.8%, Space 8.6%, Building 8.6%
- #53 Nova Origin
66% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ZapNova Games
Windows
Explore, scan, and conquer an unknown world. Deploy rovers, uncover hidden resources, and build a fully automated colony that must survive, adapt, and scale.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Space Sim 22.5%, Building 8.4%, Management 7.4%, Base Building 5.8%
- #54 Subzero Tides
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 10.3%, Space 10.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #55 It's Not A Moon
70% match5 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.3% ★, Space Sim 13%, Space 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.6%
- #56 Nuclear Crawler
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 20.9%, Building 12.5%, Management 11%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #57 SeaColony
65% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 10.9%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #58 Interstellar Inn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kunaya
Windows
Interstellar Inn is a 2D hotel building and management sim in space.
Why similar: Space Sim 19.1%, Base Building 17%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Space 11.5%
- #59 Star Trek: Outposts Unknown
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Magic Fuel GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Lead your crew across strange new worlds in this narrative driven outpost builder! Research, explore, and build as you face a mysterious cosmic force that threatens a new ally. Your adventure awaits, Captain!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 8%