- #1 Starship Colony
97% 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 18.5% β
, Space Sim 12.7% β
, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 8.6%, Management 7%
- #2 Space Haven
96% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrsβ₯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: Colony Sim 16.4% β
, Space Sim 12.6% β
, Base Building 8.7%, Space 8.6%, Survival 8%
- #3 Stardeus
96% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrsβ₯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 15.9% β
, Space Sim 11.9% β
, Space 8.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Survival 7.6%
- #4 Starfall Protocol
94% 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!π
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4% β
, Space Sim 17.6% β
, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 8.1%, Open World 7.9%
- #5 Red Planet: Survive
95% matchNegative12% of 49 reviews2017
Dev: Silent Parrot Studio
Windows
Red Planet: Survive is a first person survival game for Microsoft Windows. Surviving in the harsh conditions of the Red Planet will be hard, but if you are strong enough, you will succeed. Find the best way to survive, but be careful, since each wrong step will ensure your demise. The environment is your main enemy.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.2% β
, Space Sim 12% β
, Survival 8.9%, Base Building 8.2%, Space 8.2%
- #6 Oceaneers
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18% β
, Open World Survival Craft 17.9% β
, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 8.3%, Building 6.7%
- #7 Woodland Rebels
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows Β· Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.6% β
, Colony Sim 13.9% β
, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.1%
- #8 Hostile Mars
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.9% β
, Colony Sim 10.7% β
, Survival 9.4%, Space Sim 9.2% β
, Base Building 7.9%
- #9 Triton Survival
91% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
Triton Survival is an open world survival game about exploration, construction, engineering, and fighting on planets. Embark on this interstellar adventure and conquer the galaxy. Are you ready?
Why similar: Space Sim 15.9% β
, Open World Survival Craft 12.8% β
, Space 10.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #10 Untethered
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: True Anomaly Entertainment
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.5% β
, Space Sim 14.5% β
, Survival 9.6%, Space 9.5%, Base Building 8.9%
- #11 Gateworlds
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows Β· Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% β
, Open World Survival Craft 12.2% β
, Survival 10%, Base Building 8.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #12 PoliPlanet
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 13.1% β
, Base Building 10.6%, Space Sim 10.5% β
, Colony Sim 9.3% β
, Open World 8.5%
- #13 Space
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neila Games
Windows
Stranded on a hostile alien world, you must gather resources, craft tools, and automate production to survive. Build a base, fend off deadly wildlife, and uncover ancient secrets in this immersive sci-fi survival adventure. Will you conquer the planet or succumb to its perils?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 16.5% β
, Space Sim 14.3% β
, Space 10.2%, Base Building 9%, Survival 9%
- #14 Oxygen Not Included
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrsβ₯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 27.9% β
, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 11.9%, Resource Management 7.4%, Building 6.4%
- #15 Space Trash Scavenger
87% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.5% β
, Space 10.2%, Space Sim 9.6% β
, Survival 8.8%, Open World 7.8%
- #16 XenoHaven
86% matchVery Positive86% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.2% β
, Open World 11.3%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 10.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #17 Solar System Colonist
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun β prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant β enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.6% β
, Space 13.1%, Open World 11.4%, Survival 9.6%, Space Sim 9.3% β
- #18 No Man's Sky
85% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows Β· Mac
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 70.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 29.1% β
, Space 14.1%, Open World 12.4%, Space Sim 9.4% β
, Survival 8.2%
- #19 AstroPlanet
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: VIVA
Windows
AstroPlanet is a sandbox game where you find yourself in the role of an astronaut whose ship has crashed on a planet with an inhospitable atmosphere. Your task is not only to survive, but also to turn this world into a habitable place.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.1% β
, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 11.8%, Space 9.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #20 Arcbound
84% 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 25.6% β
, Space Sim 20% β
, Base Building 12.2%, Management 8.9%, Building 7.3%
- #21 Eden Crafters
82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% β
, Colony Sim 10.1% β
, Base Building 10%, Open World 8%, Sandbox 8%
- #22 Moon Colony Crafter
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InfinityCoders
Windows
Play as an astronaut on our moon in the future. Your task is to prepare the moon for future colonies by terraforming. Collect resources, explore procedurally generated caves, build buildings and create a second world for you and our earth.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% β
, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.4%, Open World 9.3%, Space 9.2%
- #23 Remains
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 316 reviews2021
Dev: SoloQ
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 79%
Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.6% β
, Space 11%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #24 Terra Taker
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dream Craft
Windows
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% β
, Colony Sim 16.3% β
, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.4%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #25 Project: Zenith Expanse
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6% β
, Space 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Space Sim 11.5% β
, Sandbox 7.4%
- #26 Pawnholm
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows Β· Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7% β
, Open World Survival Craft 15% β
, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival 8.5%
- #27 SpaceSlog
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows Β· Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% β
, Space Sim 17.4% β
, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 7.9%, Space 7.8%
- #28 Settletopia
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PΔteris Pakalns
Windows Β· Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage warsβall in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% β
, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 8.2%, Open World 8%
- #29 Craterbound
78% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Daniel Marquez
Windows
Crash-land onto a unique and hostile alien world and begin your fight to survive. Face its inhabitants, upgrade your technology, create outposts & bases, and find a way to repair your ship. Explore the beautifully strange terrain, all while blasting and crafting your way off of the planet.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25% β
, Space Sim 13.5% β
, Space 11.4%, Survival 10%, Open World 9.7%
- #30 ASTRONEER
77% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 44.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 27.7% β
, Space 13.1%, Survival 11.2%, Open World 11%, Base Building 9.4%
- #31 Tidal Expanse
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Per Aspera Studios
Windows
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Why similar: Space Sim 22.1% β
, Colony Sim 20.5% β
, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #32 Mars Colony Builder
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% β
, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 10%, Sandbox 9.5%, Space 8.2%
- #33 Maia
77% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrsβ₯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 30.4% β
, Survival 11.6%, Management 9.4%, Space 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%
- #34 Lunar Impact
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artem Rumyantsev
Windows
Go to the Moon to explore its harsh nature and mysterious anomalies. Build your own lunar base, craft equipment, extract valuable resources and make many discoveries. Overcome the challenges of extreme lunar conditions, an oxygen-free atmosphere and much more unknown...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.3% β
, Space Sim 14.5% β
, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%, Space 7.8%
- #35 No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape
74% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
As the brave crew sets course for the Red Planet, their mission takes a terrifying turn. In the vast emptiness of space, their once-proud vessel becomes a haunted nightmare. Can they survive the horrors that await them in the darkness and escape or will they succumb before completing their mission?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4% β
, Space Sim 15.2% β
, Space 9.9%, Open World Survival Craft 9.8% β
, Survival 9.7%
- #36 Order: The New Dawn
75% 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 Wastespaceβhow will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% β
, Space Sim 19.1% β
, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.2%, Survival 7.7%
- #37 TFM: The First Men
74% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9% β
, Base Building 14.5%, Sandbox 7.5%, Open World 7.3%, Survival 7.2%
- #38 Breathedge
73% matchVery Positive82% of 16,026 reviews2021
Dev: RedRuins SoftworksPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrsβ₯1hr: 87%
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.7% β
, Space 14.4%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10%
- #39 Astrometica
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,970 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrsβ₯1hr: 73%
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: Space Sim 22.4% β
, Open World Survival Craft 14% β
, Survival 11.3%, Space 11.1%, Open World 10.8%
- #40 Cosmorists
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.8% β
, Open World 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 10.4%, Base Building 8.9%
- #41 WarpedSpace
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarpedSpaceGame
Windows
WarpedSpace is a sci-fi survival adventure game set in deep space. A massive, open environment full of wonder and peril awaits you!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.4% β
, Space Sim 17.7% β
, Space 10.1%, Survival 9.8%, Open World 9.5%
- #42 Force of Nature
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,198 reviews2016
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrsβ₯1hr: 86%
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.1% β
, Survival 13.1%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
- #43 Astro Colony
71% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrsβ₯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: Colony Sim 18.8% β
, Base Building 13.2%, Space 12.1%, Space Sim 12% β
, Resource Management 7.4%
- #44 Star Shelter
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 435 reviews2018
Dev: Overflow
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.4 hrsβ₯1hr: 47%
Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.9% β
, Space Sim 12.6% β
, Base Building 9.3%, Space 8.6%, Open World 8.2%
- #45 Life Not Supported
71% matchMixed68% of 170 reviews2023
Dev: YETIBYTES
Windows Β· Linux
You are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to whatβs left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ship's malfunction...
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.6% β
, Space 12%, Base Building 11%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #46 The Final Earth 2
70% matchVery Positive97% of 386 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 21.2% β
, Space Sim 15.2% β
, Space 11.3%, Base Building 9.3%, Management 8.7%
- #47 Nighthold: Number 1
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: 2 Zombie GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.3 hrsβ₯1hr: 26%
Investigate a starship crash, explore a hostile world, build shelters and survive nightly attacks of the Rot. Tear down any structure and experience total freedom of action.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31% β
, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Open World 8.6%
- #48 Prospector
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 17.8% β
, Base Building 10.6%, Space 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Open World 9.3%
- #49 Planetbase
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows Β· Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrsβ₯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 26.9% β
, Space 13.4%, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.2%, Space Sim 4.9% β
- #50 Drift: Space Survival
69% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: KAR Games
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
You were deep in uncharted space on a research mission. Disaster struck. Together with your friends, explore a mysterious asteroid field and mine whatever resources possible to build what you need to survive.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 31.3% β
, Space 13.3%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 7.9%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #51 X Space
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XSPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Space Sim 15.2% β
, Space 11.4%, Open World 10.1%, Sandbox 9.6%, Base Building 9.1%
- #52 Reprocessed
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Macrostructura
Windows
Factory management and sandbox base building in zero-g environment. Survive, expand and then dominate space industrial market. Build large scale resource processing plant completely from nothing.
Why similar: Space Sim 14.9% β
, Base Building 12.2%, Space 11.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #53 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
70% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows Β· Mac Β· Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrsβ₯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 14.9% β
, Colony Sim 12.9% β
, Space 12.5%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #54 Embark
69% matchMixed61% of 386 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6% β
, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 6.7%
- #55 Skyformer
66% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Weatherfused
Windows
Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 25.1% β
, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 9.9%, Space 9.9%, Open World 8.9%
- #56 Generation Ship
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows Β· Mac Β· 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 22.1% β
, Space Sim 13.9% β
, Space 9.5%, Management 8.7%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #57 SuperColony
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows Β· Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% β
, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 9.1%
- #58 Empyrion - Galactic Survival
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 34,087 reviews2020
Dev: Eleon Game Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 76.7 hrsβ₯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: Open World Survival Craft 22% β
, Space Sim 14.9% β
, Space 10.6%, Survival 8.8%, Open World 8.4%
- #59 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
66% matchMixed69% of 841 reviews2023
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD π Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% β
, Colony Sim 15.9% β
, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8.7%