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Games Like Zenith Expanse

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

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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.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-09-30
Developer: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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  1. #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 25.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Space Sim 11.1%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.2%

  2. #2 Maia
    96% 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 36.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10.8%, Management 9.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%

  3. #3 Oxygen Not Included
    96% 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 36%, Base Building 19.7%, Survival 11.9%, Resource Management 6.5%, Management 6.2%

  4. #4 Stardeus
    95% 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 21.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Space Sim 10.3%, Survival 8.1%, Sandbox 6.6%

  5. #5 Arcbound
    94% 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 33.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Space Sim 16.3%, Management 9.8%, Survival 6.5%

  6. #6 Worlds Explorers
    94% 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 27.8%, Survival 11.1%, Management 10.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 8.3%

  7. #7 SpaceSlog
    93% 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 24.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Space Sim 11.1%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.7%

  8. #8 Space Haven
    92% 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 23.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Space Sim 11.4%, Survival 8.6%, Management 8.5%

  9. #9 Starfall Protocol
    91% 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 27.7%, Space Sim 15.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Procedural Generation 6.8%

  10. #10 Breadoria
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Breadpan
    Windows

    Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Base Building 18%, Survival 11.4%, Management 10%, Crafting 6.7%

  11. #11 Order: The New Dawn
    89% 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 28.6%, Space Sim 16.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 7.8%, Sandbox 7.8%

  12. #12 Embark
    90% matchMixed60% of 389 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 43.9%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 8.5%, Sandbox 7.6%, Management 5.7%

  13. #13 Galaxy Scavengers
    88% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Team Asterisk
    Windows

    Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 21.5%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 8.9%

  14. #14 Planetbase
    89% 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 34.7%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.1%, Space 8.8%, Management 5%

  15. #15 HELLO EXO
    86% 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 34.4%, Space Sim 19%, Base Building 12.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Space 8.8%

  16. #16 RimWorld
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 7.6%

  17. #17 HullRats
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dan Danciu
    Windows

    A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 11.2%, Management 10.5%, Sandbox 5%

  18. #18 SeaColony
    84% 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 31.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 11.3%, Management 10%, Sandbox 8.4%

  19. #19 TFM: The First Men
    86% matchMixed59% of 413 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 37%, Base Building 20.5%, Management 7.7%, Survival 7.4%, Sandbox 7.2%

  20. #20 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 16%, Survival 10.4%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.2%

  21. #21 Goblin Colony
    83% 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 36.2%, Base Building 18.4%, Management 10.9%, Survival 8.4%, Resource Management 7.7%

  22. #22 SuperColony
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Antic Games Inc.
    Windows · 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 33.3%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 8.6%

  23. #23 Settletopia
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
    Windows · 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 wars—all in a living world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9%, Survival 8.3%

  24. #24 Mars Colony Builder
    81% 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 28.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 10.6%, Management 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%

  25. #25 Beneath a Dead City
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonroof Studios
    Windows

    Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Management 12.8%, Survival 12.4%, Procedural Generation 8%

  26. #26 Tidal Expanse
    79% 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: Colony Sim 28.5%, Space Sim 19.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Management 10.3%, Base Building 6.3%

  27. #27 Fosoria
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Decoy Duck
    Windows

    Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, Base Building 20%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 6.8%, Resource Management 5.7%

  28. #28 Venusville
    78% 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 30.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 10.2%, Space 8.6%, Management 7.8%

  29. #29 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    80% 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 33.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 7.1%, Management 5.7%

  30. #30 The Final Earth 2
    78% 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 28.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Space Sim 13%, Management 10.2%, Sandbox 8%

  31. #31 Stationbreak
    77% 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: Colony Sim 22.2%, Base Building 19.7%, Space Sim 17.9%, Space 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%

  32. #32 Lil Guys
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Radnyx
    Windows

    Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 12.4%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 6.2%

  33. #33 Generation Ship
    76% 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 30%, Space Sim 11.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 10.1%, Resource Management 7.1%

  34. #34 Dwarf Things
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Makes Games
    Windows

    Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Base Building 18.8%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%

  35. #35 Starbound Settlers
    75% 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 35.1%, Base Building 9%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 8%

  36. #36 Wayfarer Protocol
    73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: OC Studios
    Windows

    A colony sim on one small starship. Lay every floor tile, wire the reactor, grow the food, and keep a crew of misfits breathing while pirates cut holes in the hull. Jump sector to sector, strip asteroids, and fight ship systems instead of health bars. A dreadnought waits at sector 10.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Space Sim 13.1%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.7%

  37. #37 Trailblazers: Into the March
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: StrangersPub: Joystick Ventures
    Windows · Mac

    Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Sci-fi 8%, Management 7.7%

  38. #38 Adaptory
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 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: Colony Sim 31.2%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 10.5%, Management 7.7%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

  39. #39 The Crust
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 17.6%, Space 8.8%, Sandbox 8.6%, Management 8.4%

  40. #40 Founders' Fortune
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 8.4%, Sandbox 7.3%, Management 6.7%

  41. #41 Gateworlds
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hydrarch
    Windows · 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 29.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.3%, Sandbox 8.3%

  42. #42 The Five Monks
    72% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
    Windows

    A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 12.5%, Story Rich 6.5%, Strategy 6.2%

  43. #43 Oxygen: First Breath
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. 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 keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 11.5%, Management 8.8%, Resource Management 7.3%

  44. #44 Idyll
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IdyllWorks
    Windows

    A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7%, Base Building 22.2%, Survival 14.3%, Management 8.2%, Strategy 5.9%

  45. #45 Starmancer
    73% matchMixed62% of 1,053 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: Colony Sim 26.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Management 11%, Sandbox 9.9%, Survival 8.6%

  46. #46 Red Dust Colony
    70% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
    Windows · Mac

    The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 12%, Management 8.3%, Resource Management 7.4%

  47. #47 Resort Galactica
    70% 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 29.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Space Sim 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Management 10.4%

  48. #48 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
    74% 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: Colony Sim 17.8%, Space Sim 13%, Management 11%, Base Building 8.9%, Space 8.9%

  49. #49 Underground Nomads
    69% 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 38.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 6.5%, Simulation 5.2%

  50. #50 Gridmax
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Dream Gears
    Windows

    Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 13.3%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 9.2%

  51. #51 From Nothing
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Power Hobo Games
    Windows

    Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 7.4%

  52. #52 Meowdieval Clowder
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DrillMind
    Windows

    Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 19%, Survival 10.5%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.3%

  53. #53 Beyond These Stars
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows

    Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 10.1%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 9%

  54. #54 Idle Terra
    67% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
    Dev: Boris NaftalievPub: Snowpard Labs
    Windows · Linux

    Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Management 10%, Sandbox 8.1%, Resource Management 7%

  55. #55 Horizon 1990
    67% 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 24.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 16.6%, Management 10%, Strategy 9%

  56. #56 CLI: Colony Line Interface
    67% 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 30.7%, Space Sim 16.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.9%

  57. #57 Odd Realm
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 10.3%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%

  58. #58 The Blighted Frontier
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sly Game Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Management 10.8%, Survival 8.9%, Simulation 6.4%

  59. #59 ARUS-1
    66% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Arus Development Studio
    Windows · Mac

    ARUS-1 combines first-person survival with building a Mars colony. Play solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. Explore on foot and by rover, secure power, water and oxygen, connect production facilities and research technologies for your orbital programme.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Sandbox 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 10.9%, Survival 8.6%

  60. #60 The Spatials
    71% 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 17.9%, Management 13.6%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Space 10.2%, Survival 8.5%

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