Games like AETHUS

Looking for that same atmospheric and story-driven spark as AETHUS? These games make natural next picks for you.

GeoDepths
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Mysterious, Relaxing
86% of 297 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
Astrometica
Astrometica is a space survival game about starting over. Your mining station explodes, you wake in an emergency pod, and from there it is up to you: fly through asteroid fields, mine with lasers, scan wreckage for lost technology and build bases among the stars. Calm, atmospheric and unhurried, it rewards players who like exploring at their own pace.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Mysterious, Relaxing
81% of 2,964 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$11.99
MewnBase
You are a cat on a barren planet, and you forgot the snacks. Scavenge for food and scrap, build a cozy little base with airlocks and rain collectors, research strange artifacts, and keep the oxygen flowing. Survival without the stress: gentle, cartoony, and yours to rearrange.
Also in Survival crafting and Colony sim · Relaxing
92% of 1,341 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
Mercury Fallen
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Also in Survival crafting and Colony sim · Atmospheric, Mysterious, Relaxing
78% of 259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Penkura
Penkura is a sci-fi base-building survival game where you construct a colony from a top-down command system, explore an alien world in first person, and use programmable bots to gather resources, build, repair, and keep your base alive.
Also in Survival crafting and Colony sim · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
89% of 191 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$13.99
Colony 37
Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources. Spend your money on buying various trinkets and instruments that will help you along the way to earn even more profit.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Mysterious, Relaxing
96% of 234 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Atrio: The Dark Wild
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Also in Survival crafting and Colony sim · Atmospheric, Mysterious
78% of 559 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Prospector
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!
Also in Survival crafting · Mysterious, Relaxing
64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Lost Nova
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
91% of 238 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Aground Zero
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Also in Survival crafting and Colony sim · Mysterious, Replayable
80% of 123 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99
Subterrain: Mines of Titan
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Also in Survival crafting · Atmospheric, Story-driven, Mysterious
76% of 665 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Solace Crafting
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
Also in Survival crafting · Relaxing, Replayable
72% of 834 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Cheaper than AETHUS

GeoDepths

Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and…

$16.99

Astrometica

Mine asteroids, scan lost wreckage and build your own bases in a calm, open galaxy that lets you explore at your own pace.

$11.99

MewnBase

Land on an uncharted planet as a space cat, then scavenge, craft and build a base to survive on it.

$9.99

Penkura

Penkura is a sci-fi base-building survival game where you construct a colony from a top-down command system, explore an alien world in first person…

$13.99

Colony 37

Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources.

$2.99

Signs of Life

Mine ore, build a base and piece together a crashed world in a 2D survival sandbox, alone or with a friend.

$9.74

Lost Nova

Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!

$14.99

Prospector

Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game.

$14.99

Solace Crafting

Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types…

$14.99

Aground

Mine, craft and build across a colorful island world with a story that keeps unfolding, alone or with friends.

$14.99

Scrapnaut

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements.

$1.39

Subterrain

Scavenge, craft and fight through a dying underground colony while an infection spreads and every resource counts.

$16.99

Hidden gems like AETHUS

Colony 37

Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources.

$2.99

Drill and Delve

You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain.

$8.99

Underminer

Mine minerals in a subterranean world, upgrade your drill machine and chase the secret of the legendary minerals.

Free

MewnBase

Land on an uncharted planet as a space cat, then scavenge, craft and build a base to survive on it.

$9.99

Surviving Ceres

Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building.

$9.99

Signs of Life

Mine ore, build a base and piece together a crashed world in a 2D survival sandbox, alone or with a friend.

$9.74

The Crust

Build a lunar colony Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, keep your colonists fed and…

$19.19

GeoDepths

Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and…

$16.99

Aground Zero

The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion.

$19.99

Orebound

Mine the mountains, automate the work and raise a dwarven fortress in a voxel world that changes every run.

$24.99

Astrometica

Mine asteroids, scan lost wreckage and build your own bases in a calm, open galaxy that lets you explore at your own pace.

$11.99

I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival

Turn a flooded city's rooftops into a cozy home, farm strange crops, tinker with robots and take each day at your own pace.

$7.99

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