ExoColony: Planet Survival
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply.
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$3.49
Games like Colonials Programme
If Colonials Programme scratched a replayable and cute itch for you, keep reading. These games are worth a look next.
The Colonists
A team of self-replicating robots escapes Earth to chase their ultimate dream: being human. Build them a settlement of roads, farms and trains on a distant planet, watch little named robots haul your goods around, and unwind with a calm colony builder that still hides real depth.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable, Cute, Colorful
85% of 1,057 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$24.99Planetbase
Planetbase puts you in charge of a small band of space settlers on a remote planet, and it is your job to keep them breathing. Build the base, grow the food, keep the power on, and turn a fragile outpost into a colony of hundreds in a place that would very much prefer you failed.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable
79% of 9,600 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 181$14.99Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable
87% of 209 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeAstro Colony
Astro Colony is a relaxed automation game in an endless procedurally generated universe. Build conveyor networks, move and dock your stations, recruit astronauts and research new tech, alone or with friends. No timers, no punishing failure: just you, a growing colony and a galaxy of voxel planets to strip for parts.
Also in Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing
80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99The 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 sane, and trade with rival factions whose politics you can bend. A story campaign with multiple endings, or sandbox at your own pace.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing
75% of 3,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19Plan B: Terraform
Warm up a dead planet, melt its ice into rivers and oceans, and cover it in forests. Build truck routes, train lines and drone depots to feed three growing cities, and watch a whole world come alive. A calm, colorful logistics game where the planet itself is the puzzle.
Replayable, Colorful, Relaxing
91% of 3,648 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 169$11.99Earth Space Colonies
Earth Space Colonies is a strategy-simulation game where you build space colonies around the Solar system. Establish a first self-sustaining colony on the Red planet with ultimate goal of terraforming Mars. Play three story campaigns all at once: terraform Mars, fight on Ceres and explore Ganymede.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing
38% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$9.99ExoColony: Planet Survival
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.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$3.49Dawn Apart
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Also in Colony sim · Replayable, Colorful
67% of 247 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Mercury 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 Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing
78% of 259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99Aven Colony
Govern humanity's first settlement on Aven Prime, an alien world of deserts, tundras and wetlands light years from Earth. Grow a small outpost into a sprawling city, keep your colonists fed and breathing through electrical storms and long winters, and uncover the planet's secrets. A calm, easy-to-learn colony builder with a lot of charm.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Relaxing
71% of 2,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99My Colony
A sci-fi colony sim that starts with one lander and a rover and ends wherever your ambition does. Pick a faction, grow an outpost into an empire, trade on a player-run market, or share a region with friends. It runs on almost anything and never asks you to wait for a timer.
Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing
89% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$4.99
Cheaper than Colonials Programme
Aven Colony
Grow humanity's first settlement from a lonely outpost into a thriving city, one dome at a time.
71% of 2,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$5.99
Colonies
Build your own colony and defend it with a powerful army of tanks, defensive towers, and different sized mechs on alien planets!
78% of 9 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
My Colony
Build a space colony from a single rover, grow it into a sprawling economy, and rule it your way.
89% of 276 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$4.99
Sol 0: Mars Colonization
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony.
67% of 371 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Pixel Colony
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources.
93% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
A Planet of Mine Legacy
A Planet of Mine is a mini procedural 4X. Starting from a single and unique planet, survive, gather and combine resources, develop your technologies…
60% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Desktop Colony
A cosy incremental semi-idle space colony management game that sits on your desktop while you do other things.
100% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Masterplan Tycoon
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test!
72% of 644 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.79
Dungeon D14
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology.
50% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Hexbot Colony
Build and manage multiple colonies on different planets. Heavy focus on mining and industry, and setting up automated cargo transport between…
$4.99
Unclaimed World
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim.
49% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$1.18
Hidden gems like Colonials Programme
Plan B: Terraform
Turn frozen wasteland into green, living terrain by moving water, resources and people across a calm hex-grid planet.
91% of 3,648 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 169$11.99
Astro Colony
Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.
80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99
Solargene
Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system.
77% of 784 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$34.99
Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet.
87% of 209 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
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…
75% of 3,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
Farlanders
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder.
89% of 514 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Space Architect
Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom.
73% of 305 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$1.79
Mercury Fallen
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival.
78% of 259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Don't get lost
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim.
78% of 479 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.
69% of 748 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Dawn Apart
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments.
67% of 247 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Kubifaktorium
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex…
79% of 728 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Newest games like Colonials Programme
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…
75% of 3,975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
Icaria
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed.
74% of 81 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$24.99
Astro Colony
Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.
80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99
Possible One: Lunar Industries
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game!
64% of 56 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Space Drilling Station
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet.
89% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Solargene
Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system.
77% of 784 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$34.99
Desktop Colony
A cosy incremental semi-idle space colony management game that sits on your desktop while you do other things.
100% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Star Birds
Star Birds is a relaxed factory game on asteroids. Scan rocks, mine ice and stranger things, and link it all with hand-drawn pipes while your…
91% of 3,083 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Plan B: Terraform
Turn frozen wasteland into green, living terrain by moving water, resources and people across a calm hex-grid planet.
91% of 3,648 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 169$11.99
Prospector
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game.
64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Dawn Apart
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments.
67% of 247 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
ExoColony: Planet Survival
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply.
69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$3.49