Games like Exark

Miss the replayable and cute pull of Exark? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

   

   A survival city-builder about a flying city on the run. You build automated production lines, keep everyone fed and housed, hold off the Dream Plagues, then lift the whole town into the sky when the raids get too rough.

   Also in City builder · Replayable, Dark

   72%72% of 553 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$29.99

2. Ark of Charon

   

   Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.

   Cute, Dark

   75%75% of 392 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$24.99

3. Generation Exile

   

   Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

   Also in City builder · Replayable, Dark

   65%65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

4. Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles

   

   Build a towering ocean fortress on the cliffs of the Ursee, one wall at a time. Casual, colorful and yours to shape.

   Also in City builder · Replayable

   85%85% of 1,398 Steam reviews are positive15Players online now: 15$19.99

5. Breachway

   

   A sci-fi roguelike where your ship is your deck. Pick a chassis, bolt on weapons and modules, hire a crew with opinions of their own, and fight tense turn-based card battles across the galaxy. Every run builds toward The Signal, and every run plays out differently.

   Replayable

   74%74% of 1,437 Steam reviews are positive27Players online now: 27$19.99

6. Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

   

   A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

   Also in City builder · Replayable, Cute

   92%92% of 353 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$6.99

7. Hull Rupture

   

   Earth is gone, and your ship is a living projectile aimed at the alien homeworld. Hull Rupture is a darkly funny tower-defense roguelite where you manage power, resources and human lives to keep the engines burning, build the ship ever bigger, and plug every hull breach before the aliens get in. Keep moving. Whatever it takes.

   Replayable, Retro, Dark

   72%72% of 240 Steam reviews are positive1.5KPlayers online now: 1,481$13.49

8. Pax Autocratica

   

   A darkly satirical colony sim where you run a totalitarian state and then personally storm the battlefield in first person. Build the colony, bend citizens to your will, capture enemies and convert them, and fight through bullet-hell war alongside troops you raised. Power is the point. How far you take it is up to you.

   Replayable, Dark

   90%90% of 4,138 Steam reviews are positive66Players online now: 66$29.99

9. IXION

   

   Earth is dying, and DOLOS' prototype station Tiqqun is all that's left. As Administrator you build out its sectors, mine the void, recover cryopods and keep a fragile crew alive and loyal. A hard, story-driven survival city builder where every choice echoes. Can you keep humanity's flame burning in the cold?

   Also in City builder · Replayable, Dark

   77%77% of 15,461 Steam reviews are positive218Players online now: 218$34.99

10. Space Architect

    

    Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom. A cartoony colony and automation sim where every run plays out differently.

    Replayable

    73%73% of 305 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$1.79

11. The Banished Vault

    

    A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.

    Also in City builder · Replayable, Dark

    79%79% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$24.99

12. The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

    

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    Also in City builder · Replayable

    68%68% of 362 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Cheaper than Exark

Hull Rupture

Manage power, people and a growing ship as you plug hull breaches and race toward the alien homeworld.

72%72% of 240 Steam reviews are positive1.5KPlayers online now: 1,481$13.49

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

92%92% of 353 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$6.99

Space Architect

Mine asteroids, build production lines, keep your crew fed and trade with passing ships to buy back your freedom.

73%73% of 305 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$1.79

The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious…

68%68% of 362 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Pile Up!

"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different…

73%73% of 970 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$9.99

The Riftbreaker

You are captain Ashley S. Nowak, a scientist-commando in a Mecha-Suit, sent through a one-way portal to planet Galatea 37.

90%90% of 22,340 Steam reviews are positive1KPlayers online now: 1,035$29.99

Farlight Explorers

Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive.

53%53% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Exogate Initiative

Build an underground facility, recruit a team of specialists and explore new worlds through the Exogate.

76%76% of 698 Steam reviews are positive18Players online now: 18$11.24

As We Descend

A dark, tactical roguelike deckbuilder set in humanity's last city.

86%86% of 1,419 Steam reviews are positive34Players online now: 34$19.99

Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game.

69%69% of 748 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$11.99

Vectorio

Build. Automate. Defend.

78%78% of 368 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition

Grow a clone crew, splice alien DNA and hold your starship together as infected corridors close in around you.

73%73% of 1,570 Steam reviews are positive15Players online now: 15$19.99

Hidden gems like Exark

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

92%92% of 353 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$6.99

Pax Autocratica

Run a totalitarian colony, bend citizens to your will and charge into the war yourself in first person.

90%90% of 4,138 Steam reviews are positive66Players online now: 66$29.99

eXoSpace Combat Engineer

Design your own warship piece by piece, then take it into fast bullet-hell battles across a galaxy of supervillains.

87%87% of 182 Steam reviews are positive21Players online now: 21$14.99

Corsair Cove

A pirate city builder where flat land is scarce, so you build up the cliffs: bridges, ziplines and lifts hauling rum and cannonballs between camps.

85%85% of 3,353 Steam reviews are positive167Players online now: 167$39.99

As We Descend

A dark, tactical roguelike deckbuilder set in humanity's last city.

86%86% of 1,419 Steam reviews are positive34Players online now: 34$19.99

Arknights: Endfield

Explore Talos-II, command a squad in real-time battles and set up automated production lines to power it all.

86%86% of 3,164 Steam reviews are positive3KPlayers online now: 3,007Free

The Ember Guardian

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

81%81% of 297 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$19.99

Astro Colony

Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.

80%80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positive106Players online now: 106$19.99

Dawnmaker

Dawnmaker is a turn-based city building and deckbuilding game, made by 2 strategy fans. It feels like playing a solo board game.

91%91% of 158 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

ALL WILL FALL

Lead flood survivors, scavenge a drying seabed and stack a shanty town toward the sky while physics, hunger and factions test every beam.

77%77% of 1,315 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

Havendock

Turn a lonely raft into a cozy ocean colony, fishing debris from the waves and automating your way up to submarines and a rocket.

81%81% of 1,513 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

Roots of Yggdrasil

Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike…

85%85% of 303 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Newest games like Exark

Hull Rupture

Manage power, people and a growing ship as you plug hull breaches and race toward the alien homeworld.

72%72% of 240 Steam reviews are positive1.5KPlayers online now: 1,481$13.49

Arknights: Endfield

Explore Talos-II, command a squad in real-time battles and set up automated production lines to power it all.

86%86% of 3,164 Steam reviews are positive3KPlayers online now: 3,007Free

eXoSpace Combat Engineer

Design your own warship piece by piece, then take it into fast bullet-hell battles across a galaxy of supervillains.

87%87% of 182 Steam reviews are positive21Players online now: 21$14.99

Pax Autocratica

Run a totalitarian colony, bend citizens to your will and charge into the war yourself in first person.

90%90% of 4,138 Steam reviews are positive66Players online now: 66$29.99

Corsair Cove

A pirate city builder where flat land is scarce, so you build up the cliffs: bridges, ziplines and lifts hauling rum and cannonballs between camps.

85%85% of 3,353 Steam reviews are positive167Players online now: 167$39.99

SpaceCraft

Mine planets, assemble ships from parts and grow a trading empire with friends in an open galaxy.

63%63% of 2,730 Steam reviews are positive269Players online now: 269$29.99

Astro Colony

Set up conveyor networks, dock your stations and research new tech at your own pace, alone or with friends.

80%80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positive106Players online now: 106$19.99

Starvester

Send drones out to mine planets, unlock upgrades and raise megastructures while the numbers quietly climb.

68%68% of 821 Steam reviews are positive15Players online now: 15$6.99

Space Haven

Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.

85%85% of 10,433 Steam reviews are positive626Players online now: 626$24.99

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

92%92% of 353 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$6.99

Generation Exile

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder.

65%65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

The Ember Guardian

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

81%81% of 297 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$19.99