Games like IXION

Still thinking about IXION and its dark and atmospheric tone? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. Solargene

   

   Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system. Build colonies from Mercury to the Kuiper Belt, keep picky astronauts alive, untangle production chains and logistics, and turn contracts with Earth's spacefaring nations into your own off-world empire. Deep, demanding and replayable.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable

   77%77% of 786 Steam reviews are positive18Players online now: 18$34.99

2. 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 and Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

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

3. Space Haven

   

   Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home. Space Haven is a colony sim about designing the ship, managing fragile civilians inside it, and salvaging what you need from derelicts, asteroids, and rival factions along the way.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

   85%85% of 10,448 Steam reviews are positive626Players online now: 626$24.99

4. Space Station Alpha

   

   Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim

   48%48% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

5. Alien 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 · Dark, Replayable

   87%87% of 208 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2Free

6. 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.

   Also in Colony sim · Replayable

   72%72% of 307 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$1.79

7. Stardeus

   

   A deep colony sim on a broken starship. You are the ship's immortal AI: send drones to patch the hull, balance oxygen, heat and power, wake your human crew, and decide whether to protect them or exploit them. Then fly your rebuilt ship into a procedurally generated universe full of pirates, traders and worse.

   Also in Colony sim · Dark, Tense, Replayable

   87%87% of 1,467 Steam reviews are positive198Players online now: 198$29.99

8. The Spatials: Galactology

   

   The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable

   68%68% of 232 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

9. The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

   

   Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?

   Also in Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Tense

   62%62% of 400 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

10. Beyond These Stars

    

    Build a city on the back of Kewa, a lonely Space Whale drifting between stars. Lay out streets, dig canals, plant forests and keep your Peeps fed while learning to coexist with the living world under your feet. A gentle, thoughtful colony builder about balance rather than endless growth.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable

    65%65% of 263 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$29.99

11. Starmancer

    

    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.

    Also in Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

    61%61% of 896 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

12. Stable Orbit - Build your own space station

    

    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.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim

    51%51% of 279 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Cheaper than IXION

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

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 10,448 Steam reviews are positive626Players online now: 626$24.99

Space Station Alpha

Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space.

48%48% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Space Architect

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

72%72% of 307 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$1.79

Stardeus

As the ship's AI, keep a dying vessel running, manage fragile human survivors and steer your rebuilt colony through a hostile universe.

87%87% of 1,467 Steam reviews are positive198Players online now: 198$29.99

The Spatials: Galactology

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy…

68%68% of 232 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation

Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the…

62%62% of 400 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

Beyond These Stars

Found a settlement on a living Space Whale and journey across the galaxy together.

65%65% of 263 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$29.99

Starmancer

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.

61%61% of 896 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Stable Orbit - Build your own space station

Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision…

51%51% of 279 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Base One

Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing.

36%36% of 458 Steam reviews are positive$24.99

Industries of Titan

Build a corporate city on Titan, salvage a lost civilization's ruins, and crush rivals by tech, wealth, influence or war.

61%61% of 1,556 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$29.99

Hidden gems like IXION

Astro Colony

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

80%80% of 2,447 Steam reviews are positive106Players online now: 106$19.99

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 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

Solargene

Run a private space corporation across a realistically simulated solar system.

77%77% of 786 Steam reviews are positive18Players online now: 18$34.99

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 10,448 Steam reviews are positive626Players online now: 626$24.99

Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)

A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet.

87%87% of 208 Steam reviews are positive2Players 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%75% of 3,983 Steam reviews are positive538Players online now: 538$19.19

Oxygen: First Breath

Build a settlement around the Oxygen Center and keep your people breathing through the disasters of a broken world.

88%88% of 1,665 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Stardeus

As the ship's AI, keep a dying vessel running, manage fragile human survivors and steer your rebuilt colony through a hostile universe.

87%87% of 1,467 Steam reviews are positive198Players online now: 198$29.99

InfraSpace

Build a space colony where every truck, train and pipe matters, and turn a dusty outpost into a green, breathable world at your own pace.

82%82% of 1,662 Steam reviews are positive32Players online now: 32$24.99

Anoxia Station

Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements.

76%76% of 184 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$14.99

New Cycle

Lead a band of survivors from a bare settlement to an industrial metropolis, keeping them fed, watered and alive along the way.

79%79% of 2,617 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$29.99

Mercury Fallen

A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival.

78%78% of 259 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$24.99

Newest games like IXION

Wall World Strategy

Build a colony on an endless vertical structure, manage its people and resources, and survive what lives in the dark.

71%71% of 121 Steam reviews are positive667Players online now: 667

Hull Rupture

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

73%73% of 293 Steam reviews are positive1.6KPlayers online now: 1,625$13.49

Beyond These Stars

Found a settlement on a living Space Whale and journey across the galaxy together.

65%65% of 263 Steam reviews are positive75Players online now: 75$29.99

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%75% of 3,983 Steam reviews are positive538Players online now: 538$19.19

Deep Space Outpost

Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management.

72%72% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$15.99

Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift

Dead Reckoning is a generation ship colony sim. Guide 1,000 colonists across centuries of deep space, through famine, mutiny and failing systems.

85%85% of 227 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$14.99

Astro Colony

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

80%80% of 2,447 Steam reviews are positive106Players online now: 106$19.99

MegaFactory Titan

A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with…

77%77% of 153 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$19.99

Possible One: Lunar Industries

Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game!

64%64% of 56 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$24.99

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 10,448 Steam reviews are positive626Players online now: 626$24.99

Outworld Station

Link modules with tubes, run supply chains across planets and build starships at your own pace, alone or with friends.

83%83% of 866 Steam reviews are positive31Players online now: 31$18.99

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