Games like Lifecraft

Loved how replayable and colorful Lifecraft can get? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. Thrive

   

   Start as the first spark of life on an alien planet and steer your species across billions of years. Build your microbe from real organelles, hunt or photosynthesise your way to survival, and watch rival species evolve against you. A calm, science-driven evolution sandbox where every run plays out differently.

   Replayable

   92%92% of 1,727 Steam reviews are positive21Players online now: 21$4.99

2. 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 Colony sim and Survival crafting

   78%78% of 559 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$19.99

3. Planetary Life

   

   Shape a dead planet into a living world. Move mountains and seas, tune the climate, then seed cells and watch them evolve into plants, animals and strange chimera of your making. Guide every step or sit back and see what 50,000 years cook up. A calm, colorful sandbox for anyone who ever wanted to play at being a very patient god.

   Replayable, Colorful

   94%94% of 949 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$11.99

4. AutoForge

   

   A 2D automation sandbox where the factory runs on Mana and the factory worker is a golem. Build production lines, farm, tame monsters, dig for ore and unlock the world region by region, all while a very persistent defense system tries to take your resources back. Thoughtful building, gentle pixel art, and a mystery about your missing masters.

   Also in Survival crafting · Replayable, Colorful, Retro

   86%86% of 445 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

5. Sandustry

   

   Sandustry is a factory game where every pixel is stuff you can mine, spill, melt, burn, or blow up. You start sifting gold from wet sand and end up plumbing steam, lava, seeds, and ice across a fully destructible planet, hunting artifacts left by an ancient civilization.

   Also in Survival crafting · Replayable

   97%97% of 5,720 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,297$19.99

6. Terrafactor

   

   You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you. Craft more advanced technology... then feed it to The Hole.

   Also in Survival crafting · Replayable, Retro

   90%90% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

7. Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

   

   Tap from lifeless rock to humans, dinosaurs, Mars and beyond. Cell to Singularity turns 4.5 billion years of evolution into a relaxed cosmic clicker, where every click earns Entropy and unlocks the next fish, lizard, mammal or machine, with real science notes along the way.

   89%89% of 28,580 Steam reviews are positive5KPlayers online now: 5,045Free

8. Oxygen: First Breath

   

   Keep the power on through deadly winds, frosts and droughts, scavenge the ruins, and lead your survivors through the first 50 days.

   Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable

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

9. The Sapling

   

   Design your own plants, algae, fungi and animals, then set them loose in a world together. Add random mutations and watch evolution fill every niche, or shape the planet yourself, ice ages included. A calm, creative ecosystem toy from solo developer Wessel Stoop.

   Also in Survival crafting · Replayable

   88%88% of 1,988 Steam reviews are positive53Players online now: 53$17.99

10. Revive & Prosper

    

    A complex but not difficult voxel automation game with belts, trains, teleports, and even catapults for transport. Achieve efficiency through smart water control. Play with or without enemies. Produce materials and fuel for a spaceship. Deal with the toxic side effects. Can you Revive & Prosper?

    Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable, Colorful

    68%68% of 60 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

11. Oxygen Not Included

    

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony sim about keeping cheerful clones alive inside an asteroid. You dig tunnels, pipe oxygen and water, wire up power, and fight heat, hunger, and stress. Systems collide in clever ways, failure is funny, and a working base feels earned.

    Also in Colony sim and Survival crafting · Replayable

    96%96% of 136,342 Steam reviews are positive7.6KPlayers online now: 7,551$24.99

12. ReFactory

    

    Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

    Replayable

    78%78% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Cheaper than Lifecraft

Thrive

Grow a microbe into a species, choosing every adaptation as your alien world changes around you.

92%92% of 1,727 Steam reviews are positive21Players online now: 21$4.99

Planetary Life

Terraform a barren world, tune its climate and watch the life you seed evolve across millennia, all at your own unhurried pace.

94%94% of 949 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$11.99

Atrio: The Dark Wild

Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything.

78%78% of 559 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$19.99

Sandustry

Sift gold from sand, build factories that grow with you, and uncover what an ancient civilization left behind.

97%97% of 5,720 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,297$19.99

Terrafactor

You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you.

90%90% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

The Sapling

Design creatures and plants, release them into one world, and watch what evolution does with your creations.

88%88% of 1,988 Steam reviews are positive53Players online now: 53$17.99

Revive & Prosper

A complex but not difficult voxel automation game with belts, trains, teleports, and even catapults for transport.

68%68% of 60 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

ReFactory

Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an…

78%78% of 83 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

FortressCraft Evolved!

Crash-land, mine, and automate your way from a few basic machines to a sprawling factory under constant attack.

72%72% of 2,652 Steam reviews are positive24Players online now: 24$12.99

Evospace

Mine, refine and build production chains that grow from simple smelters to fusion power, then open a portal to another world.

83%83% of 353 Steam reviews are positive13Players online now: 13$14.99

Atomcraft

Mine, smelt and automate your way across a simulated world, chasing every element to fix your ship.

95%95% of 444 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$14.99

JUNKPUNK

JUNKPUNK is a factory management, base building, exploration game where a New World Robotics ship has crash landed.

59%59% of 647 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$15.99

Hidden gems like Lifecraft

Atomcraft

Mine, smelt and automate your way across a simulated world, chasing every element to fix your ship.

95%95% of 444 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$14.99

Planetary Life

Terraform a barren world, tune its climate and watch the life you seed evolve across millennia, all at your own unhurried pace.

94%94% of 949 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$11.99

Sandustry

Sift gold from sand, build factories that grow with you, and uncover what an ancient civilization left behind.

97%97% of 5,720 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,297$19.99

Forage Wizard

Tap trees for wood, brew potions in your pixel workshop, and let your base slowly do the work for you.

86%86% of 1,673 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$6.99

Craftlings

Guide a village of tireless little workers through handcrafted puzzle levels, one production chain at a time.

86%86% of 326 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$19.99

Microtopia

Grow a robot ant colony by drawing pheromone trails, sorting workers and raising new queens, all at your own calm pace.

87%87% of 897 Steam reviews are positive23Players online now: 23$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 2,447 Steam reviews are positive106Players online now: 106$19.99

Widget Inc.

Turn a handful of Widgets into an automated, country-spanning production line, one calm tier at a time.

84%84% of 767 Steam reviews are positive42Players online now: 42$2.49

Upload Labs

Route files through a growing network of nodes, then tune every bottleneck until the whole machine hums.

91%91% of 8,987 Steam reviews are positive826Players online now: 826Free

Of Life and Land

Lead villagers through wild lands where every animal and plant is fighting for its own place.

82%82% of 293 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$12.49

AutoForge

Build Mana-driven production lines as a golem, farm and tame monsters, and unlock a colorful world region by region while a persistent defense…

86%86% of 445 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$24.99

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 3,986 Steam reviews are positive538Players online now: 538$19.19

Newest games like Lifecraft

Mycelarium

Flick your mycelium through the soil, tap hidden water and unlock strange mutations at your own pace.

82%82% of 868 Steam reviews are positive335Players online now: 335$4.99

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 3,986 Steam reviews are positive538Players online now: 538$19.19

Sandustry

Sift gold from sand, build factories that grow with you, and uncover what an ancient civilization left behind.

97%97% of 5,720 Steam reviews are positive1.3KPlayers online now: 1,297$19.99

Atomcraft

Mine, smelt and automate your way across a simulated world, chasing every element to fix your ship.

95%95% of 444 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$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

Forage Wizard

Tap trees for wood, brew potions in your pixel workshop, and let your base slowly do the work for you.

86%86% of 1,673 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$6.99

Terrafactor

You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you.

90%90% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Simultree

Simultree is a short incremental game about monitoring life simulations.

86%86% of 148 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$6.99

Adaptory

Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed.

76%76% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Craftlings

Guide a village of tireless little workers through handcrafted puzzle levels, one production chain at a time.

86%86% of 326 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$19.99

StarRupture

StarRupture is a first-person open-world survival and base-building game on a planet torn by recurring cataclysms.

80%80% of 12,620 Steam reviews are positive977Players online now: 977$19.99

The Last Caretaker

Salvage, build and sail a flooded Earth while raising the last of humankind in your machine-run complex.

86%86% of 14,154 Steam reviews are positive2.2KPlayers online now: 2,169$34.99