Planetbase
Grow a fragile space outpost into a working colony, one power failure at a time.
79% of 9,600 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 181$14.99
Games like Nova Origin
If the replayable rhythm of Nova Origin stuck with you, this helps. These games are worth a look next.
Planetbase
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.
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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....
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87% of 209 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeOxygen 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.
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96% of 136,319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7,551$24.99Astro 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.
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80% of 2,440 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 106$19.99ExoColony: 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.
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69% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$3.49Solargene
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.
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77% of 784 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$34.99Plan 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
91% of 3,648 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 169$11.99Mercury 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.
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78% of 259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99Sol 0: Mars Colonization
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.
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67% of 371 Steam reviews are positive$0.99The 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.
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75% of 3,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19Dawn 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…
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67% of 246 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Farlight Explorers
Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...
Replayable
53% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than Nova Origin
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
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
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
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 3,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
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% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
After the Crash : Colony
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship.
75% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Prospector
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game.
64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
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
Novo: The Colony
Rebuild a shattered colony, send your survivors on missions to explore and find key resources, and discover the truth about what happened to your son.
67% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
ASTERSTEAD
Mine. Process. Circulate. Stabilize. Build an unmanned planetary base capable of surviving every test before humanity takes its first step onto the…
$9.99
Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines!
54% of 92 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Hidden gems like Nova Origin
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
Scorchlands
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder.
88% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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
Nova Lands
Start by hand, build a factory of helpful bots, and let the machines do the grinding while you explore new islands.
90% of 2,534 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$19.99
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% of 3,977 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
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
Dawn Apart
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments.
67% of 246 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Final Upgrade
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes.
75% of 441 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Newest games like Nova Origin
After the Crash : Colony
Build order on a strange planet, keep your crew alive, and gather the parts needed to repair the crashed main ship.
75% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$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% of 3,977 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 538$19.19
Deep Space Outpost
Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management.
72% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
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 Haven
Build a spaceship tile by tile, keep its air breathable and its crew fed, then jump it toward a new home.
85% of 10,433 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 626$24.99
Generation Exile
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder.
65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Oceaneers
Manage a band of survivors, keep your islands afloat and send expeditions across a flooded world.
86% of 112 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$24.99
Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
Run a space company at your own pace, moving cargo across the solar system one careful calculation at a time.
87% of 1,343 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 86$17.99
Occupy Mars: The Game
Fix machines, wire up a base and keep your oxygen flowing on an open, red planet, alone or with friends in co-op.
68% of 2,745 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$29.99
Adaptory
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed.
76% of 99 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