Games like Outerstellar

Remember how competitive and tense Outerstellar felt at its best? You might settle into these games easily. Plenty here let you team up if you like.

Stars End
Stars End is a sci-fi survival sandbox on a lawless frontier settled after Earth died. You chop wood, dodge alien wildlife including bears, build cabins and stations, then fly to other planets. Ambitious in scope, rough and unfinished in practice, it suits patient solo tinkerers only.
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense
63% of 1,131 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Project Asteroids
In the vastness of space, you are a lone robot desperately trying to survive. Build, explore, and fight for your life as you face deadly threats in the asteroid belt. This hardcore game shows no mercy—dangers lurk at every step, ready to destroy you at any moment.
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense, Fast-paced
56% of 134 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Planetaries
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Also in Survival crafting
58% of 215 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Farworld Pioneers
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Also in Survival crafting
37% of 623 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Outpost Zero
Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe. On a lawless alien world, robotic scouts are tasked with building an Outpost for human colonists. Command AI minions, colonize the planet, and survive the perils of Gaiya.
Also in Survival crafting
51% of 580 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Dysterra
On a future post-apocalyptic Earth, build, craft, and loot other players’ bases to survive long enough to board the rocket and escape the dangerous robots and mercenaries that inhabit Ararat Island. Manipulate the weather and use earthquakes to change when the server wipe occurs in DYSTERRA!
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense, Fast-paced
55% of 778 Steam reviews are positiveFree
StarRupture
StarRupture is a first-person open-world survival and base-building game on a planet torn by recurring cataclysms. You mine and process resources, build an industrial system to produce goods and expand your base, and hold off hordes of alien creatures alone or with up to four friends.
Also in Survival crafting · Tense
80% of 12,606 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 977$19.99
CryoFall
CryoFall is a 2D sci-fi survival colony sim on a forgotten planet. You start with primitive tools and work your way up through industrial, modern and space-age technology: farms, power grids, factories, vehicles, even war machines. Play it relaxed on PvE servers or brutal on PvP ones, alone or with friends. Just know it asks for patience.
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive
78% of 4,909 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$19.99
Out of Reach
You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. Storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make shelters. These are the basics, you need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build & burn, sail & explore, be Out of Reach!
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense
54% of 2,391 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.64
Astro Hunters VR
Become one of the Hunters in Astro Hunters VR - PvPvE extraction shooter set in space. Explore a unique planet, fight with different enemies, craft, gather resources, and upgrade your weapons. But remember there are also other hunters on the planet. Will you ally, fight, or betray - it's up to you!
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense, Fast-paced
59% of 64 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
BEACHED
You gather resources, build a trapped-up base, loot monuments from airfields to a volcano base, and fight other players for it all. Fast gunplay, hard raids, no guarantees.
Also in Survival crafting · Competitive, Tense, Fast-paced
64% of 3,688 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
A space sandbox survival adventure: start in a crashed pod on an alien planet, mine, craft and build your way up to capital ships, planetary bases and space stations, then warp off to explore a whole galaxy. Play alone or with friends, and expect things to go gloriously wrong along the way.
Also in Survival crafting
78% of 29,245 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 561$19.99

Hidden gems like Outerstellar

Astrometica

Mine asteroids, scan lost wreckage and build your own bases in a calm, open galaxy that lets you explore at your own pace.

$11.99

Plains of Pain

A brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where the sun itself is out to kill you.

$19.99

Cubic Odyssey

Explore procedurally generated planets, craft gear and ships, and fight the Red Darkness alone or with friends.

$24.99

Strayed

A VR survival game where you wash up on a beach with a rock and a torch, and everything else you have to take, make or defend.

$14.99

StarRupture

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

$19.99

Under A New Sun

While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth.

$17.99

Lost Rift

Build a home on your own island, then run high-stakes extraction expeditions against other players.

$24.99

Stranded: Alien Dawn

A small group of survivors, one unforgiving alien planet, and you in charge.

$34.99

Beyond Contact

Gather, craft and build a base on a hostile world, alone or with friends, and fight to keep it from falling apart.

$19.99

SpaceCraft

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

$29.99

Starship EVO

Crash-land, craft your way back to space, then shape and wire any ship you can imagine and take it out among the stars.

$24.99

Sunkenland

Dive for supplies in flooded ruins, raise a stronghold above the waves, and hold it against pirates and mutants.

$19.99

Newest games like Outerstellar

SpaceCraft

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

$29.99

Away From Life

You wake up after a helicopter crash with one job: get home.

$12.99

StarRupture

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

$19.99

The Front

Gather, craft and fortify a base, then push back against the empire in first person, alone or with friends.

$19.99

Star Crafter

A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game.

$19.99

Lost Rift

Build a home on your own island, then run high-stakes extraction expeditions against other players.

$24.99

Survive the Fall

Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike.

$24.99

Cubic Odyssey

Explore procedurally generated planets, craft gear and ships, and fight the Red Darkness alone or with friends.

$24.99

Longvinter

Camp on a colorful island, live off the land and choose between trading, teaming up or fighting the other researchers around you.

$19.99

Astrometica

Mine asteroids, scan lost wreckage and build your own bases in a calm, open galaxy that lets you explore at your own pace.

$11.99

Deadside

A grim open-world survival shooter where every run risks your gear against other players, and a fortified base waits for what you bring home.

$24.99

IfSunSets

Gather, craft and fortify on a cursed island, then hold your ground when the dead rise at dusk.

$19.99