Games like The Crust

Remember how replayable and relaxing The Crust felt at its best? These games line up well for what comes next.

1. Astro 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.

   Also in Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing

   80%80% of 2,447 Steam reviews are positive83Players online now: 83$19.99

2. Possible One: Lunar Industries

   

   Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable

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

3. 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 positive30Players online now: 30$9.99

4. Dawn 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…

   Also in Colony sim · Replayable

   67%67% of 249 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

5. 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 positive11Players online now: 11$34.99

6. Prospector

   

   Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!

   Relaxing

   64%64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

7. 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. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

   Replayable, Relaxing

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

8. Mercury 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.

   Also in Colony sim · Replayable, Relaxing

   78%78% of 259 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$24.99

9. 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 Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!

   Also in City builder · Replayable

   77%77% of 153 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

10. Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager

    

    Run a 21st century space company: plan real orbital transfers, sling rockets past planets, mine the asteroid belt and drop water ice onto Mars. A slow, numbers-first logistics sim where a good plan pays off centuries later, and terraforming a whole planet is just the next item on the list.

    Replayable, Relaxing

    87%87% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positive107Players online now: 107$17.99

11. Facteroids

    

    Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

    Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing

    80%80% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

12. Captain of Industry

    

    Start with a ship, a crew and an empty island, and end with rockets and a space station. Captain of Industry is a factory builder about mining, reshaping land, farming, keeping people alive, and chaining refineries and assembly lines all the way to nuclear power.

    Also in City builder · Replayable, Relaxing

    90%90% of 11,272 Steam reviews are positive3.7KPlayers online now: 3,665$34.99

Cheaper than The Crust

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 positive30Players online now: 30$9.99

Prospector

Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game.

64%64% of 112 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

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

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%87% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positive107Players online now: 107$17.99

Facteroids

Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space.

80%80% of 75 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Earth Space Colonies

Earth Space Colonies is a strategy-simulation game where you build space colonies around the Solar system.

38%38% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Planetbase

Grow a fragile space outpost into a working colony, one power failure at a time.

79%79% of 9,602 Steam reviews are positive179Players online now: 179$14.99

My Colony

Build a space colony from a single rover, grow it into a sprawling economy, and rule it your way.

88%88% of 277 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$4.99

Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

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

69%69% of 749 Steam reviews are positive1Players online now: 1$11.99

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!

53%53% of 91 Steam reviews are positive$14.99

Star Ores Inc.

Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine.

81%81% of 327 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$17.99

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

Hidden gems like The Crust

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%87% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positive107Players online now: 107$17.99

Star Birds

Star Birds is a relaxed factory game on asteroids. Scan rocks, mine ice and stranger things, and link it all with hand-drawn pipes while your…

92%92% of 3,089 Steam reviews are positive47Players online now: 47$19.99

Astronomics

Land on passing rocks, automate your mining operation, and earn your way back to Earth one contract at a time.

89%89% of 734 Steam reviews are positive15Players online now: 15$19.99

Plan B: Terraform

Turn frozen wasteland into green, living terrain by moving water, resources and people across a calm hex-grid planet.

91%91% of 3,655 Steam reviews are positive253Players online now: 253$11.99

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 positive83Players online now: 83$19.99

Surviving Ceres

Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building.

87%87% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Star Ores Inc.

Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine.

81%81% of 327 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$17.99

Solargene

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

77%77% of 786 Steam reviews are positive11Players online now: 11$34.99

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 positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

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

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 1,468 Steam reviews are positive193Players online now: 193$29.99

FOUNDRY

A first-person factory builder in an infinite voxel world. Mine, automate and optimize robot production from deep underground to the sky, sell…

82%82% of 3,334 Steam reviews are positive206Players online now: 206$29.99

Newest games like The Crust

Main Sequence

Mine, automate and design your own fleet, from a lone mining ship to stations spread across procedurally generated star systems.

79%79% of 179 Steam reviews are positive1.7KPlayers online now: 1,728$19.99

Moon Sweepers

Turn one toothbrush and a dusty lunar surface into a growing cleanup operation, alone or with up to 16 friends.

76%76% of 8,789 Steam reviews are positive22KPlayers online now: 21,950$8.99

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

SpaceCraft

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

63%63% of 2,742 Steam reviews are positive232Players online now: 232$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 2,447 Steam reviews are positive83Players online now: 83$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 positive1Players online now: 1$19.99

Starvester

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

68%68% of 823 Steam reviews are positive13Players online now: 13$6.99

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

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

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%87% of 1,347 Steam reviews are positive107Players online now: 107$17.99

Desynced

Program drone fleets to mine, build and explore a strange planet, alone or with friends.

79%79% of 1,913 Steam reviews are positive57Players online now: 57$29.99

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%68% of 2,746 Steam reviews are positive124Players online now: 124$29.99