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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 2,070 reviews

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Colony.

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  3. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 1,854 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

    If you were to mix Factorio, Forager, and Satisfactory, Nova Lands would be just that. Explore, build, and automate your base in this awesome, open-world 2D game! New planet, new home. Build your new base with all sorts of resources available to you, from basic rocks and wood to rare and unknown materials. Unlock new possibilities with every new building, maximize efficiency, and push deeper to o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Lands.

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  4. 52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Crafter.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    92% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    In Oceaneers, a survival-crafting colony simulation game, you manage a group of stranded survivors in a flooded world where sci-fi meets palm trees. With sinking islands, and scarce resources, you’ll need to grow an island colony, recruit new survivors and protect them from dangers on both land and sea! SURVIVE ON FLOATING ISLANDSThe ocean is scattered with floating islands powered by Float-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oceaneers.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 597 reviews

    Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game that's first person open-world. Explore the mountain ranges before you. Dig deep, mine hard and find the ultimate gemstone you have set off to find. ConstructConstruct massive dwarven structures by mining for several different resources, create your home, and build your factory! AutomateFind ore veins deep in the earth's mantle discover more precious m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orebound.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 344 reviews

    Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GeoDepths.

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  8. View Game
    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 2,864 reviews

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MineMogul.

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  9. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 2,380 reviews

    Techtonica is a first-person factory building game set beneath the surface of an alien planet. Work alone or in co-op to build factories, gather resources, research new technologies, mold the destructible terrain, establish a base of operations, and uncover long-forgotten secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Techtonica.

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  10. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    56% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits! Produce all types of sweets as you fill the world with massive factories! Automate with conveyor belts to exploit the world's resources! Immersive first… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chocolate Factory.

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  11. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, music
    74% User Score Based on 118 reviews

    WISHLIST THE FULL GAME About the GameBuild your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!This is the prologue to the full game and only the early game content is available. Produce all types of sweets as yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chocolate Factory: Prologue.

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  12. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 389 reviews

    Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission is a prologue chapter of the main game, Nova Lands. Learn your way around the planet you've landed on, build your base, and automate it with your helpful bots! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Lands: Emilia's Mission.

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  13. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 5,242 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    Become a crew member of an interdimensional express! Discover a new mysterious world inhabited by amazing creatures, dangers and surprises. Upgrade your train, gather new materials and build better weapons! Available in single player, or in online multiplayer with up to 4 people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Voidtrain.

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  14. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Build spell-powered factories, reclaim ancient territories filled with magical secrets, and discover game-changing technology hidden across procedurally generated worlds. Master both engineering and magic in this cozy fusion of factory automation and RPG progression. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcaneering: Beyond Automation.

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  15. Welcome Island About the GameYou've awakened. You find yourself in a mysterious world of floating islands, where the sky shimmers with an ethereal glow. The islands drift like fragmented dreams, surrounded by unfamiliar flora and an unknown ecosystem. You gradually adapt to this world's rules. You'll need to build a home and develop technology, starting from scratch—from primitive tools to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLOUD DWELLERS.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    92% User Score Based on 477 reviews

    Modulus is a factory automation game where you cut, color, stamp, and assemble 3D building blocks. Design and optimize sprawling factories with creative freedom to efficiently fulfill the orders of the Grand Neural Network. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Modulus.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 157 reviews

    [Media 35007486] Follow us: Discord | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Meet Morps! [Media 35007504] Time to Morp is a sandbox colony sim designed for both single and multiplayer. Build a... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time to Morp.

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  18. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    85% User Score Based on 1,243 reviews

    Blacksmith Master puts you in charge of your own medieval forge and has you manage resource acquisition and refinement alongside the production and sale of finished goods. Find and hire the best staff for each respective step of the process and equip them with the right tools to optimize your business and train their skills over time. Design your shop for the best throughput, fulfill orders from a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blacksmith Master.

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  19. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, everchanging views. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Crafter.

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    69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    69% User Score Based on 1,067 reviews

    The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceCraft.

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  21. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 173 reviews

    Skillwood is a survival simulator about resource foraging. Chop trees, mine stones, and skillfully level up your abilities to upgrade buildings with the gathered resources. Go through the continous progression by unlocking more areas and buildings. Controls: WASD / Arrow buttons - movement SPACEBAR - action (chop, mine or construct) LEFT SHIFT - run About game: Game revolves around resou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skillwood.

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  22. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    84% User Score Based on 1,211 reviews

    Design automated workshops for your odd and adorable Sparks to carry and craft everything, including more of themselves! Lead your squad of Sparks into combat. Explore a strange fantasy world, in single player or online co-op. Unearth the ancient mystery of the Sparks! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure.

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  23. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    92% User Score Based on 6,355 reviews

    Colony Survival is a voxel RTS developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the monsters that attack every night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Survival.

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  24. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 31,858 reviews

    Hydroneer is a low-realism mining sim sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hydroneer.

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  25. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 153,748 reviews
    Critic Score 91%Based on 7 reviews

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Satisfactory.

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  26. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 1,716 reviews

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpath: First Journey.

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  27. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    73% User Score Based on 1,530 reviews

    Explore Arctico with your dog sled team, kayak, and parachute! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources, take care of your experiments in this peaceful island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctico.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    83% User Score Based on 334 reviews

    Evospace is sandbox game with fully dynamic, procedurally generated world. Game about digging, exploring, building and technologies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evospace.

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  29. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 128 reviews

    Blastronaut is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BLASTRONAUT.

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  30. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 950 reviews

    A simulation game where you build a town in the middle of the sea. Reach self-sufficiency, invite travelers to join you, then manage their needs and research new facilities to keep them happy. Build a submarine and discover islands to produce increasingly complex resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Havendock.

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  31. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 24,920 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

    Forager is a 2D open world game inspired by exploration, farming and crafting games such as Stardew Valley, Terraria & Zelda. Gather, collect and manage resources. Craft useful items & structures. Build and grow a base out of nothing. Buy land to expand and explore. Level up and learn new skills, abilities, and blueprints. Solve puzzles, find secrets and raid dungeons! Achieve anything… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forager.

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  32. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 2,638 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    Taking Satisfactory, Forager and the gratifying gameplay loop of clicker/idle games as references, Outpath would be just that. Exploit your environment, craft, build and automate your base in this 3D first-person platformer! Gather. Craft. Build. Explore. Relax. No time limits, no pressure, play at your own pace and style. Gather, collect and manage resources. Craft useful items. Base building, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpath.

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  33. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 374 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Scrapnaut is a top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scrapnaut.

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  34. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    97% User Score Based on 43,752 reviews

    As an engineer of Dyson Sphere Program, you will go to an alien galaxy building “Dyson Sphere”. Collecting resources, plan and designing production lines, gradually create a full automated factory. Develop your factory from a small workshop to a huge cross-galaxy Industrial empire. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dyson Sphere Program.

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  35. Join our playtest for an unlocked version of the game, please also join our discord if you do for any feedback and comments. Any community engagement is appreciated! Game Information:Kardashev is a first-person, space set, procedural open world, factory building game. Your primary goal is to ascend the Kardashev Scale. Everything in this game starts with the Miner. You place the Miner on as… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kardashev.

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  36. MULERUN is a first-person crafting, farming, and business simulation game set on a mysterious tropical island in the 1980s. After escaping a dangerous drug network, the CIA relocates you to a remote island under strict surveillance. A tracking bracelet on your ankle prevents you from traveling too far from the house they gave you. You’re safe… but you’re also stuck. With only a run-down shack, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mulerun – Retro Bootlegger Simulator.

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  37. Dive into the very essence of survival and human ingenuity with Aerotopia, a unique survival game that melds magic and technology in an open, corrupted, and ever-evolving world. Begin your journey in the Stone Age and carve a path through the ages, advancing technologically to build massive automated factories and take on the ultimate challenge of resource creation and management.Character Custo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aerotopia Old Sky.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    75% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Combine And Conquer is a multiplanetary automation game.   Build and optimize factories, colonize planets, transfer resources via spaceships between your planets.   Combine And Conquer allows you to easily plan, generate and re-use building blocks for your factory.     There's a free demo that offers everything the full version does except for being able to load savegames.  Note that Combine And … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factor Y.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    90% User Score Based on 119 reviews

    Dig deeper and search for resources! Your company will have to dig tunnels, plan connections, conduct geological surveys, and find resources. Resources are not extracted automatically - you need to hire miners and assign them to specific locations. Miners load ore into carts, which are then transported through tunnels to the warehouse. You need to build tunnels and warehouses wisely to avoid cart … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Corp.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Roadmap About the GameAncient worldIt all starts in 10,000 B.C. You will have to go through a difficult path of human development - from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. The game features a massive technology tree, the progression of which will change your play style from time to time, forcing you to adapt to new conditions. Meanwhile, your settlement will grow, becoming larger and more techno… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Humanica.

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  41. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    67% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    Science-driven exploration adventure on prehistoric Earth with a relaxing vibe. Farming, crafting, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ASTROBOTANICA.

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  42. View Game
    95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 1,830 reviews

    A story-driven sci-fi survival-crafting game about mining, base-building, and carving out a future in the ruins of corporate greed. About AETHUSYou are Maeve - ex-mining engineer for the Astral Research Corporation (ARC), a galactic megacorp that profits by draining entire planets of their resources. She’s left the company. ARC has not left her, however. On Aethus, ARC claims there is n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AETHUS.

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  43. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 517 reviews

    In the heart of an abandoned island, among the dark ruins of an extinct volcano, lies a secret that threatens all of humanity.Forcing to survive in a harsh environment, the Island fights back against every inexperienced survivor who dares to venture this far in search of its mind-bending power.Your goal is to find the Island Core and take control over it.It's up to you to be its Master or Destroy … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outbreak Island.

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  44. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 1,686 reviews

    Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whiskerwood.

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  45. View Game
    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 68 reviews

    Elsewhere is a sandbox crafting game that combines survival, exploration, quests, and magic with deep progression. Start with basic tools and gradually unlock new technology and/or magic systems as you explore the world and complete objectives. Build your base, try different playstyles, automate everything, and discover how far you can push your progression — from simple survival to hi-tech system… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elsewhere.

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  46. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 4,114 reviews

    You're new to town, with only the tools in your backpack, a can-do attitude and the ability to build a new life for yourself on the beautiful island nearby. Unravel the dark secrets the island holds as you venture deeper into the caves in search of mystery and treasure. Len's Island is a blend of peaceful building, farming and crafting, mixed with intense combat, dungeon battles and deep q… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Len's Island.

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  47. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    74% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Project CobaltIt began with a contract you were never meant to sign. Inside a cold, sterile chamber, silent doctors watched as you agreed to something you didn’t understand. ☣️ Poison gas filled the room… and darkness consumed you. ⏳ Days later, you awaken on a hostile island . You are weak, hungry, and unarmed . The experiment has already begun — and survival is no longer a choice… it’s the on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Cobalt.

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  48. View Game
    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 1,661 reviews

    Immerse yourself in Astrometica, a space exploration and base-building survival game. After an explosion at a mining space station, you awaken inside an emergency pod adrift in the vastness of space. To survive, you must harness your skills, explore the endless universe, and search for other survivors’ emergency pods or outposts. Space Exploration: Experience the thrill of exploring the vastness o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astrometica.

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  50. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    90% User Score Based on 188 reviews

    JOIN US ON DISCORD About the Game Welcome to the Prospector: The First Contract - a prequel chapter where you take on your first contract as an Interstellar Prospector. Your main goal is to gather resources on a new planet. Build a living base, use supply routes for exploration, and automate your new home with robots. Once your preparations are complete, you will begin trading with distant c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prospector: The First Contract.

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