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Games like Starship Colony

Looking for games like Starship Colony? Here are top open world city builder recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with SpaceSlog, The Last Starship or Space Haven.

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    59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    69% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This challenging survival colony sim features deep simulated ship systems and a whole universe to explore. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceSlog.

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  2. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    77% User Score Based on 1,191 reviews

    Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you the broken, unfinished and bug filled Alpha of The Last Starship. Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and rail guns and start your galactic adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Starship.

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  3. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

    Embark on a space journey with your patched-together crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.

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  4. Travel the vast oceans of an alien planet in this roguelite colony management game where you must build and thrive aboard a massive ocean-faring ship. Stranded on an unknown world, you must seek essential resources to power vital production chains, manage crew morale and needs as you build your mobile colony, and defend yourself against all manner of existential threats in your quest for answers. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Carrier.

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  5. Arcbound is a colony simulation game set entirely on a single evolving starship. Everything is connected. And everything can fail at any moment. Design and expand your ship room by room, manage oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide a fragile civilisation from Earth’s final evacuation into deep space. WHAT YOU DO Design and expand your Arcship room by room Manage oxygen, power, water, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcbound.

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  6. A factory automation game made entirely out of text characters. Real simulated electricity, fluid pressure, steam and logic gates. You crash on a dead planet with a terminal and 50,000 sleeping colonists somewhere below you. Runs on almost anything. Free demo. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Textorio.

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  7. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    88% User Score Based on 32 reviews

    Welcome to an exciting survival colony simulation game that takes you into the vastness of the cosmos! Starting with a small group of colonists, you're tasked to mine resources, refine materials, build structures, and innovate with new technologies. Across generations and centuries, you'll expand your settlement into a thriving civilization and terraform the planet to make it your new home. Prospe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ExoColony: Planet Survival.

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  8. View Game
    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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  9. A colony sim on one small starship. Lay every floor tile, wire the reactor, grow the food, and keep a crew of misfits breathing while pirates cut holes in the hull. Jump sector to sector, strip asteroids, and fight ship systems instead of health bars. A dreadnought waits at sector 10. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wayfarer Protocol.

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  10. View Game
    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Adaptory.

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  11. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Good morning! I am PAI - your Personal AI - and I am here to assist you! I apologize for awakening you early, but you have slept through the end of the world! But don't panic, I am here to help! With me and your trusty protosuit, you'll be able to mine ores and build an underground base to live in! There might not be sunshine down here, but at least you're not alone. I've located several othe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aground Zero.

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  12. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 51,372 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen Not Included.

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  13. View Game
    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    90% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Foreign Language Localization ProgressForeign language localization covers all non-Chinese languages. Due to ongoing game updates, some newly added or revised texts may not have been fully localized yet. Don’t worry—we are actively working on completing these translations and will release an update announcement once they are finished. Translation Progress ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▱ 90% Future renewal plan … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean Punk.

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  14. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability
    86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Space Outpost.

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  15. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 2,258 reviews

    Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ostranauts.

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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. View Game
    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    74% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    Survive, Craft, Battle, Automate and Explore. Minicology lets you take to the stars and travel through a procedurally-generated universe of tiny planets! Build bases, defend against invasions, terraform worlds, and engineer factories that automatically farm and mine. Minicology encourages creative solutions to everything — from cultivating plants to fighting enemies! Immerse yourself in a world wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minicology.

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  19. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    79% User Score Based on 126 reviews

    Design, build and manage your very own spacecraft. Explore unlimited amounts of randomly generated universes, travel through wormholes, do missions, survive cosmic events, collect and trade materials, win epic bossfights and many, many more things to do. The sky is the limit. Literally. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out Of Orbit.

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  20. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 478 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farlanders.

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  21. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 164 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 3 reviews

    The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials: Galactology.

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  22. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 2,198 reviews

    Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of your citizens, all while dealing with the often harsh realities of an exotic alien world. On top of this, you’ll face the greatest challenge of all — keeping yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aven Colony.

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  23. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    71% User Score Based on 376 reviews

    It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials.

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  24. Discover an epic space exploration sandbox RPG where you explore, trade, scavenge, research, craft and survive. Interact and dialogue with more than 10 alien races. Imagine a 4x-LITE universe: instead of commanding a faction, you are in command of a single ship and crew just trying to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Sector Darkly.

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  25. Embark on an open world journey across the stars while encountering foes, friends and forgotten stories. Build your ship. Recruit and train your crew. Most of all, explore and confront the unknown to reveal the true, vast nature of choice and consequence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Coreward.

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  26. You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks. Develop your base by building advanced factories and research new equipment for your colonists Send colonists to get resources Remove land to build more buildings Explor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon D14.

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  28. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Keziah’s Realm is an immersive survival game where you and 144 NPCs are scattered across a vast map divided into 36 procedurally generated chunks, each belonging to one of eight unique biomes. From the very start, you must forage for resources, craft essential items, and defend yourself to survive the perilous first night. From then on collaboration is key; forming clans with other survivors allow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Keziah's Realm.

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  29. View Game
    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    93% User Score Based on 123 reviews

    Sector Space is a cozy top-down single player space sandbox with retro graphics. The game takes place in a procedurally generated world with a seamless travel system. Each world represents a single galaxy in the void with hundreds of star systems and points of interest for the player to visit. Characters pilot their own ship and depending on the chosen character class (profession) may have up t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sector Space.

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  30. View Game
    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 105 reviews

    Jitter is an immersive sci-fi exploration and survival game set on a mining colony and its outskirts in the Main Asteroid Belt. You assume the role of an experimental AI that maintains ship functions and engages with the crew on board. As you explore the mining colony, you will take on new missions, expand ships and bases using various modules, add survivors to your crew, engage in space fights, a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Jitter.

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  31. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 889 reviews

    Little-Known Galaxy is a cozy single-player RPG space adventure full of friendly characters, exploration, crafting, and farming. Join Space Alliance as a new captain-in-training and work with your quirky crew to solve the mysteries of an ancient relic found on the Grey Planet. What mysteries will it uncover? What kind of adventure lies ahead? And who will you meet along the way? It’s up to you now… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Little-Known Galaxy.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,024 reviews

    Feel your pulse quicken while piloting your 150, 000t warship between asteroids in the vacuum of space in real time. All with fully simulated physics. Balance material requirements with power, tonnage, and size while building your fleet to maximum efficiency, piece by piece, module by module. Will you create a large number of smaller, more nimble vessels or double down on a massive station packed … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starminer.

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  33. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    Alien Horizon is 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. Can you survive anyway? Features complex resource management, no contact with Earth, exploration… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Horizon.

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  34. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

    TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.

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  36. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    67% User Score Based on 710 reviews

    Celestial Command is a realistic sandbox space game which unites real space flight, real orbital mechanics, and all the fun of classic space action games. We want to show how games about space actually should look, without silly vacuum friction and the maximum speed limit. As in the real world, everything in this game is in continuous motion in orbit.Realistic Orbital Mechanic If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Celestial Command.

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  37. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    Experience deeply simulated, hex-based space combat as an elite starship pilot. Explore a ruined solar system, upgrade your ship, and lead your faction to greatness in this tactical, space RPG with 4X elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Relic Space.

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  38. Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starfall Protocol.

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  39. An unforgettable journey of discovery, hope, and survival, as you strive to unlock the secrets of the universe and pave the way for humanity's destiny. By intertwining Exploration, Adaptive Gameplay, and Survival, ETERNITY offers a rich and immersive experience where you’re guiding humanity’s last fleet through a procedurally generated galaxy, and your “empire” is a moving city of ships. Every ve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternity.

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  40. Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Worlds Explorers.

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  41. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music
    40% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Colonies End is a sci-fi, adventure, sandbox game set among the stars. You’ll be mining, constructing, advancing and discovering to survive in these dimension spanning realms. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colonies End.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    82% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    Build a massive multi-deck starship and lead colonists across the galaxy. Gather resources in space or land on alien worlds for supplies. Defend your warm home from warships and beasts, use robots for labor. Tired of drifting alone through deep space? Bring a crew, and loneliness fades away. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to StarShip-DF.

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  43. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    77% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Spiritus Astrum is a persistent, open-world roleplaying sandbox with multiplayer support. It features an infinite, procedurally generated universe which players are free to explore without restriction. Spiritus Astrum is more than a game, it is a world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spiritus Astrum.

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  44. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,493 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 2 reviews

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corsair Cove.

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  45. View Game
    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Build asteroid colonies, automate mining and production, command your own fleet, and fight space pirates in a procedurally generated open world. Expand across the system, develop advanced ships, establish supply networks, and turn remote outposts into powerful space strongholds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wreckborn.

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  46. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    92% User Score Based on 98 reviews

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Ceres.

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  47. 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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  48. View Game
    68%Game Brain Score
    68% User Score Based on 70 reviews

    After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Faun Town.

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  49. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    81% User Score Based on 53 reviews

    The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Mars: Pioneer.

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  50. View Game
    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    96% User Score Based on 56 reviews

    Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, build mega factories and evolve organic industry. Balance growth, efficiency, creep spread, and survive in a world that fights back. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swarmdustry.

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