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Looking for games like Terra Crafter? Here are top open world management recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Village 51, Surviving Ceres or Planet Crafter.

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  1. Village 51 is a Farm manager RPG where peace and danger grow side by side. Build your farm, explore the land, and defend your home from the threats lurking beyond your fields. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Village 51.

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  2. 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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  3. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 43,956 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 7 reviews

    You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect ressources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planet Crafter.

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    65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    88% User Score Based on 25 reviews

    Space Tales is a sci-fi RTS where you build fortified bases, manage resources, and command retro-futuristic armies. Adapt to deadly alien factions, capture huge monsters and turn them into powerful allies as humanity fights to survive among the stars. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Tales.

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  5. Welcome to the world of Zombie Watch Part II! You have been extremely lucky so far. You survived a virus that has infected most of the population and turned them into flesh-eating zombies. They may be dead but they are still walking and will come after you. There are no rules - do what you need to do to survive! Zombie Watch Part II is a first-person, open-world survival game in a post-apocalypt… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Watch Part II.

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  6. 31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    37% User Score Based on 35 reviews

    Embark on an epic adventure to Mars in Horizon Journey, an open-world survival game that blends colonization, terraforming, and exploration in both single-player and multiplayer co-op modes. You're tasked with the monumental challenge of making Mars a new home for humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horizon Journey.

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  7. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    If you enjoyed the Prologue, wishlist & follow the full game to get notified at launch About the GameThe free prologue of "Pax Autocratica" invites you to establish the foundations of the greatest regime in history in this darkly satirical totalitarian colony sim + FPS roguelite hybrid. You are tasked with managing and leading your citizens to spread your doctrine through the fir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pax Autocratica: Prologue.

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  8. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    This is a DEMO version of Stellarcraft. The full Early Access version is available on a separate Steam page. Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense game in which you explore different planets, collect resources and complete missions. Build and upgrade defenses to fend off enemy waves and develop your character. Strategic planning and technological upgrades are the key to success. Explore… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellarcraft The Prologue.

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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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    51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    51% User Score Based on 770 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    A Sci-Fi First Person Shooter with Base Building, Resource Management, and elements of Survival. You play as an AI Overseer sent from Earth entrusted with the future of humankind, and tasked with establishing a habitat that can sustain human life on a mysterious alien world.​ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outpost Zero.

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  11. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 1,851 reviews

    It's ten years after the infection started, and rumors are swirling of a strange new terror. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, amid reports of horrific violence. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, taking refuge in the more remote areas of the Pacific Northwest. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survivalist: Invisible Strain.

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  12. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 2,937 reviews

    This is a prologue for the full game "Planet Crafter".From Hostile to Habitable You are sent on an hostile planet with one mission: Make it habitable for Humans. You'll have to survive, collect resources, build your base and machines in order to heat the planet, create an atmosphere with enough oxygen and eventually geo-engineer an entire planet! Survive, Collect, CraftGather minerals an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Planet Crafter: Prologue.

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  13. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    62% User Score Based on 1,040 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 2 reviews

    100 years in the future, something happened on Mars. Once frequently visited, it is now abandoned with some left behind. MEMORIES OF MARS is an open world survival game set amongst the abandoned mining operations on the red planet, as the dream of exploiting and colonizing Mars has proven impossible. You play as a recently awoken clone who learns its lifespan is limited by the lethal solar flare… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MEMORIES OF MARS.

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  14. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    63% User Score Based on 365 reviews

    Cygnus Enterprises combines action RPG and base management elements and is set on the alien frontier world of Mytilus.Currently in Early Access, Cygnus Enterprises offers approximately 12 hours of content which will be expanded upon further in future updates. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cygnus Enterprises.

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  15. Your colony starts with one person: you. Survive a hostile world, build a functioning habitat, recover and manage machines, develop an economy, explore abandoned settlements, and lay the foundations of a living colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Settle.

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  16. Every block of this planet is real, including fluids! Dig it, flood it, process it. FluxWerks is a factory automation game on a fully destructible voxel world with physical fluid and heat simulation. Dig anywhere, automate everything, and survey a world that was supposed to be empty. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FluxWerks.

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  17. Act as the steward for the Battle Beants in this retro-synthwave colony sim. Fight the Void using a physics-based soccer combat system, spread music and light to empower your squad, and traverse rugged alien rim worlds with rocket boot, your beant companions, and by surfing on your drones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle Beants.

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  18. 18%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    29% User Score Based on 14 reviews

    Sci-Fi Builder is a sandbox construction sim where you design a space station, build a colony, and control aliens, robots & NPCs. No grids, no limits — just creative freedom in space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sci-fi builder.

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  19. Alone or with friends, your mission is to survive the dangers of space. Build a space station strong enough to defend against enemy attacks. You start your journey stranded in space, where you were blasted off your space shuttle moments before. You are on your own but luckily equipped with an energy laser that allows you to gather much-needed resources to build a sustainable space station. Wi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Hope.

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  20. After a failed test of an experimental warp drive, a lone survivor is stranded in an unknown star system. Keep your damaged ship running, recruit a crew, explore alien worlds, and find a way back home. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Suns Unknown.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    62% User Score Based on 170 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetaries.

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  22. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,207 reviews

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Crafters.

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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 590 reviews

    Beyond Contact is a fiercely formidable survival game, inspired by the art and style of pulp science-fiction comics, the moral dilemmas of contemporary science-fiction films, and the unforgiving gameplay of survival genre classics. Taking place on the often mysterious and always deadly, procedurally-generated, alien world of Ketern, Beyond Contact features exploration and discovery, a robust syst… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Contact.

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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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  25. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    70% User Score Based on 689 reviews

    An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Lonely Outpost.

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  26. 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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  27. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 15,549 reviews

    Deck out your dome with 25 new buildings to give a fresh look to your living, working, and playing quarters. Whether it’s a Stirling Generator or a Spacebar, make sure you spruce up your space to be out of this world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Mars.

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  28. View Game
    41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    41% User Score Based on 1,328 reviews

    Maia is space colony building simulator from independent developer Simon Roth. Guide your colonists as they make planetfall on a hostile alien world and do your best to ensure their survival and safety. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Maia.

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  29. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 366 reviews

    Dig, Build & Explore. Manage a group of colonists as they attempt to survive underground on an alien world. Automated machine construction was sent ahead to create the underground Mercury facility, but something has gone wrong. Your colonists awake to find the facility in ruin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mercury Fallen.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 14,354 reviews

    Avorion is a procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox where players start out at the edge of the galaxy and must find their way to its core. Players build their own ships, which they will use to explore the galaxy, trade and fight. Space ships are mainly of large scale, with crews, turrets and energy systems that you will have to manage. The galaxy gets more hostile, but also more rewarding the close… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Avorion.

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  31. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    64% User Score Based on 1,473 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

    Explore a vast universe in this roguelike, ship building, FPS Genesis Alpha One mixes thrilling roguelike mechanics with a deep ship builder and fast first-person action, putting you in the role of an interstellar pioneer. As the Captain of a Genesis starship, you journey into uncharted space on the ultimate mission. Build and manage a space vessel, farm resources, deal with terrifying alien infes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis Alpha One.

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  32. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    77% User Score Based on 10,366 reviews

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetbase.

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  33. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,070 reviews

    Interstellar Rift is an open world starship simulator with an emphasis on ship construction and multi-player interaction. Players will need to survive in a hostile galaxy with their own custom designed and constructed starship. Space is vast but you wont have to face it alone, other players will be able to join your ship and help out, or build their own rival fleet and fight you across the galaxy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interstellar Rift.

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  34. 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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  35. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 589 reviews

    Signs of Life is a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer with a combination of procedurally generated and hand-crafted content. You'll explore mysterious locations, mine blocks for resources, and meet strange (and some familiar) creatures, some of which don't even want to kill you and eat your corpse. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Signs of Life.

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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 2,435 reviews

    Evolve your primitive hunter gatherers through thousands of years of technological advancement. Feed, protect and grow your tribe, build towns and industry, and advance through the ages in this first person civilization builder for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sapiens.

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  37. View Game
    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Penkura seamlessly blends a top-down base building system with immersive first-person survival exploration. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the game employs classic death mechanics that strip you of equipment upon demise. To overcome this, players can craft custom robotic companions, essential for base construction, resource gathering, and safeguarding settlements. It encourages pla… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Penkura.

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  38. 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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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    62% User Score Based on 514 reviews

    Embark is a base building game where players have to manage a group of colonists in a fight for survival. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Embark.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    66% User Score Based on 127 reviews

    Walkers is an open-world zombie survival game with advanced base building and NPC systems. Scavenge, craft, and loot across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Recruit survivors from the streets, assign them as workers, guards, or companions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Walkers.

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  41. Become a cute space chipmunk and manage your ship with companions as you explore alien planets, build and upgrade your base, and craft gear by generating power and refining resources. Meet unique alien species, grow your foothold in the universe, and play solo or with friends in multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Daram.

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  42. Your people are the power, and the problem. Land on an unknown planet and build a thriving colony in this sci-fi sim. Humanity’s last hope, rests in a pristine, yet perilous world. Will your COLONY survive, or will their conflicts BREAK it apart? In an age when Earth lies broken — torn apart by endless wars over dwindling resources and consumed by an unstoppable climate collapse — humanity face… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Break.

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  43. OUTLANDERS - Exiles of Veridion is a sci-fi cooperative survival game set on a massive, fully procedural world. You play as an inmate exiled to Veridion Prime, forced by UNC into a deadly survival experiment. Your only path to freedom is to stay alive long enough to rise above the system. OUTLANDERS BACKSTORYYou are an inmate. Branded expendable and shipped across the stars aboard a massive pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outlanders - Exiles of Veridion.

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  44. FOLLOW US >> Twitter: @TheSignalG >> Tiktok:  @TheSignalGame >> Bluesky: @thesignalg.bsky.social‬ >> Facebook: Goose Byte About the GameYour ship is wrecked. Your oxygen won't last. And somewhere on this planet, your brother is still out there. The Signal: Stranded on Sirenis is a story-driven survival-crafting game set on the surface of an alien world. Build a h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to THE SIGNAL: Stranded on Sirenis.

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  45. Mine. Build. Survive. Arrive with empty hands. Leave commanding a fleet. MineEngineer is a 2D space survival sandbox where engineering is the gameplay. You begin adrift and alone. Chip ore from an asteroid, build your first small ship, bolt on a drill, and set out for richer rock. Everything you build is made from real, functional blocks. Ships, stations and factories have physics, mass and ine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MineEngineer.

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  46. Take on the challenge and discover a completely new 3D sci-fi dungeon crawler. The sophisticated room card mechanics and endless generated dungeons with the form of a cube, this game is unique in this genre. What will you discover while exploring? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cube Crawler.

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  47. Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exot.

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  48. Star Shogun is a first person sci-fi combination of city building and vehicle combat. We've got simulation, logistics, strategy, and lots of mech on mech action! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Shogun.

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  49. 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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    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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