Games like Tidal Expanse
Looking for games like Tidal Expanse? Here are top strategy recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Too Far Too Late, Stationeers or Shadow Empire.
1 Embark on a one-way journey to a distant planet, where your mission is to establish and thrive in a small colony. Returning to Earth is not an option. The rich resources in the region offer a promising start, and with your colonists, you’ve already begun to explore and mine. As in any space mission, danger is everywhere, and you must thrive to survive. You can utilize various resources to establi…
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88%Game Brain Scoregameplay, atmospheregrinding, stability88% User Score 5,844 reviewsStationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
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85%Game Brain Scoregameplay, replayabilitygraphics, grinding87% User Score 1,296 reviewsCritic Score 78%1 reviewsShadow Empire is an immersive and rather complex turn-based wargame with a unique mix of military focus, 4X elements, procedural generation and role-playing features.
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53%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, story51% User Score 420 reviewsCritic Score 58%1 reviewsStable Orbit is a highly realistic space management simulation game. Set in 2034, an unprecedented ‘All Nations Space Coalition’ has been formed around a shared desire to rebuild mankind’s permanent presence in space. But space is a dangerous place. The only things between survival and your crew suffocating, blood boiling and radiation overdose are the thin walls of the space station.
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71%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsoptimization, grinding74% User Score 2,198 reviewsCritic Score 68%24 reviewsAven 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…
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86%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability86% User Score 9,078 reviewsEmbark 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.
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96%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability96% User Score 42,473 reviewsOxygen 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.
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76%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability79% User Score 15,549 reviewsCritic Score 73%22 reviewsDeck 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.
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77%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaymusic, optimization79% User Score 678 reviewsCritic Score 71%2 reviewsFate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who are demanding ever more food, power, and living space. Fate …
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36%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsstability, optimization36% User Score 442 reviewsBase One is a space station simulator with survival and RPG mechanics.Step into the role of intrepid explorers seeking to build new homes across the far reaches of the cosmos. Establish new colonies by building space stations, managing vital needs like heat, oxygen, and power, while searching for valuable resources in uncharted wilds.
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