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Looking for games like Tidal Expanse? Here are top open world management recommendations with a economy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Stationeers, Too Far Too Late or Oxygen Not Included.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 5,844 reviews

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

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  2. 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… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Too Far Too Late.

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  3. 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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  4. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    51% User Score Based on 420 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 1 reviews

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

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 12,147 reviews

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is the ultimate real-time soviet-themed city builder tycoon game. Construct your own republic and transform a poor country into a rich industrial superpower! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic.

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  8. 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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  9. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    88% User Score Based on 868 reviews

    In Solar Expanse, you take the lead of one of the early XXI century space exploration companies. Your goal will be to reach the planets, moons and asteroids of the system in order to mine and colonize them. Optimize the costs and schedule of the flights. Mind that each object is in constant motion, so exact planning is crucial. Utilize the gravity effects and slingshot your rockets further b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager.

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  10. 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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  11. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 825 reviews

    Project Aura is a simulation/strategy videogame where you take control of a colony of climate disaster survivors. In the near future, humans will face the drastic consequences of climate change. Forced to take refuge in vital reserves using cryo-preservation, they await a second chance. At the end of the 21st century, humans, finally aware of the great climate disaster, dedicated their efforts n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project AURA.

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  12. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Remains - survival in outer space orbiting the planet. Explore the area. Find a way to restore oxygen. Create tools for your needs. Beware of the dangers of outer space. Build your shelter in orbit and try not to die! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Remains.

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

    SpaceSlog is a challenging sci-fi spaceship simulator that focuses on shipbuilding, crew interaction, and exploration. Inspired by games such as Rimworld, Starship Theory, Dwarf Fortress and X-COM, as well as iconic media such as Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Universe and The Expanse. Your colony ship has been destroyed. Fortunately, a few survivors managed to escape on a small ship. No… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceSlog.

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  14. 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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  15. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 567 reviews

    Imagine Earth is a real-time simulation game. Whole planets become your playground and keep the excitement going with strategy and puzzle element. Build up huge civilizations and deal with the self-inflicted climate change. It all depends on your individual development plans and growth management abilities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imagine Earth.

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  16. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 678 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 2 reviews

    Fate 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 … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fate of the World.

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  17. View Game
    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 1,602 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 1 reviews

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

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  18. Solar Baron is a real-time tycoon resource management and logistics game. The game is set in a seamless, randomly-generated solar system with a range of resources to gather, pump and mine for maximum profit. The world faces a resource shortage. In desperation, the world government has privatized the under-performing global space agency in the hope that profit-driven individuals will find a way to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solar Baron.

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  19. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    64% User Score Based on 862 reviews

    Discover and mine resources for construction, light your way in the dark, explore and expand into your surroundings to advance your research. Capture the diverse, highly-adapted flora and fauna of the deep, but beware: the darkness hides unexpected horrors, with only the light keeping them at bay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving the Abyss.

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  20. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 410 reviews

    STORYA natural disaster hit us and brought humanity to the verge of extinction. Only a few survived because of "Large Igneous Provinces", these are volcanoes that don't explode but huge cracks open in the Earth's crust and lava just starts bubbling out, oozing across the landscape, releasing tons of toxic gases. The most dangerous thing about an igneous province is that it can keep up th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen: First Breath.

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  21. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 966 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 10 reviews

    Before We Leave is a non-violent city building game set on multiple planets in your own cozy corner of the universe. Your people emerge from a long period hidden underground and they’ve forgotten the world above. Rebuild civilization back to what it once was by building huts, harvesting potatoes and expanding your reborn society to other continents and eventually other planets. Manage resources, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before We Leave.

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  22. View Game
    63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 287 reviews
    Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen.

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  23. View Game
    44%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    36% User Score Based on 442 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 3 reviews

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

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  24. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    60% User Score Based on 342 reviews
    Critic Score 48%Based on 1 reviews

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life in Bunker.

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  25. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,744 reviews

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cliff Empire.

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  27. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    83% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    Earth is gone ... Humanity is faced with extinction ... Our only hope is to find another world. Star Explorers is a game that randomly generates a galaxy. Each star and and celestial object can be scanned and added to an ever expanding database, every planet can be landed on and explored. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Explorers.

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  28. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    79% User Score Based on 448 reviews

    Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population - all while fighting off potential disaster - in this thrilling resource management experience. Sell energy and earn money in order to expand your company. Provide more power to existing customers and supply it to newly constructed cities. It's time for you to give Power to the People! Feature Summary: Multiple modes (Main Camp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Power to the People.

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  29. JOIN OUR DISCORD About the Game Red Dust Colony is a Mars colony simulation where the machines break, the dust gets into everything, and your colonists have opinions about it. You'll guide a small crew from a hard landing to a working base, managing oxygen, power, food, research, and the people who make it all run. Each system interacts with every other, usually in ways you'll only full… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Dust Colony.

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  30. View Game
    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 2,288 reviews

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plan B: Terraform.

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  31. View Game
    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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  32. 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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  33. View Game
    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 472 reviews

    DISCOVER AN UNKNOWN WORLDYour citizens are immersed in a strange environment, both mesmerizing and unforgiving. Your goal is to build a city to help them survive, then prosper. You will need to explore, analyze and experiment with new things.In Synergy, the well-being of your citizens is paramount. You will need a deep understanding of their environment to help them adapt and thrive.ANALYZE YOUR E… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Synergy.

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  34. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 11,782 reviews

    Enter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you. An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the process? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eco.

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  35. 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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  36. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    72% User Score Based on 722 reviews

    Discover, learn and master the art of homebrewing in the ultimate celebration of craft beer. From perfecting authentic, chemistry-driven brewing techniques to naming, bottling and labelling - refine your craft to become the ultimate Brewmaster in the first ever realistic beer brewing experience. With all the tricks of the trade and the best equipment at your disposal, follow a recipe, or experime… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator.

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  37. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    67% User Score Based on 175 reviews

    Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together. You will have to setup and maintain the equipment that supplies pressure and a breathable atmosphere to the base. You are also tasked with growing food, setting… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mars Colony:Challenger.

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  38. View Game
    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    68% User Score Based on 530 reviews
    Critic Score 68%Based on 1 reviews

    Aquatico is a survival city builder set deep beneath the waves. Choose your strategy, obtain resources, build your futuristic city and prove no challenge is too hard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aquatico.

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  39. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    80% User Score Based on 2,258 reviews

    Ostranauts is a detailed simulation of owning and living aboard a spaceship, in a solar system where honest living is a slow death sentence. Set in the NEO Scavenger universe, where Earth has suffered cataclysmic collapse, the rest of the System lives on in a state of capitalistic dystopia. Players will create their captain, build or customize their starting ship from the spoils of their career h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ostranauts.

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  40. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    89% User Score Based on 122 reviews

    The year 3020. Be the first to meet all aliens from all over the galaxy. Check alien species and their galactic papers, manage your space station, and, please, try not to unleash a galactic war... near Earth. — Your favorite Spherical Corp. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galaxy Pass Station.

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  41. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 3,996 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 3 reviews

    Endzone is a post apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after a global nuclear disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endzone: A World Apart.

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  42. 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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  43. View Game
    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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  44. Launch Window is a physics-based automation game. Establish supply chains across a procedurally generated star system. Build infrastructure. Construct ships. Open new routes. Your first launch may carry a handful of colonists to a barren moon. Years later, you command thousands of ships, each following a trajectory you planned, bound for a colony you designed. This is how the colony grows. St… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Launch Window.

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  45. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 69 reviews

    Start from Nothing, Rule Everything Stranded in Hyland Point — a corrupt coastal metropolis where crime is survival. You’re a broke, unknown street dealer with no connections, no product, and a city that wants you dead. Every district has its rules. Only the ruthless rise. Build Your Empire Dominate the Underworld by growing, mixing, and selling illicit products: Craft Cheap Street Drugs to high-v… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WeedEx: Drug Express Delivery.

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  46. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    The Brewline is an open world bootlegging simulation. Players build their own alcohol empire through production, trade, and NPC interactions while competing against rival gangs. Manage your resources and navigate a dangerous landscape to expand your illegal operations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Brewline.

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  47. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    94% User Score Based on 429 reviews

    Farm to Table is a farming and restaurant management sim where you build a restaurant from scratch and grow food in the backyard. Explore a colourful island where you can grow and gather food, raise animals, go fishing, produce better food with machines and cook delicious recipes for your hungry guests! Build and customise your dream place, hire staff and grow your organic business into a 5-star r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farm to Table.

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  48. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    76% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    Creo God Simulator is a game of building, decision-making, survival, and a ton of peasant smiting. As a newly-assigned lesser god, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creo God Simulator.

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  49. 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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  50. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    93% User Score Based on 477 reviews

    From an uninhabited planet in space to an ecosystem full of life. In Planetary Life you will be able to shape a planet in the purest Sandbox Simulation style, playing with its mountains, seas and even its climate, to create the perfect habitat to harbor life. PLANETS Control a planet with the multiple tools available. Let the tectonic plates shape the mountains and seas, modify the climate, the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetary Life.

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