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Games like Astro Colony

2026USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable80 % positive19.50 €

A space colony-building sim where you found colonies on different celestial bodies, automate production with conveyor belts and look after your astronauts. The appeal lies in optimizing an efficient network of colonies.

  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Astro Colony

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Astro Colony special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dyson Sphere Program

95 %Match

2021PEGI 3PC, Steam Deck playable97 % positive16.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Astro Colony: a sandbox with your own goals, building and crafting as well as economy and management.

A space factory-automation game where you build production chains across multiple planets and ultimately wrap a star in a Dyson sphere. The appeal lies in optimizing sprawling logistics networks on a galactic scale.

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Nova Lands

Open world

A relaxed factory-building and island-management game on an alien planet where you explore, automate production chains, and handle light combat along the way.

FortressCraft Evolved!

Sandbox with your own goals

After crash-landing on an alien planet, you build machines, production lines and defenses in a voxel world. A blend of crafting, logistics and tower defense sits at the heart of the game.

Microtopia

Sci-fi setting

You act as the hive mind of a robot ant colony, laying pheromone trails to build automated supply chains. Gathering resources, feeding the queen and growing the colony makes for a relaxed, optimization-focused strategy sim.

Satisfactory

Sandbox with your own goals

As a FICSIT Pioneer you build sprawling automated factories in first person on an alien planet. Designing efficient production chains in a beautiful open world, solo or in co-op, is deeply satisfying.

Thrive

Sandbox with your own goals

Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life, taking a species from a single cell up to a cosmic civilization. It focuses on simulation and creation tools, and is still a work in progress.

Surviving Mars

Deep systems to master

A city builder where you found a Mars colony and keep it alive with domes, drones and careful resource management. The appeal lies in planning supply chains and surviving hostile conditions.

Before We Leave

Cosy, great for unwinding

A peaceful, combat-free city builder where you lead your people out of hiding, manage resources and found colonies across multiple planets. Its relaxed pace and charming look make it a cozy space-faring settlement game.

Star Birds

Sci-fi setting

A cheerful base-building and resource management game where you mine asteroids, build production chains and lead a colony of spacefaring birds toward new stars.

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