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Games like Before We Leave

2020PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable78 % positive−75 % 17.99 € 4.49 €

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.

  • Economy and management
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Sci-fi setting

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In short: Games like Before We Leave

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Before We Leave special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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SteamWorld Build

93 %Match

2023PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable83 % positive24.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Before We Leave: economy and management, a cosy mood to unwind as well as a sci-fi setting.

A charming blend of city building and mining: you grow a steambot town, dig deep for lost technology and keep your citizens happy while dangers lurk below.

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Star Birds

Economy and management

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.

The Colonists

Economy and management

A relaxed colony-building and logistics sim where you guide robot settlers as they build a settlement on a distant planet. You plan resources, production chains and buildings at a calm pace.

Railgrade

Economy and management

A relaxed construction and logistics game where you plan railway networks on distant colony worlds, connect industries and optimize production chains to jump-start a struggling economy.

Microtopia

Economy and management

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.

BioEden

Calm and deliberate

A cozy management game where you play a Keeper, designing biomes for many animal species and healing a damaged planet one ecosystem at a time.

Imagine Earth

Calm and deliberate

A real-time colony-building strategy game where you settle alien planets and balance trade, economy and environmental impact. Managing each planet's ecology feels like a thoughtful planning puzzle.

Megaquarium

Calm and deliberate

A management sim where you build and run a large public aquarium: you design tanks, match compatible fish, hire staff and keep visitors happy. Its appeal lies in puzzling over species needs and water conditions within a relaxed, charming building loop.

Nova Lands

Economy and management

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.

Autonauts

Calm and deliberate

You colonise an alien planet by teaching little robots, through simple visual scripting, to gather resources and run whole production chains. The relaxed tinkering and optimising slowly grows into a sprawling robot empire.

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