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2022PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable77 % positive33.99 €

As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

  • Resources and survival
  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting
  • Deep systems to master

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In short: Games like Ixion

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

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Frostpunk

93 %Match

2018PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck playable92 % positive−90 % 29.99 € 2.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Ixion: scarce resources and survival, economy and management as well as building and crafting.

Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.

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Frostpunk 2

Deep systems to master

A society-management strategy game in a frozen world where you lead a growing city through factional politics, moral dilemmas and scarce resources. Every decision about laws and expansion has tangible consequences for your people.

The Alters

Sci-fi setting

Stranded worker Jan clones alternate versions of himself, each shaped by a different life choice, and must manage them in a mobile base while racing a lethal sunrise. It's survival management fused with a thoughtful drama about identity and roads not taken.

Surviving Mars

Economy and management

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.

Per Aspera

Sci-fi setting

You play an AI managing the terraforming of Mars, building infrastructure, handling resources and research while a story with moral questions unfolds. A calm but demanding base-building strategy game with a scientific bent.

Aven Colony

Economy and management

A sci-fi city-builder where you establish humanity's first colony on the alien world of Aven Prime. You must keep colonists fed, employed and happy while surviving hostile environmental hazards and threats.

Symmetry

Sci-fi setting

You lead a stranded research crew on a frozen alien planet, balancing resources, morale and the mental health of the survivors. It's a bleak survival management game with a story focus and tough decisions under pressure.

Frozen Ship

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person adventure that mixes survival, crafting and building with economic strategy and a narrative thread. Little is known about the game, so this rating relies mainly on the provided description.

RimWorld

Resources and survival

A colony sim where an AI storyteller turns raids, famines and your settlers' personal dramas into unique, often darkly funny emergent stories. Its deep simulation and per-colonist management make every run unpredictable.

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