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2017PC, Steam Deck playable88 % positive33.99 €

You build and run a space station, wiring and balancing demanding systems like atmosphere, power and manufacturing yourself. Solo or with friends, a single mistake can quickly turn deadly.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Resources and survival
  • Deep systems to master

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In short: Games like Stationeers

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

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Factorio

91 %Match

2020PEGI 7PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified97 % positive32.00 €

Brings what grabs you about Stationeers: building and crafting, a sandbox with your own goals as well as complex systems to tinker with.

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

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Space Engineers

Deep systems to master

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Oxygen Not Included

Deep systems to master

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

Barotrauma

Deep systems to master

You crew a submarine with friends through the icy ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa. Every task, from reactor to weapons to hull leaks, matters, and small mistakes quickly spiral into chaotic survival.

Hellion

Sci-fi setting

A first-person space survival game where you scavenge oxygen, fuel and supplies to stay alive in the hostile void. Other players can become allies or deadly threats.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Sandbox with your own goals

Stranded on an island full of dinosaurs, you gather resources, build bases and tame prehistoric beasts to ride and fight alongside you. On multiplayer servers it becomes a harsh, time-hungry struggle of tribes, raids and alliances.

Empyrion: Galactic Survival

Sandbox with your own goals

A space sandbox survival game where you build your own ships, stations and planetary bases while exploring planets and deep space. Gathering resources, defending your bases and playing solo or with friends are at the core.

Ark: Survival Ascended

Sandbox with your own goals

You are stranded on islands full of dinosaurs, taming and riding prehistoric beasts, building bases and surviving alone or with tribes of other players. The Unreal Engine 5 remake makes the huge sandbox world look far more impressive.

Dyson Sphere Program

Deep systems to master

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.

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.

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