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Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
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-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Base Building · Automation · Colony Sim
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Both: Base Building · Automation · Resource Management
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.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Automation · Base Building · Online Co-Op
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
$29.99Techtonica
Nov 7 · Fire Hose Games
Both: Automation · Base Building · Online Co-Op
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
AutomationSimulationBuildingBase BuildingExplorationImmersive SimOnline Co-OpStrategyResource ManagementSandbox👍 3,077
$15.99Plan B: Terraform
Aug 29 · Gaddy Games
Both: Automation · Resource Management · Colony Sim
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.
AutomationResource ManagementSimulationTransportationColony SimSandboxTrainsBase BuildingColorfulHex Grid👍 3,528
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Automation · Resource Management · Base Building
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
-60%$4.79Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Feb 22 · Tinymice Entertainment
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Colony Sim
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
City BuilderBase BuildingColony SimResource ManagementStrategySimulationBuildingSurvivalMarsSpace👍 744
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Base Building · Resource Management · Colony Sim
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Base Building · Online Co-Op
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Base BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCo-opBuildingCraftingSpaceOpen WorldExploration👍 68,913
-50%$9.99Microtopia
Feb 18 · Cordyceps Collective
Both: Colony Sim · Automation · Resource Management
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Colony SimAutomationProcedural GenerationResource ManagementSandboxSci-fiRobotsFuturisticBase BuildingCity Builder👍 881
$29.99FOUNDRY
May 2 · Channel 3 Entertainment
Both: Base Building · Automation · Resource Management
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayerCraftingCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 3,277
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$9.99Space Architect
Nov 23 · Albert Wiatr
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
IndieColony SimBase BuildingManagementTop-DownStrategySurvivalAutomationCartoonySimulation👍 294
$19.99Dawn Apart
Jul 14 · Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Automation
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Colony SimBase BuildingAutomationStrategyCraftingVoxelSpaceSimulationResource ManagementPhysics👍 245
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: Automation · Base Building · City Builder
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
StrategyAutomationProgrammingBase BuildingSandboxCity BuilderRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSimulation👍 1,880
$39.99Satisfactory
Sep 10 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Base Building · Automation · Resource Management
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldCraftingMultiplayerCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 235,059
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: City Builder · Automation · Resource Management
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,638