Games like Pax Autocratica
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Cult of the Lamb and Stationeers play most like Pax Autocratica. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its base building, colony sim and survival; 3 came out in the last year, 7 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is RimWorld, with 209,183 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
Cult of the Lamb
Aug 11, 2022 · Massive Monster
Both: Base Building · Action Roguelike · Colony Sim
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
Base BuildingAction RoguelikeCuteCultSingleplayerDungeon CrawlerRogueliteCharacter CustomizationColony SimDark Humor👍 112,325Stationeers
Dec 12, 2017 · RocketWerkz
Both: Base Building · Automation · Survival
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Early AccessBase BuildingAutomationSurvivalPhysicsColony SimLogicBuildingSandboxCrafting👍 8,612Genesis Alpha One Deluxe Edition
Feb 25, 2020 · Radiation Blue
Both: Action Roguelike · Base Building
Hyperjump into the dark recesses of space with Genesis Alpha One - a roguelike FPS where you must build, maintain and navigate your ship through a galaxy filled with hostile alien and human threats. Explore, create and survive the militarized space race in order to secure humanity’s future.
Sci-fiAction RoguelikeFPSBase BuildingOpen WorldRogueliteManagementHorrorBuildingSpace Sim👍 1,569RimWorld
Oct 17, 2018 · Ludeon Studios
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategyManagementSandboxSingleplayerModdableSimulationSci-fi👍 209,183Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,054Galactic Crew
Mar 28, 2019 · Benjamin Rommel Games
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Galactic Crew II is a roguelike space exploration game inspired by FTL and the classic XCOM games. You and your valorous crew members will explore a galaxy with all its dangers and riches. Explore and colonize planets, customize your spaceship, raid underground dungeons, mine, trade and craft!
RogueliteColony SimExplorationDungeon CrawlerBase BuildingBuildingManagementSpace SimStrategy RPGSurvival👍 128StarRupture
Jan 6 · Creepy Jar
Both: Base Building · Automation · Survival
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Early AccessBase BuildingOpen World Survival CraftAutomationSurvivalCo-opOpen WorldMultiplayerCraftingExploration👍 12,369Planetbase
Oct 15, 2015 · Madruga Works
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Colony SimCity BuilderBase BuildingSpaceStrategySurvivalSimulationResource ManagementSci-fiSingleplayer👍 9,568Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
Jul 27, 2023 · Tbjbu2
Both: Survival · Base Building · Crafting
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
SurvivalBase BuildingCraftingAdventureAutomationOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationColony SimAction-Adventure👍 808Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategySpaceManagementSandboxSimulationBuildingCity Builder👍 10,280Against the Storm
Dec 8, 2023 · Eremite Games
Both: Base Building · Colony Sim
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementHistoricalColony Sim👍 33,367Dawn Apart
Jul 14, 2025 · 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👍 245The Alters
Jun 13, 2025 · 11 bit studios
Both: Survival · Base Building · Crafting
Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.
SurvivalBase BuildingManagementSci-fiExplorationStrategyAction-AdventureResource ManagementSingleplayerCrafting👍 15,380Sapiens
Jul 26, 2022 · Majic Jungle
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Early AccessColony SimCity BuilderGod GameBase BuildingBuildingSurvivalCraftingManagementLife Sim👍 2,060Infested Fortress
Oct 29, 2023 · Bitmen Studios
Both: Base Building · Survival · Colony Sim
Dig into the mountain, collect resources to build your fortress, grow your population and keep them alive (and happy), learn new deadly skills, gather and refine materials to craft powerful items so you can fend off the many dangerous monsters threatening your colony in turn-based tactical combat.
StrategyBase BuildingRPGTurn-Based CombatSurvivalRoguelikeColony SimAdventureCraftingStrategy RPGDwarf Fortress
Dec 6, 2022 · Bay 12 Games
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
DwarvesColony SimBase BuildingSimulationCity BuilderStrategySandboxManagementBuildingSurvival👍 29,330Autonauts
Oct 17, 2019 · Denki
Both: Automation · Base Building · Colony Sim
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
AutomationProgrammingSimulationIndieCasualBase BuildingColony SimCraftingCuteSandbox👍 3,596Mars vs. Robots
Nov 15, 2024 · SUPERita
Both: Action Roguelike · Base Building · Mechs
Defend Mars from humans
Action RoguelikeMiningBase BuildingThird-Person ShooterRobotsRogueliteRoguelikeMechsStylizedSpace
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