Games like Lightyear Frontier
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In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
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$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Base Building · Crafting
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
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Both: Farming Sim · Crafting · Agriculture
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Farming SimBuildingCraftingAgricultureExplorationLife SimEarly AccessCuteIndieFishing👍 1,628
$29.99Occupy Mars: The Game
Jan 30 · ▲ Pyramid Games
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Base Building · Crafting
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Open World Survival CraftBase BuildingSurvivalCraftingOnline Co-OpOpen WorldResource ManagementExplorationSandboxPvE👍 2,717
$29.99Valheim
11 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Crafting
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingCraftingBase BuildingExplorationCo-op👍 465,813
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Base Building · Crafting
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715
$29.99Palworld
Jul 9 · Pocketpair
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Crafting
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Open WorldSurvivalCreature CollectorMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpCraftingIndieCo-opAdventure👍 412,343
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · Base Building
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
-35%$20.79The Crust
10 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Base Building · Resource Management
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
$24.99Flotsam
Dec 4 · Pajama Llama Games
Both: Base Building · Resource Management · Farming Sim
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Base BuildingColony SimCity BuilderSandboxResource ManagementAutomationSurvivalOpen WorldFarming SimReal-Time with Pause👍 4,309
-43%$11.39Survival Machine
Jun 12 · Grape Pickers
Both: Base Building · Online Co-Op · Resource Management
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingOnline Co-OpZombiesResource ManagementCraftingCombatExplorationThird Person👍 692
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Base Building · Resource Management
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 · 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
$29.99RuneScape: Dragonwilds
5 days ago · Jagex Ltd
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Crafting
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
Open WorldSurvivalMultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpEarly AccessCraftingBuildingBase Building👍 28,410
$14.99Sandustry
Aug 13 · Lantto Games
Both: Crafting · Open World Survival Craft · Exploration
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
SandboxCraftingAutomationOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBuildingExplorationSurvivalAdventureSimulation👍 4,847
$34.99Farthest Frontier
Oct 23 · Crate Entertainment
Both: Resource Management · Agriculture
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
BuildingCity BuilderStrategyResource ManagementMedievalAgricultureEconomyHistorical4XColony Sim👍 24,456
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: 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
-35%$9.74Necesse
Oct 16 · Fair Games ApS
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Crafting
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Open World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxSurvivalCraftingAdventureIndieRPG👍 24,443
$28.99Scrap Mechanic
Jul 24 · Axolot Games
Both: Crafting · Base Building
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
BuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldPhysicsCraftingBase BuildingCo-opAdventure👍 109,480
$7.99Sky Harvest
Jan 23 · Armored Cat
Both: Farming Sim · Exploration · Agriculture
Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?
Early AccessRPGFarming SimLife SimExplorationRelaxingAgricultureCraftingSandboxFishing
$19.99Project Castaway
Mar 17 · Mardonpol Inc.
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Exploration
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opOnline Co-OpExplorationSurvivalSandboxFirst-PersonOpen WorldMultiplayerBase Building👍 1,820
$13.99Fields of Mistria
Aug 5 · NPC Studio
Both: Farming Sim
Start your new life! Build the farm of your dreams as you discover a world brimming with possibilities. Magic, romance, and adventure all await you in this nostalgic farming / life sim RPG!
Farming SimDating SimRPGPixel GraphicsLife SimRomanceSimulationCuteFarmingRelaxing👍 32,018
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
6 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Crafting · Base Building
Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.
EducationProgrammingAutomationSandboxPuzzleCraftingRobotsBase BuildingStrategy2D👍 643
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Base Building · Resource Management
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$29.99Soulmask
Apr 9 · CampFire Studio
Both: Base Building · Crafting
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
SurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingPvEPvPHuntingSandboxAdventureSingleplayer👍 18,451
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$9.99Cyber Farmer
Aug 3 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Farming Sim · Agriculture · Crafting
Cyber Farmer is a crazy farming simulator where old meets new! Take over your grandpa Kazimierz's farm in a post-apocalyptic world☢️, using cyber tech🤖, modified plants🌾, and even cyber pigs🐷. It’s full of laughs, weird surprises, and quirky farming fun. Farm the future, laugh through the past!
Farming SimAgricultureAutomationFuturisticSci-fiSandboxSimulationBuildingCraftingManagement
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Both: Resource Management · Online Co-Op · Base Building
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Exploration
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
$24.99Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Base Building
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 BuildingSurvivalStrategySpaceManagementSandboxSimulationBuildingSci-fi👍 10,267
-20%$7.99The Farmer Was Replaced
Oct 10 · Timon Herzog
Both: Farming Sim · Resource Management
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
ProgrammingAutomationEducationIdlerLogicPuzzleText-BasedFarming SimMinimalistResource Management👍 9,155
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Base Building
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👍 17,036
-30%$6.99Havelyn
2 days ago · All Loose®
Both: Farming Sim · Exploration
A peaceful open world of forests, rivers and wide meadows. Set out alone or with up to 4 friends to find the place you’ll call home. Build a quiet life or grow your settlement into a thriving new civilization. The choice is yours.
AdventureSimulationFarming SimSandboxColony SimExplorationImmersive Sim3DFirst-PersonColorful
$29.99Pax Dei
Oct 16 · Mainframe Industries
Both: Crafting · Base Building · Exploration
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
MMORPGSandboxOpen WorldMedievalCraftingBase BuildingRPGExplorationPvPPvE👍 7,166
-10%$4.49Gridmax
2 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Base Building · Crafting
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: Base Building
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,783
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Open World Survival Craft · Exploration · Base Building
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: Base Building
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