Games like Starground
by Big Boy Games
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
View on Steam · $13.99 →
Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
$14.99Hydroneer
May 8 · Foulball Hangover
Both: Base Building · Automation · Mining
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Base BuildingAutomationMiningSandboxCo-opMultiplayerOpen WorldBuildingFunnySimulation👍 27,144
$14.99My Little Universe
Oct 5 · Estoty
Both: Mining · Dungeon Crawler · Crafting
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
MiningExplorationDungeon CrawlerSandboxCraftingSurvivalCharacter CustomizationSpace3DAction👍 1,503
$35.00Factorio
Aug 14 · Wube Software LTD.
Both: Automation · Base Building · Crafting
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
AutomationBase BuildingResource ManagementSandboxCraftingStrategyMultiplayerSurvivalManagementOpen World👍 195,659
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Automation · Base Building · Crafting
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$16.99Return from Core
Jul 17 · 顽核社 FuncoreClub
Both: Automation · Base Building · Crafting
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
AutomationSurvivalBase BuildingDating SimSandboxCraftingSingleplayerActionAdventureBuilding👍 1,621
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: Online Co-Op · Dungeon Crawler
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
-75%$0.74Mining Mechs
Oct 27 · Delayed Victory
Both: Online Co-Op · Mining
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Co-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerMiningSingleplayerUndergroundAdventureCasualRobotsIndie👍 2,577
$14.99Starbound
Jul 22 · Chucklefish
Both: Crafting · Online Co-Op
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvivalSpaceAdventureCraftingPixel GraphicsOnline Co-OpMultiplayerOpen World👍 120,674
$12.99Galactic Mining Corp
May 18 · Windybeard
Both: Mining
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
MiningIncrementalRogueliteCapitalismEconomyExplorationSpaceIdlerBuildingSpace Sim👍 869
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Automation · Base Building
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
AutomationBase BuildingTower DefenseRogueliteResource Management2.5DCuteStrategyBuildingSimulation👍 991
$19.99Nova Lands
Jun 22 · BEHEMUTT
Both: Automation · Base Building
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
AutomationBase BuildingSandboxAdventureOpen World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsResource ManagementSurvivalRobotsOpen World👍 2,512
$6.99Backrooms Society
Jun 19 · Mikael Bihl
Both: Online Co-Op · Crafting
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
Early AccessMultiplayerHorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorLootProcedural GenerationCraftingRoguelitePsychological Horror👍 590
-85%$1.04Wall World
Apr 5 · Alawar
Both: Mining
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
RogueliteMiningPixel GraphicsTower DefenseRoguelikeStrategyDifficultExplorationProcedural GenerationMechs👍 11,364
$9.99Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Feb 21 · Kerberos Productions
Both: Dungeon Crawler · Crafting
A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!
RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerPerma DeathProcedural GenerationCraftingTurn-BasedAliensSci-fiLore-RichRPG👍 1,132
$9.99BORE BLASTERS
Mar 8 · 8BitSkull
Both: Mining
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
DwarvesMiningExplorationLootActionProcedural GenerationRogueliteAction RoguelikeCollectathonCasual👍 709
$24.99Risk of Rain 2
Aug 11 · Hopoo Games
Both: Online Co-Op
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Third-Person ShooterAction RoguelikeMultiplayerCo-opRoguelikeRogueliteActionLooter ShooterLootOnline Co-Op👍 240,052
-75%$3.74Farworld Pioneers
May 30 · Igloosoft
Both: Base Building · Crafting
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Co-opColorfulOpen World Survival CraftColony SimSandboxPvPBase BuildingSimulationCraftingManagement👍 622
