Games like Archean
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Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim.
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-20%$23.99Space Engineers 2
Jan 27 · Keen Software House
Both: Sandbox · Building · Space
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
SandboxBuildingSpaceSurvivalSci-fiSimulationPhysicsModdableDestructionOpen World👍 5,102
$29.99TerraTech Worlds
Mar 22 · Payload Studios
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Open World
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Early AccessBase BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxCraftingCo-opSurvivalOpen WorldBuildingMultiplayer👍 2,029
$19.99Flyout
Nov 17 · Stonext Games
Both: Sandbox · Building · Immersive Sim
Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.
SimulationSandboxFlightBuildingPhysicsPsychological Horror3DMilitaryImmersive SimEarly Access👍 2,139
$44.99ARK: Survival Ascended
Oct 25 · Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Both: Open World · Crafting · Building
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaursBase BuildingCraftingBuildingAdventureSandboxAction👍 106,877
-25%$26.24Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator
Nov 7 · Lyra Creative
Both: Space · Space Sim · Open World
Do you have what it takes to become an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator inspired by the early NASA space programs, from orbiting Earth in Mercury and Gemini, to the moon landing in project Apollo. Learn the procedures. Operate the spacecraft. Complete the mission.
SpaceSimulationFlightSpace SimRealisticOpen WorldImmersive SimScienceExplorationPhysics👍 1,322
$28.99Scrap Mechanic
Jul 24 · Axolot Games
Both: Building · Sandbox · Open World
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
$14.99Sandustry
Aug 13 · Lantto Games
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Open World
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
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Crafting · Sandbox · Open World
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
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Building · Crafting · Space
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
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Open World · Sandbox · Crafting
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086
$29.99FOUNDRY
May 2 · Channel 3 Entertainment
Both: Open World · Crafting · Building
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
$39.99Satisfactory
Sep 10 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Open World · Crafting · Building
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
$24.99Anymaker
3 days ago · Geometa
Both: Sandbox · Open World · Building
Embark on your creative journey of vehicle design, as you create and operate vehicles to survive this dangerous open world. Anymaker is a detailed and technical vehicle builder and survival game. Design your chassis, build your engine, connect components, and travel into the unknown.
Early AccessSandboxSimulationOpen WorldMultiplayerBuildingFirst-PersonRealisticCo-opDriving👍 115
$19.99Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Mar 26 · Tomas Sala
Both: Open World · Building · Sandbox
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
CasualProcedural GenerationMinimalistCity BuilderExperimentalBase BuildingOpen WorldBuildingSandboxSteampunk👍 1,381
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Crafting · Building · Open World
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
$29.99Railroads Online
Dec 5 · Stefan Kelnberger
Both: Open World · Building · Sandbox
Build your dream railroad across a huge open world! You can build tracks and stations, drive detailed locomotives, and transport goods to earn money and experience. Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own sandbox!
TrainsMultiplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldBuildingAutomobile SimPhysicsSandboxDrivingImmersive Sim👍 5,409
$9.99MewnBase
Oct 30 · Cairn4
Both: Crafting · Sandbox · Space
MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.
Base BuildingCraftingCuteExplorationSandboxSurvivalSpaceBuilding2DAction-Adventure👍 1,333
$24.99Orebound
Oct 24 · Emberforge
Both: Building · Open World · Crafting
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Early AccessResource ManagementDwarvesSingleplayerIndieFirst-PersonBuildingSimulationOpen WorldCrafting👍 948
$29.99Valheim
12 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Open World · Building · 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
$19.99The Last Starship
Feb 3 · Introversion Software
Both: Sandbox · Space · Space Sim
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
StrategySandboxSpaceSimulationSingleplayerBase BuildingSci-fiSpace SimBuildingMining👍 1,625
$4.99Space Station Tycoon
Nov 1 · Lunheim Studios
Both: Space · Building · Crafting
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
ManagementSpaceTower DefenseCity BuilderColony SimBuildingCraftingEconomyBase BuildingSpace Sim👍 190
$19.99Astrometica
Dec 10 · BeryMery
Both: Space Sim · Open World · Crafting
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Space SimSurvivalOpen WorldFirst-PersonAdventureCraftingSpaceAutomationBase BuildingSci-fi👍 2,913
$19.99Ostranauts
Aug 3 · Blue Bottle Games
Both: Space Sim · Sandbox · Space
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
FlightSimulationSpace SimSandboxDifficultSurvivalSpaceExplorationLife SimProcedural Generation👍 3,141
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Sandbox · Building
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$24.99Mirthwood
Nov 6 · Bad Ridge Games
Both: Sandbox · Immersive Sim · Crafting
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
RPGFarming SimSandboxOpen World Survival CraftMedievalImmersive SimCraftingFishingExplorationManagement👍 2,242
$19.99QANGA
Sep 2 · iolaCorp Studio
Both: Open World · Space · Space Sim
QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.
Early AccessThird PersonShooterFuturisticRealisticOpen WorldSpaceSpace SimOpen World Survival CraftExploration👍 556
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Building · Sandbox · Open World
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Crafting · Sandbox · Open World
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
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: Sandbox · 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
-30%$10.49Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
7 days ago · Luden.io
Both: Programming · Sandbox · Crafting
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
$19.99Mars First Logistics
Sep 25 · Shape Shop
Both: Building · Sandbox
Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!
StylizedMarsCo-op3DBuildingSandboxPhysicsPuzzleTransportationRobots👍 3,498
$14.99My Little Universe
Oct 5 · Estoty
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Space
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
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: Building · Space Sim · Space
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
$24.99Space Haven
May 13 · Bugbyte Ltd.
Both: Space · Sandbox · 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
-30%$34.99Cities: Skylines II
Oct 24 · Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order
Both: Building · Sandbox
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
City BuilderSimulationBuildingSandboxManagementSingleplayerEconomyStrategyRealisticModdable👍 64,269
$8.99Powdertron
6 days ago · SalE
Both: Sandbox · Building · Science
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
SandboxSimulationBuildingSciencePhysicsTutorial2DCasualRelaxingColorful
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Both: Building · Crafting
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
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: Space · Sandbox · Building
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
$24.99Lightyear Frontier
Mar 19 · FRAME BREAK
Both: Crafting
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.
Early AccessBase BuildingCraftingOpen World Survival CraftMechsFarming SimOnline Co-OpResource ManagementAgricultureExploration👍 4,258
-20%$15.99Pathless Woods
Apr 2 · AniYa Games Studio
Both: Open World · Crafting · Sandbox
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Open WorldCraftingSurvivalSandboxSimulationFarming SimBuildingCity BuilderBase Building3D👍 951
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Sandbox · Crafting · Building
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Early AccessAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSandboxCraftingBuildingProcedural GenerationExplorationMultiplayer👍 439
-50%$9.99The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Jan 31 · MAXIS
Both: Sandbox · Building · Immersive Sim
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
SandboxBuildingManagementLife SimCasualSimulationCharacter CustomizationAtmosphericSingleplayerImmersive Sim👍 2,329
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: Programming · Sandbox
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
$29.99Techtonica
Nov 7 · Fire Hose Games
Both: Building · Immersive Sim · Sandbox
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
$19.99House Builder
Jan 15 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Building · Immersive Sim · Sandbox
From traditional huts to modern homes of the future - become a one-person crew! Gather resources, use tools, and build brick by brick across history. Discover architecture secrets and create your dream homes!
SimulationBuildingDesign & IllustrationEducationRelaxingFirst-PersonImmersive SimPuzzleSandbox3D👍 2,194
Prospector: The First Contract
Jul 12 · Loonworks Games
Both: Sandbox · Open World · Building
As the Prospector in this Prologue chapter, you will be taking on your first contract. Explore new planets, gather resources, build your fully automated base, and ship materials to distant colonies.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvivalPixel GraphicsAutomationOpen WorldExplorationBuildingAdventureCrafting
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Both: Open World · 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
$19.99Planetaries
Aug 15 · EY-Studio
Both: Open World · Building · Crafting
Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalOpen WorldOnline Co-OpMultiplayerBuildingCraftingExplorationBase BuildingCo-op👍 214
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Space Sim · Sandbox · Building
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
$4.99POWDR
3 days ago · SUBLIMINAL SOFTWARE
Both: Sandbox · Immersive Sim
POWDR is a high performance interactive particle sandbox featuring realistic fluids, sands, solids, interactions, and more! Every pixel is simulated. Every material interacts. Every experiment can become a catastrophe.
SimulationCasualSandboxPhysicsImmersive SimDestructionPixel GraphicsAbstractGod GameColorful
$19.99Astronomics
Feb 10 · Numizmatic
Both: Space · Sandbox
Welcome to the asteroid belt. The work is dangerous, the asteroids are temporary, and Earth is prohibitively expensive. Build automated mining operations, complete contracts, and earn your way back home.
SpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationTop-DownPhysicsTime Management3DSci-fiSandboxCollectathon👍 707
$19.99Havendock
Apr 22 · YYZ Studio
Both: Sandbox · Building · Crafting
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
SingleplayerStrategyCity BuilderColony SimSandboxAgricultureAutomationBuildingCraftingBase Building👍 1,504
$14.99House Builder 2: Casual Construction
Oct 22 · FreeMind S.A.
Both: Building · Sandbox
In House Builder 2, you build your dream structures in a vibrant, open-world low-poly environment! Purchase materials for your work, load them up, and head off to diverse tasks in the ultimate building adventure!
CasualBuildingSandboxDesign & IllustrationSingleplayerIndiePhysicsEconomyEducation3D👍 101
