Games like Code: Terraform
by AppsMafia
Autonauts and Plan B: Terraform play most like Code: Terraform. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its automation and sandbox; 6 came out in the last year, 2 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is Captain of Industry, with 11,079 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
Autonauts
Oct 17, 2019 · Denki
Both: Automation · Programming · 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👍 3,596Plan B: Terraform
Aug 29, 2025 · Gaddy Games
Both: Automation · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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 ManagementTransportationSimulationColony SimSandboxTrainsBase BuildingColorfulHex Grid👍 3,567Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft
Sep 14 · Luden.io
Both: Programming · Automation · Sandbox
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👍 672Stationeers
Dec 12, 2017 · RocketWerkz
Both: Automation · Colony Sim · Building
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👍 8,612Sandustry
Aug 13 · Lantto Games
Both: Sandbox · Automation · Building
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👍 4,945I Fetch Rocks
Aug 1, 2025 · SarumXR
Both: Programming · Sandbox · Automation
Embark on your asteroid hauling career with Veritago Fortana. Start with a basic ship and earn credits to upgrade, customise and repair as you try to fulfil larger and harder contracts. Built exclusively for VR, use your own hands to build, wire and fly using 100s of interconnecting components.
FlightProgrammingSandboxImmersive SimEducationAutomationMiningScienceSpaceSurvival👍 111Automation Empire
Nov 20, 2019 · DOG HOGGLER
Both: Automation · Sandbox · Building
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
SimulationAutomationStrategyBase BuildingSandboxBuildingResource ManagementEconomyManagementCrafting👍 2,586InfraSpace
Sep 22, 2023 · Dionic Software
Both: Automation · 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👍 1,639Icaria
Jun 16 · Blindsight Games LLC
Both: Automation · Programming · Sandbox
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
AutomationProgrammingBase BuildingSimulationSandboxResource ManagementBuildingCraftingColony SimProcedural GenerationNova Lands
Jun 22, 2023 · BEHEMUTT
Both: Automation · Sandbox
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👍 2,514Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Both: Automation · Sandbox · Building
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!
Open World Survival CraftAutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,521Time to Morp
Mar 6, 2025 · Team HalfBeard
Both: Automation · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Play with friends in a cozy base-building adventure! Take care of adorable creatures — Morps, explore, discover new species, grow crops, fish, build relationships with your crew, decorate your perfect home, and automate production along the way!
Base BuildingAutomationColony SimCreature CollectorMultiplayerSandboxFarming SimWholesomeCozyCasual👍 179Planetbase
Oct 15, 2015 · Madruga Works
Both: Colony Sim
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👍 9,568The Crust
Sep 10 · VEOM Studio
Both: Automation · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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👍 3,753Mechanica
Feb 28, 2020 · Deimos Interactive
Both: Programming · Building · Sandbox
Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.
Early AccessProgrammingIndieBase BuildingBuildingSurvivalSandboxLogicOpen World Survival CraftRobots👍 606The Farmer Was Replaced
Oct 10, 2025 · Timon Herzog
Both: Programming · Automation
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👍 9,262Captain of Industry
May 31, 2022 · MaFi Games
Both: Automation · Building
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
AutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSimulationStrategyEconomyManagementBuildingCity BuilderEarly Access👍 11,079The Spatials: Galactology
Apr 18, 2018 · Weird and Wry
Both: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Exploration
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
City BuilderColony SimBase BuildingManagementSandboxExplorationBuildingSpaceSpace SimStrategy👍 232
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