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2019USK 0PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable91 % positive29.99 €

As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.

  • Building and crafting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Lots to discover

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In short: Games like Astroneer

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Astroneer special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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No Man's Sky

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2016USK 6PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified84 % positive58.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Astroneer: a sandbox with your own goals, an open world and lots to discover.

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

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Raft

Building and crafting

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

Space Engineers

Building and crafting

A physics-driven space sandbox where you engineer ships, stations and rovers block by block, mine asteroids and watch your creations get realistically torn apart. Its huge creative and technical freedom shines brightest with friends in co-op.

Creativerse

Building and crafting

A colorful sandbox survival game about gathering, crafting and building elaborate structures. You explore a procedurally generated voxel world full of caves, biomes and creatures, solo or with friends.

Solarpunk

Building and crafting

A relaxed survival sandbox set on floating islands where you build bases, grow food and sail an airship to new lands, solo or with friends. The appeal lies in designing automated systems powered by sun, wind and water.

Scrap Mechanic

Building and crafting

A colorful physics sandbox where you engineer your own vehicles and contraptions from parts. Its survival mode has you and friends scavenging and farming on a planet overrun by hostile Farmbots.

Spore

Sandbox with your own goals

Spore lets you guide your own species from a single cell to a galaxy-spanning empire, with each stage playing like a different genre. Its playful creature editor, letting you design nearly everything yourself, is the real star.

Planet Crafter

Building and crafting

You terraform a hostile planet by gathering resources, building bases and machines, and watching a barren wasteland slowly gain atmosphere, water and life. The blend of calm survival and visible, large-scale progress is what makes it special.

Satisfactory

Building and crafting

As a FICSIT Pioneer you build sprawling automated factories in first person on an alien planet. Designing efficient production chains in a beautiful open world, solo or in co-op, is deeply satisfying.

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