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2021PCSteam Deck playable51 % positive8.19 €

You are stranded on an alien world, mining resources and automating your base to gradually build a spaceship home. A calm, tinkering-focused game for fans of factory and automation titles.

Building and crafting
Sci-fi setting
Cosy, great for unwinding

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Best alternative overall: The Colonists 94% match – Building and crafting
Newest alternative: Farlanders 91% match – released 2023

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The Colonists

94 %Match

2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable86 % positive22.99 €

A relaxed colony-building and logistics sim where you guide robot settlers as they build a settlement on a distant planet. You plan resources, production chains and buildings at a calm pace.

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Farlanders

Building and crafting

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