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2021PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified79 % positive24.99 €

A real-time colony-building strategy game where you settle alien planets and balance trade, economy and environmental impact. Managing each planet's ecology feels like a thoughtful planning puzzle.

Economy and management
Building and crafting
Sci-fi setting
Tactical depth

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Best alternative overall: Railgrade 95% match – Economy and management
Newest alternative: Farlanders 93% match – released 2023

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Railgrade

95 %Match

2022PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified85 % positive28.99 €

A relaxed construction and logistics game where you plan railway networks on distant colony worlds, connect industries and optimize production chains to jump-start a struggling economy.

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Surviving Mars

Economy and management

A city builder where you found a Mars colony and keep it alive with domes, drones and careful resource management. The appeal lies in planning supply chains and surviving hostile conditions.

Farlanders

Economy and management

A laid-back colony builder where you design a Martian settlement as its architect, using limited terraforming tools to meet settlers' needs so they don't defect to rival bases.

SteamWorld Build

Economy and management

A charming blend of city building and mining: you grow a steambot town, dig deep for lost technology and keep your citizens happy while dangers lurk below.

Before We Leave

Bright, upbeat tone

A peaceful, combat-free city builder where you lead your people out of hiding, manage resources and found colonies across multiple planets. Its relaxed pace and charming look make it a cozy space-faring settlement game.

Urbek City Builder

Puzzles and brain teasers

A relaxed city builder where you lay out neighbourhoods almost like a puzzle, balancing limited resources against the education of your population. It favours calm optimizing over time pressure.

The Colonists

Economy and management

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.

The Final Earth 2

Building and crafting

A relaxed, vertical pixel-art city builder where you grow an exploration ship into a sprawling space colony. Gathering resources, researching tech and optimizing your city floor by floor is the core loop.

Autonauts

Economy and management

You colonise an alien planet by teaching little robots, through simple visual scripting, to gather resources and run whole production chains. The relaxed tinkering and optimising slowly grows into a sprawling robot empire.