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As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.
What defines Ixion:
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The closest matches for Ixion are Frostpunk, Probably Stolen and Frostpunk 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ixion special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
92 %
Best match
Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.
91 % −10 %Focus on a single character
A cyberpunk shopkeeping sim on a dystopian space station where you craft, trade and smuggle dubious goods, juggle faction loyalties, and race to buy out your shop before rent crushes you. A rogue AI adds a combat threat on the side.
91 % −55 %Lavish presentation
A society-management strategy game in a frozen world where you lead a growing city through factional politics, moral dilemmas and scarce resources. Every decision about laws and expansion has tangible consequences for your people.
90 % 20.99 €
Sci-fi setting
As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.
90 % 24.99 €
Sci-fi setting
A strategy roguelike set in the Battlestar Galactica universe: you lead a fleet of refugees after the fall of the Twelve Colonies, handle crises aboard and fight off the Cylons. Hard choices decide whether hope survives.
89 % −80 %Sci-fi setting
A sci-fi city-builder where you establish humanity's first colony on the alien world of Aven Prime. You must keep colonists fed, employed and happy while surviving hostile environmental hazards and threats.
89 % 34.99 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
Stranded worker Jan clones alternate versions of himself, each shaped by a different life choice, and must manage them in a mobile base while racing a lethal sunrise. It's survival management fused with a thoughtful drama about identity and roads not taken.
86 % 19.99 €
Challenging difficulty
Papers, Please meets the zombie apocalypse: you screen survivors at the last checkpoint and decide whether to admit, quarantine, or eliminate them. Between inspections you expand your base and defend against hordes.
86 % 39.99 €
Strong, story-driven narrative
As an occult investigator, you explore a silent deep-sea mining station in the Pacific while your sanity frays. It leans on Lovecraftian dread and mystery rather than action.
86 % 29.99 €
Sci-fi setting
A bleak survival horror adventure set in a photogrammetry-recreated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a physicist hunts for his vanished fiancée. You scavenge zones, build up a base, recruit companions and plan toward a final heist, with choices you can even rewrite reshaping the story.