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2026PCXboxSteam Deck verified83 % positive−20 % 29.99 € 23.99 €

You explore an open alien world, grow strange plants and tame local wildlife while building a base from scratch. Up to three friends can join online, which turns survival and homesteading into a shared project.

  • Open world
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Playing together in co-op

The closest matches for Lightyear Frontier are Raft, Astroneer and Space Engineers. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lightyear Frontier special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Raft

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2022PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable93 % positive20.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Lightyear Frontier: building and crafting, a sandbox with your own goals as well as an open world.

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.

Astroneer

Building and crafting

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.

Space Engineers

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Dinkum

Sandbox with your own goals

A cozy life and farming sim set in the Australian outback: build your home, explore forests, deserts and billabongs, look after animals, and enjoy it all with friends in co-op.

Core Keeper

Sandbox with your own goals

A mining sandbox adventure in a vast underground world where you dig, build, craft, farm and fight bosses, solo or with up to eight players. The mystery of the ancient Core drives your exploration.

No Man's Sky

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.

Aloft

Sandbox with your own goals

In Aloft you turn floating islands into flying skyships and explore a cloud-filled world solo or in co-op. This survival sandbox focuses on laid-back building, discovery and curing a fungus-ravaged ecosystem.

Creativerse

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Ranch Simulator

Sandbox with your own goals

An open-world ranching sim where you rebuild a run-down homestead by farming, raising animals, hunting and trading. Playable solo or in co-op with a relaxed, hands-on pace.

Outbound

Playing together in co-op

You build a cozy home on wheels and travel through a colorful open world. Live off-grid with solar, wind and water power, grow crops, and customize your vehicle, alone or with up to three friends.

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