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2014PCSteam Deck playable18 % positive8.19 €

A space station colony-management sim in the vein of Dwarf Fortress: you manage crew, resources and disasters while emergent, often darkly funny stories unfold among your inhabitants.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting
  • Deep systems to master

The closest matches for Spacebase DF-9 are RimWorld, Oxygen Not Included and Surviving Mars. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Spacebase DF-9 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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RimWorld

100 %Match

2018PCSteam Deck verified98 % positive31.99 €

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting

A colony sim where an AI storyteller turns raids, famines and your settlers' personal dramas into unique, often darkly funny emergent stories. Its deep simulation and per-colonist management make every run unpredictable.

Oxygen Not Included

Sandbox with your own goals

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

Surviving Mars

Deep systems to master

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.

Stardeus

Sci-fi setting

As an immortal AI you rebuild a wrecked spaceship in a colony-sim style, automating production and deciding how to treat the human survivors. It blends base building, resource management and exploration in space.

Maia

Deep systems to master

Maia is a colony-building sim where you keep settlers alive on a hostile alien planet. You manage resources, construction and your colonists' needs inside a living, unpredictable simulation.

Prison Architect

Sandbox with your own goals

A deep construction and management sim where you design a prison from scratch, hire staff and keep inmates from rioting or escaping. Its cute, simple art style contrasts with darkly humorous takes on serious themes like violence and the death penalty.

Stranded: Alien Dawn

Sandbox with your own goals

A colony survival sim where you guide stranded survivors on an alien planet, building bases, managing needs and fending off wildlife and harsh weather. Emergent stories arise from your colonists' personalities and fates.

Startopia

Sci-fi setting

You build and run a space station, attracting different alien races and balancing their needs and rivalries. A blend of city-builder management, economy and tongue-in-cheek humor makes it stand out.

The Spatials

Sandbox with your own goals

You build and run a space station, designing rooms, keeping your crew and visitors happy, and exploring randomly generated star systems. Missions and real-time fights add variety to the management.

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