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2018 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 22.99 € 86 % positive Very positive, 1,161 reviews on Steam

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.

What defines The Colonists:

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for The Colonists are Star Birds, Railgrade and Before We Leave. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Colonists special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Star Birds

95 %

2025 PC 19.99 €

  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Bright, upbeat tone

A cheerful base-building and resource management game where you mine asteroids, build production chains and lead a colony of spacefaring birds toward new stars.

Railgrade

Cosy, great for unwinding

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.

BioEden

Accessible and relaxed

A cozy management game where you play a Keeper, designing biomes for many animal species and healing a damaged planet one ecosystem at a time.

Autonauts

Cosy, great for unwinding

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.

Microtopia

Cosy, great for unwinding

You act as the hive mind of a robot ant colony, laying pheromone trails to build automated supply chains. Gathering resources, feeding the queen and growing the colony makes for a relaxed, optimization-focused strategy sim.

XenoBloom

Accessible and relaxed

XenoBloom is a calm sandbox where you shape an alien ecosystem and watch it evolve. You can study what drives it or simply sit back and relax.

Eufloria HD

Cosy, great for unwinding

A calm, ambient real-time strategy game where you claim asteroids by growing organic seedlings and creatures, set in a colorful, meditative space backdrop.

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