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2026 PCSteam Deck playable 29.99 € 75 % positive Mostly positive, 3,952 reviews on Steam

You build and automate a lunar colony that Earth relies on, mining regolith, running conveyor and drone factories, looking after colonists and trading with rival factions. A story campaign with multiple endings adds direction to the sandbox.

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Sci-fi setting
Tactical depth
Strong character progression

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The closest matches for The Crust are Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown, Heart of the Machine and Out There: Oceans of Time. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Crust special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown

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2026 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable 34.99 €

Sci-fi setting
Tactical depth
Pure single-player experience

As captain of the USS Voyager you guide the ship across the Delta Quadrant, juggling scarce resources and crew while making tough calls on the way home. It blends Star Trek storytelling with survival strategy.

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Heart of the Machine

Strong character progression

You play the first sentient AI in a city full of possibilities, choosing whether to build a robot army, rule as a benevolent machine overlord, or chase other goals. A blend of strategy, sandbox and RPG elements leaves many paths to your objectives.

Out There: Oceans of Time

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric space survival game where you captain a starship, manage scarce resources, explore alien systems and shape your mission through text-based choices. Each run is tough and different.

Mercury Fallen

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi colony management game where you rebuild an underground base on an alien world, manage colonists and robots, and gradually expand out to the surface.

Ixion

Sci-fi setting

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.

Star Trek: Outposts Unknown

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven outpost-building strategy game set in the Star Trek universe, where you explore new worlds, build and research outposts, and face a mysterious cosmic force threatening a new ally.

The Pegasus Expedition

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi 4X strategy game where you lead humanity's expeditions into the Pegasus Galaxy to find a new home. Exploration, expansion and resource management play out under the pressure of a looming threat.

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.

Per Aspera

Sci-fi setting

You play an AI managing the terraforming of Mars, building infrastructure, handling resources and research while a story with moral questions unfolds. A calm but demanding base-building strategy game with a scientific bent.

Light of Altair

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi colony builder where you grow settlements from a landing pod into metropolises and send ships to claim new worlds. Diplomacy and orbital combat against eight factions, plus a substantial plot, define the experience.

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