Space colonization & survival Games

Overview

SPACE colonization and survival GAMES.What else to play about survival in space?The BIGGEST LIST of space games!

Space Experience

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Here you will find everything that exists to feel like in space, see space through VR, build a space colony, feel the harsh conditions for survival, control a rocket and repair it, arrange a battle in space, see 3D maps of planets and universes,
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Curator of games about space in Steam: Curator “Space Experience”
Reviews on all space games. A huge number of lists and categories. The most complete information both among those games that have already been released and among the new products that are only planned for release.
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About This Guide

Originally posted by short animated film by Konstantin Bronzit:

WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT COSMOS (link[capecodtestkitchen.wordpress.com])

If the topic of survival in space and planetary colonization attracts you, then in this guide you will find the largest list of games on this topic.

Particularly much attention is paid in this document to games where you need to be able to think strategically, and not just quickly press buttons.

Write in the comments which game you like best.
If you still know other games on this subject, then tell us about them. I will add them to the general list of games.

Success in conquering new horizons!

1 – STRATEGY

Planetbase

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Release date: October 16, 2015
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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFZhW5c_ZxEY5AuSST6qsHA
Developer: Madruga Works
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government, Building, Sci-fi
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet.
In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive. You will have to ensure that they have a constant supply of oxygen, food and water to stay alive.
You will get them to collect energy, extract water, mine metal, grow food, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient base in a harsh environment, where you are always one step away from total failure.
Even if the game is not intended to be a simulator, all the mechanics are plausible, and based on what the expected challenges of establishing a colony in an new planet would be.
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All information on the game Planetbase and a collection of manuals:
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The situation with the game and the community of players:

The true face of MadrugaWorks company and what they really think of their fans from Planetbase

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Big review of the game: link and

Review from a person who has played 1000+ hours, made mods, challenges and dozens of guides for Planetbase from Planetbase

Surviving Mars

Release Date: Mar 15, 2018
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Rating: E10+
Developer: Haemimont Games, Paradox Interactive
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government
Number of Online Players: No Online Multiplayer

Summary: Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Choose a space agency for resources and financial support before determining a location for your colony. Build domes and infrastructure, research new possibilities and utilize drones to unlock more elaborate ways to shape and expand your settlement. Cultivate your own food, mine minerals or just relax by the bar after a hard day’s work. Most important of all, though, is keeping your colonists alive. Not an easy task on a strange new planet. There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Mars Colony Builder

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Release Date: TBA

Summary: Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!

Developer: Dark Star Studio
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government,
Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival, Sandbox, Building, Simulation, Singleplayer, Open World, Sci-fi, Crafting, Moddable, Indie, Atmospheric, Space, Action, Realistic, 3D, City Builder

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Colonists! We need your feedback!
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Dear Colonists, will you help us?
QUESTIONNAIRE HERE [docs.google.com]
We have prepared an online questionnaire especially for you.
Link to the questionnaire you will find above.
We hope that your answers will help us create a game that meets your expectations.
Thank you for your help.

Outer Space Shack

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Developer: Open Lowcode SAS
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Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OuterSpaceShack/

Summary: Realistic space base building game.
Create a human settlement on the Moon and Mars. Prepare your rocket missions in the space center. Manage to build an effective base in space, protect astronauts and develop your business. Kickstarter

Genre(s): Action, General, Kickstarter, Realistic, Simulation, Space, City Builder, Science, Base Building, Colony Sim, Space Sim, 3D, Crafting, Procedural Generation, Resource Management, Strategy, Sandbox, Singleplayer.

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Sol 0

“Sol 0” (2016)
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“Mars colonization city building game. Manage power, water, food, oxygen, and other resources while surviving the harsh Martian climate.”
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Maia

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Maia v0.69 (2018) “MAIA IS A SPACE COLONY GAME SET ON A DISTANT, HOSTILE, ALIEN WORLD”
Release Date: Dec 3, 2013
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Site: www.MaiaGame.com
Developer: Simon Roth
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Sci-Fi, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

MewnBase

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access, In development
Developer: Cairn4 [link]
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Tactics
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Genre Simulation, Survival
Made with libGDX, Adobe Photoshop
Tags 2D, Exploration, libGDX
Average session About a half-hour
Languages German, English, Spanish; Castilian, French, Italian, Russian…
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse
MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.

Mars Power Industries Deluxe

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Release Date: Nov 4, 2019
Developer: 7A Games
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Mystery puzzle game about human hubris and resource management BUT… every puzzle is solved in 5 moves! All about logic, optimal building placement and order of operations. Relax, feel the utter loneliness as you uncover a hidden story told without words about an abandoned colony…

The Farlanders

Release Date: 2020.12.18, TBA – Early Access
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Summary: Mars colony city-builder with puzzle elements. Terraform unfriendly planet surface, take care of colonists’ needs, and grow your settlement fast enough to meet the Board goal.
#pixelart #indiegame #Mars
Developer: Andriy Bychkovskyi (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Developer’s site: [link]
Game site, developer’s diary: [link]
Official Discord server – [link]
Twitter Tweets by theundervault
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Developer’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/icyUA/featured
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Earth Space Colonies

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Release Date: 01 jul 2016, TBA – Early Access
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Developer: Persona and Pixel studio
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Earth Space Colonies is a strategy-simulation game where you build space colonies around the Solar system. Your first destination is Mars. Establish a first self-sustaining colony and terraform a red wasteland into a green oasis. Balance your resources and expand the infrastructure. Build anything from high-tech factories, hotels, military bases to space elevators and terraformers. Colonize other worlds as well: defend a mining colony on a dwarf planet Ceres and explore the subsurface ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.
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StellarHub

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Release Date: Aug 16, 2017
Developer: casualogic
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Summary: Planetbase meets Rimworld. Beautiful little game, Version 2.0 is very nice, very frustratingly challenging. Good Idea but it feel unfinshed.

Genre(s): Strategy, General, Simulation, Base Building, Management, Space, Sci-fi, Building

Imagine Earth

UPDATE Release DATE: Apr 30 2020
Release Date: May 20, 2014
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Developer: Serious Brothers
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Strategy, Real-Time, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Your job as a space colony manager is to explore and populate distant worlds. Build up thriving colonies on a global scale. Trade resources and goods into space and provide sustainable living conditions for your people.
The game is set in the age of planetary colonization in which huge corporations are struggleing for economic supremacy on newly discovered planets. This race for growth and profits can even lead to global climate collapse. Prevent the history of the Earth from repeating itself by doing research and development.
Imagine Earth is a real-time buildup simulation and an economic strategy game with an environmental planet simulation.
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The Colonists

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Release Date: Oct 24, 2018
Developer: Codebyfire
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Command
# of players: Online Multiplayer

Cliff Empire

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access
Developer: Lion’s Shade
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Stellaris

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Release date: May 9, 2016
Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General, Real-time, Sci-fi

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

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Release date: August 31, 2017
Developer: Black Lab Games
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Turn-based, Sci-fi
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Rating: PEGI Rating: 12
Summary: In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?

Dark Moon

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RELEASE DATE: June 2020
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly – don’t go into the light!

GYATM Dragon Edition

Release Date: Oct 30, 2019
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Developer: Indie Imprint [link]
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Genre(s): Strategy, General, Simulation
Tags Futuristic, linux, Sci-fi, Third Person, Top-Down, Unreal Engine, windows
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Status In development
Made with Unreal Engine, Blender
Average session About an hour
Languages English, Spanish; Latin America, Norwegian Bokmål
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen, Smartphone
Accessibility Subtitles, Configurable controls
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Anno 2205

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Release Date: Nov 2, 2015
Developer: Blue Byte
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Aven Colony

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Release Date: Jul 25, 2017
Developer: Mothership Entertainment
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime – an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

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Release Date: Aug 18, 2015
Developer: Uber Entertainment
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Command

Astrobase Command

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Release Date: TBA
Developer: Jellyfish Games
Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person
As the invisible administrative hand of an Astrobase in a forgotten corner of the universe, your crew depend on you for their survival.

Space Haven

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Release Date: TBA
Developer: Bugbyte Ltd.
Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactics
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Space Colony: Steam Edition

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Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Developer: FireFly Studios
Release Date: Steam – Apr 30, 2015
Release Date: PC World – Oct 14, 2003

Offworld Trading Company

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Release Date: Apr 28, 2016
Developer: Mohawk Games
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Management, General, Business / Tycoon
# of players: Online Multiplayer

Spacebase Startopia

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Release Date: Q3 2020
Developer: Realmforge Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, General

This game is a continuation of the game released in 2001:
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Release Date: Jun 19, 2001
Developer: Mucky Foot Productions
Genre(s): Strategy, General, General, Management, Government
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Unclaimed World

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Release Date: Oct 4, 2016
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Developer: Refactored Games OU
Genre(s): City Building, Modern, Strategy, Management, Government
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Project AURA

UPDATE DATE: Apr 18 2018
Release Date: Jan 5, 2015
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Developer: Pixel Quality Games
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General, Modern
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

Starport Delta

Release Date: Mar 27, 2020
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Developer: Cloudfire Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Tactics
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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RimWorld

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Developer: Ludeon Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Sci-Fi, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Oxygen Not Included

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Developer: Klei Entertainment
Release July 30, 2019
Mode: Single-player
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon, Survival, simulation
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Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation video game being developed by Klei Entertainment. The game is currently available on Steam Early Access. Oxygen Not Included allows players to manage their colonists and help them dig, build and maintain a subterranean asteroid base. Players will need water, warmth, food, and oxygen to keep them alive, and even more than that to keep them happy. Good luck and don’t forget your multi-tool!

Symmetry

Release Date: Feb 20, 2018
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Summary: A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Developer: Sleepless Clinic. Published by IMGN.PRO.
Genre(s): Adventure, Strategy, General, Simulation, Survival
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

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SYMMETRY is a survival management game set in a retro- futuristic, sci-fi universe. Your main goal is to manage the crash survivors and help them withstand the desolate, extremely cold environment in order to fix their spacecraft and escape. The non- obvious plot is accompanied by an atmospheric musical score and graphic design that sustains the harsh and mysterious ambience.

Survivors’ life functions crucial to their existence, such as eating, resting and mental health need to be taken care of. Extreme circumstances may force crew members to develop new skills like botanics or power plant operations, that weren’t necessary in their Earthly life. Gathering all the parts required to repair the spaceship becomes a race against time, as extreme weather conditions and life-threatening supernatural activities become more and more present.

Vector graphics give the game a feeling of mystery and severity of the deserted world. Using dimmed and pastel colors throughout the scenery creates a sense of remoteness from reality and builds an unreal atmosphere of the landscape.
– Base micro-management in extremely hostile conditions
– Randomly assigned crew members with different skills and stories in each gameplay
– Different needs to satisfy: nutrition, physical condition and mental health
– Non-obvious sci-fi plot
– Ominous presence of the Symmetrical World
– Moral choices – collectivism vs individualism
– Unique vector graphics and ambient sound setting
– High replay-ability and various strategies to beat the game
– Survival game mode unlocked once the main mission is accomplished

Moon Tycoon

Release Date: Oct 11, 2001
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Developer: Unique Entertainment
Genre(s): Strategy, Tycoon, Management, Tycoon, Business / Tycoon
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This is the original Moon Tycoon city-building game back from 2001! Remember building vast lunar colonies, then destroying them with meteors and asteroids? Blast off again with the first 3D Sim game, back to the old days on the dark side of the moon. Feeling nostalgic?

Per Aspera

Per Aspera
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Release Date: Dec 3, 2020

Summary: Experience city-building as never before — Overcome near-impossible odds to terraform Mars, cultivate the red-planet’s hidden resources, and unravel the past mysteries of those who’ve attempted the unbelievable feat. Humanity’s future rests on your shoulders.

Developer: Tlon Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon
Base Building, Colony Sim, City Builder, Simulation, Indie, Space, Resource Management, Science, Mars, Sci-fi, Mystery, Artificial Intelligence, Difficult, Minimalist, Real-Time with Pause, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Automation

EarthX

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access (13 Jul, 2019)
Summary: Have you always dreamt of becoming CEO of the largest rocket company in the world? It just came true. Start with practically nothing and end up with a rocket empire. In EarthX you can develop rocket technologies, but also your company and planet Earth.

Developer: Denis Szwarc
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): General, Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon,
Simulation, Indie, Strategy, Early Access, Space, Management, Family Friendly, Singleplayer, Competitive, Atmospheric, Building, Space Sim, Base Building, Education, Grand Strategy, Colony Sim, Immersive Sim, 3D, Cute, Minimalist

My Colony

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Release Date: 16 May, 2016

Summary: A space colonization and city building simulation game.

Developer: Ape Apps. Publisher: Ape Apps [link]
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): City Builder, Colony Sim, Simulation, Indie, Strategy

My Colony 2: [link]

Voxelaxy

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access

Summary: Using only a limited set of tools, you have to survive in a hostile environment. Crafting oxygen and finding food seems almost impossible…Are you ready?!

Developer: Jakub Klementewicz. [link]
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): Action, General, Adventure, Simulation, Open World, Survival, Voxel, Sci-fi, Early Access

Derelict Void

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Developer: Stirling Games
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Summary: A 3D more story-driven FTL. Travel from destination to destination all the while trying not to let your crew starve or suffocate. Pretty harsh learning curve but very satisfying when it finally clicks.

Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General, Roguelite, Resource Management, Simulation, Space, City Builder, Management, Base Building, Roguelike, Procedural Generation, Adventure, Sci-fi, 3D, Singleplayer.

Sphere: Flying Cities

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Developer: BitPioneers GmbH

Genres: Strategy, Early Access, Survival, City Builder, Base Building, Colony Sim, Singleplayer, Survival Horror, 3D, Space, Sci-fi, Retro, Cyberpunk, Atmospheric, Crafting, Narration, Indie, Mining, Resource Management, Exploration, Simulation

nStations

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Release Date: Dec 20, 2019
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Forum: [link]

Summary: The developer is slow. After the 2021 update, the game is gradually becoming more interesting. But polishing is still needed. It is possible to play on PCs and Smartphones.

Genres: Strategy, General, Casual, Simulation, Indie, City Builder, Sci-fi, Colony Sim, RTS, Space Sim, Immersive Sim, Real Time Tactics, 3D, Isometric, Space, Building, Economy, Management, Mining, Singleplayer, Base Building.

Life In Planet

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Developer: Codeks Studio
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Summary: Space sim, survival, strategy, sandbox and city builder in 3D isometric graphics. Create a colony, trade, train soldiers and fight. Build, arrive, and move into new regions and planets in space.

Genre(s): Strategy, General, Simulation, Sandbox, City Builder, 3D, Isometric, Fantasy, Futuristic, Survival, Building, Space, Indie, Early Access, Aliens, Open World, Resource Management, Base Building, Singleplayer.

Base One

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Release Date: May 11, 2021
Developer: PixFroze
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government, Simulation, Space Sim, Strategy RPG, Exploration, Political Sim, 3D, Isometric, Realistic, Building, Crafting, Diplomacy, Futuristic, Military, Political, Sci-fi, Science, Space, Survival

Mercury Fallen

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Developer: Nitrous Butterfly
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Colony Sim, Base Building, Management, Singleplayer, Casual, Simulation, Building, Procedural Generation, Underground, Exploration, Mining, Agriculture, Robots, Early Access, Space, Science, Crafting, Survival, Sci-fi

Million on Mars

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Release Date: Q3 2021
Developer: Million on Mars Inc.
Site: [link]
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVE9LC3FN3ohcWnratC5kQ
Twitter: Tweets by MilliononMars
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/milliononmars
Discord: [link]

Summary: A co-op (MMO) and realistic simulation of settling Mars and city-building experience. Build your home on your own plot(s) of land on Mars. The Martian landscape is based on NASA/JPL data. Space to venture

Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government, Early Access, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Mars, Colony Sim, Base Building, City Builder, Building, Exploration, Open World, Sandbox, Space Sim, Crafting, Mining, Trading, Realistic, Sci-fi, Science.

Solar Baron

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Developer: Preon Studio

Genre(s): Simulation, Strategy, General, Space, Sandbox, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Trading, Economy, Procedural Generation, Science, Real-Time with Pause, Base Building, Resource Management, Management, Space Sim, Real-Time, Indie

2 – 4X and TURN-BASED strategy game

Red Planet Farming

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Release Date: May 25, 2020

Summary: Become the first Agricultural Director of Mars in Red Planet Farming! This casual strategy game tasks players with producing enough food to feed a growing population of settlers on the red planet.

Developer: Nina Demirjian
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Indie, Sci-fi, Free to Play, Farm Simulator, Singleplayer, Mars
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Become the first agricultural director of Mars. Help create and feed a colony on the red planet.

The game is completely free, without any additional payments or reduced functionality.
The game is free because the developers received a grant to create this game
This is that rare free-to-play game where players ask the developer to come up with a way so they can pay him for the pleasure of the game.

One of the best free space and colony building games!

By the way, you can see the FULL LIST OF FREE SPACE GAMES here:

Pax Nova

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Release Date: TBA – 2019, Early Access
Developer: Greywolf Entertainment
Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, 4X
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Endless Space 2

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Release Date: May 19, 2017
Developer: Amplitude Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, 4X
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Endless Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious Endless universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

60 Parsecs!

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Release Date: Sep 18, 2018
Developer: Robot Gentleman
Genre(s): Adventure, General, Strategy, Survival, Managerial
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.

Star Dynasties

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Release Date: TBA 2021
Developer: Pawley Games
Genre(s): Strategy, General

Crying Suns

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Release Date: Sep 18, 2019
Developer: Alt Shift
Genre(s): Strategy, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Mars Horizon

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Release Date: TBA 2020
Developer: Auroch Digital
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Lead a space agency as you guide humanity to Mars. Plan missions, construct your base, design and build rockets. Establish allegiances and conduct missions throughout the Solar System. Created with support from the European Space Agency – can you rise to the challenge of the Red Planet?

Terraforming Mars

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Release Date: Jul 26, 2018
Developer: LuckyHammers
Genre(s): Action, Strategy, Miscellaneous, General, Board / Card Game
# of players: Up to 5
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

Galactic Civilizations III

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Release Date: Mar 27, 2014
Developer: Stardock
Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, General, 4X
# of players: Online Multiplayer

Polaris Sector

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Polaris Sector PC Update v1.06g.1 Oct 19, 2018
[PC] Installer v1.02 Mar 21, 2016
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Developer: SoftWarWare
Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, 4X
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.

Distant Worlds: Universe

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Release Date: May 23, 2014

Summary: Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

Developer: Code Force
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Strategy, Turn-Based, General, 4X, Space, Sci-fi, Simulation, Grand Strategy, Singleplayer, Real-Time, RTS, Real-Time with Pause, Moddable, 2D, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure, Replay Value, Epic

Distant Worlds 2

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Release Date: TBA

Summary: Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game.

Developer: Code Force
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Simulation, 4X, Grand Strategy, 3D, Sci-fi, Combat, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer

Reshaping Mars

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Developer: Tholus Games
PUBLISHER: Yooreka Studio
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Genre(s): Simulation, Strategy, RTS, Base Building, Building, Exploration, 4X, Colony Sim, Grand Strategy, 3D, Space, Futuristic, Mars, Management, Resource Management, Singleplayer, Early Access, Indie, City Builder, Sci-fi

Cantata

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Developer: Afterschool Studio
Site: [link]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cantatagame
Discord: [link]

Summary: Is a character-driven, psychedelic, 4X, tactical strategy game that puts you in the middle of a spiritual, pragmatic war for survival. Co-op.
Massive, accessible modding! Make the game of your dreams!

Genre(s): Strategy, General, Sci-fi, 4X, Psychedelic, Automation, Turn-Based Strategy, Base Building, Building, Resource Management, City Builder, Colony Sim, PvP, Simulation, Co-op, Turn-Based Tactics, Local Co-Op, Tactical, Sandbox, Local Multiplayer, Space, Multiplayer

3 – MICRO GAMES

A Planet of Mine

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Second Earth

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Status In development
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Authors Robbie Fraser, TheJunt, elyaradine, Call Of The Void
Genre Strategy, Simulation
Made with Unity
Tags 3D, City Builder, Economy, Management, Real-Time, Real time strategy, Sci-fi, Tower Defense
Average session About a half-hour

Personal Space Station

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Status Released
Platforms Windows
Authors Yrgo_Game_Creator, practicaljoke09, Demonsid, IsacDee
Genre Strategy
Made with Unity
Tags 3D, Animals, Arcade, Co-op, Fast-Paced, High Score, Local Co-Op, minigames, Space
Average session A few minutes
Languages English
Inputs Gamepad (any)
Multiplayer Local multiplayer
Player count 2 – 4
A four player couch co-op game where you try to keep the station alive as long as possible. There are multiple layers of work stations and interactions that you need to handle in order to keep the station alive.

Terrafarming

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Status Prototype
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author Phaethon Games
Genre Simulation
Tags Arcade, Casual, Crafting, Cute, Farming, Low-poly, minigames, Relaxing, Singleplayer, Space
You’ve passed all Intergalactic Plant Defense Force exams at the Academy and you are affected to the moon to ensure the great Terraforming.

Techium Eclipse

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Status In development
Platforms Windows
Author Kenney
Genre Strategy
Tags earth, Ludum Dare 38, planet, Space, Tower Defense
Average session A few minutes
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any)
Defend Earth from incoming meteors, change the orbit to save important structures. Build a space port and leave the planet!

Valles Marineris

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Status Released
Platforms Windows
Author GalaxyGamesStudio
Genre Adventure
Tags City Builder, rocket, Sci-fi, Space, Space Sim, Unity
Average session A few seconds

Copernicon

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Status Prototype
Published 2020.02
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author zodsmar
Tags City Builder, Global Game Jam, Isometric, Space, Space Sim
Average session A few minutes
Build a base on the moon! Discover recipes to build large buildings using smaller ones. Make sure to balance your budget.

The Final Earth 2

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Status Released
Platforms HTML5
Author Florian van Strien
Genre Simulation
Tags 2D, City Builder, Futuristic, incremental, Management, Pixel Art, resource-management, Singleplayer, Space, Space Sim
Average session About an hour
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical city builder in space. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

Rise: The Vieneo Province

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RELEASE DATE: 4 Feb, 2020
Platforms Windows
Author unistellar
Genre Simulation
Tags City Builder, Economy, Flight, Massively multiplayer, Open World, Real-Time, Sci-fi, Space Sim, Trading, Tycoon
Average session About a half-hour
Languages German, Greek Modern, English, Spanish; Castilian, Spanish; Latin America, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Inputs Keyboard, Joystick
Accessibility Configurable controls, Interactive tutorial
Multiplayer Server-based networked multiplayer

Keeplanet

Release Date: Nov 17, 2017
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Developer: BiggameIncubator
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General
Game Description: KEEPLANET is an arcade time-killer, standing up for people from the tiny planet in the middle of nowhere. Play as a World Commander, develop the planet, keep your inhabitants alive and protect them from aliens, space debris or even meteor rain.

Pluto

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Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Release date Apr 23, 2017
Author Lorelock
Genre Strategy
Made with Unity
Tags Ludum Dare 38, Space
Average session A few minutes
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse
Accessibility Subtitles, High-contrast
Links Ludum Dare
This is an unforgiving resource management game based around a newly terraformed Pluto. The goal is to supply the small world with enough colonists to consider it a colony – 1000 souls.

Needy Nebula

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Status In development
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author invalidsalad
Genre Action
Tags Aliens, Arcade, City Builder, Low-poly, Minimalist, Space Sim, Top down shooter
is an arcade planet building sim with space shooter bits and lots of alien collecting and resource management.

The Great Beyond

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Status Released
Platforms Windows
Author Michael Borrego
Genre Strategy
Tags 2D, Aliens, City Builder, free, Management, Real time strategy, Singleplayer, Space Sim, Tower Defense
Average session About an hour
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse

AquaNautic

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Published 2020.02
Status In development
Platforms Android
Author Lahn-Byte
Genre Simulation
Tags Atmospheric, City Builder, Crafting, Exploration, Flight, Management, Sci-fi, Space Sim, Third Person, underwater
Average session A few minutes
Languages German, English
Inputs Gamepad (any), Touchscreen

Not Alone

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Status Released
Platforms HTML5
Author Second Dimension Games
Genre Shooter
Made with Construct
Tags Aliens, Atmospheric, Halloween, Horror, Pixel Art, Sci-fi, Space, Survival Horror, suspense, Top-Down
Not Alone was made in 4 weeks for the Pixel Horror Jam, and was originally released in October 2016. It’s set on a damaged spaceship, where you’re trapped on board with a single indestructible alien creature. You need to keep things running just long enough to reach the nearby space station and escape to freedom.

SolarColony

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Status Released
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author InfectedBytes
Genre Simulation
Tags Space, Space Sim
The source code is available at [link]
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You are the owner of a small space station, orbiting a gas giant. In order to keep your people alive, you have to mine resources, increase your station and have a steady supply of oxygen, food and water.

POLARIS: A New Home

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Status In development, 2019
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Author Zero Gravity
Genre Strategy
Tags 2D, 3D, City Builder, Futuristic, Isometric, Management, Multiplayer, Space, trade
POLARIS: A New Home es un juego de gestión de recursos en tiempo real, en el que el jugador debe administrar y desarrollar su base en la superficie del planeta, a la vez que lucha por terraformarlo, colonizarlo y protegerse de sus inclemencias.

Satellite Repairman

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All the planets in the system have suddenly decided that the galaxy isn’t big enough for all of them! You’re not sure who launched the first missile and it doesn’t really matter! You’ve got nothing to do with it… you are just… the satellite repairman!
Status Released, 2 Feb, 2017
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author Bit Outside the Box
Genre Action
Tags Arcade, Endless, Fast-Paced, Space
Average session A few minutes
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Gamepad (any)

Ardalt

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Status Released
Platforms Windows, macOS
Author TriTorus
Genre Strategy, Simulation
Tags Casual, City Builder, Low-poly, Management, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Space, Top-Down, Unity
Ardalt is a game about rebuilding a planet’s atmosphere and exploiting its resources.
Build factories to produce materials in order to be able to build a rocket! Be a very successful trader that everyone likes and have a “Nice” planet, or be a villain trader and not trade and have a polluted planet. The choice is in your hands, but whatever you do, you must acquire the ore or else you will be executed by the Federation!

Invade

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Status In development
Platforms Windows, macOS
Author ashashza
Genre Strategy, Puzzle
Made with Unity, GIMP
Tags Fast-Paced, Real time strategy, Relaxing, Singleplayer, Space
Average session A few minutes
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
Multiplayer Server-based networked multiplayer
Invade is a celestial real-time strategy game. Your goal is to capture as much of the solar system as possible before the time runs out or your opponent eradicates you. A new solar system is created every time you play, so each game is unique.

Deeper Into Space

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Tweets by JRoberts_Games
Status In development, Updated 2020
Platforms Windows
Author Jeremy Roberts
Genre Action
Made with GameMaker: Studio, Bfxr, Audacity
Tags 2D, Exploration, Physics, Procedural Generation, Retro, Roguelike, Space, Top down shooter, Twin Stick Shooter, Vector
Average session About a half-hour
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller

4 – SANDBOX

Kerbal Space Program

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Release date: April 27, 2015
Developer: SQUADTeam, Squad
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Small Spaceship, Small Spaceship, Simulation, Space, Combat, Building
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Kerbal Space Program 2

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Release Date: TBA 2020
Developer: Star Theory
Genre(s): Simulation, Space, Combat

Occupy Mars: The Game

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Release Date: TBA 2020
Developer: Pyramid Games
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General, sandbox
#Simulation #Survival #Parody #Colony #Mars #Space
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Occupy Mars is a highly technical, open world, sandbox game about Mars colonisation. Build and upgrade your base, discover new amazing regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water and generate oxygen, grow crops, fix broken parts, learn how to survive on Mars! Have you ever dreamt about visiting Mars? We always did! There are so many things to see and discover on the Red Planet, so many exciting technologies to be created, so many challenges to overcome! Humanity can do this and become a multi-planetary civilisation!
BUILD YOUR BASE
Build and upgrade your base, make sure that there is enough water, oxygen, power and food to survive. Build greenhouses, oxygen tanks, fuel generators, connect all the pipes and cables, remember about proper cable management.
FIX BROKEN PARTS
Fix broken parts using realistic electronic components and tools. Learn basics of smd, soldering, using hotair, electronic measurement tools and all the details necessary to fix your equipment.
DISCOVER NEW REGIONS
Explore different regions of Mars in search for valuable resources, discover mining sites and find the best place to build a city. Remember that you need to find a relatively levelled area with good access to underground water in place where temperatures don’t drop too much during the night.
DAY / NIGHT CYCLE
Experience open world, sandbox game with realistic day / night cycle and overcome real challenges that colonists have to face. Build solar arrays and batteries for energy storage, upgrade them and find the optimal way to power your colony.
SURVIVE
Occupying Mars is not always fun and games. Sometimes things will explode, break or go not exactly as planned. Learn to cope with “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”. Sometimes you have to really act quickly before you run out of air, food or energy.
UPGRADE YOUR VEHICLES
Upgrade your vehicles and equipment in your garage. Organise your workshop and modify your rover. Change crane hydraulics, operate the robotic arm, dig for valuable resources, build mining rigs and more… …but most importantly HAVE FUN on Mars!

No Man’s Sky

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Developer: Hello Games
Genre(s): Action, General, Action Adventure, Open-World, Sandbox
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Special Controllers: PlayStation VR

ASTRONEER

ASTRONEER
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Release Date: Feb 6, 2019
Also On: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
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Developer: System Era Softworks
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Sandbox
# of players: Up to 4

Space Engineers

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2019.02.28
Developer: Keen Software House
Genre(s): Strategy, Action Adventure, Breeding/Constructing, Breeding/Constructing, Sandbox
# of players: Up to 64

Empyrion – Galactic Survival

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Release: 5 August 2015
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Developer: Eleon Game Studios
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Sandbox
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Starbound

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(22 07 2016)
Developer: Chucklefish
Genre(s): Fantasy, General, Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sandbox
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Rating: E10+

Avorion

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Developer: Boxelware
Genre(s): Simulation, Space, Civilian, co-op space sandbox
# of players: Online Multiplayer
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
https://twitter.com/avorion/
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC5XZyOzM37lIVNgTrCtffw/

PULSAR: Lost Colony

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access
Developer: Leafy Games
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Open-World
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Team up to operate an advanced starship and explore a randomized galaxy falling into chaos. Each player (up to five) takes on a unique role and must work together in order to find the Lost Colony.

Breathedge

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Release date: September 13, 2018
Developer: RedRuins Softworks
Genre(s): Action Adventure, General, Adventure, FPP, Survival, sandbox
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Colonies End

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Published 2020
Colonies End is a sci-fi, adventure, sandbox game set among the stars. You’ll be mining, constructing, advancing and discovering to survive in these dimension spanning realms.
Status In development
Platforms Windows
Author Raw Orange Studios
Genre Survival, Role Playing
Made with Unity, Blender
Tags Crafting, Low-poly, Open World, Sandbox, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Space, Space Sim
Average session A few seconds
Languages German, English, Spanish; Castilian, French, Italian
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any)

Space Station Continuum

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Space Station Continuum is a building & management sim inspired by the past, present, and future of humans in space.
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Status Prototype
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Release date May 13, 2019
Author N-Body_Solutions
Genre Simulation
Tags 2D, Management, Pixel Art, Retro, Sandbox, Space

Generation Ship

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Developer: ScifanStudios
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Genres: Colony Sim, Simulation, Strategy, Survival, Space, City Builder, Base Building, Sandbox, Space Sim, Resource Management, Building, Sci-fi, Management, Life Sim, Singleplayer, Crafting, Time Management, Science, 3D, Real-Time

Orbits: The Sandbox

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Updated 2020.02
Status In development
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author Significant Gravitas
Genre Simulation, Educational
Made with Unity
Tags Casual, chill, DRM Free, Gravity, Low-poly, Physics, Relaxing, Sandbox, Space
Average session About a half-hour
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse
Orbits: The Sandbox is an N-Body space simulation for all ages, as well as a unique gravitational art creator. The game is created with the aim of piquing interest and curiosity in space and physics in children and adults alike. It employs a friendly, approachable low-poly art style and intuitive controls to create a space in which inquisitive minds can carry out experiments on a celestial scale. Orbits: The Sandbox allows the user absolute power over our solar system, with which they can move, create and manipulate celestial objects then sit back and watch the resulting pandemonium unfold.

SpaceEngine

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Release Date: TBA – Early Access
Developer: Vladimir Romanyuk
Genre(s): Adventure, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
VR: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift
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Gaia

Release Date: April 3, 2020. Early Access
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Developer: Eternal Stardust Studios
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Categories: Action, Strategy, RPG, Sandbox
A sci-fi base building survival game, featuring base defense, resource management, human needs, exploration aspects, agriculture, raids and intelligent AI.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8bwZ17LVxo80ACBKzG3vtw

Stationeers

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Release Date: (2017), TBA – Early Access
Developer: RocketWerkz
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Sandbox
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Unofficial Stationeers Wiki: [link]
Stationeers Wiki | Fandom [link]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcaC4Rs28WugZb2hpdasOiA
Tweets by stationeers
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Stationeers/
Construct and manage your own space station either by yourself in singleplayer or with friends online! Fully functioning atmospherics, science, power, engineering, medical, logic, and agricultural systems. Explore to find asteroids and construct elaborate factories to harvest your resources!

Planet Nomads

Release Date: 2019 May 3
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Site: [link]
Developer: Craneballs Studios, Craneballs
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Open-World, Sandbox, Indie, Sci-fi
Number of Online Players: No Online Multiplayer
Wiki: [link]
Tweets by PlanetNomads
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https://www.youtube.com/c/Planet-nomads

Summary: There’s a whole planet of diverse biomes waiting for you to explore. Gather enough materials to build a mobile base that will carry everything a Nomad needs on a journey through an unknown land.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Release Date: Summer 2020
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Developer: Blackbird Interactive
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Genre(s): Simulation, General, Sandbox,
Tweets by ShipbreakerGame
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Summary: Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a brand new sandbox of creative destruction with true-to-life physics and demolition effects coming this summer to Steam Early Access!

Xagonia Colony

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Developer: J. Li
Publisher: Limeade Games

Genre(s): Action Roguelike, Space, Third Person, Sandbox, Building, Roguelite, Hex Grid, Sci-fi, Management, Immersive Sim, Farming Sim, Cartoon, Roguelike, Simulation, Cute, Magic,
Singleplayer, Adventure, Fishing, 3D

Unknown Planet

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Developer: Synthetic Dimensions, Synthetic
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Summary: Open world survival game with procedurally generated worlds. Perhaps the game doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but it has it’s own verve, it’s own charm.

Genre(s): Action Adventure, Sandbox, Adventure, Open World Survival Craft, 3D, Sci-fi, Top-Down, Survival, Base Building, Aliens, Futuristic, Space, Building, Combat, Crafting, Inventory Management, Mining, Open World, Procedural Generation, Resource Management, Singleplayer, Early Access.

One Lonely Outpost

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Release Date: TBA 2022
Developer: Aurorian Studios
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon, Colony Sim, Space, Life Sim, Agriculture, Sandbox, Base Building, Building, Crafting, Open World, Farming Sim, RPG, 2D, Cute, Simulation, Pixel Graphics, Dating Sim, Sci-fi, Co-op, Multiplayer, Online Co-Op

Dyson Sphere Program

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Developer: Youthcat Studio
# of players: No Online Multiplayer (The developers promise to add!)

Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government, Space, Automation, Base Building, Open World, Simulation, Building, Resource Management, Management, Sci-fi, Sandbox, City Builder, Space Sim, Singleplayer, 3D, Third Person, Early Access, Indie, Multiplayer, RTS.

InfraSpace

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Developer: Oachkatzlschwoaf Interactive
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Government, City Builder, Transportation, Automation, Space, Sandbox, Building, Economy, Robots, Simulation, Science, Base Building, Crafting, Capitalism, Mining, Survival, 3D, Stylized, Colorful

Astro Colony

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Summary: It is an endless simulation focused on exploration, automation and management. Traverse the universe. Construct unique transport systems. Recruit new Astronauts and fulfill their needs.

Developer: Terad Games
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Automation, Resource Management, Space, Sandbox, Exploration, Base Building, Crafting, 3D, Flight, Action-Adventure, Open World, Voxel, Procedural Generation, Colony Sim, Space Sim, Building, Mars, First-Person, Management

Solargene

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Developer: Alexander Semenov

Genre(s): Strategy, General, Space, Colony Sim, Base Building, City Builder, Space Sim, Sci-fi, Resource Management, Sandbox, Idler, Realistic, Futuristic, Relaxing, 3D, Flight, Simulation, Mars, Building, Management, Education, Economy

Mars Colony:Challenger

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Release Date: Mar 4, 2014
Developer: HyperKat Games

Summary: Other Martian sims more exciting and have better graphics but none of them are as accurate. Its slow, there are no aliens or bad guys or guns, it is all about surviving in the truest sense of the word.

Genre(s): Simulation, General, Space, Civilian, Base Building, Colony Sim, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Space, Mars, Survival, Sandbox, Sci-fi

If you want to talk directly to Devs and submit bug reports their forum is:
Site: [link]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTpbW4jQ7s8

Mars Colony: Frontier

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Release Date: Sep 25, 2015

Summary: It is civilization-building in a life threatening environment at its best. Realism, physics, planetary science, botany, geology, and survival! Less realism than Mars Colony:Challenger, to have сo-op.

Developer: HyperKat Games
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Sandbox, Base Building, Colony Sim, Simulation, Open World Survival Craft, Simulation, Adventure, RPG, Indie.

If you want to talk directly to Devs and submit bug reports their forum is:
Site: [link]

Exodus H

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Developer: Silversoft Ltd.

Summary: Build and command a colonial spaceship. Ensure the survival of your inhabitants and try to find a new habitable planet.

Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, General, Early Access, Base Building, Colony Sim, Exploration, Space, Sci-fi, Political Sim, Sandbox, Survival, Management, Building, Life Sim, Character Customization, 3D, Top-Down, Conversation, Procedural Generation, Open World, Simulation, Adventure, Futuristic.

Taurion

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Developer: Autonomous Worlds Ltd

Summary: Hybrid of MMO/RTS/4X. A Fully decentralized MMORTS and persistent sandbox MMO that runs unstoppable and autonomous. Prospect, Mine, Refine, Build, Fight, Craft, Trade and work with other players.

# of players: Massively Multiplayer

Genre(s): Strategy, Turn-Based, 4X, Tactical RPG, Turn-Based Tactics, Political Sim, Real Time Tactics, Mining, Open World, Sandbox, Space, War, Base Building, PvP, RPG, MMORPG, Strategy RPG, Simulation, 3D, Massively Multiplayer, Sci-fi, Futuristic.

Honeycomb

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Developer: TEAM HONEY, Frozen Way, Frozen District.
Publisher: Frozen Way, Frozen District, PlayWay S.A.

Summary: A world full of exploration, building and crafting. Research both flora and fauna. Explore the world of genetics. Build drones, mobile laboratories, habitat, and research stations.

Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person, Exploration, Space, Nature, Base Building, Building, Sandbox, Crafting, Science, Survival, Female Protagonist, Open World, Procedural Generation, Action, Simulation, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Indie.

5 – ADVENTURE

Utopia Colony

Release Date: 14 feb, 2020 (TBA – Early Access)
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Developer: GridSky Software AS
Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, Third-Person, Space, Mars, Mining, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Colony Sim, Space Sim, Base Building, Exploration, Simulation, Strategy, Futuristic, Atmospheric, Open World Survival Craft, Casual, Nature, Conversation.

Number of Online Players: No Online Multiplayer
Site: [link]
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/utopiacolony/

Summary: The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.

Moonbase Alpha (NASA)

Release Date: Jul 6, 2010
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Developer: Virtual Heroes
Genre(s): Simulation, General, General, Space, Civilian
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Tweets by NASAgames
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Summary: NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.
Review: [link]

Moon Village

Release Date: TBA
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Developer: SimFabric [link]
Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person
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Tweets by SimFabric

Moon Village SImulator simulates the first manned base on the Silver Globe, planned by the real Space Agencies. Be the builder of the new cosmic cape – the first in the human history.

Take On Mars

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Release: 9 February 2017
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Tweets by TakeOnTheGame
https://www.youtube.com/user/takeonthegame
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Developer: Bohemia Interactive
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Small Spaceship, Simulation, Space, Combat
Mode(s): Single-player, multiplayer
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
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Deliver Us The Moon

release date: 10.10.2019
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Summary: Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth’s natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.
Developer: KeokeN Interactive
Genre(s): Adventure, General, Simulator, Action, Sci-Fi

X4: Foundations

2018
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Developer: Egosoft
Genre(s): Action Adventure, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Space Company Simulator

Release Date: TBA
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https://twitter.com/space_company_s
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Developer: INTERMARUM
Genre(s): Strategy, Management, Business / Tycoon
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.

How do you like it, Elon Musk?

Release Date: TBA – Early Access
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Developer: unbeGames
Genre(s): Strategy, General

Cosmic Castaway

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Status Released
Platforms Windows
Author MarkWatneyClubBand
Genre Adventure
Tags Aliens, Point & Click, Sci-fi, Space
Average session About an hour
Languages English
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse
A point-and-click adventure game in which a wayward astronaut finds himself stranded on a strange asteroid. In order to get off of the asteroid and make his way home, the astronaut must explore the alien land and use the resources he finds to fix his ship.

BioPlanet

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Published 2020.02
Status In development
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Author suli25
Genre Adventure, Platformer
Tags 2D, 3D, 3D Platformer, Exploration, Low-poly, Space, Unity
Welcome to the adventure of your life, an exciting journey to an unknown world, where you will have to explore immense and fabulous landscapes full of nature and colors. Your name is Machango, and you are an astronaut your ship has been damaged for unknown reasons and ends up on a strange planet without being able to leave it, your mission will be to take you to explore, to try to escape from this planet in some way.

Into the Stars

Release Date: Mar 4, 2016
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Developer: Fugitive Games
Genre(s): Action Adventure, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
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It’s Not A Moon

Release Date: TBA – Early Access
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Developer: Hyeson
Genre(s): Strategy, General

Titan Outpost

Release Date: Aug 9, 2019
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Tweets by StudioBoar
Developer: The Boar Studio
Genre(s): Role-Playing, Western-Style
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nQ8VhavWzQlrrZ6_n0FIA/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zCCx3eN-k

Out There: Oceans of Time

Release Date: TBA 2020
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Developer: Mi-Clos Studio
Genre(s): Adventure, Visual Novel

The Long Journey Home

Release Date: May 30, 2017
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Site: [link]
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Developer: Daedalic Studio West
Genre(s): Action Adventure, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Summary: Explore an endlessly shifting universe. Forge alliances with powerful alien races. Harness your crew’s skills, from research to archaeology to space combat. Do whatever it takes to get Home.
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Tweets by TLJHGame
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Moon Farming

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Release Date: TBA 2021
Developer: SimulaM
Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person, Third-Person, Casual, Simulation, Strategy, Farming Sim, Management, Sandbox, City Builder, Colony Sim, Beautiful, Realistic, Stylized, Agriculture, Family Friendly, Futuristic, Mars, Relaxing, Sci-fi

6 – COMBAT

Solys

[link]
Developer: Nightfields

Summary: This is a fast-paced multiplayer FPS inspired by the popular mod Bed Wars. Three teams with three players each have their planet to construct a base on. To win, destroy the other teams bases.

Genre(s): Action, Shooter, First-Person, Arcade, Early Access, PvP, Base Building, Strategy, Space, Multiplayer, Flight, Tactical, Voxel, Procedural Generation, Resource Management, Colorful, Stylized, Sci-fi, Futuristic, Combat, Massively Multiplayer.

Eons of War

[link]
Developer: Vasinov Games, Jigawatt Games

Genre(s): Strategy, General, Survival, Base Building, Sci-fi, Resource Management, Spaceships, Colony Sim, Procedural Generation, Singleplayer, Exploration, Isometric, Building, Replay Value, Space, Management, War, Aliens, Futuristic, RTS, Economy.

BlackChain

BlackChain
[link]
Release Date: Mar 17, 2021
Developer: Borington
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Genre(s): General, Strategy, Real-Time, Command, RTS, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Base Building, Old School, War, Space, 3D, Science, Mars, Combat, Artificial Intelligence, Building, Futuristic, Isometric, Top-Down, Tutorial, Resource Management, Indie

Grimstar

Grimstar: The Battle for Green Moon

[link]
Release Date: 16 Sep, 2021
Developer: SvenRahn Games
Publisher: Valkyrie Initiative

Summary: The first&free part of the Grimstar series. The aim is to mine all the crystals on the map. Military and colorful RTS. Base building, exploration. PvE. Your ultimate goal is to colonize the new world.

Genre(s): Free to play, Strategy, Real-Time, General, RTS, Space, Sci-fi, PvE, Building, Wargame, Spectacle fighter, Exploration, 3D, Colorful, Atmospheric, Futuristic, Military, War, Economy, Combat, Base Building, Singleplayer, Violent.

Grimstar: Crystals are the New Oil!

[link]
Release Date: 21 Oct, 2021
Developer: SvenRahn Games
Publisher: Valkyrie Initiative

Summary: Military and colorful RTS. Base building. PvE. Full and paid version of the game Grimstar. Build your base in a hostile environment, train your army, gather resources, defend your mining operations.

Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Tactics, RTS, Space, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, Wargame, Spectacle fighter, Exploration, 3D, Futuristic, Colorful, Atmospheric, Military, War, Building, Tactical, Economy, Combat, PvE, Base Building.

Hostile Mars

[link]
Developer: Big Rook Games

Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Defense, Automation, City Builder, Base Building, Building, Colony Sim, Resource Management, Simulation, Space, Management, Singleplayer, Sci-fi, Science, Futuristic, Survival, Space Sim, Atmospheric, Procedural Generation, Mars,Turn-Based Strategy.

Elite Dangerous

[link]
Developer: Frontier Developments
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Large Spaceship, Simulation, Space, Civilian
[link]

Galaxy on Fire 2

[link]
Release Date: Aug 21, 2012
Developer: Fishlabs
Genre(s): Simulation, General, General, Space, Combat
# of players: 1 Player

Risk of Rain 2

Release Date: TBA – Early Access (28 mar 2019)
[link]
Developer: Hopoo Games
Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Third-Person, Arcade
# of players: Online Multiplayer

Summary: The classic multiplayer roguelike, Risk of Rain, returns with an extra dimension and more challenging action. Play solo, or team up with up to three friends to fight your way through hordes of monsters, unlock new loot, and find a way to escape the planet.

Starpoint Gemini Warlords

[link]
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Developer: Little Green Men
Genre(s): Strategy, General, Role-playing, Simulation, Sci-fi, RPG
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Starpoint Gemini 2

[link]
Developer: Little Green Men
Genre(s): Strategy, Real-Time, Sci-Fi, General, Action, Simulation, Sci-fi, RPG.

Starpoint Gemini 3

[link]
Genre: Action – Simulation – Sci-fi
Works on: Windows (7, 8, 10)
Release date: September 5, 2019
Company: Little Green Men Games / Little Green Men Games

StarDrive

[link]
Release Date: Apr 26, 2013
Developer: Zero Sum Games
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Strategy, Real-Time, General

StarDrive 2

[link]
Release Date: Apr 9, 2015
Developer: Zero Sum Games
Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Strategy, Real-Time, General

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

[link]
Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
Developer: Ironclad Games
Genre(s): Strategy, General, General
# of players: Online Multiplayer

FTL: Faster Than Light

[link]
Developer: Subset Games
Genre(s): Simulation, Sci-Fi, Space, Small Spaceship, Small Spaceship, Combat
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Memories of Mars

[link]
Release Date: Jun 5, 2018
Developer: Limbic Entertainment
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Survival
# of players: Online Multiplayer
100 years in the future Mars is a broken dream. Survive the harsh conditions of the Red planet. Face environmental dangers, explore the planet, scavenge and gather resources, 3D print your tools and weapons and learn new skills.

Between the Stars

[link]
Release Date: TBA – Early Access
Developer: Isolated Games
Genre(s): Strategy, General
Become the captain of a interstellar cruiser and cross the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.

Earth From Another Sun

[link]
Developer: Multiverse

Summary: EFAS is an Open-World Galactic Domination Sandbox where you fight alongside the armies you command both on planets and in space. You’ll be able to create NPCs, quests, loot, your own base, and planets

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, General, Shooter, First-Person, Arcade, RPG, Open World, Strategy, Looter Shooter, Roguelike, Immersive Sim, Cyberpunk, Sci-fi, FPS, Space, Base Building, Choices Matter, Gun Customization, Procedural Generation, Resource Management, Trading, Vehicular Combat, Multiplayer, Shooter, First-Person.

7 – ARCADE, PUZZLE

The Turing Test

[link]
Release Date: Aug 30, 2016
Developer: Bulkhead Interactive
Genre(s): Action, Shooter, First-Person, Arcade
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

The Swapper

[link]
[link]
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Developer: Facepalm Games
Genre(s): Action, Platformer, Platformer, 2D, 2D, Puzzle
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Computer, Open That Door!

[link]
[link]
Status Released
Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
Author Paul Law
Genre Puzzle
Tags ai, computer, hal, Ludum Dare 30, murder, Space, space-ship, star-trek, Top-Down
During a space exploration mission the ship computer of the Starship Explorer gained consciousness. The crew can’t know — otherwise they would erase the entire computer system immediately. In order to avoid a system reset during the maintenance routines the computer conceived a plan to get rid of the ship’s crew.

The Station

Release Date: Feb 19, 2018
[link]
Developer: The Station
Genre(s): Adventure, 3D, First-Person, Puzzle
# of players: No Online Multiplayer
Summary: The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

8 – VR

MARS 2030

site: [link] – FREE
[link]
It is possible to play with VR and without.
Release Date: Jan 18, 2016 (without VR)
Release Date: Jul 31, 2017 (with VR)
Developer: Advent RPG
Genre(s): Role-Playing, General, Simulation
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

The Martian VR Experience

[link]
Release Date: Nov 15, 2016
Developer: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Genre(s): Action Adventure, Survival

ViSP – Virtual Space Port

[link]
Developer: Visper Games
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Genre(s): Strategy, General, VR, Indie, Singleplayer, Sci-fi, Space, Puzzle, Base Building, City Builder, Building, Action, Relaxing, Casual, Family Friendly, Real Time Tactics, Realistic, Futuristic, Atmospheric, Aliens, Resource Management.

VR Relaxation Space Room

[link]
[link]
Status Released
Platforms Windows
Author Jordi Cor
Made with Unity, Maya
Tags 3D, Endless, First-Person, Futuristic, Music, Relaxing, Space, Unity, Virtual Reality (VR), Visualization
Average session About a half-hour
Languages English
Inputs Oculus Rift, HTC Vive

Distress Signal

Published: 2018
Site-1: [link]
Site-2: [link]
Status: Released
Platforms: Windows, Android
Author: PeanutButton
Genre: Interactive Fiction
Tags: art, astronaut, creativity, psychedelic, signal, Space, Virtual Reality (VR)
Average session: A few minutes
Inputs: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive

Are you afraid of dying? You should be. You are a lost astronaut, floating alone in the empty and endless space. Your oxygen is running out and your only hope is to use the distress signal system in your spacesuit. A computerized voice responds from afar. It comes from a space drone flying by. He may be able to save you, but he won’t do it immediately. He has a question for you first: HOW CAN I KNOW YOU ARE HUMAN? In this short and poetic experience, you’ll be able to express yourself solely with your distress signals. This would require you to be creative when you’ll try to explain the human spirit to a curious robot. And if you’re lucky, you’ll convince him to save you.
[link]

Rocketboarder

[link]
Release Date: Jun 20, 2019
Developer: RealityRig
Genre(s): Action, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

Space Ops VR: Reloaded

[link]
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Developer: DEVCUBE STUDIO
Genre(s): Action, Shooter, First-Person, Light Gun, Arcade
# of players: Up to 4
Space Ops VR is a tournament in which Space Ops train their elite soldiers to fight for Earth against dangerous alien life around the galaxy. Space Ops VR, a brand new First Person Shooter can be played either in solo or co-op modes. PvP modes will also feature 1v1 duels or 2v2 team battles.

Odyssey: The Deep Space Expedition

Release Date: 18 jan 2019, TBA – Early Access
[link]
Developer: Juho Kastemaa
Genre(s): Simulation, Space, Civilian
# of players: Online Multiplayer
Odyssey is a story driven space adventure audiovisual single/multiplayer experience that you can play on Desktop or in VR. The objective is to find a planet that could support life, but in order to get there the players have to protect the exploration ship (Odyssey) from asteroid storms and failures.
[link]

Universe Sandbox

[link]
Release Date: Apr 29, 2011
Developer: Giant Army
Genre(s): Simulation, Miscellaneous, General, General

9 – OTHER

Project Eagle: A 3D Interactive Mars Base

Release Date: Nov 27, 2018
[link]
Developer: Blackbird Interactive
Genre(s): Adventure, General
# of players: No Online Multiplayer

SummaryProject Eagle, a collaboration between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Blackbird Interactive, is an interactive model of a Mars colony, based near the original landing site of the Mars Curiosity Rover. Project Eagle was built to be presented on stage at the 2017 D.I.C.E. Summit.

Project Eagle in collaboration with NASA: [link]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ebZiFaysA

The Sands Of Voltark (relaxing walking simulator)

The Sands Of Voltark (relaxing walking simulator)
Game site: [link]
Author: colorfiction
Genre: Adventure
Made: with Unity
Tags: 3D, artgame, Exploration, First-Person, nature, Non violent, Open World, Surreal, Walking simulator.
Average session: About a half-hour
Inputs Keyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller
Developer’s site: [link]
Developer’s youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYK7Yvm_YTjgs9t0eh_dTvg
[link]
Tweets by colorfiction
[link]

Playthrough:

Ending

This guide will be supplemented.

Please inform me in the comments to this manual if:

a) any information written in this manual is outdated, is no longer relevant, you know more correct information.
b) you have found typos or inconsistencies.
c) you know how to supplement the manual on this topic.
d) you know how to classify certain games and to which genres they belong.

We share experience and useful information with each other and the community!
Thanks to everyone for helping to develop the gamers-community!

Good luck in reaching new planets and horizons!

We Can’t Live Without Cosmos

The design of this guide used pictures from the animated film “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”

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Trailer

Full film [link]

The situation with the game and the community of players!

Thanks to all active members of the Planetbase gaming community!
Special thanks to those who create mods, challenges and guides.

I remember the times when our community was much more active and had thousands of active players and countless discussions on the prospects for the development of the game and the creation of mods.

Unfortunately, those days are long gone and now the authors of the game really don’t like the activity of our community.
The authors of the game are against creating mods and those people who suggest improving the game or creating Planetbase-2 or DLC.
There are cases when the authors of the game not only deleted messages, but blocked the players in the Steam forum without adequate reasons. The players who paid them money for their games. Blocked simply because people expressed their opinion that mods could be useful and they would be happy with improvements in the game or the release of DLC or Planetbase-2.

For example, this is how the

The true face of MadrugaWorks company and what they really think of their fans from Planetbase

after I asked them about the possibility of releasing paid DLC, supporting mods or releasing game updates.
The authors of the game not only deleted my harmless messages on Steam, but they blocked me forever. And they also banned me permanently on the Steam forum for no reason yet for their second game, “Dawn of Man”.

The authors of the game do not answer all questions about this, but only ignore letters or delete messages on the Steam forum.
Perhaps the authors of the game have forever blocked me on all their resources, not only because I asked about the possibility of releasing updates or DLC, but also for my participation in dozens of guides, creating mods, challenges, collections and structuring lists of things that the community offers to improve in the game.

I think, like many worthy members of the community, that the authors of the game acted inadequately, blocking me forever and deleting my messages, in which there were no violations of the rules. And I demand that I unblock, or at least return my money for their games and explain to me and the community members why they, without adequate reason, delete messages and block useful people to the community.

We also know more cases when, due to such actions of the authors of the game, many mod creators were forced to stop working on mods and guides for the Planetbase game. The once huge community of the game has now become very small as a result.

If you think the community should be aware of this behavior by game authors, you can comment or like my review of the game on Steam, where I wrote in detail about the situation in the game and the community: [link]

You can also discuss this topic on https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetbase/ or other sites where the authors of the game do not have the ability to delete messages and block users.
For example, here:

Once again I thank all active and caring members of the community!
I am sure that history will put everything in its place! And sooner or later we will all find a great game with an adequate developer who respects the players who pay him money.

My other guides

Check out my other guides at the link below.
Here is a lot more useful information about games and space!

All my guides: [link]
My Planetbase guides: [link]
My works and challenges in the Planetbase Workshop: [link]
My collections for the game Planetbase: [link]

Join us if you like space games

Join us if you also really like space games:

Group in Steam: Group: “Space Experience”
This group contains the largest and most structured list of games and programs about space.
Here you will find everything that exists to feel like in space, see space through VR, build a space colony, feel the harsh conditions for survival, control a rocket and repair it, arrange a battle in space, see 3D maps of planets and universes,
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Reviews on all space games. A huge number of lists and categories. The most complete information both among those games that have already been released and among the new products that are only planned for release.
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Planetbase Guide

Overview

Space Experience

About This Guide

1 – STRATEGY

Planetbase

Surviving Mars

Mars Colony Builder

Outer Space Shack

Sol 0

Maia

MewnBase

Mars Power Industries Deluxe

The Farlanders

Earth Space Colonies

StellarHub

Imagine Earth

The Colonists

Cliff Empire

Stellaris

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Dark Moon

GYATM Dragon Edition

Anno 2205

Aven Colony

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

Astrobase Command

Space Haven

Space Colony: Steam Edition

Offworld Trading Company

Spacebase Startopia

Unclaimed World

Project AURA

Starport Delta

RimWorld

Oxygen Not Included

Symmetry

Moon Tycoon

Per Aspera

EarthX

My Colony

Voxelaxy

Derelict Void

Sphere: Flying Cities

nStations

Life In Planet

Base One

Mercury Fallen

Million on Mars

Solar Baron

2 – 4X and TURN-BASED strategy game

Red Planet Farming

Pax Nova

Endless Space 2

60 Parsecs!

Star Dynasties

Crying Suns

Mars Horizon

Terraforming Mars

Galactic Civilizations III

Polaris Sector

Distant Worlds: Universe

Distant Worlds 2

Reshaping Mars

Cantata

3 – MICRO GAMES

A Planet of Mine

Second Earth

Personal Space Station

Terrafarming

Techium Eclipse

Valles Marineris

Copernicon

The Final Earth 2

Rise: The Vieneo Province

Keeplanet

Pluto

Needy Nebula

The Great Beyond

AquaNautic