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A short sci-fi survival adventure mixing spelunking, base building, and defense on a hostile alien world, with mixed player reviews.

GeoDepths
A slow-burn single-player mining adventure where you drill deeper on a remote planet, upgrading equipment and building a base while uncovering cave mysteries.
2023-10-20
- First person
- Adventure

Strategy

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The Spotter: Dig or Die

A post-apocalyptic mining-and-tower-defense blend with a day/night cycle, a satisfying upgrade grind, and a rough late-game FPS detour.

2026-04-07

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Zombotron

A single-player indie action-shooter with tight gunplay and tense alien-planet survival, usually around 10 hours for reviewers.

2019-04-22

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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The Planet Crafter: Prologue

A short, relaxing space survival prologue focused on terraforming a barren planet through base building and atmosphere management, with reviewers averaging 4-8 hours.

2021-12-19

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Beyond Contact

A tense sci-fi survival crafting game on a hostile alien world with solo and co-op play; progression engages some, but late-game grind and camera controls split reviews.

2023-04-04

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Open world

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CleanFall

A survival rogue-like about building mobile death machines and turrets to fend off hordes while tunneling through hostile underground worlds, set in a strange, atmospheric wasteland and currently offering a compact early-access experience.

2025-08-08

Action
Horror
Survival
Strategy
Side view
Open world

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Internal Extraction

A short co-op survival horror on a procedurally generated planet where you explore, mine, and craft; reviewers find it fun but quickly repetitive.

2025-11-21

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Planetaries

An early-access sci-fi survival tower-defense game on an alien planet with crafting, trading, and wave defense, mixed reviews, and a median reviewer playtime of about 8 hours.

2024-08-15

Action
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world
Sandbox

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Gaia

An open-ended sci-fi base-building survival game with raids, natural disasters, and intelligent AI, featuring a mixed reception and a moderately lengthy campaign.

2020-04-03

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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After the Crash : Colony

A compact sci-fi survival-management strategy game where you build a colony on an alien planet, gather resources, and repair your crashed ship against rising threats.

2025-12-26

Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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XenoHaven

A casual pixel-art alien survival sim with resource gathering, beast enslavement, dungeon delving, and a manageable ~13-hour early-access experience.

2025-11-20

Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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Astro Looter: Survivor

A top-down survival shooter blending roguelike and tower defense as you mine alien planets and defend against insect waves, with mixed reviews citing bugged achievements and roughly an hour of sampled playtime.

2024-07-15

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie