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A single-player simulation about building a self-sufficient space base, where straightforward resource management meets unpredictable, often frustrating disasters.

MewnBase
A relaxed single-player survival-builder about a space cat scavenging and expanding a base on a barren planet.
2023-10-30
- Survival
- Indie
- Simulator

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Surviving Ceres

A survival strategy sim on Ceres with crafting, base building, alien defense, and terraforming, offering a satisfying but visually dated ~20-hour colony experience.

2025-05-02

First person
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Stranded: Alien Dawn

A single-player planet survival sim focused on managing a marooned group through base building and strategic decisions, with a median reviewer playtime of about 34 hours.

2023-04-25

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Simulator

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Farlanders

A retro-styled turn-based Mars city builder about terraforming and alien artifacts, with a short campaign and a poorly explained tutorial.

2023-01-17

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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Aven Colony

A single-player sci-fi city builder set on an alien planet, mixing resource management with environmental challenges, offering roughly 24 hours of content—though some players face stability issues.

2017-07-25

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

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Planetiles

A cozy single-player space strategy game about tile-based planet terraforming and settlement building, with short relaxing sessions.

2024-04-03

Science fiction
Puzzle
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Mystery
Card & Board Game

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Reshaping Mars

A single-player Mars colony sim about resource gathering, research, and resident happiness, with engaging mechanics undercut by buggy controls and a roughly 15-hour reviewer playtime.

2023-03-30

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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Space Haven

A deep single-player spaceship colony sim with tile-by-tile construction, gas and crew management, and space exploration, typically lasting 20–50 hours.

2026-05-13

Science fiction
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Mercury Fallen

A lengthy single-player sci-fi colony sim about rebuilding an alien underground base, with simple systems and mixed reviews citing rough edges.

2023-08-22

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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IXION

A dark, difficult single-player colony sim set on a space station, mixing base building, resource management, and exploration across a lengthy campaign.

2022-12-07

Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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Plan B: Terraform

A single-player terraforming sim where you build logistics networks on a hexagonal planet to make it habitable, with a beautiful accessible take on factory automation lasting roughly 20–30 hours.

2025-08-29

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD

A single-player turn-based sci-fi strategy game of space exploration and base building, featuring quick-to-play scenarios and a deeply engaging strategy that reviewers spent roughly 21 hours with.

2025-08-20

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Card & Board Game