Games like Astroneer

4.3average player rating•5 games

Astroneer's pull is the dig-craft-explore loop: sculpting terrain, tethering oxygen, and growing tidy modules into rovers, rails, and bases. These picks keep that sandbox rhythm — resource hunts, bases, vehicles or automation — each chosen for a shared mechanic.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic75

Avg. player rating4.3/5

Avg. playtime14h

Main genreAction

Released2016–2024

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Action4 of 5
Indie4 of 5
Adventure3 of 5
Simulation3 of 5
Strategy2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
The Planet Crafter
Adventure
Oxygen-clock survival into a relaxed terraforming arc — mine, craft, and watch your machines turn a dead world alive.
4.8/5Player ratingView game
2
Space Engineers
ActionIndieSimulation
Voxel mining and modular builds that become rovers and ships, all kept alive by oxygen, power, and real weight.
4.4/5Player ratingView game
3
Stationeers
ActionIndieSimulation
Life support as the puzzle — wires, pipes, pressure and heat make every habitat a real machine you must maintain.
4.4/5Player ratingView game
4
Satisfactory
ActionAdventureStrategy
When the base turns into a factory: resource lines, belts, and power puzzles across a hostile planet.
4.3/5Player ratingView game
5
No Man's Sky
ActionAdventureRPG
Planet-hopping harvest and base drops anywhere, with suit hazards and co-op wander that scratch the explore-build itch.
3.7/5Player ratingMC75View game