Games like Oxygen Not Included

3.9average player rating•5 games

Oxygen Not Included's pull is tight life-support math: heat, gases and plumbing woven into a fragile colony that still runs. These picks keep the systemic pressure on—simulation-driven bases, automation puzzleboxes, and survival where a bad pipe can doom the run.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic85

Avg. player rating3.9/5

Avg. playtime14h

Main genreSimulation

Released2016–2025

What these games share

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

Simulation5 of 5
Indie4 of 5
Strategy4 of 5
Casual2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Stationeers
ActionIndieSimulation
Pipes, furnaces and atmospherics as a Rube Goldberg machine—pressure, temperature and gas mix you calculate or suffocate.
4.4/5Player ratingView game
2
Factorio
StrategySimulationCasual
Belts, inserters and fluids under throughput math—the same compulsion to close loops and untangle spaghetti.
4.4/5Player ratingMC83View game
3
RimWorld
StrategySimulationIndie
Colonists with needs and breakdowns, rooms and vents for temperature control, and crises that snowball through your supply lines.
4.3/5Player ratingMC87View game
4
Space Haven
RPGStrategySimulation
Life-support math across tiles—oxygen, CO2, temperature—and vents and scrubbers where one bad seal cascades.
3.9/5Player ratingView game
5
Surviving Mars
SimulationStrategy
Life support as a network—domes, pipes, and maintenance—where dust storms and shortages push triage over comfort.
2.7/5Player ratingView game