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Also City Builder and Economy, like Before We Leave.
- $17.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- 19 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Before We Leave: Let Them Trade, Imagine Earth, City Tales - Medieval Era, Foundation, and Airborne Kingdom. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02- $24.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2021
Rank 03- $22.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2026
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TerraScape
Why this: Shares adjacency bonuses with Before We Leave.
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Surviving Mars
Why this: Also City Builder and Space, like Before We Leave.
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Also City Builder and Post-apocalyptic, like Before We Leave.
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: Balancing Monkey Games
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 75% of 714 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual
- Metacritic 72
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Cute art style and space banjo music create a soothing vibe
- Hex grids make placement feel like a puzzle
- Logistics system handles resource distribution automatically
- Chill
- Cozy
- Relaxing
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Why this: Same chill mood as Before We Leave.
About Before We Leave
The closest matches to Before We Leave: Let Them Trade, Imagine Earth, City Tales - Medieval Era, Foundation, and Airborne Kingdom. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Before We Leave is your kind of game, the closest matches are Let Them Trade, Imagine Earth and City Tales - Medieval Era — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as chill, cozy and relaxing, and single out its adjacency bonuses and auto shipping system. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Before We Leave: Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Is Before We Leave worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 76% of 714 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- On sale: 75% off, now $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Cute art style and space banjo music create a soothing vibe
- Hex grids make placement feel like a puzzle
- Logistics system handles resource distribution automatically
- Peeps change jobs dynamically based on building placement
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Before We Leave sounds and looks like an interesting concept, but in reality it's not really a fun game. It's missing "something" and I just couldn't get hooked despite liking the genre. There are some minor bugs and the optimisation is…”
“It is a cute and fun game at the start. The issue I have with it is once you get more than one planet the auto shipping system seems to break down. It can not handle shipping things from the second planets, second island for shipment back…”
People who play it also play: Let Them Trade, Imagine Earth, City Tales - Medieval Era
Frequently asked about Before We Leave
Can I run it?
Does Before We Leave run on Steam Deck?
Before We Leave is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Before We Leave cost?
Before We Leave is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Before We Leave?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Before We Leave are Let Them Trade, Imagine Earth, City Tales - Medieval Era.
Who developed Before We Leave?
Before We Leave was developed by Balancing Monkey Games and published by Team17.