Games like Solargene
If Solargene is your kind of game, the closest matches are Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Space Haven and Captain of Industry — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.
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Players who liked Solargene also play
Steam players who put hours into Solargene also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Solargene.
Top pick for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Second-strongest match for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Captain of Industry
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Third-strongest match for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Pioneers of Pagonia
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
InfraSpace
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Ranked #5 for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Driftland: The Magic Revival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Solargene.
Ranked #6 for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Anno 2205™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Solargene.
Ranked #7 for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Surviving Mars: Relaunched
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Solargene.
Ranked #8 for Solargene fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
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Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
Stellaris
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Terra Invicta
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Space Engineers
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Anno 1800
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Solargene.
Reviewers of Solargene cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Solargene.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Solargene at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solargene.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solargene.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solargene.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solargene.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Solargene.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Solargene on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Solargene.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solargene.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Solargene.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Solargene.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Solargene.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Solargene.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Frequently asked about Solargene
- Does Solargene run on Steam Deck?
- Solargene 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 Solargene cost?
- Solargene is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Solargene?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Solargene are Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic, Space Haven, Captain of Industry.
- Who developed Solargene?
- Solargene was developed by Alexander Semenov.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Solargene.
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