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Games like Heliopolis Six

If Heliopolis Six is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Haven, Surviving Mars and Stable Orbit - Build your own space station — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its resource logistics feel realistic, atmospheric and challenging. 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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About Heliopolis Six: Embark on a cosmic odyssey as the director of your own space station in a galaxy full of wonders. Skillful management is vital as you construct and connect station components, oversee resource handling, and guide your space haven to reach new heights amidst the stars.

2023StrategySimulationEarly Access17.99 USDWindowsby Acid Mines Software UG
Heliopolis Six — Steam game cover
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Resource logistics feel realisticSpace station growth is satisfyingTutorial text helps with complexityAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Heliopolis Six also play

Steam players who put hours into Heliopolis Six 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.

  1. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Top pick for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Second-strongest match for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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.

    2018StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Stable Orbit - Build your own space station

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Third-strongest match for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Final Earth 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Solargene

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Ranked #5 for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Space Station Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Ranked #6 for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Oxygen

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Heliopolis Six.

    Ranked #7 for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Captain of Industry

    WHY THIS

    Shares production chains with Heliopolis Six.

    Ranked #8 for Heliopolis Six fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Heliopolis Six at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Heliopolis Six.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~61% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Heliopolis Six.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heliopolis Six.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heliopolis Six.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Heliopolis Six on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Heliopolis Six.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Heliopolis Six.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Heliopolis Six.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Heliopolis Six

How much does Heliopolis Six cost?
Heliopolis Six is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Heliopolis Six?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Heliopolis Six are Space Haven, Surviving Mars, Stable Orbit - Build your own space station.
Who developed Heliopolis Six?
Heliopolis Six was developed by Acid Mines Software UG.

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 Heliopolis Six.

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