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Games like Sanctuary: Shattered Sun

If Sanctuary: Shattered Sun is your kind of game, the closest matches are Unnatural Worlds, Ashes of the Singularity II and Vox Machinae — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Sanctuary: Shattered Sun: Command vast armies across the surface of a star-encompassing Dyson Sphere in this next-gen RTS. Shatter the map itself with superweapons, freeze oceans to create new invasion routes, and control hundreds of units in your quest to dominate humanity's greatest megastructure.

2027StrategySimulationWindowsby Enhearten Media
Sanctuary: Shattered Sun — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Sanctuary: Shattered Sun 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. Unnatural Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Innovative yet familiar real-time strategy game in development. Grand-scale RTS game played on maps/planets of any 3D shape. It emphasizes strategy, base building, logistics, and reduces micro-management of individual units.

    2027ActionStrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Ashes of the Singularity II

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    In this massive RTS game, command vast armies fighting for control of entire worlds. Control the forces of Earth, the mechanical AI Substrate, or the enigmatic Post-Human Coalition as you battle across the solar system in single player, cooperative multiplayer, or competitive multiplayer.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Vox Machinae

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Strap yourself into the cockpit of a robot seven times taller than a Tyrannosaurus Rex and prepare to do battle in Vox Machinae: the ultimate giant robot combat action-simulator for both VR and standard screens.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Mechabellum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.

    2012Strategy29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".

    2025ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Original War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Supreme Commander

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.

    2011Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗

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. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck 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. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    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 ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

    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 ↗
  6. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

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

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

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

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Sanctuary: Shattered Sun

Does Sanctuary: Shattered Sun have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sanctuary: Shattered Sun supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Sanctuary: Shattered Sun?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sanctuary: Shattered Sun are Unnatural Worlds, Ashes of the Singularity II, Vox Machinae.
Who developed Sanctuary: Shattered Sun?
Sanctuary: Shattered Sun was developed by Enhearten Media.

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 Sanctuary: Shattered Sun.

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