Rank 01Games like Dawn Apart
- 24 games
- Updated Nov 6, 2026
Players who liked Dawn Apart also play
The closest matches to Dawn Apart: Orebound, Stationeers, The Crust, Stranded: Alien Dawn, and Whiskerwood. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Colony Sim and Automation, like Dawn Apart.
- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- 2017
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Stranded: Alien Dawn
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Destruction, like Dawn Apart.
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Whiskerwood
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base Building, like Dawn Apart.
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Oxygen Not Included
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Space, like Dawn Apart.
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New Cycle
Why this: Shares conveyor belt logistics with Dawn Apart.
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 6
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 77% of 148 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Blueprint system lets you pre plan entire production chains
- Colonists act like dwarf fortress dwarves in a 3d factory
- Dev team is transparent and interactive with roadmap
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Dawn Apart
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
RimWorld
Why this: Same challenging mood as Dawn Apart.
Factorio
Why this: Also Automation and Crafting, like Dawn Apart.
Dwarf Fortress
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Dawn Apart.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dawn Apart at current Steam store prices.
Aven Colony
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Space, like Dawn Apart.
Hammerting
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Automation, like Dawn Apart.
Dark Moon
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base Building, like Dawn Apart.
Farlight Explorers
Why this: Also Automation and Space, like Dawn Apart.
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Frostpunk
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Dawn Apart.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Dawn Apart, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Plasma
Why this: Also Automation and Crafting, like Dawn Apart.
Unnamed Space Idle
Why this: Also Automation and Space, like Dawn Apart.
Screw Drivers
Why this: Also Destruction and Crafting, like Dawn Apart.
Istrolid
Why this: Also Space and Crafting, like Dawn Apart.
About Dawn Apart
The closest matches to Dawn Apart: Orebound, Stationeers, The Crust, Stranded: Alien Dawn, and Whiskerwood. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Dawn Apart is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orebound, Stationeers and The Crust — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its automation hubs and blueprint placement. 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 Dawn Apart: Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Is Dawn Apart worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 77% of 148 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Blueprint system lets you pre plan entire production chains
- Colonists act like dwarf fortress dwarves in a 3d factory
- Dev team is transparent and interactive with roadmap
- Massive freedom in item placement and base design
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Neat idea, poor implementation. Finite map (pretty small actually) with finite resources (which run out surprisingly fast) with scaling requirements (more stuff every new "mission"), frequent crashes (guaranteed if you miss a delivery), is…”
“Too buggy for now. The game very poorly handles full storage, and when my workers ends up being stuck in doing nothing. I will ask refund but may buy it later again if it's fixed.”
People who play it also play: Orebound, Stationeers, The Crust
Frequently asked about Dawn Apart
Can I run it?
Does Dawn Apart run on Steam Deck?
Dawn Apart 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 Dawn Apart cost?
Dawn Apart is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dawn Apart?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dawn Apart are Orebound, Stationeers, The Crust.
Who developed Dawn Apart?
Dawn Apart was developed by Industrial Technology and Witchcraft and published by Astra Logical.