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Games like Asteroid Colony

If Asteroid Colony is your kind of game, the closest matches are Possible One: Lunar Industries, Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder and Surviving Mars — 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 Asteroid Colony: In this real time strategy city builder game you will help humanity in reaching beyond earth by establishing a permanent and thriving settlement in the asteroid belt. Settling in space comes with enormous challenges and dangers, which you will have to guide your people through

2024ActionStrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access5.99 USDWindowsby Christian Lutnik
Asteroid Colony — Steam game cover

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  1. Possible One: Lunar Industries

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Asteroid Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Asteroid Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Asteroid Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    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 ↗
  5. Northgard: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Asteroid Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

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

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Imagine Earth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Asteroid Colony fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Pioneers of Pagonia

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asteroid Colony.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Action with Asteroid Colony.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Asteroid Colony on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Asteroid Colony.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

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. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Steam Engine Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asteroid Colony.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Asteroid Colony.

    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 ↗
  6. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    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 ↗
  7. The Children of Clay

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asteroid Colony.

    The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Asteroid Colony.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Asteroid Colony

How much does Asteroid Colony cost?
Asteroid Colony is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Asteroid Colony?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Asteroid Colony are Possible One: Lunar Industries, Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder, Surviving Mars.
Who developed Asteroid Colony?
Asteroid Colony was developed by Christian Lutnik.

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 Asteroid Colony.

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