Rank 01Why this
Shares resource allocation with Maia.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2015
Games like Maia
- 19 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Maia also play
The closest matches to Maia: Planetbase, Aven Colony, Surviving Mars, Space Haven, and RimWorld. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares procedural generation with Maia.
- $5.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
Rank 03
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Maia
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- Released: 2018
- Developer: Simon Roth
- Price: $24.99checked Oct 31
- 41% of 669 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- British dry humor shines in flavor text
- Campaign mode guides first time players
- Colonists and robots frequently turn hostile
- Challenging
- Cozy
- Dark
More games like Maia, sliced differently
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Maia at current Steam store prices.
Grim Realms
Why this: Shares colony management and procedural generation with Maia.
Surviving Ceres
Why this: Shares colony management with Maia.
Hammerting
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Maia.
The Riftbreaker
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Maia.
Dig or Die
Why this: Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Maia.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Space Haven
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Maia.
RimWorld
Why this: Shares procedural generation with Maia.
About Maia
The closest matches to Maia: Planetbase, Aven Colony, Surviving Mars, Space Haven, and RimWorld. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Maia is your kind of game, the closest matches are Planetbase, Aven Colony and Surviving Mars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, cozy and dark, and single out its ai driven survival and colonist skills. 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 Maia: Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Is Maia worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 41% of 669 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $24.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 48 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 11 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- British dry humor shines in flavor text
- Campaign mode guides first time players
- Colonists and robots frequently turn hostile
- Emergent stories from chaotic ai behavior
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Feels like the devs at some point just phone it in at release. the game has potential and it can be challenging which is great. However, there is a bit of a learning curve that is not covered in the tutorials. after the last update the…”
“I am sad because this game is unplayable. Settlers build things in a random order and straight-up ignore build orders (to their own detriment). Firefighting robots sit next to a fire with no attempt to put it out. People die of suffocation…”
People who play it also play: Planetbase, Aven Colony, Surviving Mars
Frequently asked about Maia
Can I run it?
How much does Maia cost?
Maia is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Maia?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Maia are Planetbase, Aven Colony, Surviving Mars.
Who developed Maia?
Maia was developed by Simon Roth and published by Machine Studios.