Games like Maia
Below are 11 hand-picked alternatives to Maia for fans of strategy, indie, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Maia also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Space Haven
Top pick for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
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.
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Planetbase
Second-strongest match for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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Spacebase DF-9
Third-strongest match for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Oxygen Not Included
Ranked #4 for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maia.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Surviving Mars
Ranked #5 for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Maia.
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.
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RimWorld
Ranked #6 for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Ranked #7 for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Maia.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
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Aven Colony
Ranked #8 for Maia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Space Haven
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
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.
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Oxygen Not Included
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maia.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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RimWorld
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Frequently asked about Maia
- 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 Space Haven, Planetbase, Spacebase DF-9.
- Who developed Maia?
- Maia was developed by Simon Roth and published by Machine Studios.
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 Maia.
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