Games like Space Colony: Steam Edition
If Space Colony: Steam Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Spatials: Galactology, Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition and Solargene — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its colonist personalities drive gameplay, humor elevates mundane tasks and challenging. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Space Colony: Steam Edition: Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
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The Spatials: Galactology
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Top pick for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Second-strongest match for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.
Solargene
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Third-strongest match for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Ranked #4 for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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.
Stronghold HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Ranked #5 for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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.
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Ranked #7 for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Ranked #8 for Space Colony: Steam Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Space Colony: Steam Edition
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Caesar™ 3
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
Caesar™ IV
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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.
The Sims™ Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Reviewers of Space Colony: Steam Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Colony: Steam Edition at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Space Colony: Steam Edition on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
AdVenture Capitalist
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Stronghold Crusader 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares map editor and a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
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.
Stronghold HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Stronghold: Warlords
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Stronghold 3 Gold
WHY THIS
Another title from Firefly Studios, the studio behind Space Colony: Steam Edition. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Colony: Steam Edition.
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Frequently asked about Space Colony: Steam Edition
- Does Space Colony: Steam Edition run on Steam Deck?
- Space Colony: Steam Edition 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 Space Colony: Steam Edition cost?
- Space Colony: Steam Edition is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Colony: Steam Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Colony: Steam Edition are The Spatials: Galactology, Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition, Solargene.
- Who developed Space Colony: Steam Edition?
- Space Colony: Steam Edition was developed by Firefly Studios.
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