Games like Space Station Alpha
If Space Station Alpha is your kind of game, the closest matches are Surviving Mars, Aven Colony and Spacebase DF-9 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and stressful. 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 Station Alpha: Build and manage a space station in the outer reaches of space. The challenges will be many, oxygen will escape through every tiny hole in the hull, you'll contend with asteroid showers and nebulous alien blobs.
Players who liked Space Station Alpha also play
Steam players who put hours into Space Station Alpha also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation with Space Station Alpha.
Top pick for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Aven Colony
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Space Station Alpha.
Second-strongest match for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Space Station Alpha.
Third-strongest match for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Shares resource allocation and an atmospheric mood with Space Station Alpha.
Ranked #4 for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Station Alpha.
Ranked #5 for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Pizza Connection 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Station Alpha.
Ranked #6 for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
Mamma mia... Long awaited by fans around the world, the new installment of the cult series "Pizza Connection" returns to the PC with even more flavour and extra cheese. Make 'em a pizza they can't refuse!
Sol 0: Mars Colonization
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Space Station Alpha.
Ranked #7 for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.
Meeple Station
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Station Alpha.
Ranked #8 for Space Station Alpha fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Space Station Alpha
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Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Station Alpha.
Reviewers of Space Station Alpha cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Startopia
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Space Station Alpha cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Space Station Alpha.
Reviewers of Space Station Alpha cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Banished
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Space Station Alpha cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Station Alpha at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Station Alpha.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
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.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Space Station Alpha on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Toribash
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Learn to Fly 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Station Alpha.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Realm Grinder
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Space Station Alpha.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Station Alpha.
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
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Frequently asked about Space Station Alpha
- How much does Space Station Alpha cost?
- Space Station Alpha is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Station Alpha?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Station Alpha are Surviving Mars, Aven Colony, Spacebase DF-9.
- Who developed Space Station Alpha?
- Space Station Alpha was developed by NuclearFirecracker.
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