Games like The Spatials
Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to The Spatials for fans of indie, simulation, rpg, 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 The Spatials 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. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Spatials: It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.
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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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The Spatials: Galactology
Top pick for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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.
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Spacebase DF-9
Second-strongest match for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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
Third-strongest match for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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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Space Haven
Ranked #4 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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
Ranked #5 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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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Surviving Mars
Ranked #6 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with The Spatials.
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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Kenshi
Ranked #7 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Maia
Ranked #8 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Spatials
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RimWorld
Reviewers of The Spatials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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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The Spatials: Galactology
Reviewers of The Spatials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
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.
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Deep Space
Reviewers of The Spatials cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with The Spatials.
You are entrusted with the role of one of the elite captains, put on a high-tech mech suit suitable for travel into space and go on an exciting journey.
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Frequently asked about The Spatials
- Is The Spatials verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Spatials is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does The Spatials cost?
- The Spatials is listed on Steam at 1.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Spatials?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Spatials are The Spatials: Galactology, Spacebase DF-9, Oxygen Not Included.
- Who developed The Spatials?
- The Spatials was developed by Weird and Wry.
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 The Spatials.
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