Games like The Spatials
If The Spatials is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Spatials: Galactology, Spacebase DF-9 and Oxygen Not Included — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and relaxing. 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 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.
Players who liked The Spatials also play
Steam players who put hours into The Spatials 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.
The Spatials: Galactology
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Spatials.
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.
Spacebase DF-9
WHY THIS
Shares base building and resource management with The Spatials.
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.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with The Spatials.
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.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with The Spatials.
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.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Spatials.
Ranked #5 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.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with The Spatials.
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.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 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.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Spatials.
Ranked #8 for The Spatials fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The Spatials cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
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.
The Spatials: Galactology
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with The Spatials.
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.
Deep Space
WHY THIS
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Spatials at current Steam store prices.
The Vagrant
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Spatials.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
Mining Mechs
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.
Your Mother
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Spatials.
《Your Mother》is a computer desktop companion. Experience the love and kindness from mothers.
LIZARDS MUST DIE
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under The Spatials on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Spatials.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with The Spatials.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. 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.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with The Spatials.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. 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.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares base building with The Spatials.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Spatials.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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.
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