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Games like Ecliptica

If Ecliptica is your kind of game, the closest matches are Highreach, Woodland Rebels and StarRupture — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Ecliptica: Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGWindows · Linuxby QuasarApp Group
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Steam players who put hours into Ecliptica 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.

  1. Highreach

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ecliptica.

    When calamity struck, the world of Highreach was shattered. In this open-world survival game, build encampments, rescue survivors, and soar across the skies on your airship to explore a lost world and uncover the truth.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Woodland Rebels

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. StarRupture

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ecliptica.

    StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shamania

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Autonomica

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Autonomica is a survival automation game set in an alternate 1980s. Build supply chains where farming fuels chemistry and mining drives manufacturing. Play solo or co-op to rebuild a world fractured by failed time experiments, then launch time-jump extractions into unstable futures for rare tech.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Stationeers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ecliptica.

    Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

    2017ActionIndieSimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Ars Notoria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hammerting

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Ecliptica fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ecliptica.

    Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ecliptica.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ecliptica.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ecliptica.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  5. Aircar

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ecliptica.

    A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ecliptica.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Ecliptica.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ecliptica.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Ecliptica

Does Ecliptica have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Ecliptica supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Ecliptica?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ecliptica are Highreach, Woodland Rebels, StarRupture.
Who developed Ecliptica?
Ecliptica was developed by QuasarApp Group.

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 Ecliptica.

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