Rank 01Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Eco.
- $34.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- 2017
Games like Eco
- 31 games
- Updated Nov 6, 2026
Players who liked Eco also play
The closest matches to Eco: Stationeers, Rising World, Satisfactory, 7 Days to Die, and ICARUS. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- 2024
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Medieval Dynasty
Why this: Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Eco.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Strange Loop Games
- Price: $29.99checked Nov 6
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 79% of 6,553 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Teaching and learning through gameplay
- Unique player driven decision making systems
- Challenging
- Immersive
- Collaborative economy
- Player governance
More games like Eco, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to Eco
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
No Man's Sky
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Eco.
This War of Mine
Why this: Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Eco.
Valheim
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Eco.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Eco at current Steam store prices.
Subsistence
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Eco.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Eco, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Supermarket Together
Why this: Also Trading and Economy, like Eco.
CHKN
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Eco.
Fallout Shelter
Why this: Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Eco.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Satisfactory
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Eco.
About Eco
The closest matches to Eco: Stationeers, Rising World, Satisfactory, 7 Days to Die, and ICARUS. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Eco is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stationeers, Rising World and Satisfactory — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and immersive, and single out its collaborative economy and player governance. 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.
Eco is a 2018 indie simulation developed and published by Strange Loop Games, available at $29.99 USD. Players collaborate to build a functioning civilization from scratch, establishing economies, governance structures, and collective decision-making systems. The sandbox environment tasks the community with advancing technology while preserving the ecosystem to survive an incoming meteor. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, with reviewers highlighting the teaching-and-learning-through-gameplay approach as a distinctive hook. The massive multiplayer sandbox supports online cooperative play and runs at playable status on Steam Deck, holding an overall rating of 79% positive from over 6,500 Steam reviews.
About Eco: Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Is Eco worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 6,553 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $29.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 173 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 93 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Teaching and learning through gameplay
- Unique player driven decision making systems
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“A lot of the later updates makes it seem like the devs really just want to make the game take longer, and be more grindy. Its been in early access forever, and its development has has gone in a lot of strange direction. Adding a dinner…”
“One of the only games I know that has gone backwards during its development phase. Microtractions added, forced play styles. What what once a great game is now going downhill fast. An inverse No Man's Sky.”
People who play it also play: Stationeers, Rising World, Satisfactory
Frequently asked about Eco
Can I run it?
Does Eco run on Steam Deck?
Eco 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 Eco cost?
Eco is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Eco have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Eco supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Eco?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Eco are Stationeers, Rising World, Satisfactory.
Who developed Eco?
Eco was developed by Strange Loop Games.