Games like Oxygen Not Included
If Oxygen Not Included is your kind of game, the closest matches are Surviving Mars, Space Haven and RimWorld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its aesthetic customization feels rewarding, humor elevates mundane tasks and challenging. 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 →Oxygen Not Included is a colony-survival simulation developed by Klei Entertainment that tasks players with sustaining a crew living inside an asteroid. Managing oxygen, food, temperature, and atmospheric conditions forms the core loop, with physics-simulation systems creating interconnected environmental challenges across a two-dimensional space. Players and reviewers describe the experience as challenging and contemplative, noting that the deep systems reward experimentation and that humor elevates mundane survival tasks. There are no enemies to fight, only the consequences of mismanagement to overcome. Aesthetic customization provides visible progression as bases expand and evolve. The game supports modding, runs verified on Steam Deck, and holds a 96% positive rating from 48,000+ Steam reviews at $24.99 USD.
About Oxygen Not Included: 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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Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Top pick for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Second-strongest match for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Third-strongest match for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Ranked #4 for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
The Crust
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Ranked #5 for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Aven Colony
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Oxygen Not Included.
Ranked #6 for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Ranked #7 for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Ranked #8 for Oxygen Not Included fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Tropico 4
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Banished
WHY THIS
Shares mod support, resource management and a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Dwarf Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
ASTRONEER
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Oxygen Not Included.
Reviewers of Oxygen Not Included cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Oxygen Not Included at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Priced ~60% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Oxygen Not Included on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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 Oxygen Not Included.
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 Oxygen Not Included.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Klei Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Klei Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a stressful mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Don't Starve
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a stressful mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Griftlands
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
Mark of the Ninja
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Rotwood
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.
Hot Lava
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Another title from Klei Entertainment, the studio behind Oxygen Not Included. Shares Indie with Oxygen Not Included.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Space Haven
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares mod support and a challenging mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
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.
Against the Storm
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Oxygen Not Included.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Oxygen Not Included.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Frequently asked about Oxygen Not Included
- Is Oxygen Not Included verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Oxygen Not Included 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 Oxygen Not Included cost?
- Oxygen Not Included is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Oxygen Not Included?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Oxygen Not Included are Surviving Mars, Space Haven, RimWorld.
- Who developed Oxygen Not Included?
- Oxygen Not Included was developed by Klei Entertainment.
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