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Games like Macht: Cosmic Engine

If Macht: Cosmic Engine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deep Space Outpost, SERIES MAKERS TYCOON and WorldBox - God Simulator — 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 Macht: Cosmic Engine: Macht is a 1:1 scale, real physics-based cosmic simulator. Code and manage your own universe simulation; the destiny of all living beings is in your hands.

2026StrategySimulationEarly Access21.24 USDWindowsby Kestro Games
Macht: Cosmic Engine — Steam game cover

Players who liked Macht: Cosmic Engine also play

Steam players who put hours into Macht: Cosmic Engine 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. Deep Space Outpost

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation14.39 USDSteam ↗
  2. SERIES MAKERS TYCOON

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. WorldBox - God Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

    2021IndieSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Lead your space agency in The Search for Life in this authentic strategy simulation game. Investigate the solar system and collect evidence of life. Manage base building, rocket designing, launches, and mission planning to Mars and beyond, leading the way in the future of space exploration.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. Timberborn

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways. There are no complex ecosystems—just pure movement learning through a physics engine. Watch as these creatures scurry, stumble, and evolve in their own unique, unpredictable ways.

    2026IndieSimulation13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. MEMORIAPOLIS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Noble Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Macht: Cosmic Engine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?

    2025SimulationRPGEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Macht: Cosmic Engine at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~77% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~65% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Macht: Cosmic Engine on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  2. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    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 ↗
  3. Aircar

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    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 ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    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 ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Macht: Cosmic Engine

How much does Macht: Cosmic Engine cost?
Macht: Cosmic Engine is listed on Steam at 21.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Macht: Cosmic Engine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Macht: Cosmic Engine are Deep Space Outpost, SERIES MAKERS TYCOON, WorldBox - God Simulator.
Who developed Macht: Cosmic Engine?
Macht: Cosmic Engine was developed by Kestro Games.

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 Macht: Cosmic Engine.

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