Rank 01Why this
Shares base construction with Planet Nomads.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- Deck Playable
- 2020
Games like Planet Nomads
- 15 games
- Updated Oct 23, 2026
Players who liked Planet Nomads also play
The closest matches to Planet Nomads: Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Planet Explorers, Space Engineers, Subnautica, and Osiris: New Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 03Why this
Also Open World Survival Craft and Destruction, like Planet Nomads.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 9)
- 2019
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Subnautica
Why this: Shares resource scavenging with Planet Nomads.
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Osiris: New Dawn
Why this: Shares procedural planet generation with Planet Nomads.
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No Man's Sky
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Procedural Generation, like Planet Nomads.
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Satisfactory
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Automation, like Planet Nomads.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Planet Nomads
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Destruction, like Planet Nomads.
- 90% of 67,178 reviews
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Procedural Generation, like Planet Nomads.
- 82% of 180,011 reviews
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Automation, like Planet Nomads.
- 98% of 132,199 reviews
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- Released: 2019
- Developer: Craneballs
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 66% of 902 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Build anything from vehicles to airships
- Creative mode enables unconstrained design
- Deep crafting system with 3d printers
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Planet Nomads
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.
The Long Dark
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Planet Nomads.
Kerbal Space Program
Why this: Same immersive mood as Planet Nomads.
The Planet Crafter
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Automation, like Planet Nomads.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Subnautica
Why this: Shares resource scavenging with Planet Nomads.
No Man's Sky
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Procedural Generation, like Planet Nomads.
Satisfactory
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Automation, like Planet Nomads.
About Planet Nomads
The closest matches to Planet Nomads: Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Planet Explorers, Space Engineers, Subnautica, and Osiris: New Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Planet Nomads is your kind of game, the closest matches are Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Planet Explorers and Space Engineers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its 3d printing crafting and base construction. 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.
About Planet Nomads: There's a whole planet of diverse biomes waiting for you to explore. Gather enough materials to build a mobile base that will carry everything a Nomad needs on a journey through an unknown land.
Is Planet Nomads worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 66% of 902 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 176 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 86 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
- Build anything from vehicles to airships
- Creative mode enables unconstrained design
- Deep crafting system with 3d printers
- Physics driven engineering feels emergent
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“https://steamcommunity.com/app/504050/eventcomments/3108015514325406062?snr=2_9_100003_ Last updated - 1st Feb 2021. Last developer post (on a different forum) - 19th July 2021 Developer has been on steam as 12th July 2023 playing Deep…”
“Same old "early access, open world, survival, sandbox" garbage. Content is non-existent, even by the generally-low standards of this genre. Everything is padded to high heaven to try to obscure this. Much of the game is spent waiting for…”
People who play it also play: Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Planet Explorers, Space Engineers
Frequently asked about Planet Nomads
Can I run it?
Does Planet Nomads run on Steam Deck?
Planet Nomads is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
What games are most similar to Planet Nomads?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Planet Nomads are Empyrion - Galactic Survival, Planet Explorers, Space Engineers.
Who developed Planet Nomads?
Planet Nomads was developed by Craneballs.