Games like Stationeers
If Stationeers is your kind of game, the closest matches are CryoFall, ASTRONEER and Abiotic Factor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its automate complex industrial processes, challenging and contemplative. 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 →Stationeers is a challenging space-station survival simulation developed by RocketWerkz that tasks players with constructing and managing a functioning orbital base. The game emphasizes complex systems engineering: players must wire electrical circuits, balance atmospheric gas mixtures, program devices using an in-game assembly language, and genetically breed plants for optimal agricultural yields. Multiplayer cooperation allows friends to share the substantial workload of keeping systems operational. Reviewers highlight the deep systems-interaction as players automate industrial processes and engineer every system from the ground up. Players describe the experience as both contemplative and immersive, with thermodynamics management creating constant pressure. Currently priced at $34.99 USD on Steam with 88% positive reviews from over 5,700 players.
About Stationeers: 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!
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CryoFall
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Top pick for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
ASTRONEER
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Second-strongest match for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Stationeers.
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.
Abiotic Factor
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Third-strongest match for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Stationeers.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Timberborn
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
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.
Farworld Pioneers
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stationeers.
Ranked #5 for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Astro Colony
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Ranked #7 for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
FortressCraft Evolved!
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Ranked #8 for Stationeers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
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Space Engineers
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
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.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
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.
Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Stationeers.
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.
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Stationeers.
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Space Station 51
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Stationeers.
You are a member of Space Station 51. When you wake up, you find that a zombie virus has broken out on the space station. You need to follow the command of the station master and take a series of actions.
Minecraft Legends
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Reviewers of Stationeers cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Stationeers.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stationeers at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Action with Stationeers.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Stationeers on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
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!
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stationeers.
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!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Stationeers.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Unturned
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
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More from RocketWerkz
Other recommendable Steam games by RocketWerkz, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
ICARUS
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Another title from RocketWerkz, the studio behind Stationeers. Shares Action and Simulation with Stationeers.
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
Out of Ammo
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Another title from RocketWerkz, the studio behind Stationeers. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.
Out of Ammo: Death Drive
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Stationeers.
Another title from RocketWerkz, the studio behind Stationeers. Shares Action and Indie with Stationeers.
Death Drive is the apocalyptic sequel to Out of Ammo, a hybrid VR Tower Defense / FPS strategy game. Embark on a wild road trip developed exclusively for VR. Build defenses, scavenge scrap and and kill undead zombie hordes using an arsenal of firearms, melee weapons and mounted defenses.
Art of the Rail
WHY THIS
Another title from RocketWerkz, the studio behind Stationeers. Shares Indie and Simulation with Stationeers.
Spiritual remake of the classic transport tycoon games. Build a profitable transport network and grow your worlds economy, either on your own in singleplayer or in multiplayer whether cooperatively or competitively.
Frequently asked about Stationeers
- Does Stationeers work on Steam Deck?
- Stationeers is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Stationeers cost?
- Stationeers is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Stationeers have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Stationeers supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Stationeers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Stationeers are CryoFall, ASTRONEER, Abiotic Factor.
- Who developed Stationeers?
- Stationeers was developed by RocketWerkz.
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