Rank 01Games like Stationeers
- 26 games
- Updated Nov 4, 2026
Players who liked Stationeers also play
The closest matches to Stationeers: ASTRONEER, Oxygen Not Included, Factorio, CryoFall, and Occupy Mars: The Game. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2019
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CryoFall
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Agriculture, like Stationeers.
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Occupy Mars: The Game
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Colony Sim, like Stationeers.
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Timberborn
Why this: Also Science and Colony Sim, like Stationeers.
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Autonauts
Why this: Also Agriculture and Colony Sim, like Stationeers.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Stationeers
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
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- 5Occupy Mars: The Game
Also Open World Survival Craft and Colony Sim, like Stationeers.
- 67% of 1,285 reviews
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- 10Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Also Base-Building and Automation, like Stationeers.
- 91% of 40,244 reviews
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- 16Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like Stationeers.
- 79% of 17,802 reviews
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: RocketWerkz
- Price: $34.99checked Nov 4
- 88% of 5,728 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Automate complex industrial processes
- Balance thermodynamics to stay alive
- Breed plants for optimal yields
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Immersive
More games like Stationeers, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to Stationeers
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.
Space Engineers
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like Stationeers.
Planetbase
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Why this: Also Base-Building and Automation, like Stationeers.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Stationeers at current Steam store prices.
Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Space, like Stationeers.
The Crust
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
FortressCraft Evolved!
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
Settlement Survival
Why this: Also Agriculture and Colony Sim, like Stationeers.
Hydroneer
Why this: Shares resource refinement with Stationeers.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Oxygen Not Included
Why this: Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
Factorio
Why this: Shares resource refinement with Stationeers.
Satisfactory
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
More from RocketWerkz
Other recommendable Steam games by RocketWerkz, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
ICARUS
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Stationeers.
Out of Ammo
Why this: Same immersive mood as Stationeers.
About Stationeers
The closest matches to Stationeers: ASTRONEER, Oxygen Not Included, Factorio, CryoFall, and Occupy Mars: The Game. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Stationeers is your kind of game, the closest matches are ASTRONEER, Oxygen Not Included and Factorio — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and immersive, and single out its atmosphere management and automation programming. 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.
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!
Is Stationeers worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 5,728 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: $34.99 (checked Nov 9).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 102 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 29 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Not supported on Steam Deck.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Automate complex industrial processes
- Balance thermodynamics to stay alive
- Breed plants for optimal yields
- Engineer every system from scratch
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Its been almost a decade and they still haven't updated the UI to be remotely more user friendly to modern times. No I don't want to press the number keys or scroll wheel to access my inventory, just let me use my freaken mouse and click…”
“the tutorials are still broken after 8 years. The game basically forces you to go to other people in order to learn the basics because the devs will not fix the tutorials so i had to go to youtube to learn how to set up o2. if they fix the…”
People who play it also play: ASTRONEER, Oxygen Not Included, Factorio
Frequently asked about Stationeers
Can I run it?
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 ASTRONEER, Oxygen Not Included, Factorio.
Who developed Stationeers?
Stationeers was developed by RocketWerkz.