Games like Space Haven
If Space Haven is your kind of game, the closest matches are Surviving Mars, Oxygen Not Included and RimWorld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional 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 →Space Haven is a demanding space colony simulation released in 2020 by Bugbyte Ltd., combining elements of strategy, RPG, and base-building. Players manage a crew of civilians aboard customizable spacecraft, handling environmental-compartmentalization to maintain optimal living conditions, resource-management across multiple ship systems, and ethical-decision-making during encounters with other factions. The ship-construction system allows tile-by-tile building, creating complex vessels tailored to player strategies. Reviewers highlight tactical-positioning as a significant consideration in combat and exploration scenarios. Players describe the experience as challenging and immersive, with high-replayability due to modding potential. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and currently holds an 86% positive rating from over 5,200 Steam reviews.
About Space Haven: 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.
Players who liked Space Haven also play
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Surviving Mars
WHY THIS
Top pick for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Haven.
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.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Second-strongest match for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
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.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Third-strongest match for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
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.
The Crust
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Ranked #4 for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Haven.
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.
Planetbase
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Ranked #5 for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
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.
Stardeus
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Ranked #6 for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Norland
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Haven.
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Dyson Sphere Program
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Ranked #8 for Space Haven fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Space Haven
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RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
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.
Oxygen Not Included
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
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.
Starvector
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
Eat a snack while you watch an entire planet burn in your image.
Star Traders: Frontiers
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Space Haven.
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
UBOAT
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Abandon Ship
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.
Stellaris
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Space Haven.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Ostranauts
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Reviewers of Space Haven cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Haven at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
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 Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Space Haven.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Haven.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Space Haven.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Space Haven on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Space Haven.
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!
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 Space Haven.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Haven.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Haven.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
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!
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Haven.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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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
Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Space Haven.
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.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Space Haven.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
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.
Stardeus
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Haven.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Haven.
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Frequently asked about Space Haven
- Is Space Haven verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Space Haven 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 Space Haven cost?
- Space Haven is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Haven?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Haven are Surviving Mars, Oxygen Not Included, RimWorld.
- Who developed Space Haven?
- Space Haven was developed by Bugbyte Ltd..
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 Space Haven.
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