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Games like Moon Tycoon

If Moon Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Haven, Spacebase DF-9 and Surviving Mars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgia feels strong, challenging and nostalgic. 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 Moon Tycoon: This is the original Moon Tycoon city-building game back from 2001! Remember building vast lunar colonies, then destroying them with meteors and asteroids? Blast off again with the first 3D Sim game, back to the old days on the dark side of the moon. Feeling nostalgic?

2019StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDWindowsby Anarchy Enterprises
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Steam players who put hours into Moon Tycoon 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. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Top pick for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Spacebase DF-9

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Second-strongest match for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Third-strongest match for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    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.

    2018StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Anno 2205™

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Ranked #4 for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Spacebase Startopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Ranked #5 for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Two Point Museum

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Ranked #6 for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tinytopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Ranked #7 for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Two Point Campus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Moon Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Moon Tycoon at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Moon Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Anarchy Enterprises

Other recommendable Steam games by Anarchy Enterprises, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Ant War: Domination

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a nostalgic mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Emerge from the ant hill with a handful of ants and a dream... to conquer the world. Train your ants, manage their daily workload, and travel across the town in search of new land. Sharpen your pincers and be ready to fight everyone from beetles and slugs, to the town police and the army!

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tiki Man

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Chop the world's tallest Tiki! 4 tropical environments and 16 Tiki Men to unlock!

    2015ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Kick Ass Commandos

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - Collector's Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon.

    The town of Deadwood is being terrorized by the ghost of a murderous outlaw in Ghost Encounters: Deadwood - The Collector's Edition!

    2015AdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Redrum: Time Lies

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    The twisted and evil Dr. Sigmund Fraud has been released from the asylum, and is up to his old tricks. Help Detective Ravenwood track him down and end his terrible crimes in Redrum – Time Lies. Dive into this Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game and free the souls of Dr. Fraud’s victims from their nightmares.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Age of Castles: Warlords

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    War is upon us and only the mightiest kingdom will rule the realm. Build the ultimate kingdom, wage total war on your enemies, and conquer the realm!

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Miner Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Pickaxe ready? Coal, iron, gold & diamond! 18 Miners to unlock! Get chopping in this action packed, arcade style game.

    2015ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Hide and Secret Treasure of the Ages

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Anarchy Enterprises, the studio behind Moon Tycoon. Shares Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    The villain Jacques has stolen the Treasures of the Ages so he can harness their mystical powers in his evil plan to rule the world. You must help Will Scout and Anna Graham on their quest to defeat him and rescue the treasures!

    2016IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Spacebase Startopia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Moon Tycoon.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Moon Tycoon.

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Two Point Campus

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Moon Tycoon.

    Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Moon Tycoon

How much does Moon Tycoon cost?
Moon Tycoon is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Moon Tycoon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Moon Tycoon are Space Haven, Spacebase DF-9, Surviving Mars.
Who developed Moon Tycoon?
Moon Tycoon was developed by Anarchy Enterprises.

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 Moon Tycoon.

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