# Games like Stranded: Alien Dawn

> The closest matches to Stranded: Alien Dawn: RimWorld, Oxygen Not Included, Surviving Mars, Endzone - A World Apart, and Dawn of Man. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [RimWorld](https://imho.run/games/294100/rimworld) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 116,236 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/)
2. [Oxygen Not Included](https://imho.run/games/457140/oxygen-not-included) — Shares mod support with Stranded: Alien Dawn. 48,352 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/)
3. [Surviving Mars](https://imho.run/games/464920/surviving-mars) — A frequent pick in Stranded: Alien Dawn players' libraries, and another Strategy. 10,552 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/)
4. [Endzone - A World Apart](https://imho.run/games/933820/endzone-a-world-apart) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 3,338 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/933820/)
5. [Dawn of Man](https://imho.run/games/858810/dawn-of-man) — Also Colony Sim and Destruction, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 9,776 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/858810/)
6. [Planetbase](https://imho.run/games/403190/planetbase) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 5,622 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403190/)
7. [Aven Colony](https://imho.run/games/484900/aven-colony) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 1,201 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/484900/)
8. [Against the Storm](https://imho.run/games/1336490/against-the-storm) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 18,297 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/)
9. [Space Haven](https://imho.run/games/979110/space-haven) — A frequent pick in Stranded: Alien Dawn players' libraries, and another RPG. 5,252 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/979110/)
10. [Going Medieval](https://imho.run/games/1029780/going-medieval) — Also Colony Sim, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 8,390 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1029780/)
11. [Settlement Survival](https://imho.run/games/1509510/settlement-survival) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 2,987 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1509510/)
12. [Farthest Frontier](https://imho.run/games/1044720/farthest-frontier) — Also Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 10,450 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/)
13. [Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation](https://imho.run/games/455980/judgment-apocalypse-survival-simulation) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 1,098 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/455980/)
14. [Dwarf Fortress](https://imho.run/games/975370/dwarf-fortress) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 23,734 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/)
15. [Infection Free Zone](https://imho.run/games/1465460/infection-free-zone) — A frequent pick in Stranded: Alien Dawn players' libraries, and another Action. 6,678 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465460/)
16. [Frostpunk](https://imho.run/games/323190/frostpunk) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 38,272 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/)
17. [Hammerting](https://imho.run/games/760650/hammerting) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 1,014 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/760650/)
18. [Timberborn](https://imho.run/games/1062090/timberborn) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 22,640 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062090/)
19. [Dead in Antares](https://imho.run/games/2511800/dead-in-antares) — Same atmospheric mood as Stranded: Alien Dawn. 116 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2511800/)
20. [The Crust](https://imho.run/games/1465470/the-crust) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 4,443 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465470/)
21. [Stardeus](https://imho.run/games/1380910/stardeus) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 1,046 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380910/)
22. [The Riftbreaker](https://imho.run/games/780310/the-riftbreaker) — Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 9,079 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780310/)
23. [Survival Vacancy](https://imho.run/games/1140130/survival-vacancy) — Also Colony Sim and Base-Building, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 54 Steam reviews, 59% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140130/)
24. [Satisfactory](https://imho.run/games/526870/satisfactory) — Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Stranded: Alien Dawn. 132,199 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=1324130&n=20
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=1324130
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/1324130
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Stranded: Alien Dawn

Stranded: Alien Dawn is a strategy and simulation game released in 2023 by Haemimont Games and published by Paradox Interactive, available for $17.49. Players manage a small group of marooned survivors on an alien planet, balancing colony-happiness, resource-scarcity, and team-selection against scenario-progression demands. The game features priority-management systems and mod-support, with verticality simplifying defense construction. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, challenging, contemplative, and immersive, with reviewers highlighting that slow-crafting creates meaningful stakes and that small mistakes have dire consequences, while team composition dictates survival success. The game is verified on Steam Deck and holds an 83% positive rating from 5,404 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1324130
- **Developer:** Haemimont Games
- **Publisher:** Paradox Interactive
- **Genres:** Strategy, Simulation
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Steam Workshop, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Apr 25, 2023
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 81
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/)
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