EarthX similar games & best alternatives

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EarthX

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

What works

  • Addictive and engaging gameplay
  • Relaxing and enjoyable space management
  • Frequent updates and active developer
  • Good value for price
  • Appeals to space and spacex fans

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited customization and creativity
  • Repetitive endgame and limited content
  • Some bugs and performance issues
  • Minimal social or multiplayer features
  • Linear tech progression and limited exploration

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Terraformers

  • X: Beyond the Frontier

  • Astronomics

  • Out There: Ω Edition

  • Slipways

  • Before We Leave

More creative

Games that feels like EarthX but with more room to create and customize

  • Tingus Goose

  • Juno: New Origins

  • LONESTAR

  • Polaris Sector

  • Necrosmith

  • Dyson Sphere Program

More violent

Games that feels like EarthX but with more combat and destruction

  • Battlevoid: Harbinger

  • Final Theory

  • Nordhold

  • Commander Quest

  • FTL: Faster Than Light

  • Creeper World: Anniversary Edition

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like EarthX but with less leadership over others

  • Plan B: Terraform

  • RymdResa

  • Creeper World 2: Anniversary Edition

  • Star Birds

  • Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

  • GLONK

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EarthX: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026