Planet S similar games & best alternatives

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Planet S

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.

What works

  • Free to play with no microtransactions
  • Engaging colony building and resource management
  • Multiplayer with cooperation and pvp
  • Active developer and community support
  • Relaxing yet strategic gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with bugs and crashes
  • Tutorial and ui could be improved
  • Multiplayer desync and stability issues
  • Limited content and features currently
  • Some mechanics lack clarity or polish

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Airmen

  • Executive Assault 2

  • The Battle of Polytopia

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • AirMech

  • Rusted Warfare - RTS

More story-driven

Games that feels like Planet S but with deeper narrative immersion

  • RimWorld

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

  • Star Control®: Origins

  • Age of Wonders 4

  • AI War 2

  • STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

Less dominating

Games that feels like Planet S but with less domination over others

  • Pioneers of Pagonia

  • Craftopia

  • Temtem: Swarm

  • Creeper World 4

  • Istrolid

  • 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Planet S. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

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  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Planet S. These titles are not in What to play next.

Planet S: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Value. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026