Planetbase similar games & best alternatives

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Planetbase

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One • 2015

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Challenging and rewarding survival gameplay
  • Immersive sci-fi atmosphere and graphics
  • Strategic resource and colony management
  • Responsive developer support and updates
  • Good value for price with many hours of play

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited late-game content and replayability
  • Colonist ai can behave irrationally causing frustration
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Minimal narrative or story elements
  • Some interface and quality-of-life improvements needed

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Red Planet Farming

  • Aven Colony

  • Terraformers

  • Oxygen

  • Solargene

  • Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Planetbase but with less leadership over others

  • Blossom: The Seed of Life

  • Occupy Mars: Prologue (2020)

  • Farlanders: Prologue

  • Plan B: Terraform

  • The Solus Project

  • The Planet Crafter: Prologue

More expressive

Games that feels like Planetbase but with more self-expression and customization

  • Land of the Vikings

  • Reus

  • Timberborn

  • Whiskerwood

  • Goblins of Elderstone

  • Surviving Mars

More story-driven

Games that feels like Planetbase but with deeper narrative immersion

  • IXION

  • DarkSwitch

  • Empires of the Undergrowth

  • Sintopia

  • The Mims Beginning

  • Against the Storm

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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).

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

Last update: 21/08/2026