6 Games with a sci-fi setting like Dystopika that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 36 games similar to Dystopika down to the 6 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Space Colony: Steam Edition, Jurassic World Evolution and Rusty's Retirement top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Dystopika.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Dystopika

6 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Dystopika. Each one has been evaluated across 17 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Space Colony: Steam EditionClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloNarrativeCozyOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiBase BuildingExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 80%· 658MC74IGDB77· 3

Year 2015Dev FireFly StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings setting space, resource management and visual 2d, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Half way across the galaxy with limited resources, a mega corporation looking over your shoulder and a ragtag crew expecting a pay cheque, it's up to you to survive and turn a profit. You have a base to build and hostile alien threats to neutralise, but ignore your crew and the colony is doomed.

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Dystopika.

It predates Dystopika by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2Jurassic World Evolution

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloNarrativeDarkSandbox WorldOpen WorldSci-FiBase BuildingExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 87%· 55KIGDB74· 13OC71· 99

Year 2018Dev Frontier Developments · Universal PicturesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat and resource management, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Dystopika.

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#3Rusty's RetirementClosest on tone

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloCozyCasualRelaxingSandbox WorldSci-FiBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 97%· 15K

Year 2024Dev Mister Morris GamesPlaytime ~18hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, sandbox freedom and cozy, relaxing feel

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, post-apocalyptic world and resource management, while skipping strong narrative focus

Rusty's Retirement is an idle-farming simulator designed to sit at the bottom of your screen allowing you to work on other tasks while caring for your farm! Grow crops: Plant crops and watch Rusty get to work as he waters, nurtures, and harvests.

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: setting and visuals.

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#4Dyson Sphere ProgramClosest on progression

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloOpen WorldSandbox WorldSci-FiBase BuildingExploration3D

Steam👍 98%· 91KRAWG👍 85%· 84

Year 2021Dev Youthcat Studio · Gamera GamePlaytime ~8hOn PC

✓ Same family of city builders: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and open world exploration

≠ Stands apart with setting space, resource management and visual third person, while skipping strong narrative focus

Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi simulation game with space, adventure, exploration and factory automation elements where you can build your own galactic industrial empire from scratch. In the distant future, the power of science and technology has ushered a new age to the human race.

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: setting.

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#5X-COM: Terror From the Deep

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloDarkSci-FiBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 91%· 925RAWG👍 62%· 128

Year 1995Dev MicroProse Software · 2K GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS

✓ Both are city builders — sharing deep simulation, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting scifi

≠ Its own twist: turn-based strategy, roguelike runs and horror tension, while skipping sandbox freedom

X-COM: Terror From the Deep is a strategy game, the second installment in the X-COM series and a sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense that moves action from the outer space into the Earth’s oceans. The story unexpectedly references to Lovecraft’s novels, as you fight aliens that want to reawaken their unstoppable leader who slept under the sea for hundreds of years.

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are very positive, against overwhelmingly positive for Dystopika.

It predates Dystopika by 29 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6MaiaClosest on world

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GenreStrategySubgenreRTS

SoloProceduralSandbox WorldSci-FiBase Building

Steam👍 44%· 1.1K

Year 2013Dev Simon Roth · Machine StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with Dystopika: deep simulation, sandbox freedom and procedural generation

≠ Where it differs: brings real-time strategy, survival mechanics and setting space, while skipping strong narrative focus

About This Game Maia is a strange and hostile alien world, toxic to humans, yet lush with new life. Your mission is to colonise this poison eden, survive it's dangers and establish humanity's first foothold in the stars.

Where it drifts furthest from Dystopika: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against overwhelmingly positive for Dystopika.

It predates Dystopika by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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