7 Games with a space setting like Oxygen Not Included that you should try

If Oxygen Not Included worked for you because of a sandbox world, a space setting and single-player focus, the same is here. Both also lean on base building. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

It is not Oxygen Not Included's genre, but it is after the same feeling: deep simulation, punishing difficulty and a sandbox world. Both also lean on single-player focus and 2D presentation. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is turn-based strategy and a top-down view.

The thread back to Oxygen Not Included runs through deep simulation, open world exploration and a space setting. To that it adds single-player focus and base building. They part company on visuals and genre: this one brings 3D presentation.

Its point of contact with Oxygen Not Included is deep simulation, a space setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and genre: this one brings turn-based strategy and a first-person view.

What carries over from Oxygen Not Included is exploration and discovery, a sci-fi setting, and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and progression: this one brings turn-based strategy and an isometric view.

With Oxygen Not Included it shares a sci-fi setting and multiplayer gameplay. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is turn-based strategy and an isometric view.

Its point of contact with Oxygen Not Included is a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and genre: this one brings real-time strategy and an isometric view.