There's no such thing as too many survival simulators. Here are some new games that are similar to Stranded: Alien Dawn. I've selected only the best!

8 Games Like Stranded: Alien Dawn For PC (Steam, EGS, GOG)

8. Dwarf Fortress

  • Buy: Steam
  • Metascore: 93
  • Similarity: 20 %
  • Year of release: 2006
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created. The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam. Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world.

Dwarf Fortress screenshot

7. Dawn of Man

  • Buy: Steam
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 30 hours
  • Genre: Town Planning
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Manage a settlement of ancient people and help them survive as they move from era to era. Hunt and gather, craft tools, fight, explore new technologies and cope with natural disasters.

Dawn of Man screenshot

6. Going Medieval


Build a settlement within the walls of a fortress in the middle of the wilderness and lead it to prosperity. Build the most powerful colony this side of the apocalypse in Going Medieval: a survival strategy game with detailed controls and a sandbox world that supports mods.

Going Medieval screenshot

5. Frostpunk (series)

similar games to Frostpunk

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Frostpunk screenshot

4. Space Haven

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Similarity: 60 %
  • Year of release: 2020
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Base Construction
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Gather a team and head out into space in search of a new home. Build spaceships, take care of optimizing the ecosystem, look after your crew's needs and explore the universe in this space colony simulator!

Space Haven screenshot

3. Oxygen Not Included

  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: Epic Games Store
  • Metascore: 85
  • Similarity: 70 %
  • Year of release: 2017
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Oxygen Not Included screenshot

2. Surviving Mars


Welcome home! It's time to land on Mars and establish the first operating colony on the Red Planet in human history. All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of hard training, sandstorm survival skills, and the determination to figure out the purpose of those strange black cubes,....

Surviving Mars screenshot

1. RimWorld

similar games to RimWorld
  • Buy: Steam
  • Buy: GOG.com
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

RimWorld controls three human survivors of a crashed space liner in building a colony on a frontier world at the edge of explored space. The inspiration for this game comes from the spirit of the space western Firefly, the deep exploration of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

RimWorld screenshot

4 Games Like Stranded: Alien Dawn On PlayStation 5

4. Dawn of Man

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 30 hours
  • Genre: Town Planning
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Manage a settlement of ancient people and help them survive as they move from era to era. Hunt and gather, craft tools, fight, explore new technologies and cope with natural disasters.

Dawn of Man screenshot

3. Frostpunk (series)

similar games to Frostpunk
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018 - 2024
  • Game play time: 9 hours
  • Genre: Strategy
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Frostpunk screenshot

2. Surviving Mars

  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 76
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Welcome home! It's time to land on Mars and establish the first operating colony on the Red Planet in human history. All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of hard training, sandstorm survival skills, and the determination to figure out the purpose of those strange black cubes,....

Surviving Mars screenshot

1. RimWorld

similar games to RimWorld
  • Buy: Playstation Store
  • Metascore: 87
  • Similarity: 90 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

RimWorld controls three human survivors of a crashed space liner in building a colony on a frontier world at the edge of explored space. The inspiration for this game comes from the spirit of the space western Firefly, the deep exploration of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

RimWorld screenshot

3 Games Like Stranded: Alien Dawn On Xbox Series X|S

3. Dawn of Man

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 30 %
  • Year of release: 2019
  • Game play time: 30 hours
  • Genre: Town Planning
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Manage a settlement of ancient people and help them survive as they move from era to era. Hunt and gather, craft tools, fight, explore new technologies and cope with natural disasters.

Dawn of Man screenshot

2. Frostpunk (series)

similar games to Frostpunk
  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Similarity: 40 %
  • Year of release: 2018 - 2024
  • Game play time: 9 hours
  • Genre: Strategy
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Frostpunk screenshot

1. Surviving Mars

  • Buy: Xbox Store
  • Metascore: 76
  • Similarity: 80 %
  • Year of release: 2018
  • Game play time: 100 hours
  • Genre: Colony Simulator
  • Singleplayer: yes
  • Coop: no
  • Multiplayer: no
  • Trailer: Youtube
  • Reviews: Metacritic
  • Review: IGN

Welcome home! It's time to land on Mars and establish the first operating colony on the Red Planet in human history. All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of hard training, sandstorm survival skills, and the determination to figure out the purpose of those strange black cubes,....

Surviving Mars screenshot