Archean AlternativesSimulation Games & Open World Games like Archean

Archean is described as 'Gather resources, craft components, build vehicles, and code their logic in a physics-driven engineering sandbox and full scale space sim' and is a simulation games in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Archean for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, iPad, Android and iPhone apps. The best Archean alternative is No Man's Sky. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try StarMade or Juno: New Origins. Other Archean like games are Space Engineers, Starbase, Breathedge and Empyrion.

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  1. No Man's Sky icon
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    No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
     
  2. Space Engineers icon
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    Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.

    8 Space Engineers alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  3. Starbase icon
     1 like

    Starbase is a hybrid voxel/vertex-based space MMO with a fully destructible and infinitely expanding universe, with a focus on building and designing spaceships and stations, exploration, resource gathering, crafting, trading, and combat.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  4. Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
     
  5. Empyrion icon
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    Empyrion is a 3D open world, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden dangers.

    12 Empyrion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  6. Take part in a space program. Design spacecrafts and send them off to explore the vast expanses of space. Experience the real scale of the Solar system and the size of its celestial bodies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  7. Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and download more from the community. Share your creations online.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • Humble Bundle
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  9. Built from the ground up with the spirit of discovery, Kitten Space Agency invites players and supporters to join a community pushing the boundaries of what a spaceflight program can be.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Space Agency icon
     1 like

    Build and fly rockets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Play Games
    • Android Tablet
     
  11. SimplePlanes icon
     2 likes

    Bring all of the imaginative aircraft you've had in your head to life. Snap parts together to build your airplane's body. Place engines to add thrust. Design the wings and then strap yourself into the pilot's seat and see how it flies.

    20 SimplePlanes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
     
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