Startopia Alternatives

Startopia is described as 'A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Startopia for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Mac, Linux and Android Tablet apps. The best Startopia alternative is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Dwarf Fortress. Other great apps like Startopia are Banished, Evil Genius, Dungeon Keeper 2 and Castle Story.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Startopia alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. RimWorld icon
     36 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.

    23 RimWorld alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
     
    • RimWorld is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Startopia.

    • RimWorld is the most popular commercial alternative to Startopia.

    • RimWorld is Paid and ProprietaryStartopia is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Dwarf Fortress icon
     83 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to Startopia.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryStartopia is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Banished icon
     19 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    46 Banished alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
  4. Evil Genius icon
     12 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Build a secret base, gain notoriety by completing daring missions, repel the forces of justice in real-time combat, and develop evil super-weapons to complete your nefarious master plan. As a malevolent mastermind bent on achieving global domination, through the construction of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Discover your evil side as you build your own underground kingdom. Carve out a living, breathing world and attract a host of devilish creatures to swell the ranks of your dark hoards. Form an alliance with the Horned Reaper and expand your empire in your quest to reach the...

    14 Dungeon Keeper 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Castle Story icon
     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little characters called "Bricktrons".

    18 Castle Story alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Steam
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job­ lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
     
    • Prison Architect is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Startopia.

    • Prison Architect is Paid and ProprietaryStartopia is also Paid and Proprietary
  8. Gnomoria icon
     19 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom!.

    15 Gnomoria alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  9. Planetbase icon
     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.

    20 Planetbase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
     
  10. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes.

    8 Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
     
    • Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Startopia.

    • Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim is Paid and ProprietaryStartopia is also Paid and Proprietary
  11. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
12 of 17 Startopia alternatives