Games like Alpha Lyrae Discovery
Games like Alpha Lyrae Discovery include Stonehearth, Banished, Prison Architect, Kingdoms and Castles, and Cities: Skylines. We matched them by the tags players give Alpha Lyrae Discovery on Steam (Colony Sim, City Builder, Tower Defense, Sandbox, and Casual): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Stonehearth
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

Banished
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Strategy

Prison Architect
Shared: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Building

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

Cities: Skylines
Shared: City Builder · Building · Sandbox

Rise to Ruins
Shared: Colony Sim · Tower Defense · City Builder

The Universim
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

Manor Lords
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation

Timberborn
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

SPORE™
Shared: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Casual

Castle Story
Shared: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Building

Cities: Skylines II
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Building

Craft The World
Shared: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Building

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

Songs of Syx
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox

Foundation
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Strategy

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim

Kingdom Two Crowns
Shared: Tower Defense · City Builder · Building

Settlement Survival
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Building

Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Stronghold HD (2012)
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox

Two Point Museum
Shared: City Builder · Casual · Building

Dawn of Man
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox