Games like Dawn Apart
Games like Dawn Apart include Factorio, Oxygen Not Included, Dyson Sphere Program, Satisfactory, and Stationeers. We matched them by the tags players give Dawn Apart on Steam (Colony Sim, Base Building, Automation, Strategy, and Crafting): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Factorio
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Crafting

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Resource Management

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Automation · Base Building · Space

Satisfactory
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Crafting

Stationeers
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Colony Sim

Timberborn
Shared: Colony Sim · Automation · Voxel

RimWorld
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Prison Architect
Shared: Base Building · Colony Sim · Simulation

The Crust
Shared: Base Building · Colony Sim · Automation

Captain of Industry
Shared: Automation · Base Building · Strategy

shapez
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Crafting

Astro Colony
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Colony Sim

Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Factory Town
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Colony Sim

Stranded: Alien Dawn
Shared: Base Building · Colony Sim · Strategy

Going Medieval
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Manor Lords
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Simulation

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Planetbase
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Base Building

The Last Caretaker
Shared: Base Building · Automation · Crafting

IXION
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Space

Against the Storm
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Simulation

ASKA
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Crafting