Games like Earth Elements
Games like Earth Elements include Oxygen Not Included, Factorio, RimWorld, Frostpunk, and Kingdoms and Castles. We matched them by the tags players give Earth Elements on Steam (Strategy, Crafting, Mining, Colony Sim, and Grid-Based Movement): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Resource Management · Strategy

Factorio
Shared: Crafting · Strategy · Resource Management

RimWorld
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Management

Frostpunk
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Colony Sim

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Resource Management

Stranded: Alien Dawn
Shared: Strategy · Crafting · Colony Sim

Prison Architect
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Management

Hammerting
Shared: Colony Sim · Mining · Management

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Management

shapez
Shared: Crafting · Strategy · Resource Management

Space Haven
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Management

Manor Lords
Shared: Strategy · Management · Colony Sim

The Alters
Shared: Strategy · Management · Crafting

Against the Storm
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Resource Management

Turmoil
Shared: Strategy · Mining · Management

Sheltered
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Management

Captain of Industry
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Management

They Are Billions
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Base Building

Odd Realm
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Resource Management

IXION
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Resource Management

Satisfactory
Shared: Crafting · Resource Management · Base Building

Ratopia
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Base Building

This War of Mine
Shared: Strategy · Crafting · Resource Management

Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Management