Games like Eternal Space
Games like Eternal Space include Oxygen Not Included, RimWorld, Space Haven, Prison Architect, and Terraria. We matched them by the tags players give Eternal Space on Steam (Adventure, Strategy, Management, Colony Sim, and Building): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Building · Management

RimWorld
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Management

Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Management

Prison Architect
Shared: Building · Strategy · Colony Sim

Terraria
Shared: Adventure · 2D · Building

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Building · Strategy · 2D

Frostpunk
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Building

Planetbase
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Space

Until We Die
Shared: Strategy · Management · Colony Sim

The Alters
Shared: Management · Strategy · Adventure

Colony Survival
Shared: Colony Sim · Building · Strategy

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Building · Space · Management

Ratopia
Shared: Colony Sim · Building · Strategy

The Escapists
Shared: Strategy · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Factorio
Shared: Strategy · Management · Building

IXION
Shared: Strategy · Colony Sim · Space

Manor Lords
Shared: Strategy · Management · Building

The Universim
Shared: Colony Sim · Building · Management

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Colony Sim · Management · Strategy

Against the Storm
Shared: Strategy · Building · Management

Starbound
Shared: Adventure · Space · Pixel Graphics

Sheltered
Shared: Strategy · Management · Building

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Management

Planet Coaster
Shared: Management · Building · Strategy