Games like IFO
Games like IFO include Papers, Please, Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander, Stellaris, Outer Wilds, and FTL: Faster Than Light. We matched them by the tags players give IFO on Steam (Puzzle, Aliens, Point & Click, Exploration, and Strategy): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.
Papers, Please
Shared: Point & Click · Indie · Puzzle
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Sci-fi · Strategy · Indie
Stellaris
Shared: Strategy · Exploration · Sci-fi
Outer Wilds
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Space
FTL: Faster Than Light
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space
Chants of Sennaar
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Indie
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Shared: Sci-fi · Puzzle · Space
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Aliens
Gorogoa
Shared: Puzzle · Indie · Point & Click
Deliver Us The Moon
Shared: Indie · Puzzle · Sci-fi
No Man's Sky
Shared: Exploration · Sci-fi · Space
COCOON
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Indie
The Swapper
Shared: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Space
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Indie
The Talos Principle
Shared: Puzzle · Sci-fi · Exploration
Antichamber
Shared: Puzzle · Exploration · Indie
Mini Metro
Shared: Puzzle · Strategy · Indie
Rusty Lake Paradise
Shared: Puzzle · Point & Click · Indie
X4: Foundations
Shared: Exploration · Space · Sci-fi
Elite Dangerous
Shared: Exploration · Sci-fi · Space
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Shared: Strategy · Exploration · Sci-fi
In Other Waters
Shared: Exploration · Indie · Point & Click
Bridge Constructor Portal
Shared: Puzzle · Strategy · 2D