Games like Zenith Expanse
Games like Zenith Expanse include RimWorld, Oxygen Not Included, Space Haven, Going Medieval, and Dwarf Fortress. We matched them by the tags players give Zenith Expanse on Steam (Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival, Story Rich, and Management): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

RimWorld
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival

Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival

Going Medieval
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy

Planetbase
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival

Frostpunk
Shared: Survival · Colony Sim · Strategy

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Strategy

Prison Architect
Shared: Base Building · Colony Sim · Strategy

Manor Lords
Shared: Base Building · Strategy · Management

Banished
Shared: Colony Sim · Survival · Strategy

Factorio
Shared: Base Building · Survival · Strategy

The Alters
Shared: Base Building · Survival · Management

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

Infection Free Zone
Shared: Base Building · Survival · Management

Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: Base Building · Colony Sim · Strategy

Against the Storm
Shared: Base Building · Strategy · Colony Sim

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Base Building · Management · Sci-fi

Endzone - A World Apart
Shared: Survival · Base Building · Strategy

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

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

IXION
Shared: Survival · Colony Sim · Strategy

Ostriv
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Base Building

Settlement Survival
Shared: Colony Sim · Survival · Management