Gaia Project is the successor of Terra Mystica, that won the German Spielepreis 2013 and mutliple other awards.
Each player controls one of 14 factions that settles on a specific kind of planets within a galaxy. Other planets have to be terraformed before a mine can be built on them. Upgrading those mines to other buildings over the course of the game gives access to more ressources and actions. 6 different technology tracks offer different ways to expand in the galaxy.
Between the various factions, a modular game board, variable victory point conditions and setup of the technology tracks, each game is different and keeps being interesting.