
An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.
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An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.

Craft The World
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Rise to Ruins
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Sandbox 32.3%, Strategy 26.2%, RPG 17.5%, Tower Defense 8.8%, Indie 7.2%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Strategy 34%, Sandbox 12.9%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 2%
Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, Moddable 17.1% ★, Strategy 17%, RPG 16.7%, Zombies 9.3%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Sandbox 29.3%, RPG 17.5%, Indie 15.2%, Zombies 2.2%
Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.
Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 27.7%, Medieval 7.8%, Indie 7.4%, Fantasy 5.4%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Sandbox 38.6%, Moddable 8.3% ★, Fantasy 2.2%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Strategy 39.9%, Sandbox 33.4%, RPG 15.1%, Indie 6.4%, Fantasy 2.7%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, Sandbox 36.5%, Indie 13.2%, Fantasy 3.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.4%, Strategy 33.6%, Indie 6.8%, Top-Down 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, RPG 36.1%, Indie 12.8%, Zombies 11.1%, 2D 2.9%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, RPG 22.1%, Tower Defense 22.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Medieval 8.5%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.3%, Strategy 25%, RPG 20.1%, Indie 10.7%, Tower Defense 10%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: RPG 36.9%, Strategy 35.8%, Indie 11.9%, Sandbox 6.5%, Adventure 4.2%
HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!
Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, RPG 29.9%, Fantasy 10.8%, Indie 10.4%, Adventure 4.5%
This Chinese martial arts sandbox game blends character growth, adventure, survival, and building. It offers varied regions, towns, factions, engaging NPC interactions, and branching narratives. The combat system is novel, focusing on troop arrangement and skill cards, with replayable talent points.
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, RPG 32.4%, Sandbox 23.7%, Top-Down 6%, Adventure 4.4%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Strategy 28%, RPG 27.9%, Sandbox 22.1%, Medieval 11.1%, Fantasy 6.9%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Timber and Stone is a procedural city building game set in a medieval fantasy world. With over one-hundred resources to gather and craft, Timber and Stone has the feel of a real time strategy game, but with much more depth and complexity.
Why similar: Strategy 53.2%, Sandbox 28.1%, Indie 17.7%, Singleplayer 1%
Keep your dragon and city of Woodwarf safe with the help of your dwarven army. Upgrade your home and environment while you fight epic battles underground! Use special abilities and items and overcome waves of enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, Tower Defense 21.9%, Indie 17.2%, Fantasy 9.5%, Casual 3.1%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: RPG 30.9%, Strategy 29.1%, Zombies 22.4%, Indie 10.3%, Adventure 4%
Hydraulic Empire is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements focusing on strategy, interactions between mobs, and persistent upgrades. Hydraulic empire is a must have for any true Tower Defense fan, and for those that are not it is a gateway into the tower defense genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Strategy 29%, RPG 25.4%, Indie 10.2%, Casual 2.9%
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: RPG 27.6%, Strategy 25%, Sandbox 20.4%, Medieval 10.8%, Top-Down 6.1%
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
Why similar: RPG 35.6%, Sandbox 27.2%, Strategy 24%, Top-Down 7.6%, Adventure 3.5%
Evertown is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with some survival elements. The goal is to raise your town to make it safe (the longest you can).
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RPG 34.2%, Indie 15.5%, Adventure 4.3%, Casual 3.5%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: RPG 37.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Zombies 20.1%, Indie 7.9%, Adventure 3.1%
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Sandbox 24.4%, Indie 16.8%, 2D 1.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Strategy 23.5%, Tower Defense 23.3%, RPG 21.2%, Sandbox 21%, Indie 7.8%
Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey where you shape your destiny as the director of your unique story.
Why similar: RPG 31.7%, Strategy 30.3%, Sandbox 28.1%, Fantasy 6%, 2D 3.9%
Enter the world of Narborion Saga: an epic, high fantasy, role-playing game. A mixture of game-book, tactical combat, rogue-like dungeoneering, minigames, and much more ̶ Narborion Saga will satisfy the fans of narrative, story-driven RPGs.[/b]
Might is Right is an old-school turn-based strategy game, it has simple controls and deep complex mechanics.
Why similar: RPG 40%, Strategy 39.1%, Indie 14.4%, Medieval 2.6%, Top-Down 1.8%
A life sim game where you play both in the Realworld and the Dreamworld. Your personality is your skill tree.
Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Sandbox 23.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Indie 11.3%, Top-Down 3.9%
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Strategy 30.2%, Medieval 20.2%, Adventure 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
Why similar: Strategy 40%, Moddable 31.5% ★, Medieval 13%, Fantasy 10.7%, Indie 2.4%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Sandbox 69.1%, Fantasy 21.9%, Singleplayer 8.9%
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, Sandbox 24.5%, Moddable 16.2% ★, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: RPG 51.4%, Sandbox 21.9%, Indie 14.6%, Adventure 5.4%, 2D 4.3%
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.5%, Strategy 40%, Indie 12.1%, Fantasy 5.4%
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: RPG 54.4%, Fantasy 13.6%, Medieval 9.8%, Top-Down 7.9%, Adventure 6.6%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Strategy 27.1%, Moddable 26.8% ★, Sandbox 20.1%, Medieval 10.3%, Top-Down 7%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: RPG 43.8%, Strategy 38.3%, Fantasy 8.4%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Embark on an enchanting journey to Paths & Danger, a masterfully crafted procedural turn-based RPG that seamlessly blends simplicity with tactical brilliance. Get ready to be captivated as you assemble a formidable fellowship, where the art of teamwork takes center stage.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Strategy 41.5%, Medieval 12.7%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Moddable 29.9% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Medieval 9.5%, Top-Down 5.7%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: RPG 43%, Strategy 42%, Fantasy 6.9%, 2D 4.1%, Casual 4%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Moddable 21.6% ★, Strategy 21.4%, RPG 19%, Fantasy 5.6%
Conquest of Elysium 4 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
Why similar: Strategy 53.9%, Indie 18.5%, Moddable 17.4% ★, Fantasy 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria. Lead a team of four heroes with their unique skills and perks. Every team member contributes to undertaken battles.
Why similar: RPG 42.7%, Strategy 41.1%, Fantasy 11.2%, Singleplayer 4.9%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Strategy 37.4%, Indie 6.5%, Medieval 5.1%, 2D 4.6%
Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!
Why similar: Strategy 39.2%, RPG 39.2%, Indie 15.2%, Top-Down 4.2%, 2D 2.2%
Craft. Battle. Grow. Join thousands of players in the ultimate tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you — and every fight tests your strategy.
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, RPG 32.3%, Medieval 15.1%, Fantasy 9.3%, 2D 4.5%
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Sandbox 22%, RPG 21%, Indie 9.8%, Medieval 4.7%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: Strategy 54.8%, Medieval 22.2%, Fantasy 14.1%, Casual 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%
A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Gather, build, puzzle, explore, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world.
Deity Empires is a 4X, turn-based strategy game with a powerful “just one more turn” feel! Enter an intricate fantasy world as one of many deities posed to become ruler of the world.
Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, RPG 26.7%, Sandbox 11.2%, Moddable 8.8% ★, Fantasy 7.1%
Cut the trees, catch some fish, upgrade your castle and environment. Guard the treasure against waves of enemies and lead your dwarves on their way to victory!
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, Tower Defense 27.8%, Indie 14.8%, Fantasy 5.9%, 2D 3.1%