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Games Like Automata Empire

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Base Building, Simulation, RTS.

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Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

Reviews: Mixed — 70% — of 53 reviews
Released: 2016-04-08
Developer: Nonadecimal Creative
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.8 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.5 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 92%

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    Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.

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  2. #2 Empire of the Ants
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,119 reviews2024
    Dev: Tower FivePub: Microids
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.

    Why similar: Wargame 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, RTS 16.5%, War 11.9%, Nature 10.5%

  3. #3 Screeps: Arena
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2025
    Dev: Screeps, LLC
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    Screeps: Arena is an online asynchronous PvP strategy game for programming enthusiasts. You write real JavaScript to control your units, and they fight autonomously against other players in a 1v1 match-based arena environment.

    Why similar: Programming 17.7%, Automation 15.4%, Artificial Intelligence 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, RTS 11.8%

  4. #4 Automation Empire
    95% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

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  5. #5 Little Kingdom RTS
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
    Windows

    Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

    Why similar: RTS 16.6%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, War 11.4%

  6. #6 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 715 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows

    From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

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    93% matchMixed54% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: HaoPlay Limited
    Windows

    Empire falls eventually. Build your own empire and conquer the world.

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  8. #8 Empires of the Undergrowth
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

    Why similar: Base Building 52.2%, Management 33.9%, Simulation 13.9%

  9. #9 Buggos
    91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,361 reviews2022
    Dev: Intrepid Marmot
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!

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  10. #10 Mob Factory
    90% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

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  11. #11 Andalia
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
    Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
    Windows

    Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.

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  12. #12 D.O.T. Defence
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Rattleaxe Games
    Windows · Linux

    Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!

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  13. #13 Illuminaria
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

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  14. #14 Underworld Overseer
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Myron Games
    Windows

    Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

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  15. #15 Circle Empires 2
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 254 reviews2026
    Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    CIRCLE EMPIRES returns! Expand your empire, circle by circle, in this fast-paced follow-up to the hit RTS. Gather resources, build armies, and defeat bosses (or your friends) in a world that changes with every game. With unique units and biomes, it's an addictive battle of wits and tactics.

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  16. #16 Medieval Kingdom Wars
    86% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,606 reviews2019
    Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…

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    85% matchMostly Positive75% of 77 reviews2022
    Dev: Robin van der Horst
    Windows

    Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.

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    Windows
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  19. #19 Byte Lynx
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    Dev: Artful Games
    Windows

    Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!

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    Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    82% matchVery Positive91% of 64 reviews2025
    Dev: SHN Games
    Windows

    Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.

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    83% matchVery Positive89% of 894 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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  23. #23 Scarecropia
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: JYP Studio
    Windows

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

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  24. #24 Circle Empires Rivals
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 1,946 reviews2020
    Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  25. #25 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
    79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,794 reviews2014
    Dev: Knuckle Cracker
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 78.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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.

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  26. #26 Here Comes The Swarm
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2026
    Dev: CableHook Games
    Windows

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

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  27. #27 Crustacean Nations
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 511 reviews2022
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    Windows

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  28. #28 Operation: Polygon Storm
    78% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 reviews2024
    Dev: Toxic Studio
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%

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    80% matchMixed58% of 250 reviews2015
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  30. #30 MachiaVillain
    79% matchMixed66% of 804 reviews2018
    Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    75% matchVery Positive87% of 310 reviews2026
    Dev: ARIANO Games GmbH
    Windows

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    73% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

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    78% matchMixed51% of 180 reviews2015
    Dev: Very Simple Idea Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  34. #34 Castle Story
    76% matchMixed65% of 10,553 reviews2017
    Dev: Sauropod Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  35. #35 Circle Empires
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 4,132 reviews2018
    Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.

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  36. #36 Rise to Ruins
    74% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
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    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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  37. #37 Screeps: World
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 2,073 reviews2016
    Dev: Screeps, LLC
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    Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.

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  38. #38 There Are No Orcs
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2025
    Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Why similar: Wargame 22.4%, RTS 22.3%, Tower Defense 21%, Base Building 16.3%, Medieval 9.5%

  39. #39 Autonauts
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 4,933 reviews2019
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

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  40. #40 Mindustry
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

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  41. #41 Northend Tower Defense
    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
    Dev: Northend Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

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    73% matchMixed54% of 362 reviews2022
    Dev: Screambox Studio
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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  43. #43 Forts
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 24,651 reviews2017
    Dev: EarthWork Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    67% matchVery Positive89% of 9,652 reviews2025
    Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
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  45. #45 Crown of Greed
    69% matchMixed61% of 594 reviews2026
    Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Master the art of indirect rule in this fantasy RTS inspired by the classic Majesty. Forget direct orders, use gold to bribe subjects and set bounties for heroes. Build your kingdom in Rodovia and master a unique system where the coin is king. Can you lead those who won't obey?

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  46. #46 Rising Army
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2026
    Dev: Arkbits
    Windows

    Rising Army is a strategy auto-battler game where you can train and equip every single troop, upgrade your camp, and recruit new warriors. Experience a campaign in an open world and take on epic battles.

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  47. #47 REDCON
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 814 reviews2016
    Dev: Hexage
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 172 reviews2025
    Dev: Open Lab GamesPub: Firesquid
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    Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying.

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  49. #49 War Selection
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 23,196 reviews2019
    Dev: Glyph Worlds
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    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

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    68% matchMixed62% of 116 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar pug studio
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  51. #51 Besiege
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,398 reviews2020
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    66% matchVery Positive89% of 485 reviews2024
    Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!

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    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
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  54. #54 Project RTD: Random Tower Defense PvP
    70% matchMixed49% of 913 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Project RTD is a Random Tower Defense PVP Game. Players will compete against each other, defending with randomly built towers or attacking other players by summoning monsters to become the “Final Winner”. The thrill of randomness and Strategic Tech Tree. Experience both in one game!

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    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 851 reviews2021
    Dev: Swell Games LLC
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    An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.

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    65% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.

    Why similar: Automation 50.6%, Medieval 25.7%, Base Building 23.8%

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