- #1 Forts
96% matchVery Positive92% of 25,454 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Base Building 35.3%, Level Editor 23.4%, Sandbox 18%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #2 Outpost: Infinity Siege
96% matchMixed65% of 13,643 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, Base Building 24.1%, FPS 18.1%, Shooter 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #3 Dig or Die
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,291 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.7%, Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 21.3%, Multiplayer 6.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #4 Band of Defenders
95% matchMixed50% of 399 reviews2018
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.7%, Base Building 19.2%, FPS 15.8%, Sandbox 12.7%, Shooter 7.7%
- #5 Ravenfield
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 80,232 reviews2017
Dev: SteelRaven7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 63.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Why similar: War 27.2%, FPS 23.3%, Sandbox 17.5%, Shooter 12.6%, First-Person 6.8%
- #6 Avorion
93% matchVery Positive90% of 14,588 reviews2020
Dev: Boxelware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 99.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A procedural co-op space sandbox where players can build their own space ships out of dynamically scalable blocks. Fight epic space battles, explore, mine, trade, wage wars and build your own empire to save your galaxy from being torn apart by an unknown enemy.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.5%, PvE 18.4%, Third Person 17.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, 3D 8.6%
- #7 Artificial Extinction 2
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: 100Hr Games Inc
Windows
A Tower Defense hybrid where survival depends on strategy and firepower. Build turrets, mine resources, and hold the line against relentless AI swarms. Switch instantly between commanding the battlefield in RTS view or fighting on the ground in FPS combat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, FPS 21.8%, Sandbox 19.4%, Shooter 12.3%, First-Person 7.2%
- #8 Meet Your Maker
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,454 reviews2023
Dev: Behaviour Interactive Inc.
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Meet Your Maker is a building game of brutal expression and conquest. Unleash your inner evil genius in co-op or single-player to build the ultimate fortress of devious deathtraps, or take on those built by others in a high-stakes heist to steal resources essential for your survival.
Why similar: Base Building 28.9%, Level Editor 20.9%, FPS 16.2%, Shooter 8.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #9 The Riftbreaker
89% matchVery Positive90% of 24,991 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 33.5%, Tower Defense 27.5%, Sandbox 16%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #10 Building Destruction
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2023
Dev: 180°
Windows
Multiplayer sandbox with destructible environment. Destroy different maps, build your own, and play with your friends and other people online
Why similar: Sandbox 25.8%, Shooter 14.9%, Level Editor 10.4%, FPS 8.9%, First-Person 8.7%
- #11 Blockstorm
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,348 reviews2015
Dev: GhostSharkPub: IndieGala
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Blockstorm is a FPS game set in a world made of destructible blocks. All maps and characters included in the game are made with the same tools that are available to the public. You can build everything in Blockstorm, and you can destroy it.
Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Sandbox 18%, Shooter 15.1%, Action 12.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%
- #12 IDUN - Frontline Survival
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, Base Building 21.5%, War 17.4%, Procedural Generation 10%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #13 FortressCraft Evolved!
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 30.5%, Base Building 29.3%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #14 Castle Craft
84% matchVery Positive82% of 503 reviews2026
Dev: Twin EarthPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
Why similar: Base Building 24.8%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Sandbox 17.1%, Third Person 16.1%, Action 6.9%
- #15 Executive Assault
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,460 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: FPS 22%, Base Building 19.9%, War 14.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Shooter 8%
- #16 Ruins To Fortress
83% matchMixed66% of 184 reviews2024
Dev: NimbleBeasts
Windows · Linux
Explore a post-apocalyptic island, craft, build, tear down enemy bases, defend and nuke your rivals! Life's about surviving in this multiplayer game, no matter what it takes!
Why similar: Base Building 44.3%, Shooter 16.5%, PvE 16.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Action 7%
- #17 Voxel Turf
84% matchVery Positive88% of 578 reviews2017
Dev: L Twigger
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Voxel Turf is a block based urban sandbox. Build cities, blow up buildings, complete missions or fight for territory. Build a real estate empire, or perhaps just drive around and blow stuff up. Its your choice!
Why similar: Sandbox 46.4%, Action 14.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #18 Space Engineers
82% matchVery Positive89% of 134,498 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Base Building 32.9%, Sandbox 23.3%, PvE 14%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #19 Total Tank Simulator
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,785 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: War 27.1%, Sandbox 24.4%, Strategy 11.4%, FPS 8.2%, Action 8.1%
- #20 Lumencraft
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 22.9%, Sandbox 17.1%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Shooter 11.2%
- #21 Zombie Builder Defense
81% matchMixed67% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Why similar: Base Building 40.6%, Tower Defense 36.1%, Action 9.2%, Multiplayer 9%, Strategy 2.8%
- #22 Keplerth
79% matchVery Positive84% of 4,170 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Sandbox 39.2%, Base Building 22.6%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Simulation 4.4%
- #23 Fortoresse
80% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2020
Dev: Atelier 801
Windows
Fortoresse is a 2D team-based pvp warfare game in the simplest but most efficient fashion! Shoot and conjure blocks at your advantage to lead your team to victory!
Why similar: War 33%, Shooter 22.3%, Multiplayer 17.5%, Action 15.3%, Strategy 11.9%
- #24 DOTFI
79% matchMixed57% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: Feral World Entertainment
Windows
Do you have what it takes to defend what is yours? This is not a typical tower defense game where the troops do all the work. This is a hybrid FPS/TPS tower defense game which you take over the control to defend your island.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, Third-Person Shooter 21%, Base Building 15.1%, FPS 10.6%, Shooter 9.3%
- #25 Bee Island
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,715 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Base Building 32.1%, PvE 11.7%, Strategy 7.4%, 3D 6.5%
- #26 Artificial Extinction
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: 100Hr Games Inc
Windows
You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, FPS 15.2%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Action 8.6%
- #27 WARSHIFT 2
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
WARSHIFT 2 blends RTS, Action, and RPG progression. Build bases and command troops, mechs, battleships, and aircraft carriers. Then take direct control of your hero and fight alongside your army. Customize your heroes with weapons and upgrades.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 18.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Tower Defense 16.2%, War 14.7%, FPS 12.7%
- #28 Executive Assault 2
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,767 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Base Building 27%, FPS 17.7%, War 16.2%, Shooter 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #29 Survival Machine
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 809 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, Base Building 25.7%, Shooter 10.7%, Third Person 10.2%, PvE 10.2%
- #30 Volcanoids
76% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 26.9%, FPS 19.1%, Sandbox 18.4%, Shooter 11.8%, First-Person 7.9%
- #31 Guncraft
78% matchMixed50% of 1,191 reviews2013
Dev: Exato Games StudioPub: Reverb Triple XP
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
NOTE - All previously sold DLC is now included in the game for free:Deep Cave Block PackUnder the Sea Block Pack Wild West Block PackUnique Skin PackHorror SFX PackSci-Fi SFX PackBlock and Load! Combining the addictive nature of block building sandbox games with the speed and competition of modern first-person shooters, Guncraft takes...
Why similar: FPS 41.6%, Sandbox 21.4%, Action 14.2%, Shooter 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #32 McDROID
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 217 reviews2014
Dev: Elefantopia
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.7%, Tower Defense 23.2%, Base Building 22%, Shooter 7.1%, Third Person 5.3%
- #33 Planetoid
77% matchMixed55% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: GameWriterStudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Planetoid is a physics based building game in which you construct facilities and protect humanoids on the planetoid. Build a facilities which can defeat the enemies on your way.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.2%, Sandbox 24.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Action 12.7%, Indie 10.9%
- #34 Warlocks Quarry
73% matchVery Positive91% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: Sub Orbital Software
Windows
Use your skills in looting, fighting, exploring and base building to survive and progress in Warlocks world.
Why similar: Sandbox 34.9%, FPS 33%, Action 12.3%, First-Person 11.5%, 3D 8.4%
- #35 BLOCKADE 3D
74% matchMixed59% of 25,388 reviews2014
Dev: Novalink
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
BLOCKADE 3D! First Person Shooter in an editable procedural cubic world. A large arsenal of weapons, 4 teams at the same time and up to 32 players on one map. A large number of game modes!
Why similar: FPS 35.3%, Shooter 25.4%, Sandbox 16.3%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Action 8.4%
- #36 Tower Dominion
69% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Base Building 26.4%, War 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #37 SENTRY
70% matchVery Positive83% of 915 reviews2024
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, FPS 23.7%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Shooter 8.2%, Strategy 6.9%
- #38 Colony Survival
71% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Base Building 49.9%, Sandbox 25%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Action 3.5%
- #39 REDCON
72% matchVery Positive86% of 849 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Base Building 31.8%, Strategy 17.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Indie 5%
- #40 Colonies of The Remnant
71% matchVery Negative8% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Soul Studios
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 21.4%, Sandbox 16.1%, FPS 14.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Third Person 6.1%
- #41 Stellar Survivor
73% matchMixed66% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Sticks & Stones
Windows
Stranded on an alien planet, you must defend your Powercore! Use your weapons to fight hordes of alien enemies and strategically use traps in this new FPS tower-defense survival game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, FPS 14.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Shooter 9.4%, Strategy 9.1%
- #42 The Front
68% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Why similar: Base Building 27.4%, Tower Defense 25.2%, Sandbox 17.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Multiplayer 8%
- #43 Stellarcraft
68% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Base Building 43.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, First-Person 11.4%, Multiplayer 11%, Strategy 11%
- #44 Sandbox World
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: XMAKE
Windows
Welcome to the Sandbox World! Here, you bring your ideas to life: create tanks, airplanes, ships, and anything else – with over 120 unique blocks at your disposal. Engage, defend, and showcase your masterpieces in tense multiplayer battles that await you!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.4%, Procedural Generation 20.9%, War 19%, Action 7.8%, 3D 7.4%
- #45 War Builder League
72% matchMixed58% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: The Cyber Prophet
Windows
“Build and Fight” multiplayer for mature players. Build your own Machine, join combat and win the battle using tactics and strategy.
Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 34.9%, Sandbox 18.4%, Shooter 14.3%, Action 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #46 Dungeon Defenders II
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,184 reviews2017
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.5%, Multiplayer 19.1%, Third Person 16.8%, 3D 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #47 Siege of Centauri
71% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Base Building 19%, Level Editor 17.6%, War 13.2%, PvE 9.1%
- #48 TrenchesWIP
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,627 reviews2019
Dev: Big OOF Games PTY LTDPub: -
Windows
Multiplayer combined-arms first-person shooter set in an alternate history. Build and upgrade bases, harvest resources, construct defenses, purchase weapons and vehicles to overcome the enemy!
Why similar: War 25.4%, FPS 17.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.2%
- #49 Axom: Conquest
66% matchVery Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Base Building 30.7%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Strategy 7%
- #50 Taur
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,113 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.4%, Base Building 24.6%, War 10%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #51 Plastic Battlegrounds
66% matchVery Positive89% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Simulated Minds
Windows
Set up the battlefield with an ever growing list of units, vehicles, and emplacements! Then either join the battle as a plastic soldier or be life sized and tower over the chaos.
Why similar: War 22.8%, Level Editor 22.1%, Sandbox 16.2%, Shooter 11.2%, FPS 10%
- #52 StarRupture
64% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 34.5%, Sandbox 20.5%, Shooter 13.7%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #53 Ancient Warfare 3
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: JNI Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...
Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, War 21.9%, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 9.3%, Action 6.6%
- #54 Scrap Mechanic
61% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.4%, Base Building 28.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Third Person 10.4%, First-Person 7.8%
- #55 SmallZ
68% matchMixed47% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: skins.dog
Windows
SmallZ is a third person zombie survival game. Form a team or go solo to survive from many threats such as zombies, boss zombies and other players. Build fortifications on different buildings or build your own base from scratch. There are plenty of build parts available for you to craft!
Why similar: Base Building 28.5%, Shooter 17.8%, Third Person 15.8%, PvE 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%