- #1 Legends of Ellaria
97% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Strategy 29.7%, RPG 28.2%, Action 14.8%, RTS 10.8%, Indie 10%
- #2 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
96% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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.
Why similar: Strategy 30.6%, RPG 25.8%, Base Building 17.6%, Management 14.7%, Indie 11.3%
- #3 First Feudal
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Base Building 34.4%, Strategy 25.8%, Management 19.1%, RPG 14%, Indie 6.6%
- #4 Noble Fates
95% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Base Building 35.9%, Strategy 30.2%, Management 23%, Action 10.9%
- #5 Goblins of Elderstone
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: Base Building 38.6%, Strategy 35.1%, Management 26.3%
- #6 Pixel Survivors
94% matchMixed65% of 293 reviews2016
Dev: Patagoniart
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!
Why similar: Strategy 58%, Management 22.8%, Indie 19.1%
- #7 Burned Land
93% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, Management 21.2%, Indie 21.1%, Action 11.4%
- #8 Grim Realms
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 37.4%, Strategy 31.1%, Management 20.4%, Indie 11.2%
- #9 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
92% matchMostly Negative34% of 197 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, RPG 40.6%, Indie 13.7%
- #10 Decision: Red Daze
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 30.7%, RPG 30%, Action 18.5%, Strategy 15.8%, Indie 5%
- #11 Genesis of a Small God
89% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: Base Building 34.4%, Strategy 31.1%, Management 23.9%, Indie 10.6%
- #12 Scarecropia
89% 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!
Why similar: RTS 36.1%, Base Building 27.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Action 14.3%
- #13 Odd Realm
87% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Base Building 36.7%, Strategy 29.8%, Management 25.4%, Indie 8.1%
- #14 Reignfall
88% matchVery Positive89% of 424 reviews2018
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?
Why similar: Strategy 34.9%, RTS 33.4%, Action 22.9%, Indie 8.9%
- #15 The Lost Village
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,097 reviews2024
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?
Why similar: Base Building 45.5%, Strategy 32.1%, RPG 22.4%
- #16 Rise to Ruins
86% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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.
Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, Base Building 42.8%, Indie 10.8%
- #17 Little Kingdom RTS
84% 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 33.6%, Base Building 25.5%, Strategy 22.9%, Management 11.6%, Action 6.4%
- #18 Gladiator Guild Manager
84% matchVery Positive81% of 3,937 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy 18.8%, RPG 16.7%, Management 15.2%
- #19 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 31.8%, Base Building 30.5%, Strategy 27.7%, Management 9.9%
- #20 Gods of Sand
80% matchVery Positive86% of 715 reviews2026
Dev: Achenar Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.
Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Management 29.8%, RPG 24.2%, Indie 11.5%
- #21 These Doomed Isles
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Strategy 51.5%, Base Building 48.5%
- #22 Darfall
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: RTS 33.5%, Base Building 26.4%, Strategy 21.8%, RPG 18.2%
- #23 Ragnorium
82% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 42.7%, Strategy 35.4%, RPG 21.9%
- #24 Ascent of Ashes
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Base Building 39.1%, Strategy 34.7%, Management 26.2%
- #25 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
79% matchVery Positive86% of 2,031 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Strategy 28%, Base Building 27.8%, RPG 25.1%, Management 19.2%
- #26 Fantasy Village Simulator
77% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
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.
Why similar: Base Building 39.6%, Strategy 37.9%, RTS 22.5%
- #27 Valand
78% matchMixed66% of 67 reviews2022
Dev: LOMS Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Valand is a Viking Age city builder. With your own strength you have to rebuild the whole settlement and bring it to prosperity.
Why similar: RTS 59.6%, Action 22.9%, Management 17.5%
- #28 MIGLORN
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: WuzzyWizard
Windows
Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, RTS 27.8%, Base Building 24.8%, Action 14.5%
- #29 Driftland: The Magic Revival
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,995 reviews2019
Dev: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Why similar: RTS 47.5%, Strategy 28.4%, Management 24.1%
- #30 Rebirth of Island
78% matchMixed52% of 101 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.
Why similar: Strategy 39.5%, RPG 34.3%, Indie 14.9%, Action 11.2%
- #31 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 220 reviews2018
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 19.5%
- #32 Fantasy of Expedition
75% matchVery Positive80% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: LW.C
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Fantasy of Expedition is a Roguelike Strategy Adventure Game where players lead their own army on an expedition mandated by the Heavens. Be careful what choices you make on our randomized maps! Recruit, purchase, and gather relics to win battles and solve events. Your destiny awaits!
Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, RPG 34.2%, Action 18.2%, Indie 13.1%
- #33 Legendary Hoplite
74% matchMixed65% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!
Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, RPG 22.4%, Strategy 22%, Management 19%, Action 13.5%
- #34 Blasted Road Terror
75% matchVery Positive81% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 36.5%, RPG 29.5%, Action 20.5%, Indie 13.5%
- #35 Post-Apo Builder
74% matchMixed42% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: RTS 33.1%, Base Building 28.8%, Strategy 25.1%, Management 12.9%
- #36 Godless Tactics
73% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #37 Gnomoria
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,535 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 50.1%, Indie 15.3%, RTS 14.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 9.1%
- #38 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
71% matchVery Positive89% of 370 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: RTS 40.3%, Base Building 31.4%, Strategy 28.3%
- #39 The Last Haven
72% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Strategy 36.4%, Base Building 31.1%, RTS 17.7%, Indie 9.1%, Management 5.7%
- #40 Rebirth evolution
73% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: RTS 36.7%, Base Building 34.5%, Strategy 25.2%, Indie 3.7%
- #41 Going Medieval
67% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, Strategy 26.1%, RPG 22.3%, Management 21.2%
- #42 Gods Against Machines
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Silver Eye Studios
Windows
Your world is under attack by a ruthless race of machines, and you are its only hope. Cast epic spells, summon minions or buildings, and destroy the enemy before they conquer your home in this action roguelite strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Action 26.3%
- #43 Creo God Simulator
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, RTS 28%, Management 27.1%, Indie 13.1%
- #44 Beacon of Neyda
70% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Creative Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.
Why similar: Strategy 55.4%, Action 25%, Indie 19.6%
- #45 Until We Die
71% matchMixed64% of 4,594 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Base Building 34.2%, Strategy 33.4%, Management 19%, Action 13.4%
- #46 Infection Free Zone
68% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 33.8%, RTS 26.5%, Strategy 23.9%, Management 15.8%
- #47 Survive the Fall
69% matchMixed69% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Base Building 45.5%, RPG 34.4%, Action 20.1%
- #48 Grim Nights
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,539 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Base Building 28.4%, Strategy 28.1%, Management 14.3%
- #49 Infectonator: Survivors
72% matchMixed67% of 1,157 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, RPG 22.7%, Indie 13.1%, Action 12.7%, RTS 7.9%
- #50 ALL WILL FALL
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,116 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Base Building 45.9%, Strategy 33.1%, Management 21%
- #51 Fated Land
69% matchMixed65% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: AlxmoPub: Leyo Games
Windows
This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield? It's time to decide! In this journey full of magic, you will also meet a variety of characters, who may become your allies, or your partners...
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Strategy 44.4%, Indie 8.5%
- #52 Land of the Vikings
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,222 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Strategy 40.4%, Base Building 34.1%, Management 25.5%
- #53 Sheltered
68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Base Building 40.3%, Strategy 23.2%, Management 16%, RPG 15.6%, Indie 5%
- #54 Hearthlands
69% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: RTS 35.5%, Strategy 32.6%, Management 20.8%, Indie 11.1%
- #55 Castle Craft
65% matchVery Positive82% of 464 reviews2026
Dev: Twin EarthPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 30.6%, Strategy 26.1%, RPG 23.8%, Action 19.5%
- #56 Tinyfolks
66% matchVery Positive93% of 1,081 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: RPG 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%
- #57 After the Collapse
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Base Building 38.3%, Strategy 31%, Management 25%, Indie 5.7%