- #1 Illuminaria
97% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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.
Why similar: Base Building 17.1%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Automation 13.7%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #2 Vectorio
96% matchVery Positive80% of 396 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.3%, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #3 Keep Keepers
95% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.8%, Automation 21.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Management 11%
- #4 Survival Vacancy
96% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18%, Automation 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Open World Survival Craft 9.9% ★, City Builder 7.6%
- #5 Dinky Guardians
94% matchVery Positive81% of 107 reviews2023
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Automation 18.1%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 8.8%
- #6 Cluckmech Oasis
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,514 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.2%, Building 25.5%, Strategy 12.7%, Survival 11.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #7 AColony
93% matchVery Positive89% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Building 9.1%
- #8 Eden Crafters
91% matchVery Positive86% of 2,494 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.4% ★, Automation 14.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Colony Sim 10%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #9 Settlement Survival
92% matchVery Positive86% of 7,950 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 19.7%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Management 8.1%
- #10 Kingdom Two Crowns
91% matchVery Positive90% of 38,596 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 9.1%
- #11 Colony Survival
90% matchVery Positive92% of 8,892 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Colony Sim 30.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 10.8%, Building 10.7%, City Builder 10.4%
- #12 Necesse
88% matchVery Positive93% of 27,406 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 36.3% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Automation 10.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Online Co-Op 8.3%
- #13 Bee Island
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,622 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 26%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Building 12.8%
- #14 Ratopia
87% matchVery Positive88% of 4,710 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 14.2%, City Builder 13.6%, Building 10.1%, Survival 7.5%
- #15 Stonedeep
89% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 15.3%, City Builder 9.3%, Resource Management 9.1%, Building 8.5%
- #16 Core Keeper
84% matchVery Positive93% of 65,043 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.7% ★, Base Building 17.6%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Building 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #17 First Feudal
86% 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: Colony Sim 21.4%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 10%, Building 9.6%
- #18 Guardians of Holme
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Adventure 9.4%, 2D 5.7%
- #19 Mob Factory
85% 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.
Why similar: Automation 21.5%, Tower Defense 19.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 8%
- #20 Romestead
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,870 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 21.9% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Survival 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.7%
- #21 Founders' Fortune
83% matchVery Positive80% of 2,183 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #22 DarkSwitch
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 587 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Tower Defense 11.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #23 Castle Story
84% matchMixed65% of 10,581 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Building 14.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Tower Defense 9.4%
- #24 Empires of the Undergrowth
79% matchVery Positive94% of 18,149 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.6 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: Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 9%
- #25 World Crafter TD
82% matchMixed46% of 647 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 31%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies in World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 22.3% ★, Tower Defense 16.5%, Automation 14.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #26 Survival Machine
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 755 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Base Building 22.5%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, Survival 11.3%
- #27 Zombie Cure Lab
81% matchMixed69% of 458 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Tower Defense 12.2%, City Builder 11.9%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #28 The Riftbreaker
79% matchVery Positive90% of 24,087 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 21.2 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 21.4%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9.1%
- #29 Factorio
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 230,973 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 45.0 hrsMean: 191.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Base Building 22.1%, Resource Management 12.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, City Builder 6.5%
- #30 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
77% matchVery Positive81% of 365 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, Online Co-Op 18%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 16.5%, Management 5.3%
- #31 Cavern Adventurers
78% matchMixed65% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 27.4%, Survival 9.2%, Building 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #32 Ark of Charon
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 405 reviews2024
Dev: Angoo Inc.Pub: SUNSOFT
Windows
Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #33 Return from Core
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,793 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 Funcore ClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9%
- #34 Colony Siege
76% matchVery Positive93% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Finifugal Games
Windows
Colony Siege combines the best of RTS and tower defense, including base building, mazing, and unit physics. Defend Earth's remaining colonies using an arsenal of deadly weapons to torch, slice, throw, and impale swarms of alien invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Online Co-Op 11.6%
- #35 CLOUD DWELLERS
73% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 12.4%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #36 XenoHaven
73% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Miniverse GamePub: OKJOY
Windows
In XenoHaven, gather resources to build shelters, enslave alien beasts to work for you, and run restaurants and shops. Delve into dark underground dungeons, defeat swarming insectoids and mighty bosses, and craft powerful gear to conquer the alien world.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 23.9% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 12.5%, Automation 10.7%, Survival 10.5%
- #37 Mindustry
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,010 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 21.1%, Base Building 19.9%, Tower Defense 19.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 7.7%
- #38 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
71% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2026
Dev: Ash & Adam's Games
Windows · Mac
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.5%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 9.6%, Management 7.2%
- #39 Tavernacle!
75% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Dama Dama GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Grab your hammers and start to craft in this co-op Tavern Defense for one to four players. As a team of Dwarves, you must gather supplies and build towers to protect your beloved brewery. Learn to cooperate to achieve victory in this chaotic multiplayer game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.7%, Online Co-Op 28.4%, Strategy 12%, Adventure 5.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #40 Border Pioneer
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,845 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, City Builder 27.6%, Base Building 25%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #41 Craft The World
74% matchVery Positive88% of 16,931 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Colony Sim 31.7%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14.3%, City Builder 10.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #42 Lord of Dwarves
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar Sage Games
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Automation 12.5%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #43 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
71% matchVery Positive89% of 488 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.5%, Automation 21.5%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Survival 10.2%, Building 10%
- #44 Tower Factory
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,215 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 14.5%, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #45 Autonauts vs Piratebots
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 518 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.
Why similar: Automation 20.3%, Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 9.7%
- #46 Odd Realm
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,005 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 11.4%, Automation 10.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #47 Band of Defenders
74% 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 31.2%, Base Building 28.6%, Sandbox 17%, Building 16.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #48 Common'hood
72% matchMixed52% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 11.7%, Automation 10.8%, Sandbox 9%
- #49 Pathless Woods
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,107 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 12.5%, Survival 11.6%
- #50 Drake Hollow
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,798 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Build and defend villages of vegetable folk from deadly feral beasts in the blighted world of The Hollow. Explore, gather, and fight! You can even invite your friends. Can you craft the perfect village?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 12.6%
- #51 Drill Core
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,392 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Tower Defense 17.5%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #52 After the Collapse
70% 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: Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 17.1%, City Builder 15.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 9%
- #53 PolyCore Defense
69% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
PolyCore Defense is a tower defense game where you have to raise your defenses in order to defend your core. Build unique turrets, upgrade them with special effects and use abilities to survive waves of enemies that are trying to destroy your core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.9%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 9.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #54 Don't get lost
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 479 reviews2023
Dev: Michael HutcheonPub: miicck
Windows · Linux
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, Tower Defense 16.7%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #55 The Ember Guardian
66% matchVery Positive83% of 230 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, City Builder 22.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 14.9%, Survival 7.5%
- #56 Monsters are Coming!
66% matchVery Positive81% of 2,612 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.2%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Building 12.4%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #57 Here Comes The Swarm
65% matchVery Positive86% of 283 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?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 15.5%, Tower Defense 14.5%, City Builder 13%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #58 Gnomes
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,755 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 10%
- #59 Faun Town
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: 游乐坊Pub: 2P Games
Windows
After crash-landing on a mysterious island with no memories of the past, set out to explore the island and scavenge for resources to build automated production lines and repair the damaged ship.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Automation 17.8%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Resource Management 11%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #60 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,036 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 14.2%, 2D 9.9%, Singleplayer 3.8%