- #1 Bee Island
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,692 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Colony Sim 17.3%, Tower Defense 15.5%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9.1%
- #2 Illuminaria
96% 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 17.3%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Automation 13.4%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #3 Vectorio
96% matchVery Positive80% of 397 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Automation 15.3%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #4 Survival Vacancy
95% 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 18.1%, Automation 11.6%, Base Building 11%, Open World Survival Craft 10.1% ★, City Builder 7.7%
- #5 Dinky Guardians
94% matchVery Positive81% of 108 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 21.5%, Automation 17.7%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 9%
- #6 Keep Keepers
94% matchVery Positive87% of 157 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 22%, Automation 21.2%, Base Building 18.5%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Management 10.9%
- #7 Cluckmech Oasis
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,609 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 15.3 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 25.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Survival 11.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #8 Eden Crafters
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 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 20.8% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 13.4%, Colony Sim 10%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
- #9 AColony
92% matchVery Positive89% of 141 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%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 15.6%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Building 9.1%
- #10 Kingdom Two Crowns
91% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 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 16.5%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.1%
- #11 Ratopia
89% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 19.9%, Base Building 14.2%, City Builder 13.7%, Building 10.2%, Survival 7.6%
- #12 Colony Survival
90% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 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 30.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 10.9%, Building 10.7%, City Builder 10.4%
- #13 Necesse
88% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 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 36.9% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10%, Automation 9.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #14 Romestead
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,827 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Survival 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.6%
- #15 Stonedeep
89% matchMixed46% of 105 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 19.2%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 9.4%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.6%
- #16 First Feudal
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 15.3%, City Builder 14%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 9.7%
- #17 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 19.5%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Adventure 9.5%, 2D 5.6%
- #18 Mob Factory
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 21.1%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #19 Core Keeper
82% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 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 23.9% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Building 11.7%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #20 Founders' Fortune
84% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 8.4%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #21 DarkSwitch
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 739 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 15.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Tower Defense 11.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #22 World Crafter TD
83% matchMixed47% of 670 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
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 22.6% ★, Tower Defense 16.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Automation 14%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #23 Castle Story
84% matchMixed65% of 10,635 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 31.8%, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Building 14.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Tower Defense 9.4%
- #24 Ark of Charon
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 413 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 30.4%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Sandbox 13.6%, Survival 8.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #25 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
81% matchVery Positive81% of 370 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 33%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 16.6%, Management 5.2%
- #26 Empires of the Undergrowth
78% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 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 19%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #27 Mindustry
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,902 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 20.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 7.8%
- #28 Cavern Adventurers
80% matchMixed63% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 27.6%, Survival 9.2%, Building 8.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #29 Factorio
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 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 25.1%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 9.8%, City Builder 6.5%
- #30 CLOUD DWELLERS
77% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 17.5%, Building 12.5%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #31 Colony Siege
79% matchVery Positive93% of 259 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 33.8%, Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Online Co-Op 11.5%
- #32 Return from Core
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,809 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 Funcore ClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 23.7%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 9.1%
- #33 Survival Machine
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 805 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 21%, Base Building 19.1%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Resource Management 12%, Building 11.5%
- #34 XenoHaven
74% 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 18.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Survival 10.6%, Automation 10.4%
- #35 Tavernacle!
77% 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 51.9%, Online Co-Op 28.1%, Strategy 12%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #36 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
72% matchVery Positive92% of 380 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 23.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 9.6%, Management 7.1%
- #37 Craft The World
75% matchVery Positive88% of 17,055 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 31.9%, Building 15.2%, Sandbox 14.4%, City Builder 10.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #38 Border Pioneer
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,902 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 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 30%, City Builder 27.8%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #39 The Riftbreaker
73% matchVery Positive90% of 24,665 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 20.3 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 21.5%, Tower Defense 18.9%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 9.2%
- #40 Drill Core
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,444 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.5 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 21.9%, Tower Defense 17.6%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #41 Drake Hollow
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,807 reviews2020
Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 9.5 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 17.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Survival 12.7%
- #42 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
71% matchVery Positive89% of 495 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 31.8%, Automation 21%, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Survival 10.3%, Building 10.2%
- #43 Tower Factory
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 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: Tower Defense 18.2%, Automation 17.8%, Base Building 14.6%, City Builder 14.1%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #44 Lord of Dwarves
74% 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 17.6%, Base Building 14%, Automation 12.3%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #45 Dinotica
69% matchVery Positive85% of 852 reviews2026
Dev: XA StudioPub: Celestial Studio
Windows
Welcome to Dinotica! Stomp into a mysterious and dangerous world filled with action, adventure, and companionship! Together, you'll fight, build, farm, and more as you work toward creating a unique home that is truly your own.
Why similar: Base Building 68.3%, Strategy 13.4%, 2D 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%
- #46 Band of Defenders
76% 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 16.8%, Strategy 6.4%
- #47 Odd Realm
70% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 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 18.5%, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 11.6%, Automation 10.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #48 Autonauts vs Piratebots
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 523 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 19.8%, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 15.2%, Sandbox 11%, Building 9.8%
- #49 Common'hood
73% matchMixed51% of 341 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 16.8%, Building 11.9%, Automation 10.5%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #50 Grounded
69% matchVery Positive90% of 95,505 reviews2022
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 41.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 35.3% ★, Base Building 23.1%, Survival 18.8%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #51 Here Comes The Swarm
67% matchVery Positive85% of 330 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 20.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Tower Defense 14.8%, City Builder 13.2%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #52 After the Collapse
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 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 17.2%, City Builder 15.5%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #53 Pathless Woods
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,110 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 20.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 12.6%, Survival 11.6%
- #54 The Ember Guardian
67% matchVery Positive83% of 286 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 22.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 14.8%, Survival 7.5%
- #55 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 12.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 9.6%, Survival 8.8%
- #56 Sandustry
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 20.8% ★, Automation 15.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 9.9%, Building 9.8%
- #57 Don't get lost
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 480 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 16.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #58 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,113 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
"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 54.6%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 14.1%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #59 Town Keeper
66% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 19.3%, Management 7.9%, Building 7.8%
- #60 Bug Heroes: Tower Defense
66% matchVery Positive92% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Foursaken Media
Windows · Mac
Help the Bug Heroes defend their food stash from hordes of enemies! Control powerful heroes, build your defenses, level up your heroes and towers, equip upgrades, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 71.6%, Strategy 26.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%