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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?

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 161 reviews
Released: 2026-03-05
Developer: CableHook Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
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    68% matchVery Positive80% of 1,165 reviews2025
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 13.8%, RTS 8.7%, Economy 8.5%

  55. #55 The Crust
    67% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12%, City Builder 11.8%, RTS 10.1%

  56. #56 Colony Survival
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 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 39%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 15.1%, City Builder 9.9%, Strategy 5.3%

  57. #57 The King is Watching
    64% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
    Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

    Why similar: RTS 19.9%, Base Building 17%, Tower Defense 16.7%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 12%

  58. #58 Going Medieval
    63% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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: Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 16.1%, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 13.3%, Survival 11%

  59. #59 Frostpunk
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 17.6%, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 12.3%, Real-Time with Pause 7.7%

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