60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Adventure, Action, Sandbox.
2D action sandbox about exploring an underground world, crafting and tactically defending alien stations. Build turrets, combine modules and repel enemy waves to unlock powerful upgrades that radically change your playstyle.
Aetherion
A calm 2D pixel game full of magic, exploration, and light combat.
Ruins of Majika
Strategically build impenetrable towers & defenses, to endure the endless foes that emerge in the shroud of night. Each passing day is an opportunity to grow stronger. so take what you need from the environment. Gather, Craft, Survive, Defend, Thrive!
A calm 2D pixel game full of magic, exploration, and light combat.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.1%, Sandbox 24.4%, Side Scroller 9.1%, Action-Adventure 8.3%, Crafting 6.7%
Strategically build impenetrable towers & defenses, to endure the endless foes that emerge in the shroud of night. Each passing day is an opportunity to grow stronger. so take what you need from the environment. Gather, Craft, Survive, Defend, Thrive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Base Building 19.9%, Sandbox 19.7%, Crafting 15.4%, Strategy 3.9%
A base-building survival game with terraforming and crafting. Earth lies poisoned and abandoned ten thousand years after invasion. Awaken from stasis, defend your fragile foothold, and restore a dead world so humanity can live here again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, Base Building 23.5%, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Exploration 5.7%
Carve your own path underground in this roguelike tower defense adventure! Mine resources, build your defense, and survive against waves of monsters every night. Explore, grow stronger, and Survive
Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Sandbox 14.3%, Crafting 14%, Resource Management 6.7%, Side Scroller 5.1%
Datacenter is a 3D tower defense-like and management game. Design your network infrastructure, optimize packet flow and defend against malware entering your infrastructure. Explore different locations, build datacenters to meet demand and interconnect them to grow!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Sandbox 27.7%, Crafting 10.8%, Exploration 9.1%, Strategy 6.4%
A tower defense game set in a magical forest. Watch out for the orcs!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.4%, Base Building 26.6%, Action 13.5%, Adventure 4.3%, 2D 3.7%
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Base Building 18.5%, Crafting 18.3%, Exploration 5.6%
Bandit the game is an open-world RPG with unique quests, character development, intense combat and interesting exploration. With optional elements: tower defense, city/base building and gang management.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Sandbox 18.7%, Crafting 14.5%, Exploration 6%
Action-Adventure Sandbox game about Base Building and Wave Defense. Defend the Pie from the horde of Evil Pie-Stealing Gremlins by exploring the regions, collecting resources, crafting equipment, and building defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.1%, Sandbox 24.2%, Crafting 11%, Action 9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
Unleash your engineering skills in this randomly generated, roguelike tower defense. Defend your portals by combining simple traps into intricate contraptions, taking advantage of the environment and learning how to deal damage efficiently.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, Sandbox 29.4%, Resource Management 8.4%, Action 5.1%, Strategy 4.9%
Firewall, vaccine, cleaner... Place various blocks to protect your CPU! Vaccine A is a sandbox defense game, filled with parody of various programs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40%, Base Building 24.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, Strategy 3.8%
As the Tower’s last defender, you’ll battle relentless hordes and descend into a dark underground crevice. Harness a fully customizable totem system alongside runes and abilities in this fusion of tower defense and Metroidvania action.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.6%, Tower Defense 36.7%, Exploration 4.3%, Adventure 4.1%, Action 4.1%
In this top-down, multiplayer, co-op game, you must protect your Core Crystal by any means necessary. Build up your defenses, explore, refine, and upgrade to reach your goal. Play alone or with up to 8 people.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Action 10.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
An open-world survival game. Use your environment to craft items and structures. Physics based with weather and day/night. More than 50 different animals. Combat and non-combat activities fishing.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Base Building 21.9%, Crafting 21.4%, Exploration 7.1%, Action-Adventure 7%
A physics‑based sandbox 2D adventure of survival and exploration. Gather resources to build bases, contraptions, and outposts on land or in space, but since everything keeps its mass, hauling it around requires smart planning.
Why similar: Sandbox 31.4%, Base Building 26.8%, Crafting 22.5%, Exploration 10.4%, Resource Management 6.1%
Help Terry and his dog survive on their adventure across a charming world of floating islands. Gather, Craft, Build and Battle in a classic RPG adventure to piece together the mystery of how their world fell apart.
Why similar: Metroidvania 26.4%, Sandbox 22.3%, Crafting 19.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Action-Adventure 6%
Destroy massive swarms of monsters and build automated systems that fight for you in Yuma Nest. An open-world sandbox action RPG where you grow stronger in the overworld before exploring an interconnected underworld.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.7%, Sandbox 19.5%, Crafting 18.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Side Scroller 6.2%
You are a wizard tasked with defending the castle from invading monsters. Inside the castle, you can manage resources, harvest crops, gain experience points to level up, and learn new skills and abilities to battle increasingly powerful enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.4%, Sandbox 32.4%, Action 6.6%, Indie 6.5%, Strategy 5.1%
Crashed and alone on a world mankind tried to leave behind, Darkout challenges players to survive on Illuna, in harsh, procedurally generated biomes, utilizing the game’s sandbox features to build shelters, craft weapons, and research new technologies.You are not alone.
Why similar: Sandbox 44%, Crafting 27.9%, Side Scroller 6.4%, Action 6.4%, Sci-fi 6.1%
Dryad is an island-building adventure where management and exploration intertwine. Grow your sanctuary. Brave the unknown. Push back the darkness.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.3%, Base Building 24.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 5.8%, Indie 3.9%
Explore and survive in this shattered world. Build, defend, and repair your raft. Search for secrets and uncover information about what happened - and most importantly, don't drown!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, Crafting 26.7%, Base Building 17.7%, Action 8.7%, Exploration 7.7%
Be first to conquer Old Kingdom's deserted islands; build your base, search treasures and secrets in its ruins. Research and craft new weapons to help you fight creatures and mysteries of the old kingdom. Defend against viking invaders by building defense towers and recruit mercenary soldiers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Base Building 24%, Action 12.3%, Adventure 11.1%, Strategy 9.5%
Ducks are after your toast! Setup various water guns in this fun tower defense game to shoo away the ducks so they don't steal your precious toast. You choose how many flocks of ducks come for your toast each wave, the greater the risk the greater the reward!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.9%, Sandbox 37.4%, Strategy 7.6%, Action 4.3%, 2D 3.1%
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 16.4%, Resource Management 7.1%
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: Tower Defense 32.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 15.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
A modular tower defense strategy game where you design, build, and upgrade fully customizable towers to survive relentless enemy waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.5%, Sandbox 27.8%, Base Building 22%, Strategy 5.4%, Indie 0.9%
One More Turret is an automation and tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Gather resources and enemy loot to construct intricate factory while defending against relentless monster waves. Can you strike the perfect balance between production and defense?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 16.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Resource Management 8.4%
Go on an adventure in the footsteps of an ancient civilisation. Explore hostile planets, build your base and acquire the technologies of the past before they are turned to create chaos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Crafting 18.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Resource Management 8.5%
Automate, Defend, Repeat: A combination of factory management and tower defense strategy. Build a planet-dominating factory, defend it from disgruntled resource-carrying monsters, and defeat a total of 6 bosses. Once you have done that, select a New Game + modifier and do it again!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Crafting 18.2%, Base Building 17%, Sandbox 16.8%, Resource Management 6.4%
Hoglands is a 2D side-scrolling base defense strategy with RPG elements where you with the help of your hero, will be protecting your kingdom against bloodthirsty, undead pigs. Gather resources, build a base, raise an army, improve your hero and lead defense of your lands.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Sandbox 20.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Side Scroller 10.8%
Constructopia is a survival tower-defense game where you can design, build and craft your towers! Gather resources by hand or build systems aimed at automating your production! Build and maintain bases, design defense contraptions and use them to aid you in your adventure against the trolls!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Sandbox 21.3%, Crafting 19.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Action 4.1%
Every adventurer must face the Trial — a boundless pixel-art sandbox where you can explore, build, mine, farm, and challenge epic bosses. Play solo or with up to 3 friends in thrilling top-down adventures.
Why similar: Sandbox 32%, Crafting 22.9%, Exploration 8.5%, Base Building 7.8%, Adventure 7.3%
Build a candy factory to defend against waves of candy creatures! A first-person tower defense factory building automation game. Manage productions, build candy turrets, expand the island, and beat the waves!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 17.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Resource Management 8.3%
The game is an unholy blend of base defense, tower defense, roguelite elements, and some colony management. Also, mechs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Base Building 22.8%, Sandbox 22.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Sci-fi 3.8%
Hive and Seek is a side-scrolling strategy base-building game where you clear space stations infested with monsters. By rallying robots and clearing rooms from all kinds of danger, you will be able to destroy hives and recapture the station piece by piece.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Metroidvania 19.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Side Scroller 9.8%, Resource Management 6.4%
Discover a still unexplored region of space: the Exot galaxy. With your C.L.I.C. as your only ally, obtain the resources necessary for your survival. Develop your ship, improve your workshops, face creatures to conquer these hostile lands.
Why similar: Sandbox 26.1%, Crafting 24.6%, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 8.5%, Exploration 7.2%
Mine, loot, craft, build, fight, and explore the open world in this Minecraft/Terraria-inspired game. It includes quests from NPCs, farming and fishing, as well as a variety of arcade games to play in-game.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.2%, Crafting 30.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Exploration 10%, Action 8%
A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Sandbox 24.2%, Base Building 23.6%, Exploration 5.7%, Action 4.8%
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 46.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Action 9%, Adventure 8%, Strategy 6.5%
Hostile Mars is a Factory-Building game focused on Combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech, unlocking powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 19.3%, Crafting 14.8%, Resource Management 8%
In this party-based strategy defence game you will visit distant planets, build small camps and battle fierce monsters. Can you survive by learning and exploiting their weaknesses or is your party doomed to never return home?
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 16.3%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Resource Management 9.2%
A solo or coop hero-shooter set in a procedural alien world. Explore, build, evolve, and fight side-by-side against waves of mechanical hybrids. Wishlist now!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 19.9%, Sandbox 18.5%, Crafting 18%, Exploration 5.2%
Explore Lavyn and its surroundings in this mix between Metroidvania and Tower Defense / RTS. Fight various enemies, unlock new abilities, activate and defend stone cores, build mighty towers and meet unique characters who might help you on your mission.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Metroidvania 26.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Action 3.9%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Base Building 27.1%, Sandbox 16.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Strategy 4.2%
LostData is an action game set in space. To defend themselves, the player must: gather resources and information to customize their equipment, mechanics, and environment, and develop their skills as an interstellar farmer, if they want to survive and understand!
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.4%, Sandbox 29.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Action 11.4%, 2D Platformer 4.4%
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: Tower Defense 29.2%, Crafting 19.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 8.2%, Sandbox 7.6%
The freedom here, or beyond the window.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.9%, Sandbox 25.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Action 5.4%
Tendrils and Plates is an Open World Sci-Fi Space Survival Shooter RPG under development by a solo indie developer. You begin in a scout starship and learn to survive in a hostile solar system. Build your base and take on missions in space and on numerous ground locations.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Sandbox 22.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Side Scroller 10.5%
Away Team is a new Oxygen Not Included adventure. Take control of a Duplicant and harness a new world where every tile is simulated.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Base Building 22.3%, Crafting 17.4%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Resource Management 6.9%
Rise through the ages. In Profectus you start with nothing but a world to explore. Your goal is to use what you are given to the fullest extent and work your way up from the stone age into space.
Why similar: Crafting 29.7%, Base Building 27.4%, Sandbox 27.4%, Adventure 7.3%, Exploration 6%
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: Sandbox 19.6%, Base Building 19.2%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Crafting 16.6%, Resource Management 7.7%
This is a 2.5D style game combining Survival, Maze Exploration, and Tower Defense gameplay. During the day, you need to enter the maze to collect supplies necessary for survival. At night, you must return to the main base and build defense towers to fend off invading monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Sandbox 21.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Crafting 17.2%, Action 4.5%
From an Indie developer in Sweden we bring you Stranded With Darkness. A base building tower-defense like game, with up to 4 player online CO-OP. Stranded on a desert like planet, gather resources during the day, defend the SOS transmitter during the night. Survive as many days as possible.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Sandbox 19.6%, Base Building 19%, Crafting 7.9%, Action-Adventure 6.8%
Save Moses' girlfriend from the clutches of the prince of Egypt, Ramses, in this thrilling adventure across the Egyptian desert. Face enemies and bosses, find items and power-ups scattered throughout a fantastic 2D open world full of challenges, secrets and much more!
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Sandbox 27.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Action-Adventure 7.8%, 2D Platformer 5.1%
The Unfolding Engine: Paint a Game is a new paradigm of Metroidvania 2.5D game making software. That allows you to make the content of your game while you are playing it! The entire software is designed around allowing you to make and share worlds, share tools, and levels. All in real time.
Why similar: Metroidvania 48.8%, Sandbox 36.3%, Action 11.2%, Indie 3.6%
Old Ninja: Underworld is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania action game where an aging ninja explores a chaotic underground world. Battle through a bizarre mix of enemies with no apparent connection, strengthen your ninja, and challenge the boss lurking deep below.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.3%, Action 12.2%, Side Scroller 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Exploration 6.7%
Above The Horizon is terraformation survival crafting game where you crash landed above the planet "Lunaris". The rest of your colonization team landed safely on the planet... so it's up to you to get back to the planet and terraform it along the way!
Why similar: Sandbox 38.6%, Crafting 21.8%, Adventure 12.9%, Action 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%
Come face to face with the dangers that await your crew on a distant planet with extreme temperature conditions. Gather resources, explore, defend against aggressive flora and fauna, develop technologies to survive and leave the planet.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Crafting 21.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 8.5%, Exploration 5.9%
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
Why similar: Metroidvania 46.1%, Action 10.7%, Side Scroller 9.7%, Adventure 9%, Action-Adventure 8.2%
An open-world sandbox RPG where every weapon transforms how you fight. Hunt monsters, craft gear from their materials, and shape your build through stats, scrolls, spells, and pets. Explore freely, challenge bosses at your own pace, and carve your own path through a world of magic and discovery.
Why similar: Crafting 35.2%, Sandbox 34%, Exploration 12.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Action 6.9%
