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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!

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 73% — of 374 reviews
Released: 2026-03-05
Developer: Chudo-Yudo Games
Publisher: Targem Games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    Dev: Jiangzuogongfang Shanghai Game Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Building 17.4%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%

  58. #58 WARSHIFT
    69% matchMostly Positive71% of 697 reviews2016
    Dev: Cyril Megem
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.

    Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, RPG 42.5%

  59. #59 HumanitZ
    63% matchMostly Positive75% of 11,640 reviews2026
    Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

    Why similar: Base Building 16.6%, Isometric 15.1%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%

  60. #60 Shardpunk
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2023
    Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.

    Why similar: Isometric 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Resource Management 17%, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 15%

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