- #1 Survival Machine
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 809 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 2.9 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 18.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.5%
- #2 The Riftbreaker
96% matchVery Positive90% of 24,991 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 20.2 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 15.2%, Tower Defense 14.5%, Strategy RPG 9.7%, Isometric 9.4%, Action RPG 9.3%
- #3 Lumencraft
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 19.6%, Action RPG 17.7%, Sandbox 13.9%, Shooter 9.8%
- #4 Decision: Red Daze
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Action RPG 15.5%, Survival 14.5%, Isometric 12.9%
- #5 Outpost: Infinity Siege
94% matchMixed65% of 13,643 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 20.8%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Survival 11.3%
- #6 Survive the Fall
94% matchMixed67% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Isometric 15.9%, Tactical 13.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Resource Management 12.6%
- #7 TerraTech Worlds
93% matchMixed63% of 2,297 reviews2024
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Crafting 16%, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 13.5%
- #8 Tower Factory
92% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Action RTS 21.3% ★, Tower Defense 18.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Isometric 10.3%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #9 Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,241 reviews2025
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?
Why similar: Building 32.7%, Sandbox 23.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Third Person 12.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #10 Mindustry
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Base Building 25.8%, Resource Management 17.7%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #11 Mechanic Miner
91% matchMixed58% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Hello John
Windows
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Crafting 26.7%, Building 26.1%, Sandbox 21.7%, Resource Management 13.9%, RPG 6.4%
- #12 TerraTech
89% matchVery Positive91% of 25,032 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Building 27.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Crafting 18.2%, Survival 12.9%, Exploration 5.8%
- #13 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.9%, Base Building 17%, Survival 15.5%, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 11%
- #14 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
87% matchVery Positive93% of 393 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 31.2%, Base Building 21%, Building 12.8%, Arcade 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%
- #15 FortressCraft Evolved!
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Building 16.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Survival 12.9%
- #16 Sandustry
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #17 Shardpunk
85% matchVery Positive93% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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: Strategy RPG 28.1%, Isometric 18.5%, Survival 16.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 14.3%
- #18 Armed to the Gears
86% matchMixed63% of 215 reviews2020
Dev: WS Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.8%, Base Building 23.7%, Isometric 21.2%, Shooter 14.5%, Strategy 2.8%
- #19 Ascent of Ashes
84% matchMixed70% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Isometric 12.8%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 11.5%
- #20 WARSHIFT
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 699 reviews2016
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 60.1%, RPG 39.9%
- #21 Machinefall
82% matchVery Positive83% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.
Why similar: Action RTS 45.5% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 8.6%
- #22 Post-Apo Builder
84% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Building 20.1%, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #23 Beacon of Neyda
82% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Creative Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.4%, Survival 11.7%, Strategy 11%
- #24 Mad Merchant
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Ravenholm InteractivePub: Stay2Busy
Windows
Mad Merchant is an incremental management game. Build, arm, and command a merchant train across a hostile wasteland. Choose your routes, trade for profit, upgrade your wagons, and survive deadly ambushes on the rails.
Why similar: Base Building 31.4%, Crafting 24.7%, Resource Management 22.4%, Action-Adventure 11.8%, Strategy 9.7%
- #25 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
81% matchVery Positive83% of 2,294 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Building 25.6%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 15.1%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 12.7%
- #26 Beyond the Map
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Isometric 18.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Action RPG 15.2%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 9.9%
- #27 Land of Glarefall
77% matchVery Positive87% of 232 reviews2026
Dev: BLAIKE GAMES
Windows
An action-adventure survival game where every night could be your last. Explore a vast, dangerous world where survival depends on smart resource management, tactical combat, and what you choose to do before night falls.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Base Building 20%, Action RPG 18.3%, Survival 13.2%, Third Person 6.8%
- #28 AI Olympius
79% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2023
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows
Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.
Why similar: Base Building 31.5%, Shooter 19.3%, Action-Adventure 15.7%, Third Person 15.4%, RPG 12.7%
- #29 Nuclear Dawn
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,497 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Tactical 31.9%, Base Building 27.9%, Strategy 23%, Shooter 17.2%
- #30 World Crafter TD
79% matchMixed46% of 691 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.8 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: Tower Defense 21.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.8%, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 10%
- #31 Brave New Wonders
76% matchVery Positive87% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: City From Naught Inc.
Windows
Automate, optimize, and build vast factories in a post-apocalyptic automation game for those who have evolved beyond conveyor belts. Command intelligent robots that obey your plain-text commands in any language, explore the ruins of a lost civilization, and rebuild humanity one machine at a time.
Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Crafting 19.8%, Resource Management 19.3%, Building 18.3%, Strategy 9.1%
- #32 The Spotter: Dig or Die
75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 15.5%, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 14.4%
- #33 Artificial Extinction
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 264 reviews2020
Dev: 100Hr Games Inc
Windows
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 37.6%, Strategy 12.3%, RPG 11.4%, Survival 11.1%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #34 The Last Caretaker
73% matchVery Positive86% of 13,935 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, Crafting 19.3%, Resource Management 17.1%, Survival 16.7%, Sandbox 15.3%
- #35 Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,173 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
Why similar: Crafting 20.9%, Building 17%, Survival 15%, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 14.5%
- #36 Blasted Road Terror
76% matchVery Positive81% of 96 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, RPG 47%
- #37 The Riftbreaker: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,130 reviews2020
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Why similar: Base Building 14%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Isometric 10.5%, Action RPG 10%, Strategy RPG 9%
- #38 Apocalypter
71% matchVery Positive90% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: SawyerK Games
Windows
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic, driving, survival, fps, open-world game. Fight, help, trade with different factions. Find different cars and customize them. Scavenge, loot and survive the procedurally generated, open world of Apocalypter.
Why similar: Survival 45.3%, Shooter 27.5%, Adventure 14.1%, Exploration 13.1%
- #39 XERA: Survival
74% matchMixed66% of 7,942 reviews2021
Dev: Spotted Kiwi Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 24.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…
Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Crafting 17.9%, Survival 16.5%, Building 13.4%, Sandbox 11.3%
- #40 Dust Raiders
72% matchMixed68% of 194 reviews2025
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.
Why similar: Strategy 39.8%, Exploration 36.1%, Adventure 24.1%
- #41 APOX
77% matchMostly Negative29% of 180 reviews2011
Dev: BlueGiant Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A Real-Time Strategy game with First-Person Shooter tactics.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #42 Craft In Abyss
73% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: FirePillar2
Windows
Craft in Abyss is a tower defense rogue-lite game. It allow players to design their own mechanical fortress, gather resources and continuously strengthen the fortress facilities within a sci-fi world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 13.4%, Survival 13%
- #43 Last Outpost
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: Action RTS 25.2% ★, Tower Defense 21.2%, Base Building 19.1%, Isometric 15.4%, Tactical 12.1%
- #44 After the Collapse
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 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: Base Building 28%, Survival 18.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Crafting 15.3%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #45 StarRupture
68% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Crafting 18.6%, Survival 17.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, Shooter 10.6%
- #46 ReEarth
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 119 reviews2024
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 38.1%, Building 18.6%, Third Person 13%, Strategy 12.6%, RPG 12%
- #47 AI: Rampage
74% matchMostly Negative40% of 545 reviews2016
Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight against the robots and reclaim the land! Attempt to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where it seems like everything wants you dead! Tactical stealth action in a post-apocalyptic settings!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #48 AirMech Wastelands
72% matchMixed69% of 412 reviews2018
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
AirMech Wastelands is an Action-RPG set in an alternate future America following a global collapse of modern civilization. You are an AirMech Pilot, with the skills to fly and upgrade these ultimate pre-war machines. Unravel the mystery of why these machines are trying to wipe us out!
Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, RPG 42.9%
- #49 Castle Craft
67% matchVery Positive82% of 503 reviews2026
Dev: Twin EarthPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.3%, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 12.2%, Third Person 11.9%
- #50 WARSHIFT 2
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Cyril Megem
Windows
WARSHIFT 2 blends RTS, Action, and RPG progression. Build bases and command troops, mechs, battleships, and aircraft carriers. Then take direct control of your hero and fight alongside your army. Customize your heroes with weapons and upgrades.
Why similar: Action RTS 26% ★, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Action RPG 12.4%
- #51 SurrounDead Poly Construction
70% matchMostly Negative31% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: LivingEveryday
Windows
SurrounDead Poly Construction is an open-world survival adventure game where players will solve puzzles, collect items, and defeat all enemies to reach the end.
Why similar: Base Building 25.3%, Shooter 12.3%, Building 11%, Exploration 10.7%, Third Person 10.7%
- #52 Artificial Extinction 2
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: 100Hr Games Inc
Windows
A Tower Defense hybrid where survival depends on strategy and firepower. Build turrets, mine resources, and hold the line against relentless AI swarms. Switch instantly between commanding the battlefield in RTS view or fighting on the ground in FPS combat.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.6% ★, Tower Defense 20.6%, Isometric 15.2%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #53 Astral Lords
67% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: Dark DimensionPub: 量子艺界(QUANTUM ARTS)
Windows
Shatter genre boundaries in this sci-fi survival Roguelite blending bullet-hell action and base-building RTS. Dodge and unleash screen-clearing firepower against alien hordes, while constructing fortresses and real-time automated defenses to crush your enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Base Building 28.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Shooter 9.8%
- #54 Regenesis
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.1%, Tactical 22.8%, Strategy 22%, RPG 21.5%, Survival 9.6%
- #55 Outerverse
70% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Tbjbu2Pub: indie.io
Windows
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
Why similar: Base Building 27%, Crafting 21.8%, Resource Management 20.4%, RPG 15.9%, Exploration 9.2%
- #56 Dead District: Survival
69% matchMixed47% of 500 reviews2023
Dev: BadBit Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Open-world survival sandbox with base-building, crafting, farming and multiplayer. Explore a dangerous island, fight, build and stay alive.
Why similar: Base Building 21.5%, Crafting 19.6%, Survival 19.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Shooter 12.5%
- #57 LIFE EFFECT Survival
65% matchVery Positive86% of 548 reviews2026
Dev: LIFE EFFECTPub: EFFECT STUDIO
Windows
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
Why similar: Crafting 24.5%, Sandbox 21.5%, Survival 21.2%, Shooter 14.9%, Exploration 10.9%
- #58 Illuminaria
66% 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: Tower Defense 20.4%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 14%, Building 13.6%, Action RTS 12.9% ★