- #1 Outpost: Infinity Siege
97% matchMixed65% of 13,583 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.7 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: Base Building 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Co-op 15.9%, FPS 13.5%, Resource Management 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense first-person shooting with complex base-building and tower defense mechanics against waves of enemies.
- #2 Forts
96% matchVery Positive92% of 24,916 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Base Building 33.1%, Building 18%, Level Editor 17.9%, Tactical 10%, Strategy 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based strategy game where you must design and build custom fortresses while actively destroying your opponent's base.
- #3 Executive Assault 2
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,742 reviews2023
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
Why similar: Base Building 26.4%, Building 18.4%, FPS 12.7%, Co-op 11%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build and manage a base from an RTS perspective while jumping into the action as an FPS unit to defend or attack.
- #4 Nuclear Dawn
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,489 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: FPS 17.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends real-time strategy with first-person shooter gameplay, requiring players to build structures and command units while fighting on the front lines.
- #5 Sanctum 2
94% matchVery Positive90% of 14,381 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Co-op 29.6%, FPS 28.5%, Strategy 12%, First-Person 6.8%, Action 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential hybrid of first-person shooter and tower defense that requires careful trap placement and active combat participation.
- #6 Orcs Must Die! 3
93% matchVery Positive86% of 14,790 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Co-op 50.8%, Strategy 18.5%, Multiplayer 8.7%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on designing intricate trap mazes to defend against hordes, mirroring the trap-heavy gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #7 Generation Zero®
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 41,917 reviews2019
Dev: Systemic Reaction™Pub: Avalanche Studios
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
Why similar: Base Building 27%, Co-op 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, FPS 15.4%, Shooter 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival shooter that incorporates base-building and fortification elements to survive against hostile mechanical threats.
- #8 Band of Defenders
92% 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: Base Building 24%, FPS 14.5%, Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Tactical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative FPS that tasks players with building defenses and managing resources to survive waves of enemies.
- #9 Volcanoids
91% matchVery Positive83% of 9,287 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 24.5%, Co-op 16.3%, Building 15.2%, FPS 12.8%, First-Person 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique base-building mechanic where your base is a mobile drillship that must be upgraded and defended against environmental threats.
- #10 7 Days to Die
88% matchVery Positive87% of 400,969 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 108.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Building 16.3%, FPS 13.1%, Strategy 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features deep base-building and fortification mechanics designed specifically to withstand waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #11 Dungeon Defenders
89% matchVery Positive93% of 18,884 reviews2011
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Building 27.2%, Tactical 20.5%, Online Co-Op 17%, Multiplayer 16%, Strategy 14.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RPG combat with tower defense strategy, tasking players with building defenses to protect a central objective.
- #12 Zombie Builder Defense
89% matchMixed67% of 510 reviews2018
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Why similar: Base Building 36.5%, Co-op 19.8%, Online Co-Op 9.1%, Building 9%, Action 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A focused action-defense game where building efficient kill-zones is essential to surviving against relentless zombie hordes.
- #13 Dark Prospect
87% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: CashcowGames
Windows
Dark Prospect is an asymmetrical FPSvsRTS multiplayer game. FPS players must survive by gathering resources, building defenses and fighting against a player or AI who summons, commands, upgrades monsters and casts spells from an RTS perspective.
Why similar: FPS 18.5%, Co-op 18.4%, Tactical 15.3%, First-Person 10.4%, Shooter 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features an asymmetric gameplay style where one player acts as a commander building defenses while others play as FPS units.
- #14 Besiege
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,558 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Level Editor 40.5%, Building 31.6%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 10%, 3D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative engineering aspect of building machines to destroy structures, appealing to the 'evil genius' design spirit.
- #15 Satisfactory
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 273,405 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 32.9 hrsMean: 110.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Why similar: Base Building 39.6%, Co-op 18.3%, Building 17.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Multiplayer 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: While more automation-focused, it offers deep base-building and vertical construction mechanics that appeal to players who enjoy designing complex layouts.
- #16 Blood And Zombies
86% matchMixed52% of 458 reviews2022
Dev: Wild MonkeyPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Blood, guts, meat. Humanity's waging total war against a horrific zombie apocalypse. Lead one of four of humanity's deadliest survivors against the horde in this first person, wave defense shooter. Load up your guns, set up turrets, sharpen your skills, and maybe you'll make it through the night.
Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Co-op 15.1%, FPS 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A cooperative shooter that integrates base-building elements to help players survive increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
- #17 GTFO
83% matchVery Positive84% of 66,048 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Co-op 24%, FPS 19.9%, Shooter 11.5%, Tactical 11%, Online Co-Op 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes cooperative FPS that emphasizes tactical planning and environmental awareness, similar to the tension of a high-stakes heist.
- #18 CastleStorm
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,618 reviews2013
Dev: Zen Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
Why similar: Co-op 39%, Strategy 30.3%, Action 19.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique mix of physics-based destruction and tower defense that captures the satisfaction of building a fortress and tearing one down.
- #19 StarRupture
81% matchVery Positive81% of 12,717 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 39.9%, Co-op 26%, Shooter 12.2%, Multiplayer 8.3%, Online Co-Op 7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that features base-building and automation, requiring players to defend their territory from environmental hazards.
- #20 Deadburg
82% matchVery Positive88% of 125 reviews2022
Dev: Reanimated Games
Windows
Deadburg is a co-op survival game set in a procedurally generated city with thousands of buildings to explore and zombies to kill. Every building you see can be explored, exploited and destroyed one block at a time. Play alone or with friends and discover the secrets of the city.
Why similar: Base Building 43.1%, FPS 15.7%, Co-op 12.9%, Action 10.5%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-survival game that tasks players with building and reinforcing structures to survive in a hostile, zombie-filled sandbox.
- #21 Core Keeper
78% matchVery Positive93% of 65,043 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 34.4 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: Base Building 32.2%, Co-op 22.3%, Building 21.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Online Co-Op 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox dungeon-crawler that allows for extensive base-building and trap design within a procedurally generated underground world.
- #22 Zombie Builder Defense 2
79% matchVery Positive85% of 233 reviews2023
Dev: Noham Games
Windows
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Building 19.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Co-op 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that refines the action-defense loop, focusing on building kill-boxes and surviving waves of enemies.
- #23 Rust
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,373,048 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 52.6 hrsMean: 423.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
Why similar: Building 26.2%, FPS 13%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival game defined by its brutal base-building and raiding mechanics, where player-made fortresses are the primary focus of conflict.
- #24 Building Destruction
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: 180°
Windows
Multiplayer sandbox with destructible environment. Destroy different maps, build your own, and play with your friends and other people online
Why similar: Building 27%, Shooter 13.8%, First-Person 12.5%, Level Editor 10%, FPS 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the physics of destruction and construction, allowing players to build and tear down structures in a competitive environment.
- #25 Alchemy Factory
76% matchVery Positive90% of 2,362 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Craft your workshop as an alchemist! Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. Multiplayer Supported! Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!
Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Building 21.1%, Co-op 11.1%, Strategy 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%
- #26 Block Fortress 2
77% matchVery Positive82% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Foursaken Media
Windows · Mac
Choose a planet, build your fortress, and prepare for war. Arm yourself with powerful weapons, deploy troops, and defend your stronghold against relentless attacks. In this action-packed block-builder, survival is earned, and only the strongest will remain.
Why similar: Base Building 34.3%, Level Editor 20.7%, FPS 17.7%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 7.4%
- #27 Ultimate Zombie Defense 2
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 705 reviews2025
Dev: Terror Dog Studio
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, FPS 13.7%, Building 13.4%, Tactical 8.7%
- #28 Kingdom Two Crowns
78% matchVery Positive90% of 38,596 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 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: Base Building 32.2%, Building 22.7%, Co-op 20.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Online Co-Op 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game focused on building and defending a kingdom against encroaching threats, emphasizing resource management and fortification.
- #29 Forever Skies
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,533 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 26.1%, Co-op 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Building 13.6%, First-Person 7.5%
- #30 Blood Night
74% matchVery Positive96% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Team
Windows
(Multiplayer | COOP) THE FOREST IS DEAD. YOU ARE NOT. Survive. Build. Kill everyone. A world where zombies are smarter than they look. Inventory, crafting, and building are your tools in the war for tomorrow.
Why similar: Base Building 23.5%, Building 21.9%, Co-op 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Shooter 11.2%
- #31 Executive Assault
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,457 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: Base Building 24.9%, FPS 20.3%, Strategy 16.8%, Co-op 11.8%, Shooter 7.7%
- #32 DREADZONE
74% matchMixed51% of 1,193 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 27.8%, Co-op 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Building 15.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #33 Raise Your Tribe
73% matchMixed57% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Primeval Forest Studios
Windows
A hardcore tactical shooter with horror elements. Battle Machines and Mutants, and build your legacy on a deadly post-apocalyptic Cyberpunk Island. Explore dangerous zones, craft powerful gear, and shape your Cyberware build. Uncover secrets and fight to survive in a brutal, immersive world!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Base Building 24.1%, FPS 19.1%, Building 17%, First-Person 10.4%
- #34 The Riftbreaker
72% matchVery Positive90% of 24,087 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 21.2 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 44.3%, Building 18.7%, Online Co-Op 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #35 The Wall
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 386 reviews2018
Dev: Aero Games
Windows
[Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.
Why similar: Base Building 25.3%, FPS 17.4%, Building 13.4%, Tactical 11.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #36 Mindustry
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,010 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Base Building 34.7%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 12%, Co-op 11.4%, Level Editor 9.4%
- #37 FOUNDRY
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,835 reviews2024
Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 47.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Co-op 19.3%, Building 18.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 9%
- #38 Trapper's Delight
73% matchVery Positive94% of 311 reviews2018
Dev: Shrimpcave Industries
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Trapper's Delight players compete to construct deadly labyrinths and then try to escape in one piece. Lure your friends into your deadly trap in local and online multiplayer or test your skills in singleplayer challenges.
Why similar: Building 35.6%, Strategy 33.2%, Action 19.7%, Multiplayer 11.4%
- #39 Airmen
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 362 reviews2017
Dev: Airborne Games
Windows
Airmen is a first person ship building and battling game featuring airships, landships and watercraft. Crew your ship solo or alongside friends on dangerous expeditions into the archipelago to complete contracts, collect resources, and upgrade your ships.
Why similar: Building 21.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Co-op 13.4%, Strategy 10.9%, FPS 8.1%
- #40 Insurgency
71% matchVery Positive92% of 124,773 reviews2014
Dev: New World Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 35.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
Why similar: FPS 49%, Tactical 12.6%, Co-op 9.4%, Shooter 8.2%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #41 They Can't Stop All Of Us
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,639 reviews2019
Dev: B Michael BPub: ChainWave Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 33%
D.A.B. Your foes in co-op & PvP battles. (D)efend bases with weapons and skill. (A)ttack with clever AI armies. (B)uild amazingly creative defenses.
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Co-op 19.1%, Building 13.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Shooter 7.8%
- #42 MISERY
65% matchVery Positive84% of 23,972 reviews2025
Dev: Platypus EntertainmentPub: Ytopia
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Co-op 17.8%, Building 14.8%, Shooter 7.7%
- #43 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
67% matchVery Positive89% of 488 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.8 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: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Building 19.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 13.1%, Online Co-Op 10.4%
- #44 Rem Survival
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 802 reviews2021
Dev: Immortal Hand Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 47.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Scavenge abandoned ruins, craft gear from scrap and salvaged materials, and fight the environment itself as hunger, exposure, and exhaustion push you to your limits. There are no second chances—only adaptation or death.
Why similar: Base Building 31.7%, Building 19.7%, Co-op 11.5%, FPS 10.2%, First-Person 9.8%
- #45 Yet Another Zombie Defense
69% matchVery Positive87% of 12,360 reviews2014
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Why similar: Co-op 42.1%, Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 13.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Action 9.7%
- #46 BiteVille
70% matchMixed54% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: Veelhoek Studios
Windows
The world has fallen victim to a deadly virus, zombies now roam the lands. While running for your life you stumble upon a small city. Claim this city as your own, protect it with your life and maybe other survivors will find you.
Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Building 14.1%, Co-op 12.2%, FPS 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%
- #47 Gone: Survival
70% matchMixed44% of 310 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Building 16.1%, Co-op 13.7%, First-Person 10.2%
- #48 Space Engineers
66% matchVery Positive89% of 133,889 reviews2019
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 96.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
Why similar: Base Building 31.4%, Co-op 21.5%, Building 20.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #49 Blood Waves
69% matchMixed68% of 197 reviews2018
Dev: Light Road Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 196.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.
Why similar: Base Building 30.5%, Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Shooter 11.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #50 XERA: Survival
67% matchMixed66% of 7,928 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 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Building 15.3%, FPS 12.2%, Shooter 7.9%
- #51 Moonshiner Simulator
64% matchVery Positive86% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Goosix Games
Windows
Moonshiner Simulator is an in-depth spirits production simulator. Start from the bottom and build your operation into a thriving empire by mastering the intricacies of the craft and creating unique recipes. But beware – there will always be those who want to see you fail.
Why similar: Co-op 29.3%, Base Building 24%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 10.9%, Action 9.8%
- #52 Techtonica
66% matchMixed65% of 3,212 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Base Building 29%, Building 19.2%, Co-op 14.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #53 VERSUS SQUAD
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 581 reviews2016
Dev: DiezelPower
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Why similar: Co-op 26.7%, Base Building 23.6%, Action 11.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Gore 7.4%
- #54 Abiotic Factor
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 56,173 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 44.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Base Building 37.5%, Building 18.5%, FPS 16.2%, First-Person 11.1%, Online Co-Op 9.5%