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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 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Co-op 16%, FPS 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intense first-person shooting with complex base-building and tower defense mechanics against waves of enemies.

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 33.3%, Building 18%, Level Editor 17.7%, 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.

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 26.5%, Building 18.5%, FPS 12.4%, Co-op 11.2%, Strategy 9.2%

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.

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: FPS 17.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Strategy 12.6%, 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.

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 29.8%, FPS 28.1%, Strategy 12.1%, First-Person 6.9%, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential hybrid of first-person shooter and tower defense that requires careful trap placement and active combat participation.

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 50.5%, Strategy 18.6%, Multiplayer 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, 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.

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 27.3%, Co-op 19%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, FPS 15.1%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival shooter that incorporates base-building and fortification elements to survive against hostile mechanical threats.

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 24.2%, FPS 14.3%, Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative FPS that tasks players with building defenses and managing resources to survive waves of enemies.

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 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Building 16.2%, FPS 12.9%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep base-building and fortification mechanics designed specifically to withstand waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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%, Tactical 20.5%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, 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.

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 36.6%, Co-op 19.9%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Building 8.9%, Action 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A focused action-defense game where building efficient kill-zones is essential to surviving against relentless zombie hordes.

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 39.5%, Co-op 18.4%, Building 16.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, 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.

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 40.3%, Building 31.6%, Strategy 14.3%, 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.

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: Co-op 18.5%, FPS 18.2%, Tactical 15.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Shooter 10.2%

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.

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 21%, Co-op 15.5%, FPS 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative shooter that integrates base-building elements to help players survive increasingly difficult waves of enemies.

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 24.3%, FPS 19.5%, Shooter 11.3%, Tactical 11%, Online Co-Op 9.8%

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.

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 39.2%, Strategy 30.4%, Action 19.6%, 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.

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 26.4%, Co-op 17.5%, Building 15.8%, Shooter 10.1%, First-Person 10%

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.

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 26.2%, Shooter 12.1%, Multiplayer 8.2%, Online Co-Op 7.2%

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.

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 43.3%, FPS 15.5%, Co-op 13%, Action 10.4%, 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.

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 32.3%, Co-op 22.3%, Building 21.2%, Online Co-Op 7.7%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox dungeon-crawler that allows for extensive base-building and trap design within a procedurally generated underground world.

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 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Building 19.3%, Shooter 12.2%, Co-op 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A direct sequel that refines the action-defense loop, focusing on building kill-boxes and surviving waves of enemies.

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 13.7%, First-Person 12.6%, Level Editor 10%, FPS 7.8%

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.

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 26.1%, Co-op 12.8%, Multiplayer 12.8%, FPS 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%

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.

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 28%, Building 20.8%, Co-op 11.1%, Strategy 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%

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 34.4%, Level Editor 20.7%, FPS 17.6%, Shooter 8.7%, Action 7.4%

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 32.3%, Building 22.6%, Co-op 20.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Online Co-Op 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist strategy game focused on building and defending a kingdom against encroaching threats, emphasizing resource management and fortification.

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 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, FPS 13.5%, Building 13.3%, Tactical 8.7%

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 14.4%, Building 13.6%, Resource Management 7.7%

(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 23.7%, Building 21.8%, Co-op 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Shooter 11.1%

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 27.9%, Co-op 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Building 15.5%, First-Person 9.7%

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 25.1%, FPS 19.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Co-op 11.9%, Shooter 7.7%

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 24.3%, FPS 18.8%, Building 17%, First-Person 10.5%

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%, Building 18.6%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%

MISERY is a 1–5 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 20.5%, Co-op 18.2%, Building 15%, Shooter 7.7%

[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 25.5%, FPS 17.1%, Building 13.3%, Tactical 11.7%, First-Person 9.7%

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 16.1%, First-Person 11.2%, Online Co-Op 9.6%

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 48.5%, Tactical 12.7%, Co-op 9.5%, Shooter 8.1%, Multiplayer 5.8%

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%, Base Building 13.8%, Co-op 13.5%, Strategy 10.9%, FPS 8%

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 35.5%, Strategy 33.4%, Action 19.6%, Multiplayer 11.5%

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 29.1%, Co-op 19.3%, Building 18.1%, Resource Management 11%, Strategy 9%

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 26.4%, Co-op 19.2%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Shooter 7.7%

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 22.3%, Building 14.1%, Co-op 12.3%, FPS 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: Base Building 27%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Building 17.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Tactical 12.1%

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Base Building 39.5%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 14.1%, Co-op 12.2%, Strategy 10.6%

Get ready for an intense survival battle against an ever-growing horde of zombies. Play solo or co-op with friends, test your shooting skills and luck in this relentless combat and see how long you can stay alive.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Co-op 20.2%, FPS 16.7%, First-Person 11.8%, Shooter 11.2%

Go through deadly rooms of multi-storey building. Team up with other players and make your way through traps with a friendly team (CO-OP)! Or take a weapon and kill them all in the PvP game mode!

Why similar: Co-op 43.3%, Action 11.5%, First-Person 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Gore 9%

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 32%, Building 19.6%, Co-op 11.6%, FPS 10.1%, First-Person 9.8%

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 19.4%, Building 19.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Tactical 13.1%, Online Co-Op 10.5%

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 30.4%, Building 19.8%, Co-op 12.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 9.3%

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 42.5%, Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 13.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Action 9.6%

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 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Building 16%, Co-op 13.7%, First-Person 10.2%

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 31.6%, Co-op 21.6%, Building 20.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Multiplayer 7.1%

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 26.9%, Base Building 23.7%, Action 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%, Gore 7.1%