- #1 Defe
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Curare Games
Windows
Tower Defense Roguelike with Action RPG elements, combining base building, real-time strategy, resource management, and intense top-down combat. Build by day. Defend by night. Explore and survive, if you can.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21%, Tower Defense 17.5%, RTS 14%, Base Building 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%
- #2 Mindustry
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 27,902 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Automation 21.6%, Tower Defense 19.2%, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #3 Mob Factory
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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: Automation 22.6%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Open World 11.7%, RTS 10.5%
- #4 Gutasaga
95% matchMixed60% of 24 reviews2023
Dev: Veles
Windows
Gutasaga - 2D Strategy RPG pre-viking era game. Immerse yourself in the 550 - 600 AD saga. Be the Viking who opened trade routes with Constantinople. Encounter over 40 nations with unique cultures on your journey. Succeed in trading 205 historically recreated goods. Or try raids and piracy.
Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Medieval 16.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 11.5%, RPG 11.1%
- #5 PlanetForge Protocol
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Railstar GamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
This is a strategy game that combines automated base construction with real-time tower defense. Land on a harsh alien planet, construct a vast automated industrial assembly line from scratch, and transform it into a formidable front capable of withstanding a massive influx of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 25.9%, Tower Defense 20.5%, Base Building 17.9%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 8.5%
- #6 Hoglands
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Piggy Games
Windows
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 17.2%, RTS 17%, Sandbox 12.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Open World 9.2%
- #7 Bestion
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JellyCat Games
Windows
Bestion is a game that combines Roguelike tower defense elements with automated factory construction. Players are required to construct their own factory on a planet and protect the kernel from monster attacks.
Why similar: Automation 25.6%, Tower Defense 21%, Base Building 17.9%, Roguelite 11.2%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #8 X Space
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: X SPACE
Windows
A sudden, devastating strike has reduced your interstellar voyage to ruins. As the sole survivor in X SPACE, you must rebuild your space base from scratch, assemble a versatile fleet, and pilot your massive mobile fortress into the depths of the universe.
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.9%, Automation 15.3%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 12.5%, Base Building 11.9%
- #9 Infinitory
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RedCactus
Windows · Linux
Infinitory mixes city-building, automation, and tower defense in a in a rogue-lite top-down game. Expand your base vertically in limited space, a strategic planning challenge. Automate resources to produce ammunition and upgrades, crucial for stopping waves of enemies on procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Automation 18.2%, Tower Defense 17.7%, RTS 15.6%, Base Building 13.8%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #10 Terrafort
91% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Tessellation Specifications
Windows · Mac · Linux
A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Sandbox 15.3%, Open World 14.8%, RTS 14.2%
- #11 STARGEARS
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nodoxi
Windows
STARGEARS is a sci-fi RTS set on an alien world.
Why similar: RTS 27.1%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Base Building 7.4%, Exploration 7.1%
- #12 Rogues
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SuperScience
Windows
Raid cargo ships! Blockade hapless colonies! Dig for pirate treasure! On the edges of civilization in a faraway galaxy, what's your's is what you can TAKE... if you can hold it. The vastness of space contains opportunities for riches, and unknown terrors.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.7%, RTS 20.6%, Lore-Rich 12%, Roguelite 10.5%, Strategy 7.8%
- #13 Factorwave
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Plaza Studio
Windows
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Sandbox 17.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.2%
- #14 Recursion
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cidots
Windows
Flowchart is your weapon. Recursion is a strategy game merging logic circuit design with tower defense. architect their paths, and defend the system by engineering the perfect logic loop with maximum efficiency.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, Automation 23.6%, RTS 15.7%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 11.1%
- #15 SuperWEIRD: Automation Roguelite
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
An automation roguelite where single-use JunkDroids turn out to be surprisingly useful: automate production network, rebuild a broken world piece by piece, and stop the Goofy Goo before it consumes everything. Play solo or in coop.
Why similar: Automation 17.3%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #16 Valorborn
86% matchMixed62% of 532 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Open World 13.9%, Medieval 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%
- #17 Hostile Mars: Prologue
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
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 19.7%, Automation 19.4%, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Open World 12.8%
- #18 Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense
84% matchPositive83% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Baris Lab
Windows
Rise of the Cones is a tower defense game where a relentless army of cones is marching toward your base. They will not stop. Build towers, shape them with branching upgrades, and figure out how to hold the line.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, RTS 22.7%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Sci-fi 9%
- #19 Box Nation [] Lets Go Build and Fight
86% matchMostly Negative23% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Hede
Windows · Mac · Linux
Box Nation [ ] is a sandbox kind of game. In this box world, you can become a leader of your own nation. Your main goal in the game is to create and develop your nation of boxes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.4%, RTS 17.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 9.1%
- #20 Arcfactory
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadMofrog
Windows
Factory automation meets megastructure. Explore an ancient space station in search of a buried star. Build automated factories and defend against a living and realigning station.
Why similar: Automation 25.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Open World 15.5%, Sandbox 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #21 Astral Industrial Complex
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Con7rad7
Windows
A space automation game with rogue lite elements. Take the role of a rogue defense drone building up a mining and defense industry in the far reaches of space.
Why similar: Automation 27.1%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Building 7.6%
- #22 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Automation 19.7%, Tower Defense 14.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%
- #23 Ooglians
82% matchMixed64% of 255 reviews2022
Dev: Simon BäckströmPub: Aurora Punks
Windows
Ooglians are coming! Nothing excites an ooglian more than smashing machinery. Protect your machinery with more machinery which attracts even more ooglians. How unfortunate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.9%, Automation 19.8%, RTS 18%, Base Building 16.2%, Roguelite 10%
- #24 Knights of Fresco
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SocketLab
Windows
Raise your own band of Knights and fight beasts from medieval paintings. Knights of Fresco is an open world party building RPG with auto-battling combat that tries to emulate medieval depictions of battles and wars.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 31.1%, Open World 16.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Medieval 14.7%, Exploration 7.9%
- #25 RIFT DIGGER
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Osama Ahmed
Windows
Dig into a mysterious world, build robot colonies, and fight to dominate interdimensional rifts. Automate your way to total control.
Why similar: Automation 24.9%, Base Building 22%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Exploration 8%
- #26 Gem Rifts
81% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: ButtonSoft
Windows
Ancient portals have been lying dormant, waiting for daring adventurers to travel between worlds. Your task is to lead an expedition through one of these portals, research and build defenses around it, and protect it from hostile guardian life forms.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, RTS 27.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Building 9.2%
- #27 Parallax Blue
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Living Matter Pub: Living Matter
Windows
A strategy tower defence where you create the towers! Gather resources, build towers, defeat bugs, and survive. Unlock new weapons, create towers, gather resources, and die. Don't fall short of the Company's expectations... these resources are worth more than any life, including yours.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, RTS 20.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Roguelite 10.3%, Building 7.8%
- #28 Tower Factory
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Automation 19.5%, RTS 19.2%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Roguelite 10%
- #29 Total Tower Engine
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubyRTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, RTS 29.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 8.6%
- #30 ReTower: Custom Defense
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Baturalp ÖZMEN
Windows
A modular tower defense strategy game where you design, build, and upgrade fully customizable towers to survive relentless enemy waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, Sandbox 19.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 13.2%, Strategy 10.4%
- #31 Defense of the Offensive King
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YawningCat Games
Windows
Save the king from hordes of angry orcs, elves, and various other fantasy races in this castle-building tower defense game. Build a maze of walls using tetromino-shaped pieces and fortify it with loyal soldiers, powerful mages, and defensive siege weapons. Can your fortress withstand the onslaught?
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Base Building 18%, Roguelite 16.8%, Medieval 16.6%, Strategy 11.5%
- #32 The Citadel Must Hold
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klenisho Games
Windows
Build a fortress, command your army, and survive escalating Monster Tides in a fantasy base-building RTS. Explore the wilderness with your hero, claim Places of Power, and shape every run through powerful Oaths and Decrees.
Why similar: RTS 29.7%, Base Building 19.8%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Roguelite 10.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #33 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,479 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 23.1%, RTS 17.6%, Open World 14.5%, Sandbox 14.5%, Medieval 10.3%
- #34 Terrahold
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMAR Studio
Windows
Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.
Why similar: RTS 22.9%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Base Building 18.1%, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #35 Blossom
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Luminae Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a quest of growth and exploration in a beautifully handcrafted open world. Explore the lands and discover their forgotten history. Are you ready to automate and expand your beautiful flora against the vile Corruption?
Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Sandbox 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Building 12.4%, Open World 10.5%
- #36 The Last Caretaker
72% matchVery Positive86% of 13,056 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 36.3 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: Automation 18.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Lore-Rich 13.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%
- #37 最后的巫后:众王纷争的年代 Witch Queen
76% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: 安格法
Windows
Individual independent development Witch Queen is a lightweight storyline oriented rts game that is based the dark ages of the fantasy world of Isefaia. In here, Build countries, explore the continent, witness the endings of the Wizards, and learn the truth behind the story.
Why similar: RTS 25%, Party-Based RPG 18%, Base Building 15.7%, Medieval 11%, Building 10.8%
- #38 星河防线
75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: 只要我够怂就不会狗带
Windows
This is a 3D PVE Tower Defense rouge game that supports teams of up to 4 people. You and your teammates can choose the right trap turret according to their own division of labor to deal with different scenarios, so as to resist the wave of insects.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Party-Based RPG 22.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Sci-fi 7.9%
- #39 Pistonica
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cutting Corner Games
Windows
Pistonica is the pure steam and mechanical factory automation game, challenging your resource management skills. Explore the tropical island first-person, research tech, mine for minerals, build contraptions and trade goods - all because of a strange radio signal.
Why similar: Automation 28%, Base Building 19.7%, Open World 16%, Sandbox 12.2%, Building 10.9%
- #40 clickyland
73% matchVery Positive85% of 650 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Base Building 22.1%, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Medieval 8.9%
- #41 Mechanocide: Fortress Omega
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Parsons Goldman Jones and Co
Windows
On a forgotten world, confront a malevolent machine intelligence. Extract minerals, build factories, power up the railguns, and arm the missile batteries. Defend the Fortress Omega against the alloyed nightmare.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Automation 24.6%, Base Building 22%, RTS 8.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #42 Automation Station
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Boxbot Games
Windows
Explore a mysterious planet, harvest and refine resources, discover new technology, craft machines, and set up automated factories.
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Sandbox 16.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Open World 12.5%, Building 11.8%
- #43 BootUp! TD
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phierfih
Windows · Linux
Create your own path, set up turrets, craft and automate to keep your defenses up, and adapt your strategy as enemies evolve. Play solo or team up with fellow Tinkerbots for chaotic co-op action!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Automation 16.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Building 8.5%
- #44 They Fear The Mist
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Hidden Shadows Games
Windows
They Fear The Mist is a real-time strategy game, where you command your Troops, build your Settlement, fight off thousands of Enemies and explore the Unknowns of the Mist. Take command of your people and defend them from the incoming hordes… Can you survive?
Why similar: RTS 22.1%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Medieval 10.5%
- #45 The Crust
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 21.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, RTS 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #46 Factory Defense
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KV4 STUDIO
Windows
Factory Defence - is a first-person shooter in which you build automated factories and defend them. Plan your factory and defensive structures to take the enemy by surprise. Explore and colonize the planet alone or with friends.
Why similar: Automation 22%, Tower Defense 21.3%, Open World 14%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 11%
- #47 Exone Rift
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Faraway Home
Windows · Mac
Take direct control of your hero on a hostile planet. Build your base, gather resources, expand your territory your way, and survive against the planet’s deadly wildlife.
Why similar: RTS 23.3%, Automation 17.5%, Tower Defense 16.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #48 Alchemy Factory
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,515 reviews2025
Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Automation 29.8%, Sandbox 16.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 14.5%, Building 12.1%
- #49 Dyson Sphere Program
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,542 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 75.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 20.6%, Open World 13.2%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 10.6%
- #50 Dangerous Land
70% matchPositive94% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Randi Games
Windows
Dangerous Land is a first-person strategic game enriched with elements of exploration and action. Assume the role of the ruler of your settlement, manage and develop it in real-time, recruit and upgrade units, take care of resources, and participate in epic battles.
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Tower Defense 17.8%, Base Building 16%, Medieval 9.2%, Open World 8.3%
- #51 Explore the Universe 2175
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliot TelfordPub: Explore the Universe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive a galaxy at war. MEGABOT's machine armada is exterminating all organic life — build and defend station networks, ally with the Mycelari faction and the rebels and fight physics-driven battles where momentum and gravity kill as surely as weapons. A punishing roguelike RTS in a living galaxy.
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Roguelite 12.2%, Lore-Rich 11%
- #52 Stellar Infestation
68% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 15.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #53 TechGuardian: Territory Defense
68% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Apex HorizonPub: Liquid Meow
Windows
This is a sci-fi strategy game featuring a Defense Mode focused on tower defense and an Attack Mode focused on combat. The game includes over 30 different buildings and units, all of which can be upgraded through entry editing to enhance their performance and firepower.
Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Tower Defense 23%, Automation 16.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #54 Von Neumann Project
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TimesIllusionGames
Windows
Von Neumann Project is about a self replicating probe as it charts the galaxies, peacefully of course. Mine, build, expand, and explore in this sci-fi RTS. Remember to have as little impact on your surroundings as possible and protect yourself at all costs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, RTS 30.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 9.3%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #55 Sandustry
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Automation 20.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Open World 14%, Building 10.8%
- #56 绛河之上 Under Supernova
69% match9 user reviews80% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: UnderSupernovaGroup
Windows
An instant strategy science fiction simulation survival sandbox game. Players can control individuals, teams, and manage multiple bases. Players can farm, build, excavate, fight, produce, graze, explore, trade, record and pass on knowledge, and can also fly a spaceship to explore the starry sky.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.4%, RTS 19.1%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #57 ManaWeaver
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BadgerHub Studio
Windows · Mac
A fantasy open-world terraforming and crafting adventure. Survive, gather resources, and harness magic to build your home. Construct mystical machines to purify the curse and restore life to the realm. Uncover history as you reshape the world around you.
Why similar: Automation 18%, Sandbox 16.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Open World 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #58 The Maker Way
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Brave Games Inc.
Windows
Build creative machines, rovers, drones or robots. Use them to gather resources, discover new machine parts, source energy, construct bases and battle enemy factions in a physics-based open world.
Why similar: Automation 20.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 17.9%, Open World 15.6%, Building 11%
- #59 Protolife
70% matchVery Positive86% of 470 reviews2018
Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.
Why similar: RTS 28.9%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Base Building 20.9%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #60 The Last Defender
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Basement Games
Windows
Set in the merciless blizzards of a far off planet, The Last Defender is a cooperative third-person survival shooter with strategic defence and crafting elements. Nurture your colonists, build your defences and prepare for an enemy that adapts and learns your weaknesses. No wave is ever the same.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Base Building 16%, Sandbox 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 11.2%