Games Like Screeps: Arena

Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.

Why similar: Programming 18.3% ★, Automation 11.1%, Artificial Intelligence 11%, RTS 10.1%, Economy 7.8%

Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 38.2%, Programming 15.5% ★, PvP 12.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Strategy 11.2%

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

Why similar: Automation 29.5%, RTS 23.2%, Base Building 20%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 6.7%

Design the perfect units, program their behavior, and unleash them in fully automated battles. Refine your creations throughout the campaign, then outsmart all your opponents online.

Why similar: Programming 23.4% ★, RTS 16.1%, Automation 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, PvP 8.2%

Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.

Why similar: Programming 26.2% ★, Automation 17%, RTS 15.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 8.9%

A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.

Why similar: Programming 37.8% ★, Automation 24.2%, Base Building 14%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 6.1%

An eternal indie MMORPG where your CODE does the grinding. Play manually or automate up to 4 characters with JavaScript. Hunt rare loot, craft equipment, and trade with real players. No coding experience needed! September 2026 brings anniversary rewards and a few surprises.

Why similar: Programming 42.1% ★, Automation 24%, Economy 12.9%, Crafting 11.4%, PvP 5.7%

Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

Why similar: Programming 18.2% ★, Automation 14.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.4%, RTS 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 12%

A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

Why similar: Programming 36% ★, Automation 33.8%, Economy 10.8%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 8.9%

Program a crew of tiny robots to turn a frozen planet into a living world. Connect visual code blocks, automate crafting, and build a workforce that fuels itself. Keep the heat flowing, refine your machines, and watch your ideas come to life.

Why similar: Programming 38.9% ★, Automation 24.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Strategy 5.5%

Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.

Why similar: Programming 67.2% ★, Automation 26.1%, Simulation 4%, Strategy 2.7%

Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.

Why similar: RTS 23.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, PvP 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%

A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

Why similar: RTS 24.2%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Base Building 16.4%, PvP 12.9%, Building 10.2%

Uncrewed is a real-time strategy game with the ability to design units from scratch. Unlike in more traditional RTS, units obey the laws of physics, making design choices especially important.

Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Building 15.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 10.2%

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: Programming 24.5% ★, Automation 17%, Artificial Intelligence 12.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Crafting 9.3%

Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.

Why similar: Programming 73.9% ★, Simulation 12.4%, PvP 8.7%, Strategy 4.9%

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Why similar: Programming 37% ★, Automation 24%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 7.8%, Building 7%

Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Programming 23.6% ★, Crafting 13.6%, Building 11.3%, Management 7.7%

Enter the Arena! From the creators of Galaxy Control comes a real-time multiplayer game starring the space stations assault and defence, your favorite Galay Control characters and much, much more.

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Build spells using a unique visual spell programming system. Create shields, mines, totems, anti-missiles, decoys, or anything else you can come up with. Challenge others to online duels where you fight with your custom spells.

Why similar: Programming 52.9% ★, PvP 20.4%, Building 10.5%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Strategy 6.9%

Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.

Why similar: Strategy 33.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Why similar: RTS 48.1%, Strategy 27.8%, Base Building 17%, Simulation 7.1%

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: RTS 17%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Management 12.9%, Economy 11.9%, Base Building 10.6%

Warena is a real-time card battler with tactical depth. Deploy troops, cast spells, and push toward the enemy castle as your opponent pushes back. 1v1 PvP and single-player campaign.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.5%, RTS 31.8%, PvP 19%, Strategy 9.1%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Project RTD is a Random Tower Defense PVP Game. Players will compete against each other, defending with randomly built towers or attacking other players by summoning monsters to become the “Final Winner”. The thrill of randomness and Strategic Tech Tree. Experience both in one game!

Why similar: eSports 27.5% ★, Strategy 27.2%, Simulation 19%, Multiplayer 13.8%, PvP 12.5%

A competitive sci-fi strategy card game. Build a deck, choose a faction, and battle real players in 1v1 PvP. Master turn-based tactics, draft new decks, and outplay opponents in a deep online TCG.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, PvP 21.6%, eSports 19.2% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Mutate and battle a collection of super cute goos in Goo Gladiators. Grow your team and fight others online in strategic auto-battling arenas. Form 'Goo Gangs' with your friends and rise up the leaderboards to become a 'Goo Master'.

Why similar: PvP 27.8%, Strategy 22.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 22% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%

This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.8%, PvP 27.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Automation 14%, Multiplayer 11.6%

Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

Why similar: Programming 25.8% ★, Economy 16.6%, Automation 15.2%, Building 13.2%, Management 12.8%

Some of You May Die is a strategic autobattler where you can upgrade everything! Go head to head with other players in online PvP where clever tactics and cunning plans make the difference between victory or defeat!

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 36% ★, PvP 30.1%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Strategy 15.8%

Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Crafting 20.7%, Multiplayer 10.4%

minimalism strategy game

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26%, PvP 19.9%, Minimalist 18.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%

Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.

Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Strategy 8.9%

BattleSynth — Tactical Fantasy Warfare Assemble your army, plan your moves, and watch your strategy come alive on the battlefield. In BattleSynth, every unit matters and every choice can lead to victory — or defeat. Smart tactics, wild magic, and a bit of chaos await!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.5%, Simulation 22.2%, Minimalist 18.8%, Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: RTS 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 14.3%, Management 13.4%

A massively multiplayer real-time strategy game pitting hundreds of players against one another. Over one million nuke each other every month.

Why similar: RTS 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Economy 15.3%, Building 13.5%, PvP 13.4%

Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.

Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Base Building 15.7%, PvP 14.4%, Building 12.7%, Management 10.4%

Bengan Yes is an action-packed arena fighting game designed for livestreaming. Choose to either let your viewers brawl it out or simulate a clash between thousands of bots. Everyone has an equal chance of winning with both the arena and stats of players being randomized.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 55.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 13.6%, PvP 12.2%, Multiplayer 3.1%

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

Why similar: Building 45.1%, Multiplayer 21.5%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 13.9%

Turn-based tactics team builder in ASCII art. Battle monsters in a PvE idle dungeon crawl. Fight other players in live or async Arena matches. Create unique squads of heroes with 8 mix-&-match skill trees & pray to the god of your choice for powerful gear! Dungeon Team is F2P and *never* P2W.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 49.8% ★, PvP 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Strategy 8.5%

Welcome to the arena! An auto battler with lite "idle" game mechanics. Defeat bosses to earn resources and power up. Invest in a complex skill tree and dig for ancient relics. Earn glory from righteous combat and spend it on permanent upgrades that ramp up the pace and excitement every run.

Why similar: Economy 63.4%, Strategy 25.6%, Simulation 11%

You are a cunning warlord, craving for intensive short mental combats and becoming the best. Enter this online multiplayer strategy board game: a 1vs1 turn based resource game that is easy to understand, but complex to master. NOW FOR FREE!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

A chill PvP auto battler where you build your team on a 3x3 grid. Recruit and upgrade unique heroes, strategically place them on the battlefield and find the best synergies.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 49.6% ★, PvP 19.4%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Epicinium is a strategy game where nature is a finite resource. No need to wait for your move, thanks to fast, simultaneous turns. Your economy and troops are influenced by the environment and increasingly severe weather effects. Is it worth winning a war when you end up conquering dirt and ash?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Base Building 17.1%, PvP 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%

In this roguelike auto battler, every enemy you face was created by another player! Modify and improve your creatures' behaviour after each battle and see how far down you can make it. Do you have what it takes to be the first to reach depths, where no one has gone before?

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 42.7% ★, Automation 16.2%, Science 15.5%, PvP 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%

A sandbox battle simulator game where you can build your own shape-shifting warbots, program their AI, and watch them smash each other up on the battlefield! Join the battles yourself by taking control of the warbots! Use Steam Workshop to check out warbots created by players from around the world!

Why similar: Programming 66.2% ★, Building 22.7%, Simulation 11.1%

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

Why similar: Programming 31.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, RTS 18%, Automation 10.9%, Management 10.6%

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Why similar: Programming 35.1% ★, Automation 24.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 5.5%

Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!

Why similar: RTS 26%, Base Building 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, PvP 12.8%, Management 10.8%

The autobattler where the market IS the balance patch. Build your team, cast your spells, create powerful relics, optimize synergies - but watch the ticker. Every minion you buy raises its price for every player. No permanent metas. No overpowered favorites. Just tactics, and flawed ones at that

Why similar: PvP 25.1%, Strategy 20.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Multiplayer 16.2%

“Build and Fight” multiplayer for mature players. Build your own Machine, join combat and win the battle using tactics and strategy.

Why similar: Building 29.9%, PvP 25.5%, Crafting 19.6%, Multiplayer 15%, Strategy 10%

Mechanica is a multiplayer open-world survival game involving building and programming. Create your own bases, defenses, manufacturing systems and more. Explore the map and expand the scope and complexity of your creations.

Why similar: Programming 46.1% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Building 16%, Automation 15.8%, Multiplayer 3.3%

Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.

Why similar: RTS 62.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Single player, sci-fi, minimalist Real Time Tactics game. Strategy without the stress: complex movement, damage, and detection replaces intense micro and economy management. Units are selected and outfitted before battle. Emphasises tactical choices over mechanical skill.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41.1%, Strategy 33.6%, Simulation 25.3%

Lead a paramilitary force against a growing space Cult threat. Program your units, build a fleet, trade, research, and engage in deep tactical combat in this RPG-strategy hybrid.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 33.8% ★, Artificial Intelligence 28.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%

Exception is a game about AI programming. During the game, the player assists the units to defeat their enemies in the virtual world. However, the player needs to control the units by programming instead of controlling them directly.

Why similar: Programming 78.4% ★, Strategy 21.6%

MIND MAZE - is a logical competitive game based on capturing of the playing field.

Why similar: RTS 43.8%, PvP 26.8%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 9%, Multiplayer 8.3%