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 20.3% ★, Automation 11.5%, Artificial Intelligence 10.7%, RTS 9.5%, Economy 8%

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 29.1% ★, Automation 17.2%, RTS 13.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 8.3%

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 37.5%, Programming 17.2% ★, PvP 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Strategy 11%

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

Why similar: Automation 31.6%, Base Building 22.7%, RTS 11.7%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 7.8%

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 40.2% ★, Automation 23.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 7.2%, Building 6.2%

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 20.5% ★, Automation 15.1%, Artificial Intelligence 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, RTS 11.3%

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 38.4% ★, Automation 33%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.4%

Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

Why similar: Programming 27% ★, Science 16.7% ★, Automation 16.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 8.6%

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 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, PvP 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%

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 67.8% ★, Automation 26%, Simulation 3.7%, Strategy 2.5%

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 76.6% ★, Simulation 11.3%, PvP 7.7%, Strategy 4.4%

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: Programming 26.1% ★, Automation 25.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 10.5%, Management 7.5%

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 28.6%, Building 15.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 10.4%

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 28.4% ★, Economy 16.5%, Automation 15.4%, Management 12.2%, Building 12.1%

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 56.9% ★, PvP 18.7%, Building 9.5%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%

Learn CPU architecture with puzzles

Why similar: Programming 72.1% ★, Automation 15.2%, Building 6.6%, Simulation 6.1%

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%

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 49.1% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Automation 15.8%, Building 14.6%, Multiplayer 3%

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 23.8%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Base Building 16.4%, PvP 13.1%, Building 10.2%

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

Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.7%, 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 47.2%, Strategy 28.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Simulation 7.3%

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 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Management 13.3%, Economy 12.7%, Base Building 10.5%

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 80.8% ★, Strategy 19.2%

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 44.3%, Multiplayer 21.6%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 14.3%

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: Strategy 27.7%, eSports 26.6% ★, Simulation 19.4%, Multiplayer 13.7%, PvP 12.6%

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 32.5%, PvP 27%, Automation 15%, Strategy 14.1%, Multiplayer 11.5%

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 27.6%, Strategy 22.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 22.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Multiplayer 8.7%

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 25.6%, Strategy 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Crafting 20.6%, Multiplayer 10.4%

BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.

Why similar: Programming 68.9% ★, Automation 24.7%, Simulation 3.7%, Building 2.8%

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 32.7%, Base Building 20%, Building 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 8.8%

minimalism strategy game

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, PvP 19.9%, Minimalist 18.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%

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 31.7%, Simulation 22%, Minimalist 18.2%, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%

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 34.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, RTS 16.6%, Automation 11.1%, 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 55.3%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 13.6%, PvP 12.1%, Multiplayer 3%

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 25.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, PvP 12.8%, Management 11.3%

Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements. Build up your base to become a supply hub for Earth's desperately needed materials, gather resources while defending against an unknown alien threat and improve your tower's and AI capabilities.

Why similar: Programming 26% ★, Automation 22.8%, Economy 16.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Crafting 12.2%

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 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 69.8% ★, Building 20.1%, Simulation 10.1%

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

Why similar: Building 29.6%, PvP 25.6%, Crafting 19.7%, Multiplayer 15%, Strategy 10.2%

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 49.8% ★, PvP 19%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%

Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.

Why similar: Programming 46.9% ★, Automation 20.9%, Artificial Intelligence 14%, Minimalist 6.9%, Economy 5.7%

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 21%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Base Building 17%, PvP 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 59.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Strategy 11%

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%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 14.2%, Management 13.8%

ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, PvP 14.8%, RTS 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%

Reveal company secrets while hacking and exploring their quantum simulation networks. Fights for control with other players, coop with your faction, gather best tools, build most secure servers, write scripts and webs, or choose to be solo hacker who makes the right choices to change the world.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 38.8% ★, Programming 37.5% ★, PvP 12.2%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 5.7%

A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 56.7% ★, PvP 20.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Build your robot. Battle your robot. Robot Rumble 2 is the premier robot combat building simulator, where you create your robot from real-world inspired parts, then drive it in the arena to defeat other robots.

Why similar: Programming 55.6% ★, Building 17.4%, PvP 12.2%, Simulation 9%, Multiplayer 5.9%

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

Why similar: RTS 32.7%, Base Building 28%, Strategy 13%, Multiplayer 11.4%, PvP 9%

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 40.5%, Strategy 33.9%, Simulation 25.6%

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 61.4%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.

Why similar: Programming 47.8% ★, Automation 25.4%, Science 22.4% ★, Simulation 4.4%

You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot workers and watch them terraform the planet.

Why similar: Programming 42% ★, Automation 24.5%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 11.9%, Strategy 5.1%

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 50.1% ★, PvP 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Strategy 8.5%

Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!

Why similar: RTS 27.2%, Base Building 20.6%, Artificial Intelligence 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Strategy 8%

Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

Why similar: Programming 35.7% ★, Automation 21.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.6%

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

Why similar: RTS 43%, PvP 27.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Multiplayer 8.4%