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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Indie, Singleplayer, Simulation.

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Thirteen unique islands await your guiding hand in this beautiful and engrossing real-time strategy game, unlike anything you have experienced before!

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 210 reviews
Released: 2017-02-27
Developer: Secret Sorcery Limited
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 65%

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    Dev: Empyrean Interactive
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  2. #2 Skyworld
    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 270 reviews2017
    Dev: Vertigo Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  3. #3 Fantastic Contraption
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 272 reviews2016
    Dev: Northway Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

    Why similar: VR 51.3%, Strategy 39.6%, Indie 9.1%

  4. #4 AirMech Command
    95% matchMixed68% of 199 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, VR 41.2%, Indie 15.8%

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    94% matchVery Positive83% of 299 reviews2024
    Dev: Chaos Theory GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows

    Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!

    Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, RTS 39.5%, Indie 16.6%

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    94% matchMixed65% of 51 reviews2018
    Dev: HandyGames
    Windows

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    93% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
    Dev: Coatsink
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

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    91% matchVery Positive89% of 2,127 reviews2021
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  9. #9 Fate Tectonics
    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 208 reviews2015
    Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!

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  10. #10 Townsmen VR
    90% matchVery Positive84% of 567 reviews2022
    Dev: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Townsmen VR uses the exciting possibilities of virtual reality to further enhance the classic city building game with entirely new gameplay experiences and interactive mechanics. It combines elements of a God-game simulation and a classic building game with the interactive possibilities of VR.

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  11. #11 Garden of the Sea (VR)
    89% matchVery Positive93% of 684 reviews2022
    Dev: Neat Corporation
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    You wake up on a small island in a magical world. Grow your garden, nurture local creatures, furnish your home or adventure across the seas to explore more islands and gather new resources. This world is for you.

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  12. #12 From Dust
    91% matchMixed67% of 2,953 reviews2011
    Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

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  13. #13 Terra Nil
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
    Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

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    86% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2025
    Dev: Blockage
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    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,216 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
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    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,905 reviews2013
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    86% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
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    85% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 764 reviews2022
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    74% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2019
    Dev: PowPit
    Windows

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    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 287 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
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    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    69% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive83% of 214 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 136 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%

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    70% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
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    Windows

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    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%

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    69% matchVery Positive84% of 428 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    65% matchVery Positive87% of 2,400 reviews2024
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    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 50 reviews2022
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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,324 reviews2008
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    Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

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