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Games Like The Riftbreaker

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Singleplayer, Strategy, Survival.

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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.

Reviews: Very Positive — 90% — of 24,991 reviews
Released: 2021-10-14
Developer: EXOR Studios
Publisher: Surefire.Games
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 6.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 20.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 87%

Overview

The Riftbreaker is a unique hybrid that masterfully blends isometric action-RPG combat with complex base-building and tower-defense mechanics. These recommendations focus on titles that capture this specific loop of resource gathering, automated defense, and survival against overwhelming odds.

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    Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Tower Defense 23.8%, RTS 15.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person shooter combat with base-building and tower-defense mechanics in a high-stakes survival setting.

  2. #2 Mindustry
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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

    Why similar: Base Building 23.9%, Tower Defense 21%, RTS 15.1%, Resource Management 7.9%, Building 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A perfect blend of resource management, automation, and tower-defense strategy in a top-down perspective.

  3. #3 Factorio
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,209 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 193.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    Why similar: Base Building 35.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Crafting 12%, Resource Management 11.2%, Survival 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who love the automation and base-defense aspects of The Riftbreaker.

  4. #4 They Are Billions
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 51,491 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    Why similar: Base Building 35.1%, Tower Defense 18.3%, RTS 17.3%, Survival 12.2%, Building 5.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the survival and tower-defense elements, challenging you to protect a colony from massive zombie hordes.

  5. #5 Dyson Sphere Program
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,831 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 76.0 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: Base Building 44.9%, Building 18.7%, Sandbox 14.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 4.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive scale for automation and base building across multiple planets.

  6. #6 Satisfactory
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 33.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Sandbox 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person perspective on the complex automation and base-building found in The Riftbreaker.

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    93% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
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    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 18.9%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 10.6%, Sandbox 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes exploration, base building, and combat in a mysterious underground world.

  8. #8 V Rising
    92% matchVery Positive89% of 137,392 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 20.9 hrsMean: 58.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.6%, Survival 15.1%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Crafting 11.5%, Multiplayer 10%

    Why You'll Like It: Features fluid action-RPG combat combined with deep base-building and survival mechanics.

  9. #9 Abiotic Factor
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 59,444 reviews2025
    Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
    Windows
    Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 19.1%, Online Co-Op 16.1%, Co-op Campaign 15.5% ★, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that emphasizes base building and scientific exploration in a hostile facility.

  10. #10 Orcs Must Die! 3
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 14,930 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 49.6%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Co-op Campaign 15.6% ★, Multiplayer 10.5%, Strategy 6.7%

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  11. #11 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,665 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, Base Building 21.9%, RTS 17%, Building 10.6%, Survival 10.3%

    Why You'll Like It: An RTS that pits your base against massive, procedurally generated hordes of enemies.

  12. #12 The Planet Crafter
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Base Building 24.9%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Survival 12.3%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and base-building aspects of terraforming a hostile alien world.

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    Windows
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    Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, RTS 15.1%, Economy 13.4%, Building 12%, Sandbox 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical base building and defensive strategy against waves of enemies.

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    Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, RTS 15.5%, Economy 12.7%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%

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    Why similar: Base Building 22.3%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 11.4%

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    Why similar: RTS 49.4%, Multiplayer 30.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

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    Windows
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    Why similar: RTS 33.1%, Base Building 32.5%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Multiplayer 11%, Strategy 8%

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    Windows
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    Why similar: Base Building 30.5%, Tower Defense 17.6%, RTS 14.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Isometric 12.2%

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    85% matchVery Positive84% of 14,720 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Base Building 24.1%, Online Co-Op 18%, Building 12%, Multiplayer 11.1%

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    Why similar: RTS 50.1%, Base Building 21.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Isometric 6.7%

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  22. #22 Lumencraft
    83% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 reviews2023
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    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, Base Building 23.8%, Action RPG 14.4%, Sandbox 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down action-RPG that features destructible terrain and tower-defense elements.

  23. #23 Vectorio
    82% matchMostly Positive80% of 398 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build. Automate. Defend.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Tower Defense 20%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Sandbox 10%, Multiplayer 9.4%

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  24. #24 Creeper World 4
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    78% matchVery Positive87% of 405,507 reviews2024
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    Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Survival 15.1%, Tower Defense 13.8%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, Multiplayer 9.3%

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    79% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
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    Windows
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    79% matchVery Positive86% of 28,536 reviews2020
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    Windows
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    Why similar: Base Building 34.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Building 14.6%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%

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    77% matchVery Positive81% of 13,607 reviews2026
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    Windows
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    81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,066 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
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    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    Why similar: Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, Building 14.9%, Survival 12.9%

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    76% matchVery Positive86% of 106,050 reviews2024
    Dev: Keen Games GmbH
    Windows
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  34. #34 The Riftbreaker: Prologue
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,130 reviews2020
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    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, Base Building 17.9%, RTS 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Isometric 10.1%

  48. #48 Eden Crafters
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 2,696 reviews2026
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.1%

  49. #49 Night of the Dead
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
    Dev: Jackto Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 18.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Survival 9.5%

  50. #50 Empires of the Undergrowth
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.1%, Economy 15.4%, Building 14%, Sandbox 13.8%, Survival 13%

  51. #51 The Front
    69% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
    Dev: Samar Studio
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 44.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 10.8%, Online Co-Op 10.6%

  52. #52 Forever Skies
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
    Dev: Far From Home
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 28.4%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 14.8%, Building 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%

  53. #53 Outworld Station
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 859 reviews2026
    Dev: Trickjump Games Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

    Why similar: Base Building 28.7%, RTS 16.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.9%

  54. #54 Nordhold
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 3,393 reviews2025
    Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Base Building 29.2%, RTS 14.1%, Procedural Generation 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%

  55. #55 Planetaries
    70% matchMixed58% of 228 reviews2024
    Dev: EY-Studio
    Windows

    Experience a vast Sci-fi open-world survival TD game set on a distant planet deep in the universe. Craft, build, mine, trade, explore, and survive in this alien world. Collect Data and defend against waves of enemies seeking to banish you. Enjoy the adventure in Singleplayer or Multiplayer.

    Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Survival 10.1%, Crafting 9.7%

  56. #56 DG2: Defense Grid 2
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 3,465 reviews2014
    Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, Base Building 21.7%, RTS 16.6%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Building 11.1%

  57. #57 First Dwarf
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 381 reviews2024
    Dev: Star Drifters
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Co-op Campaign 22.6% ★, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Action RPG 13.4%, Building 12.7%

  58. #58 Monster Outbreak
    68% matchMixed67% of 102 reviews2022
    Dev: GameMunchersPub: indie.io
    Windows

    The King's dimensional orb has malfunctioned, bringing hordes of monsters into the Kingdom. Defend your safeground against the monsters by gathering resources, building defenses, upgrading your arsenal, and surviving long enough to find the source of monsters and destroy it.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.8%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Hack and Slash 14.2%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 10.9%

  59. #59 Techtonica
    66% matchMixed65% of 3,273 reviews2024
    Dev: Fire Hose Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 23.4%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Building 12.7%, Crafting 10.1%, Sandbox 10.1%

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