- #1 The Riftbreaker
97% matchVery Positive90% of 24,665 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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.
Why similar: Base Building 13.4%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Tower Defense 9.9%, Hack and Slash 7.6%, Isometric 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: The full version of the seed game, offering the complete campaign and expanded mechanics.
- #2 Outpost: Infinity Siege
96% matchMixed65% of 13,623 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Tower Defense 23.2%, Survival 13%, Crafting 12.3%, RTS 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and tower defense with high-stakes action in a sci-fi setting.
- #3 Satisfactory
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 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 31.2%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12.6%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Sandbox 11%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on large-scale base-building and resource management in a beautiful, explorable alien environment.
- #4 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: Base Building 24.5%, Tower Defense 20.4%, RTS 11.4%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid of tower defense and resource automation that perfectly mirrors the strategic depth of the seed game.
- #5 Factorio
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 233,774 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 192.8 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 33.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for automation and base-building, requiring constant defense against local alien threats.
- #6 Core Keeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 66,104 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 18.4%, Online Co-Op 15.8%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes base-building, exploration, and challenging boss combat.
- #7 V Rising
93% matchVery Positive89% of 136,761 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 57.9 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 23.2%, Survival 16.4%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Crafting 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features top-down action-RPG combat combined with a deep base-building and fortification system.
- #8 Necesse
91% matchVery Positive93% of 28,807 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Base Building 16.2%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 13.7%, Online Co-Op 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game that blends base-building, crafting, and dungeon-crawling.
- #9 They Are Billions
92% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 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 36%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Survival 15%, RTS 12.9%, Building 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity strategy game focused on building a base to survive massive waves of enemies.
- #10 Dyson Sphere Program
91% 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: Base Building 43.6%, Building 20.8%, Sandbox 16.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep automation and planetary exploration mechanics with a focus on scaling production.
- #11 The Planet Crafter
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Base Building 23%, Online Co-Op 18.7%, Survival 13.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on terraforming and base-building in a harsh, uninhabited alien world.
- #12 Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
89% matchVery Positive95% of 23,766 reviews2017
Dev: Reactive Drop Team
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.
Why You'll Like It: Provides the top-down, squad-based alien combat experience found in the action segments of the seed game.
- #13 Don't Starve Together
88% matchVery Positive95% of 541,972 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Why similar: Survival 63.2%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, Crafting 7.1%, Sandbox 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that requires careful base management and defense against environmental threats.
- #14 Eden Rising
89% matchMixed64% of 1,447 reviews2019
Dev: The Wall Productions Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Brace yourself for a brand new action-packed Open World. Explore a huge world to gather materials for gear and defenses. Use everything at your disposal to defend your bases and defeat hordes of hostile monsters. Play solo or up to 8-player online!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 14.2%, Online Co-Op 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action game that focuses on defending objectives from waves of alien creatures.
- #15 Vectorio
87% matchVery Positive80% of 397 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Base Building 20.3%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Online Co-Op 17%, Sandbox 10.9%, Multiplayer 10%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tower defense game that incorporates automation and resource management.
- #16 Lumencraft
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,285 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Base Building 20.8%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Action RPG 17.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Survival 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down mining and exploration game with strong tower defense elements.
- #17 Survival Machine
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 805 reviews2026
Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?
Why similar: Base Building 16.3%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Hack and Slash 11.9%, Crafting 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and upgrading a mobile base to survive in a dangerous, ever-changing environment.
- #18 Sanctum 2
86% matchVery Positive90% of 14,391 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.1%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Strategy 6.8%, Survival 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of first-person shooter and tower defense that emphasizes strategic base layout.
- #19 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,619 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Tower Defense 21.4%, RTS 12.7%, Survival 12.6%, Building 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-RTS that forces players to build and defend a base against thousands of enemies.
- #20 Orcs Must Die! 3
84% matchVery Positive86% of 14,886 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Online Co-Op 21.4%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Strategy 8.3%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the tower defense aspect, tasking players with building traps to stop waves of enemies.
- #21 The Front
82% matchMixed67% of 10,771 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 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 17.9%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 11.2%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-crafting game that emphasizes base defense and military-style combat.
- #22 Volcanoids
83% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Online Co-Op 15%, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Sandbox 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features a mobile base-building mechanic where you must defend your drillship from volcanic eruptions and enemies.
- #23 Terraria
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,548,448 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.8 hrsMean: 151.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, Survival 17.6%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 13.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers extensive exploration, base-building, and combat against waves of enemies and bosses.
- #24 Brinefall
82% matchMixed42% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: Qwerty StudioPub: Gamera Interactive
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Isometric 13%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that blends base-building with hack-and-slash combat mechanics.
- #25 Iron Harvest
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,957 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: Base Building 34.4%, RTS 25.6%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An RTS that features base-building and tactical combat in a diesel-punk setting.
- #26 Starbound
79% matchVery Positive90% of 123,281 reviews2016
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 17.0 hrsMean: 64.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, Online Co-Op 19.3%, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi sandbox game that allows for deep base-building and exploration across various alien planets.
- #27 Bee Island
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,692 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Base Building 17.6%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Isometric 12%, Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused tower defense game that requires careful base planning and resource management.
- #28 FortressCraft Evolved!
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,063 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Building 15.4%, Survival 13.9%
Why You'll Like It: A complex base-building game that emphasizes long-range logistics and tower defense.
- #29 Nova Lands
78% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Base Building 27.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A casual approach to automation and base-building with a focus on exploration and discovery.
- #30 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 7,602 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Survive, craft, and automate in this free prologue set on one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters, an open-world game where you play solo or with friends to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Online Co-Op 16.7%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #31 Grim Dawn
78% matchVery Positive93% of 109,219 reviews2016
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 67.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Why similar: Action RPG 61.1%, Isometric 16.1%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Multiplayer 3.5%, RPG 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides the satisfying hack-and-slash action-RPG combat found in the seed game.
- #32 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,709 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 13.6%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #33 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: A.Y.std
Windows
Force of Nature 2: Prologue is an introduction to the world of the main game. Explore one of the many worlds and uncover its mystery. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Why similar: Isometric 15.6%, Action RPG 14.3%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 11.4%
- #34 Planetaries
75% matchMixed58% of 226 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 15.7%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Survival 11.1%, Building 10.1%
- #35 Craft Hero - Prologue
74% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2022
Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
Windows
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
Why similar: Base Building 26.4%, Crafting 17.2%, Sandbox 16.4%, Survival 14.3%, Building 13.4%
- #36 SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,614 reviews2020
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The SpellForce 3: Versus Edition gives you the chance to enter the battlefields of Eo for free, letting you test your RTS skills against AI opponents or even other human players.
Why similar: Building 15%, Base Building 14.4%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Action RPG 13.3%, Strategy RPG 12%
- #37 StarRupture
71% matchVery Positive81% of 13,247 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Base Building 24%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 12.4%
- #38 World Crafter TD: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 103 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Tower Defense 24.7%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #39 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Why similar: Base Building 35.1%, Survival 26.4%, Crafting 24.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #40 Enshrouded
70% matchVery Positive86% of 104,779 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 46.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Why similar: Base Building 20%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.8%
- #41 Farlanders: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive93% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: Andrii Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
Why similar: Base Building 33.3%, Building 18.9%, Isometric 16.6%, Survival 16.1%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #42 Start Over
72% matchMixed61% of 379 reviews2024
Dev: EY-Studio
Windows
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Survival 13.1%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #43 Machine Mind
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 591 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Base Building 14%, Tower Defense 12.7%, Isometric 10.5%, Action RPG 10%, Strategy RPG 9%
- #44 Everwind
67% matchVery Positive81% of 3,756 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.6%, Action RPG 13.7%, Survival 13.2%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 12.4%
- #45 Eden Crafters
67% matchVery Positive85% of 2,630 reviews2026
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.0 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 21.3%, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Survival 11%
- #46 Keplerth
69% matchVery Positive84% of 4,159 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Welcome to Keplerth! Try to survive on a hostile alien planet in this 2D sandbox RPG, where you can choose to live alone or fight side by side with your friends in the online multiplayer mode. Survive, build, farm, fight, and explore your way to victory in this open-world adventure!
Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 17.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Multiplayer 10.5%
- #47 Gatewalkers (Alpha)
70% matchVery Positive84% of 795 reviews2020
Dev: A2 Softworks
Windows
Gatewalkers is a cooperative action RPG game with survival elements, where players travel across different worlds in order to save their own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants, face challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.2%, Isometric 16.4%, Hack and Slash 14.5%, Action RPG 14.4%, Survival 13.2%
- #48 Stellarcraft
67% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Online Co-Op 23.7%, Survival 14.1%, Multiplayer 12%, RTS 10.5%
- #49 Citywars Tower Defense
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,129 reviews2022
Dev: 01 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Citywars TD is a cute multiplayer third person Survival Tower Defense. Build towers, gather resources, craft tools, upgrade weapons, level up buildings, expand your city with your friends and work under pressure before the next incoming wave of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, Base Building 19.4%, Online Co-Op 18.4%, Survival 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%
- #50 Outpost
69% matchVery Positive87% of 795 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 15.8%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #51 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
68% matchMixed68% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Base Building 38.3%, Isometric 34.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Resource Management 7.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #52 Guardians of the Sanctree
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 373 reviews2024
Dev: HuCang Studio
Windows
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.
Why similar: Base Building 20.8%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #53 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
68% matchVery Positive87% of 983 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Isometric 18.9%, Survival 15.6%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Crafting 11.8%