- #1 The Riftbreaker
97% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Tower Defense 9.5%, Hack and Slash 7.6%, Isometric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: The full version of the seed game, offering the complete campaign and expanded mechanics.
- #2 Mindustry
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Base Building 25.2%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Building 8.5%, Sandbox 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the tower-defense and automation elements found in the seed game.
- #3 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.7 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 18.5%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 11.7%, Sandbox 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that perfectly blends exploration, base-building, and combat in a mysterious setting.
- #4 Factorio
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020
Dev: Wube Software LTD.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 44.8 hrsMean: 188.9 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 33.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10%, Resource Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for players who enjoy the automation and base-building aspects of the seed game.
- #5 Satisfactory
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 31.8 hrsMean: 108.4 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 30.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.8%, Sandbox 11%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person perspective on the complex base-building and automation found in the seed game.
- #6 V Rising
94% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024
Dev: Stunlock Studios
Windows
Median: 21.0 hrsMean: 57.1 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 20.7%, Survival 14.7%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Crafting 11%, Multiplayer 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines satisfying action-RPG combat with deep base-building and survival progression.
- #7 Outpost: Infinity Siege
93% matchMixed66% of 13,528 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 41.5 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 25.3%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.3%, RTS 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends base-building, tower defense, and intense FPS action against waves of enemies.
- #8 Lumencraft
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,264 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 20.9%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Action RPG 17%, Sandbox 14.8%, Survival 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features destructible environments, exploration, and intense tower-defense combat.
- #9 The Planet Crafter
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.1 hrsMean: 37.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 22.5%, Online Co-Op 19%, Survival 13.4%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the terraforming and survival aspects of building a base on an alien world.
- #10 Vectorio
91% matchVery Positive81% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: BN Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Base Building 20.1%, Tower Defense 18%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Sandbox 10.8%, Multiplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense game that integrates automation and resource management mechanics.
- #11 Dyson Sphere Program
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 75.2 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 44.1%, Building 20.9%, Sandbox 16.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive scale for sci-fi automation and resource management on alien planets.
- #12 Enshrouded
89% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024
Dev: Keen Games GmbH
Windows
Median: 18.3 hrsMean: 44.1 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 19.9%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action-RPG that features robust base-building and survival mechanics.
- #13 Necesse
89% matchVery Positive93% of 26,780 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 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 15.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Survival 13.7%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game with a strong focus on base-building, RPG progression, and boss combat.
- #14 The Front
86% matchMixed68% of 10,753 reviews2025
Dev: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 44.3 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 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Online Co-Op 11%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game featuring base-building and defensive combat against waves.
- #15 StarRupture
86% matchVery Positive81% of 10,861 reviews2026
Dev: Creepy Jar
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 16%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Sandbox 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game that emphasizes base-building and automation on a hostile planet.
- #16 Keplerth
87% matchVery Positive85% of 4,121 reviews2022
Dev: TAROPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.2 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: Sandbox 19.5%, Survival 19.4%, Building 17.6%, Base Building 13%, Multiplayer 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox survival game with a heavy emphasis on crafting, base-building, and exploration.
- #17 Eden Rising
88% 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 27.9%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Crafting 15.4%, Survival 14.1%, Online Co-Op 13.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action game that incorporates significant tower-defense elements.
- #18 Craft Hero - Prologue
84% 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 17.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, Survival 14.2%, Building 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox game with a focus on crafting and base-building.
- #19 Brinefall
85% matchMixed42% of 99 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 16.6%, Isometric 13%, Hack and Slash 12.6%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that features base-building and hack-and-slash combat.
- #20 7 Days to Die
81% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024
Dev: The Fun PimpsPub: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 107.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Survival 17.3%, Online Co-Op 15%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Multiplayer 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival and base-building with a core focus on defending against waves of enemies.
- #21 Terraria
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,511,859 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 149.0 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 17.4%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Crafting 14%, Building 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox experience that offers extensive base-building and combat progression.
- #22 Farlanders: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 18.7%, Isometric 16.4%, Survival 15.9%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-simulation game that focuses on terraforming and resource management.
- #23 Don't Starve Together
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 528,033 reviews2016
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 64.1 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 62.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, Crafting 7.2%, Sandbox 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game with a unique art style and deep base-building mechanics.
- #24 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.8 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 34.9%, Survival 25.9%, Crafting 24.9%, Resource Management 12.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival and resource-management game focused on preparing a base for external threats.
- #25 Nova Lands
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,351 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.4 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 27.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming top-down game that focuses on exploration and automation in a sandbox setting.
- #26 Scrapnaut
80% matchMostly Positive70% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.3%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 14.5%, Multiplayer 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game with a focus on crafting and base-building.
- #27 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 24.5%, Survival 17.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #28 Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue
77% matchVery Positive91% of 7,161 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in this free prologue introducing one of the planets you can transform in Eden Crafters – an upcoming open-world game that challenges you, alone or with friends, to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity.
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Online Co-Op 17%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #29 Hydroneer
78% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Base Building 32%, Sandbox 17.7%, Building 15.8%, Multiplayer 14%, Crafting 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game focused on resource extraction and building complex automated machinery.
- #30 Force of Nature 2: Prologue
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 76 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 14.1%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11.4%
- #31 FortressCraft Evolved!
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 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 16.2%, Building 15.3%, Survival 13.8%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based game that focuses on complex automation and tower-defense mechanics.
- #32 Planetaries
76% matchMixed59% of 222 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: Online Co-Op 15.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Survival 10.9%, Building 10%
- #33 World Crafter TD: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 25.4%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Crafting 16.3%, Survival 13.7%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #34 Machine Mind
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 374 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 15.8%, Tower Defense 14.1%, Isometric 12.3%, Survival 9.6%, Action RPG 9.2%
- #35 SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,583 reviews2020
Dev: Grimlore GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 14.9%, Base Building 14.4%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Action RPG 13.1%, Strategy RPG 12%
- #36 Start Over
73% matchMixed62% of 375 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 20%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #37 Stellarcraft The Prologue
72% matchVery Positive91% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a thrilling sci-fi tower defense game where you explore planets, gather resources, and fend off enemy threats—solo or in 4-player co-op. Play the free demo now! 🚀
Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Base Building 25.2%, Survival 18.2%, Crafting 14.9%, Exploration 7.9%
- #38 Eden Crafters
71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
Dev: Osaris Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
Why similar: Base Building 22.7%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 12.2%, Survival 11.5%
- #39 Stellarcraft
69% matchVery Positive91% of 99 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 25%, Online Co-Op 24.4%, Survival 14%, Multiplayer 12.1%, RTS 10.3%
- #40 Citywars Tower Defense
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,122 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 20.2%, Base Building 19.3%, Online Co-Op 18.7%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12.3%
- #41 Gatewalkers (Alpha)
72% 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 18.7%, Isometric 16.4%, Hack and Slash 14.3%, Action RPG 14.1%, Survival 13.1%
- #42 Guardians of the Sanctree
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 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 20.7%, Online Co-Op 17.6%, Tower Defense 17%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #43 Tower Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Base Building 20.8%, Tower Defense 20.1%, Crafting 11.3%, RTS 11%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #44 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
71% matchVery Positive87% of 982 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.3 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 22.1%, Isometric 18.7%, Survival 15.4%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Crafting 11.8%
- #45 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
70% matchMixed69% of 434 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 38.2%, Isometric 34.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Resource Management 7.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #46 Abiotic Factor
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 42.7 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 20.4%, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Survival 13.9%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #47 Ascent of Ashes
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Isometric 13.1%, Survival 13%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.5%
- #48 Outpath: First Journey
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Base Building 37.8%, Crafting 22.2%, Building 19.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #49 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
68% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Why similar: Resource Management 50.2%, Strategy 42.4%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #50 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
66% matchVery Positive81% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Online Co-Op 17%, Base Building 14.5%, RTS 13.7%, Building 12.8%
- #51 Above Snakes: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,860 reviews2023
Dev: Square Glade GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
In the prologue of Above Snakes, you awake in a destroyed settlement and help the survivors rebuild it. After that, expand the world with world pieces, craft, farm, hunt, build a base, and fight to find out more about what happened.
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Isometric 21.1%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #52 Volcanoids
68% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 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: Online Co-Op 18.4%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 12.5%, Multiplayer 10.7%
- #53 Beyond the Map
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 659 reviews2025
Dev: Glitch Goblins
Windows
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Isometric 15.8%, Action RPG 12.3%, Hack and Slash 11.6%, Crafting 9.9%