Top Base Building Games
60+ base building games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Open World, Survival.
Recommended Base Building Games

Schedule I
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

Satisfactory
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!
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- #1 Schedule I98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 288,530 reviews2025Developer: TVGSPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.5hMean: 27.8h≥1hr: 97%
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
- #2 Satisfactory98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 265,414 reviews2024Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 31.8hMean: 108.4h≥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!
- #3 7 Days to Die98% matchVery Positive87% of 396,805 reviews2024Developer: The Fun PimpsPublisher: The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLCPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 16.8hMean: 107.4h≥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!
- #4 Sons Of The Forest98% matchVery Positive88% of 299,895 reviews2024Developer: Endnight Games LtdPublisher: NewnightPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.9hMean: 32.0h≥1hr: 94%
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
- #5 V Rising98% matchVery Positive89% of 132,034 reviews2024Developer: Stunlock StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 21.0hMean: 57.1h≥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.
- #6 Raft98% matchVery Positive93% of 368,916 reviews2022Developer: Redbeet InteractivePublisher: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.5hMean: 36.8h≥1hr: 95%
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
- #7 Cult of the Lamb98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 121,567 reviews2022Developer: Massive MonsterPublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.4hMean: 24.9h≥1hr: 94%
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
- #8 Valheim98% matchVery Positive94% of 529,829 reviews2021Developer: Iron Gate ABPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 25.6hMean: 76.1h≥1hr: 93%
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
- #9 Enshrouded98% matchVery Positive86% of 98,202 reviews2024Developer: Keen Games GmbHPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18.3hMean: 44.1h≥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.
- #10 Once Human98% matchMostly Positive77% of 167,251 reviews2024Developer: Starry StudioPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 50.2h≥1hr: 77%
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
- #11 Factorio98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 227,071 reviews2020Developer: Wube Software LTD.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 44.8hMean: 188.9h≥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.
- #12 Muck98% matchVery Positive93% of 182,033 reviews2021Developer: DaniPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.4hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 70%
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
- #13 Grounded98% matchVery Positive90% of 92,875 reviews2022Developer: Obsidian EntertainmentPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.2hMean: 40.8h≥1hr: 94%
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
- #14 Dyson Sphere Program98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 90,027 reviews2021Developer: Youthcat StudioPublisher: Gamirror GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 13.2hMean: 75.2h≥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.
- #15 RimWorld98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018Developer: Ludeon StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 59.1hMean: 259.4h≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- #16 Subnautica98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 344,093 reviews2018Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 13.4hMean: 40.0h≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
- #17 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition98% matchVery Positive95% of 175,733 reviews2019Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.8hMean: 86.2h≥1hr: 92%
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
- #18 Oxygen Not Included98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019Developer: Klei EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.9hMean: 67.7h≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
- #19 Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition98% matchVery Positive86% of 91,161 reviews2021Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.3hMean: 75.8h≥1hr: 94%
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
- #20 ASTRONEER98% matchVery Positive92% of 136,711 reviews2019Developer: System Era SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.7hMean: 44.1h≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
- #21 Mindustry98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019Developer: AnukenDevPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 26.9h≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
- #22 ARK: Survival Evolved98% matchVery Positive83% of 763,144 reviews2017Developer: Studio WildcardPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.2hMean: 200.9h≥1hr: 79%
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
- #23 Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection98% matchVery Positive91% of 34,382 reviews2020Developer: PetroglyphPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.2hMean: 22.7h≥1hr: 81%
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
- #24 Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition98% matchVery Positive85% of 52,705 reviews2020Developer: World's EdgePublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.8hMean: 43.6h≥1hr: 80%
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
- #25 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition98% matchVery Positive83% of 67,089 reviews2020Developer: Undead LabsPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.1hMean: 39.2h≥1hr: 89%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
- #26 They Are Billions98% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019Developer: Numantian GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.1hMean: 56.0h≥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?
- #27 Fallout Shelter98% matchVery Positive88% of 80,218 reviews2017Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.8hMean: 31.7h≥1hr: 76%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
- #28 Prison Architect98% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015Developer: Introversion SoftwarePublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.0hMean: 30.1h≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
- #29 Fallout 7698% matchMostly Positive72% of 137,482 reviews2020Developer: Bethesda Game StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.2hMean: 113.5h≥1hr: 91%
Bethesda Game Studios welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fall, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers emerge into post-nuclear America. Explore a vast wasteland in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story.
- #30 Space Engineers98% matchVery Positive89% of 133,238 reviews2019Developer: Keen Software HousePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.0hMean: 95.7h≥1hr: 87%
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
- #31 Kenshi98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018Developer: Lo-Fi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.9hMean: 70.4h≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
- #32 War Selection98% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019Developer: Glyph WorldsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.5hMean: 27.4h≥1hr: 70%
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.
- #33 ARK: Survival Ascended98% matchMixed60% of 100,735 reviews2023Developer: Studio WildcardPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 28.6hMean: 195.6h≥1hr: 92%
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
- #34 Evil Genius 2: World Domination98% matchMixed69% of 13,065 reviews2021Developer: RebellionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 20.1h≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
- #35 The Planet Crafter98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 67,314 reviews2024Developer: Miju GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 21.1hMean: 37.2h≥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.
- #36 ICARUS98% matchMostly Positive74% of 62,078 reviews2021Developer: RocketWerkzPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 44.6h≥1hr: 87%
ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.
- #37 Subnautica: Below Zero98% matchVery Positive90% of 102,346 reviews2021Developer: Unknown Worlds EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 15.9hMean: 30.0h≥1hr: 91%
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.
- #38 Age of Empires II (Retired)98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 102,403 reviews2013Developer: Skybox LabsPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.1hMean: 47.8h≥1hr: 92%
Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
- #39 Dwarf Fortress97% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022Developer: Bay 12 GamesPublisher: Kitfox GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 5.5hMean: 38.4h≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
- #40 Scrap Mechanic97% matchVery Positive92% of 117,049 reviews2016Developer: Axolot GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 57.3h≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
- #41 Manor Lords96% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024Developer: Slavic MagicPublisher: Hooded HorsePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.3hMean: 21.5h≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
- #42 This War of Mine96% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 16.6h≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
- #43 Green Hell96% matchVery Positive85% of 94,379 reviews2019Developer: Creepy JarPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 18.7h≥1hr: 88%
Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.
- #44 Abiotic Factor95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,861 reviews2025Developer: Deep Field GamesPublisher: PlaystackPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 19.3hMean: 42.7h≥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.
- #45 Dune: Awakening95% matchMostly Positive70% of 74,372 reviews2025Developer: FuncomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 47.7hMean: 95.2h≥1hr: 97%
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival RPG where you can fully immerse yourself in the epic world of Dune. Alone or with friends, explore a vast open world Arrakis, survive the sandworms, build a home, craft an ornithopter, and unravel the mystery of the missing Fremen.
- #46 Frostpunk95% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.2hMean: 22.4h≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
- #47 Stormworks: Build and Rescue95% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020Developer: GeometaPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 17.4hMean: 111.9h≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
- #48 Foxhole95% matchVery Positive82% of 50,251 reviews2022Developer: Siege CampPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.0hMean: 76.0h≥1hr: 89%
Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.
- #49 Core Keeper94% matchVery Positive93% of 63,205 reviews2024Developer: PugstormPublisher: Fireshine GamesPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 12.0hMean: 33.7h≥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.
- #50 Hydroneer94% matchVery Positive86% of 27,097 reviews2020Developer: Foulball HangoverPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.1hMean: 22.3h≥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!
- #51 Northgard: Definitive Edition93% matchVery Positive85% of 68,002 reviews2018Developer: Shiro GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.9hMean: 28.7h≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
- #52 Captain of Industry93% matchVery Positive91% of 10,408 reviews2022Developer: MaFi GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.7hMean: 80.7h≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
- #53 Forts93% matchVery Positive92% of 24,366 reviews2017Developer: EarthWork GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.3hMean: 23.4h≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
- #54 The Riftbreaker93% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021Developer: EXOR StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.0hMean: 22.6h≥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.
- #55 Stranded: Alien Dawn93% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023Developer: Haemimont GamesPublisher: Paradox InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.0hMean: 24.2h≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
- #56 Infection Free Zone92% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024Developer: Jutsu GamesPublisher: Games OperatorsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.8hMean: 17.3h≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
- #57 Halo Wars: Definitive Edition92% matchVery Positive91% of 9,133 reviews2017Developer: Ensemble StudiosPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 13.3h≥1hr: 84%
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
