Best Base Building games on PC
Games where players construct, expand, and manage a base, ranging from survival shelters to colonies, factories, and military settlements.
- Construct and expand a home base
- Gather and manage building resources
- Upgrade defenses, production, or utilities
Related: Resource Management, Crafting, Survival, Automation
760 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
ICBM
Real-time nuclear strategy with research, defenses, and coordinated strikes
91% positive
1,930 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,926 reviews
Border Pioneer
Pixel-art city builder with cards and monthly enemy waves
87% positive
1,923 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
Historical strategy RPG with city management and real-time army battles
93% positive
1,919 reviews
Project Castaway
First-person survival crafting across Pacific islands by raft
65% positive
1,892 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive
Free
Minimalist Tower Defense
Top-down tower defense with daytime building and nighttime swarms
95% positive
1,867 reviews
Conan Unconquered
Real-time strategy with base building and escalating enemy waves
68% positive
1,862 reviews
Dawn of Defiance
Open-world survival crafting as a Spartan defying Greek gods
77% positive
1,853 reviews
Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
Real-time strategy where you combine animals to build armies
96% positive
1,848 reviews
Wild Terra Online
Open-world medieval sandbox RPG with player-built settlements and survival
60% positive
Free
Gnomes
Turn-based tower defense where movable gnomes guard crops from goblins
95% positive
1,841 reviews
Anvil Saga
Medieval blacksmith shop management with workers and faction choices
70% positive
1,834 reviews
From Glory To Goo
Sci-fi base-building RTS about defending a colony from alien Goo
96% positive
1,833 reviews
KeeperRL
Roguelike dungeon builder with minion raids and turn-based combat
83% positive
1,812 reviews
Drake Hollow
Third-person survival adventure with creature care and village defense
77% positive
1,807 reviews
MEMORIAPOLIS
Historical city builder where districts grow across five eras
76% positive
1,805 reviews
Good Company
Tech company management sim centered on automated production lines
73% positive
1,793 reviews
Vietnam War
Open-world first-person war game with squad commands and vehicles
85% positive
1,775 reviews
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
Medieval siege survival strategy built around crafting and nighttime scavenging
79% positive
1,770 reviews
Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up
Subway station management sim built around controlling commuter crowds
81% positive
1,769 reviews
Executive Assault 2
Space RTS with asteroid bases and direct first-person combat
83% positive
1,768 reviews
My Island
Open-world island survival with crafting, farming, and sailing
66% positive
1,739 reviews
Before We Leave
Nonviolent city builder linking island settlements across multiple planets
78% positive
1,730 reviews