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.
Company of Heroes 2
World War II RTS built around cover and combined arms
79% positive
113K reviews
House Flipper
Single-player home renovation sim with cleaning, repairs, and decorating
94% positive
112K reviews
Subnautica: Below Zero
Open-world underwater survival adventure with crafting and an arctic mystery
90% positive
108K reviews
Enshrouded
Open-world survival action RPG with voxel building and online co-op
86% positive
106K reviews
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Medieval real-time strategy built around civilizations, resources, and conquest
96% positive
103K reviews
Green Hell
Open-world survival simulation with detailed health, crafting, and jungle dangers
85% positive
103K reviews
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
94% positive
98K reviews
Grounded
First-person backyard survival crafting at the size of an ant
90% positive
96K reviews
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around distinct civilizations and large battles
86% positive
96K reviews
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive
92K reviews
Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play vault management sim about surviving the post-apocalypse
88% positive
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Dune: Awakening
Open-world survival RPG of crafting, base building, and Arrakis exploration
71% positive
79K reviews
The Planet Crafter
Open-world survival crafting where base building transforms a barren planet
96% positive
74K reviews
Prison Architect
Top-down prison management sim built around design and crisis control
89% positive
74K reviews
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Open-world zombie survival with community management and base building
83% positive
70K reviews
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Viking real-time strategy with territorial expansion and winter survival
85% positive
69K reviews
ICARUS
First-person survival crafting across persistent worlds and timed missions
75% positive
69K reviews
Core Keeper
Underground mining sandbox with crafting, base building, and online co-op
93% positive
67K reviews
Stormworks: Build and Rescue
Open-world vehicle-building sandbox with programmable air and sea rescues
91% positive
60K reviews
Abiotic Factor
First-person survival crafting as scientists in a breached underground laboratory
96% positive
59K reviews
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Turn-based sci-fi strategy balancing squad combat and base management
93% positive
59K reviews
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around civilizations and card-based Home Cities
86% positive
55K reviews
Foxhole
Top-down MMO wargame driven by player-built bases and supply lines
79% positive
53K reviews