Games like Aurora Dusk: Steam Age
by Sylvain Harlaut
An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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$29.99The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Aug 27 · Free Range Games
Both: Dwarves
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
DwarvesBase BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpExplorationCraftingBuildingAdventureMultiplayer👍 10,244
$12.99Ancient Warfare 3
Jan 26 · JNI Games
Both: Sandbox · Moddable
Dive into a sandbox full of action and customization! Choose from different game modes like deathmatch, conquest, king of the hill, zombie survival and many more. Create your own scenarios and content in the easy to use in-game editors or use one of the 50k+ workshop items from other players...
SandboxSimulationActionStrategyIndieWarModdableSingleplayerPhysicsShooter👍 2,660
$24.99First Dwarf
Jun 19 · Star Drifters
Both: Dwarves
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Early AccessActionDwarvesCo-op CampaignMechsBuildingSplit ScreenPvEAction RPGCrafting👍 314
-35%$9.74Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
Jan 22 · Hamma Studios
Both: Dwarves
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Auto BattlerDwarvesRPGRoguelikeCharacter CustomizationStrategyLootParty-Based RPGTactical RPGPerma Death👍 2,591
$9.99Dwarven Realms
Sep 27 · Crater Studios
Both: Dwarves
Face massive hordes of mobs and unleash chaotic abilities that paint the screen with mayhem. Dive into the largest mob density of any 3D ARPG and slay them all. Wield epic powers, create your build, and shape a world of endless possibilities in the action-packed ARPG experience.
Action RPGHack and SlashDwarvesAction RoguelikePvETactical RPGDungeon CrawlerRogueliteSouls-likeArcade👍 2,850
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Sandbox
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
-50%$13.99Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Jan 15 · PlaySide
Both: Tower Defense · Fantasy
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.
Tower DefenseAction RTSRTSStrategyBase BuildingPvEDark Fantasy3DFantasyStylized👍 9,487
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Tower Defense · Sandbox
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Sandbox
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$24.99Citadelum
Oct 17 · Abylight Barcelona
Both: Moddable · Sandbox
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
ModdableSingleplayerCity BuilderRomeResource ManagementBuildingSandboxAuto BattlerSimulationLevel Editor👍 1,006
-90%$1.19Hexguardian
May 2 · Split Second Games
Both: Tower Defense
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Tower DefenseCartoonyRogueliteRoguelikeStrategyHex GridProcedural GenerationTacticalRTS3D👍 617
-40%$10.49Tower Dominion
May 7 · Parallel 45 Games
Both: Tower Defense
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Tower DefenseStrategyBase BuildingRoguelikeRTSTacticalRogueliteChoices MatterProcedural GenerationResource Management👍 5,124
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Tower Defense
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
AutomationBase BuildingTower DefenseRogueliteResource Management2.5DCuteStrategyBuildingSimulation👍 991
$4.99clickyland
Jun 3 · Sokpop Collective
Both: Tower Defense
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingCity Builder3DSingleplayerRTSSurvivalMedieval👍 622
$4.99Samawa Idle
Nov 13 · Samharia Studios
Both: Tower Defense
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
IncrementalIdlerRogueliteAuto BattlerTower DefenseRPGRoguelikeCharacter Customization2DTop-Down👍 600
$9.99Cluckmech Oasis
May 9 · BlackLight
Both: Tower Defense
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
StrategyRoguelikeTower DefensePixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterCuteRogueliteBuildingActionShooter👍 3,078
$29.99Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Jan 28 · Robot Entertainment
Both: Tower Defense · Fantasy
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Tower DefenseCo-opRogueliteThird-Person ShooterActionStrategyPhysicsFunnyFantasyPvE👍 4,055
$24.99Orebound
Oct 24 · Emberforge
Both: Dwarves
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Early AccessResource ManagementDwarvesSingleplayerIndieFirst-PersonBuildingSimulationOpen WorldCrafting👍 948
$7.99Forgotten Mines
Jul 23 · Cannibal Goose
Both: Dwarves
Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.
Tactical RPGDwarvesRogueliteTurn-Based TacticsStrategy RPGPerma DeathTurn-Based StrategyDungeon CrawlerRoguelikeRPG👍 304
$9.99BORE BLASTERS
Mar 8 · 8BitSkull
Both: Dwarves
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
DwarvesMiningExplorationLootActionProcedural GenerationRogueliteAction RoguelikeCollectathonCasual👍 709
$29.99Myth of Empires
Feb 21 · Angela Game
Both: Sandbox
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSandboxMMORPGOpen WorldSurvivalBase BuildingMultiplayerWarCharacter Customization👍 15,523
$24.99Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26 · Team Ranger
Both: Tower Defense
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.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,637
$19.99Core Keeper
Aug 27 · Pugstorm
Both: Sandbox
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.
Open WorldSurvivalExplorationPixel GraphicsMultiplayerSandboxCraftingBuildingCo-opBase Building👍 50,086
$19.99Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Mar 26 · Tomas Sala
Both: Sandbox
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
CasualProcedural GenerationMinimalistCity BuilderExperimentalBase BuildingOpen WorldBuildingSandboxSteampunk👍 1,381
$14.99Planet Centauri
Dec 12 · Permadeath
Both: Sandbox
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
SandboxExploration2DPixel GraphicsCreature CollectorOpen WorldColorfulMiningIndieCrafting👍 2,102
$19.99Cultivation Tales
Apr 17 · Ac Games
Both: Sandbox
Cultivation Tales is an open world survival craft online game. You will experience collecting, crafting, hunting, fighting, building, researching, in a wild mythical world. Fight for your clan and yourself, from mortal to divinity!
SandboxBuildingOnline Co-OpSurvivalActionMassively MultiplayerOpen World Survival CraftAdventureOpen WorldSingleplayer👍 12,560
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Sandbox
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$14.999 Days
Mar 8 · MVR
Both: Sandbox · Fantasy
You have 9 days before the final fight. At your current state, you do not stand a chance! Explore this Open World to gain new skills and abilities for the battle. Choose where you go, what you do carefully. You cannot waste time! You have 9 days.
AdventureActionOpen WorldMagicSandboxFantasySingleplayerRPGThird PersonSuperhero👍 2,200
$24.99Mirthwood
Nov 6 · Bad Ridge Games
Both: Sandbox
Embark on an enchanting journey and brave ferocious creatures in an immersive medieval fantasy world. Will you settle a new homestead to live a life of farming and trade, or pick up the sword and take up the adventurers' path?
RPGFarming SimSandboxOpen World Survival CraftMedievalImmersive SimCraftingFishingExplorationManagement👍 2,242
$39.99My Time at Sandrock
Nov 2 · Pathea Games
Both: Sandbox
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Life SimBuildingFarming SimMultiplayerCraftingSandboxDating SimRPGOpen WorldCharacter Customization👍 24,122
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Both: Tower Defense
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
-70%$2.39Necrosmith 2
Mar 27 · Alawar
Both: Tower Defense
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Tower DefenseStrategyRogueliteReal-TimeBullet HellManagementSimulationTop-DownActionExploration👍 1,316
$14.99Tower Factory
Nov 7 · Gius Caminiti
Both: Tower Defense
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?
AutomationTower DefenseStrategyRTSRogueliteRoguelikeBase BuildingResource ManagementManagementCrafting👍 1,221
$5.99Frontline Crisis
Aug 14 · BCQT
Both: Tower Defense
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterRTSStrategyPixel GraphicsSpaceMechsLocal Co-OpAction RTS1980s👍 348
$29.99Pax Dei
Oct 16 · Mainframe Industries
Both: Sandbox
Welcome to a vast, social sandbox MMO inspired by the legends of the medieval era. Here, myths are real, ghosts exist, and magic is unquestioned. Join thousands of players as you explore the land, build your home, forge your reputation, and craft your own stories. What world will you make?
MMORPGSandboxOpen WorldMedievalCraftingBase BuildingRPGExplorationPvPPvE👍 7,166
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Sandbox
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
$12.99Tinkerlands
May 23 · CodeManu, Endless Coffee
Both: Sandbox
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvivalPixel GraphicsOpen WorldIndieMultiplayer2DAdventure👍 3,626
$14.99Below the Stone
Nov 17 · Strollart
Both: Dwarves
Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.
Early AccessDwarvesMiningExplorationRoguelikePixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeUndergroundRoguelite👍 391
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Sandbox
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$19.999-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Aug 26 · Petroglyph
Both: Sandbox
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Action RTSRTSWargameReal Time TacticsSandboxColorfulPvPBase BuildingStrategyTactical👍 945
$16.99Return from Core
Jul 17 · 顽核社 FuncoreClub
Both: Sandbox
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
AutomationSurvivalBase BuildingDating SimSandboxCraftingSingleplayerActionAdventureBuilding👍 1,621
$8.99Skel Dungeon: Heroes Must Die!
Oct 21 · Buff Studio
Both: Tower Defense · Fantasy
Skel Dungeon is a real-time strategy defense game. Become a small skeleton and defeat the heroes invading your dungeon. Set up and upgrade trap rooms, expand your dungeon, and strengthen your skeleton to stand against increasingly powerful heroes.
MedievalHack and SlashRTSTower DefenseActionAction RTSDark FantasyStrategyFantasyBase Building
$19.99Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Sep 27 · Element Studios
Both: Tower Defense
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsRogueliteStrategyPvERTSRoguelikeOnline Co-OpSci-fiTactical👍 707
$14.99Cauldron
May 21 · SleepyDad Games
Both: Fantasy
Cauldron is an upgrade-heavy, minigame-centric, turn-based RPG. Play minigames to strengthen your party, then win battles to uncover more map, more heroes, more minigames, more everything! If your favorite plant is an upgrade tree, then this game is for you!
IncrementalMinigamesCasualTurn-Based StrategyAdventurePixel GraphicsAuto Battler2DFantasyIdler👍 1,684
$14.99Dwelvers
Dec 19 · Rasmus Ljunggren
Both: Sandbox · Fantasy
Dwelvers is a unique real-time strategy Dungeon Keeper-like with resource management, logistics, battles, magic spells, trading, crimes against humanity, labyrinths, and so much more. Are you able to eradicate the pesky humans once and for all? Of course you are. The Dark Mother wills it.
Base BuildingVillain ProtagonistUndergroundManagementSandboxDarkFantasyMagicTop-DownBuilding👍 237
$9.99My Little Blacksmith Shop
Feb 9 · Dasius, Noble Games Studio
Both: Sandbox
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
CraftingSingleplayerSimulationRelaxingMedievalCasualRPGSandboxMiningExploration👍 1,111
$14.99Of Blades & Tails
Nov 9 · Felix Laukel
Both: Sandbox
A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes. Follow the main story or hunt for treasures in ancient ruins and mysterious dungeons. Develop your character and gain powerful equipment.
Tactical RPGMedievalDungeon CrawlerSandboxAction RPGRoguelikeRPGStrategy2DTop-Down👍 358
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Sandbox
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Early AccessAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSandboxCraftingBuildingProcedural GenerationExplorationMultiplayer👍 439
-42%$8.69River Town Factory
Feb 6 · iFAction Studio
Both: Sandbox
If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……
AutomationBase BuildingPixel GraphicsOpen WorldSimulationSandboxTime TravelAlternate History2DIndie👍 1,277
-40%$8.99The Enjenir: The Engineering Physics Building Simulator
Dec 18 · PeatyTurf
Both: Sandbox
Put your engineering and problem solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious "Enjeniring" experience!
SandboxPhysicsParkourMedievalBase BuildingFunnyThird PersonSingleplayerSimulationBuilding👍 682



