Games like Buggos
by Intrepid Marmot
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
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$29.99Empires of the Undergrowth
Jun 7 · Slug Disco
Both: Base Building · City Builder · Management
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
StrategySimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementGrand StrategyColony SimSandboxBuildingHistorical👍 17,498
$19.99Primitive Society Simulator
Feb 26 · YSH BigDove
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Building
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
City BuilderColony SimBase BuildingSandboxAgricultureBuildingWargameDiplomacyManagementHistorical👍 647
$24.99Songs of Syx
Sep 21 · Gamatron AB
Both: City Builder · Grand Strategy · Base Building
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Early AccessCity BuilderColony SimStrategySandboxGrand StrategyBase Building4XBuildingSingleplayer👍 8,852
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Wargame · RTS
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Base Building · RTS · City Builder
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
$9.99Bee Island
Aug 25 · Lemma Arts
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Building
Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
Tower DefenseStrategyCity BuilderMinimalistAction RTSBase BuildingBuildingAction3DColorful👍 1,615
$9.99Home Wars
Jun 13 · Insane Dreamers
Both: RTS · Wargame · Grand Strategy
Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.
RTSFPSWargameStrategySandboxMilitaryShooterWarGrand StrategyAction RTS👍 1,141
FreeStormgate
Aug 5 · Frost Giant Studios
Both: RTS · Base Building · Building
Stormgate is a free-to-play real-time strategy game with a full single-player campaign, 3-player co-op, and PvP versus modes on over 60 maps. Our Editor is also freely available for you to craft just about any custom game mode you can imagine. Join our development journey today!
RTSBase BuildingStrategyMultiplayerWareSportsFree to PlayFuturisticTop-DownBuilding👍 2,104
$29.99Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
Aug 18 · Planetary Annihilation Inc
Both: RTS · Base Building · Building
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
RTSStrategyReal Time TacticsBase BuildingMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fiWarBuildingOnline Co-Op👍 11,401
-40%$10.49Tower Dominion
May 7 · Parallel 45 Games
Both: Base Building · RTS
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
$9.99WAR PARTY
Mar 28 · Rogueside
Both: RTS · Base Building · City Builder
War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?
StrategyRTSBase BuildingReal-TimeResource ManagementWarHistoricalDinosaursCity BuilderTactical👍 376
$14.99IDUN - Frontline Survival
Jan 20 · IDUN Interactive
Both: Building · Wargame · RTS
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
3DBuildingWargameTower DefenseStrategyRTSSurvivalBase BuildingMiningSci-fi👍 685
$9.99Gemini Wars
Nov 2 · Camel 101
Both: Grand Strategy · Wargame · Base Building
Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars.
4XGrand StrategyWargameSpaceWarBase BuildingReal-TimeRTSSpace SimStrategy👍 141
-70%$5.99Conan Unconquered
May 29 · Petroglyph
Both: RTS · City Builder · Management
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
StrategyRTSCity BuilderCo-opSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayerManagementDestructionTower Defense👍 1,203
$24.99Creeper World 4
Dec 3 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: Wargame · Building · RTS
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsWargameBuildingRTSSpaceStrategy3DPhysicsWar👍 4,554
$29.99Grey Goo
Jan 23 · Petroglyph, Six Foot
Both: RTS · Base Building
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
StrategyRTSSci-fiMultiplayerAliensBase BuildingGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerMechsRobots👍 2,602
$39.99Empire of the Ants
Nov 6 · Tower Five
Both: Wargame · RTS · Grand Strategy
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
WargameReal Time TacticsSandboxPvEPvPRTSGrand StrategyStrategyThird Person3D👍 931
$14.99Planetbase
Oct 15 · Madruga Works
Both: City Builder · Base Building
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Colony SimCity BuilderBase BuildingSpaceStrategySurvivalSimulationResource ManagementSci-fiSingleplayer👍 9,562
$29.99Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Jun 16 · The Artistocrats
Both: RTS · Wargame
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
StrategyRTSSingleplayerMilitaryTacticalWarSci-fiResource ManagementReal-TimeWargame👍 9,216
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Base Building · Management · Building
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$24.99Executive Assault 2
Oct 18 · Hesketh Studios Ltd
Both: RTS · Building · Base Building
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
RTSBuildingSpace SimStrategyBase BuildingSpaceReal-TimeFPSActionSingleplayer👍 1,604
$19.99Alien Marauder
Nov 17 · Vexan Studio
Both: RTS · Base Building · Building
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Early AccessRTSSurvivalColony SimStrategyTop-DownBase BuildingMilitarySci-fiBuilding👍 323
$14.99Forts
Apr 19 · EarthWork Games
Both: Base Building · Building
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!
Base BuildingMultiplayerStrategyPhysicsDestructionBuildingModdableSandbox2DMilitary👍 21,226
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: RTS · Base Building
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
RTSBase BuildingReal Time TacticsPvPModdableStrategyOnline Co-OpSci-fiTranshumanismMilitary👍 2,705
-70%$4.49Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Oct 11 · The Secret Games Company
Both: Grand Strategy · Management · City Builder
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Grand StrategyTurn-Based Strategy4XStrategyHistoricalManagementEconomyCity BuilderTurn-Based TacticsHex Grid👍 1,308
$9.99Jurassic Clans
Oct 21 · GoldenGod Games
Both: City Builder · Building · Management
Jurassic Clans sets in a world where dinosaurs co-exist with humans. Ensure your people thrive in this dangerous world by surviving and evolving your tribe. Search for resources to expand your village, research technologies, defend your people from predators and prepare for the upcoming apocalypse.
Tactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsCity BuilderColony SimSandboxBuildingDinosaursManagementSurvivalBase Building
$9.99King of the Universe
Oct 13 · Diana Nilsson
Both: Wargame · City Builder · RTS
Help the kingdom of Kish conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia in this historical realtime strategy game. Fight all other empires in the region to earn the ancient title of Lugal Kiški: King of the Universe.
HistoricalWargameReal Time TacticsCity BuilderEducationPvETutorialStrategyRTSBase Building
$14.99Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Mar 27 · Knuckle Cracker
Both: RTS · Base Building
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Tower DefenseStrategyIndieRTSSingleplayerSci-fiReal-Time with PauseSimulationBase BuildingLevel Editor👍 4,098
$23.99ShapeHero Factory
Sep 17 · Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Both: Base Building · Building
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
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-80%$4.99As Far As The Eye
Sep 10 · Unexpected
Both: Building · City Builder
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?
StrategyBuildingColony SimCity BuilderTurn-Based StrategyTabletopSandboxSingleplayerSurvivalHex Grid👍 1,642
Supreme Ruler The Great War
Aug 1 · BattleGoat Studios
Both: RTS · Grand Strategy · Wargame
Real-Time Strategy/Wargame. BattleGoat Studios invites you to travel back to 1914 and select from more than 50 playable regions at the onset of World War I, as European powers struggle to survive and new technologies transform warfare.
World War IHex GridAlternate HistoryRTSGrand StrategyHistoricalWargameReal-Time with PauseStrategySimulation👍 107
$11.99Scorchlands
Jul 25 · Ringlab
Both: City Builder · Management · Base Building
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Hex GridResource ManagementStylizedSingleplayerCity BuilderColony SimSandboxManagementBase BuildingStrategy👍 115
$29.99Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
Sep 2 · Eugen Systems
Both: RTS · Base Building
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
StrategyRTSBase BuildingMultiplayerMilitaryWarSingleplayerActionClassicIndie👍 2,479
$2.99Planet TD
Jan 6 · MD Games
Both: RTS · Wargame
6 different types of towers! 4 planets with different characteristics! 25 different enemies. Drones, Tanks, Biorobotic enemies and many different ground and air vehicles! Snowy and Glacial maps, Desert and Arid lands! Prepare to defend the solar system against invaders!
Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsAuto BattlerTactical3D PlatformerCasualStrategyRTS2D PlatformerWargame👍 124
$9.99Forged Battalion
Aug 14 · Petroglyph
Both: RTS · Base Building
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
StrategyRTSSimulationIndieMultiplayerSingleplayerBase Building👍 785
