Skip to main content
Games like Shelter

Games like Shelter

Games like Shelter

Looking for games like Shelter? Here are top casual city builder recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Citadelic, Escape the End or Deadly Days: Roadtrip.

Change display type

Skip Platform filter

Skip Play Mode filter

Skip Price filter
  1. Survive against waves of constantly evolving enemies while expanding your base and managing resources. Make your choices wisely and adapt your strategy, because every run is different from the last.Key Features Build and expand your base at the start of each wave. Defend your main fortress and survive as long as you can! Face the onslaught of different types of constantly evolving enemies. Use … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Citadelic.

    View Game
  2. Lead a determined group of survivors through the heart of a crumbling city, where tactical combat meets colony management in a fight for survival. As their leader, you'll directly command fighters in real-time combat while managing a semi-autonomous workforce to build a resilient sanctuary amidst constant danger and chaos. Your colony's survival depends on strategic resource management – gatherin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape the End.

    View Game
  3. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 543 reviews

    Deadly Days: Roadtrip is an exciting action roguelite, that combines reverse bullet hell gameplay with strategic inventory management. Start your road trip through the zombie apocalypse! Fight your way through, gain experience and collect items to assemble an epic inventory. Craft more effective weapons and find out what items you can combine to withstand the ever-increasing waves of zombies. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Days: Roadtrip.

    View Game
  4. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Frontline Survivors is an intense top-down shooter with roguelite elements that puts you in the boots of a soldier fighting for survival on the battlefield. With countless enemies coming at you from all sides, you will need to use all your skills and strategy to stay alive. As you progress through the game, you'll have the opportunity to level up and choose upgrades that can improve your weapon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frontline Survivors.

    View Game
  5. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    77% User Score Based on 52 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 3 reviews

    Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetiles.

    View Game
  6. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    81% User Score Based on 48 reviews

    ONLY STEAM KEY BEING SOLD (no itch.io file download) Demo on Steam Store Page & Steam Deck Verified!General, enemy forces have opened a Paradox rift outside of our base, we need you to fight them off. As a General, you'll have to defend your base against endless waves of enemies with different categories, including heavy, fast, flying, missile launchers, and more. Balance your economy and resourc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense.

    View Game
  7. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

    Micro Annihilation is a real-time strategy where your battlefields are inside homes, offices, and everything in between. Airlift troops onto the dining room table, launch artillery across the bedroom, and bring down the house while waging war upon a new mysterious foe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Micro Annihilation.

    View Game
  8. View Game
  9. View Game
  10. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    79% User Score Based on 448 reviews

    Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population - all while fighting off potential disaster - in this thrilling resource management experience. Sell energy and earn money in order to expand your company. Provide more power to existing customers and supply it to newly constructed cities. It's time for you to give Power to the People! Feature Summary: Multiple modes (Main Camp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Power to the People.

    View Game
  11. WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, LEGENDS ARE BORN Experience the most addictive zombie survival game that will keep you coming back for "just one more run." Combine intense bullet-hell action with deep progression systems in a game where every decision matters and every run makes you stronger. MASSIVE WEAPON ARSENAL - YOUR SURVIVAL, YOUR STYLE 4 Permanent Weapons: From rapid-fire Machine Gu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Survivor.

    View Game
  12. Play the prologue of Revive & Prosper R&P is an indie game developed by a small team with a very large passion for creating the next must-play strategy survival game. KEY FEATURES: • Dynamic real-time water physics • Single-player base-building and automation • 6 Mutants and their Golem sidekicks • Conveyor belts, Trains, Catapults • Intuitive tutorial It's a perfect game for precise bas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Revive & Prosper.

    View Game
  13. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 362 reviews

    Roadmap Join Our Discord About the Game Roman Triumph is a survival city-builder / colony-sim set in Roman times where you must lead your people, build a city from the ground up and fortify it with walls, ballistae, archer towers and other Roman defenses to survive against the hordes of Barbarians, ferocious Hydra, Minotaur, Cerberus, and other mythological beasts. In order for yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder.

    View Game
  14. In the wild lands, you are the last hope. Lord of the Wilds is a game that combines strategy, construction, and survival elements. You will play as a exiled noble, starting from scratch to rebuild your domain in a war-torn wilderness, fending off threats from all sides, and ultimately becoming the ruler of this land. Start from scratch, build a prosperous territory: You begin in a land of ruins… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lord of the Wilds.

    View Game
  15. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 895 reviews

    Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Master powerful combos, enhance your skills, and remember: everything around you is a weapon! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Karate Survivor.

    View Game
  16. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    63% User Score Based on 638 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 12 reviews

    Be the ray of hope among the darkness of war. Control a British WW1 field hospital in a unique society survival game. Fight for life, soul, and humanity in a world that rejected them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to War Hospital.

    View Game
  17. View Game
    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 3,016 reviews

    Warhammer 40,000: Crusade is a dynamic mod for the dark world of the 41st millennium created by the Real Cookie Team. In the distant future, there is only war! The game begins with the commander and the scale of the battle increases every minute. Choose from the Krieg Guard, Orcs, Imperial Fists, Daemons or Tyranids and fight for influence! Use your faction's strengths to crush your opponents. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Crusade.

    View Game
  18. View Game
    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music
    84% User Score Based on 55 reviews

    A new sensation!? City-building × Roguelike game *Super Tax City*. Choose and place your favorite facilities from randomly drawn options! The combinations are endless! Create a profitable city that's uniquely yours! Rules Choose a facility from three options and place it on the map! When randomly moving residents enter a facility, they perform tasks and earn rewards! When the time lim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SuperTaxCity.

    View Game
  19. View Game
    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    85% User Score Based on 211 reviews

    You! the most outstanding pioneer who graduated from this kingdom, are finally about to embark on your legendary journey. Construct towns across various levels to fend off waves of attacks from diverse enemies until you establish a firm footing and complete your exploration! Build your own mini town Expand progressively on the barren map, construct a complete town, and uncover rarer buildings an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Border Pioneer.

    View Game
  20. View Game
    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    80% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orrstead.

    View Game
  21. View Game
    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    96% User Score Based on 7,179 reviews

    Nuclear Option is a combat flight game set on a dynamic and realistic battlefield of the near future. Use an array of advanced weapons to change the course of battles as you intercept bombers, duel fighters, fly under the radar, or unleash the fury of nuclear weapons on enemy formations. Each aircraft comes with an immersive cockpit featuring a situational awareness HUD, identifying nearby targ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nuclear Option.

    View Game
  22. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 73 reviews

    The ordinary gaming night among four friends takes a chaotic turn when they find themselves transported to a preposterous fantasy realm teeming with thousands of wacky monsters! Equip yourself with pizza frag-grenades, enchanted fidget spinners, unleash preposterous magic spells, or even fling your very own friends into the fray to repel the relentless hordes of monsters determined to obliterate … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nerd Survivors.

    View Game
  23. 11%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    18% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Kingdoms Rise and Fall An engrossing real-time strategy game with grand strategy elements that embarks players on an epic journey through various historical eras and beyond. This sprawling game offers an in-depth experience that spans various historical eras, from the distant past to the far future. In Kingdoms Rise and Fall there are: Over 200 military units operating on t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdoms Rise and Fall.

    View Game
  24. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 44 reviews

    You build railroads, drive trains, collect resources, deliver goods, and watch cities grow. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Railroad Engineer.

    View Game
  25. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    95% User Score Based on 188 reviews

    A tile-based farming game where success means maximizing yields, conquering rent, and expanding your farm through random tile choices. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farm Keeper.

    View Game
  26. View Game
    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    84% User Score Based on 759 reviews

    Take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories, wonders of the world and defence. Research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bee Island.

    View Game
  27. View Game
    56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    52% User Score Based on 1,328 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

    A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sheltered 2.

    View Game
  28. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 1,314 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 3 reviews

    Take a fantastical journey - fly the desert and build your domain. Airborne Kingdom uniquely blends city management and exploration, with a world and lore all its own. Build housing, gather food, satisfy needs, and grow your tribe. Maintain lift, discover resources, and explore the desert for lost technologies. The kingdom, your journey, their lives - all of it is up to you to decide. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airborne Kingdom.

    View Game
  29. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 567 reviews

    Imagine Earth is a real-time simulation game. Whole planets become your playground and keep the excitement going with strategy and puzzle element. Build up huge civilizations and deal with the self-inflicted climate change. It all depends on your individual development plans and growth management abilities. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imagine Earth.

    View Game
  30. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 15,212 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 5 reviews

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to sustain your advancing town. Produce craft items for villagers to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farthest Frontier.

    View Game
  31. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    61% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    ‘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, get all kinds of supplies to build your outpost, and deploy troops to resist the incoming vexans strategically! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Marauder.

    View Game
  32. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 156 reviews

    The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!Miniland is a game where you can do anything you want to! Of course you will still need to eat something from time to time, but beside that, there are no restricti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniland.

    View Game
  33. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    69% User Score Based on 646 reviews

    The last ship against the endless. Exterminate as many as you can, and gather points to upgrade your ship from a crafted deck of equipment and power-ups. Will your choices be enough to overcome the thousands hunting you? Survive the swarm in this rogue-lite + survivors + asteroids mashup. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Survivor.

    View Game
  34. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    98% User Score Based on 90 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

    Bug Academy is a crazy action game in which you control a swarm of insects. Break through walls while delivering fridges, send rockets into space using chili sauce or catch ghosts with a vacuum cleaner. Finish all the lessons and pass the final exam to become Bug Academy graduate! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bug Academy.

    View Game
  35. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't get lost.

    View Game
  36. View Game
    81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    81% User Score Based on 5,062 reviews

    A modern tycoon-style sim where you design, build, and manage every aspect of an airport. Build your terminal, hire your staff, choose airlines to work with, customize flight schedules, build out infrastructure, and manage your airport -- from the ground up. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SimAirport.

    View Game
  37. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    66% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Beneath the Mountain is a dwarven city-builder and real-time-strategy game. Mine your way into the mountain, discover gold and silver, construct buildings, recruit an army, build traps, and defeat the vile creatures that lurk in the dark caves of the mountain. Most importantly, find the heart of the mountain before the orcs destroy your kingdom. Beneath the Mountain is a top-down, isometric, 3D … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beneath the Mountain.

    View Game
  38. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    82% User Score Based on 1,818 reviews

    Earth has been turned into thousands of flying islands. The survivors are at war for resources. You are an airship captain who wants to reach Black Skylands, a scavenger’s paradise. To do so you must destroy hordes of hostile monsters and find peace and prosperity for your people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Black Skylands.

    View Game
  39. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 8,074 reviews

    Zero Sievert is a tense top-down shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO Sievert.

    View Game
  40. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    82% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Rec Center Tycoon draws inspiration from the management classics like Theme Hospital to give you a deep business management game where you build and run a recreation center from the ground up. Micromanage employees, finances, customer needs and much more! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rec Center Tycoon.

    View Game
  41. 43%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    62% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Terminal squad: swarmites is a game with indirect control where you must erect a chain of buildings, which generate resources for construction or the combat units for destruction of an enemy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terminal squad: Swarmites.

    View Game
  42. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    78% User Score Based on 5,050 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 1 reviews

    A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Survivalists.

    View Game
  43. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    80% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    - Genre -A 2D action game. It might be better to call it Metroidvania. It's an action game where you switch between multiple special guns that swap things around and aim to step through the stages. Straight Line Shot Move in a straight line and swap the position of the object and the player. Parabolic Shot Moves in a parabolic line, strongly affected by gravity, and swaps the position of the o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 入替人-ReplaceR-.

    View Game
  44. View Game
    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    88% User Score Based on 1,205 reviews

    THE RED HORSE OF WAR IS RIDING THROUGH EUROPE ONCE AGAINIt's 1989 and the flames of a New War are flaring up. Thousands of square miles of German landscape will become a stage for sweeping battles between the best NATO and Warsaw Pact has to offer. Lead your Regiment through the inferno of a wide-scale Cold War conflict in this new Real-Time Tactics game. Break through the lines, call in artillery… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Regiments.

    View Game
  45. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 4,871 reviews

    In the RTS-game “Diplomacy is Not an Option” you will become a medieval feudal lord in a midlife crisis. Due to your position you must constantly make hundreds of decisions a day related with city management and economic development. You are tired of this monotonous and, so it seems, meaningless existence. But things are about to change: hordes of bloodlusted enemies, swarms of scary monsters and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Diplomacy is Not an Option.

    View Game
  46. The game features experimental 2D simulated physics based gameplay. The main feature of the game is that every pixel, every object, every particle in the game is a simulated physical entity. This means, that the game is fair, it doesn't create invisible walls, doesn't impose unpredictable or illogical rules, doesn't script the way objects interact. What you see gives you complete idea what to e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simulario.

    View Game
  47. Ukrainians: Our battle is a visual novel that will give you a wide range of opportunities to explore life in the country during the war. Feel yourself in the role of a volunteer, on whose shoulders a great responsibility fell in one moment. The game is filled with various graphic scenes and deep text stories that will not leave anyone behind. What dynamics does the country live in during the war: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ukrainians: Our battle.

    View Game
  48. Unfortunately due to geopolitical reason, production is postponed until further announcement. Welcome to AirFlow, where the vast expanse of the sky becomes your battleground! Prepare to embark on adrenaline-fueled adventures in epic aerial combat like never before. In AirFlow, you'll pilot powerful airplanes in intense battles for sky, land and sea, mastering the art of dodging enemy fire, while s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AirFlow: Sky Is The Limit.

    View Game
  49. Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships and airplanes. Clear and simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy. Easy combat execution and control: just plug and play. Different mission objectives (destroy, conquer, defend, escort, kill-them-all). Sort of dynamic XXL battleship game, with over 70 moveable ship/aircraft/submarin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945.

    View Game
  50. 21%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    30% User Score Based on 20 reviews

    Ant Farm (formicarium) With A Colony Of Ants.Ants have artificial intelligence that mimics the full life cycle, behavior, nature and physics of real insects. You need to take care of your ant colony, feed it, keep it hydrated, and clean up the trash. The colony continues to develop even when the game is not running. The game-simulator is constantly updated, adding different types of ants, new ant … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ant Farm Simulator.

    View Game