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Looking for games like Terrahold? Here are top open world real-time strategy recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Bubblecore: Survivors, Perimeter or Syntaris.

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  1. Every bubble holds a reward—and a new threat.Bubblecore: Survivors is an endless single-player tower defense roguelite where you decide when the next attack begins. A mysterious world of resource-filled bubbles surrounds the Citadel. Pop one to instantly claim wood, stone, food, ether, or another valuable reward. But beware: every bubble also releases a group of monsters that immediately advances… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bubblecore: Survivors.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere
    78% User Score Based on 79 reviews
    Critic Score 86%Based on 2 reviews

    Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish critical protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique “terraforming” feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map environment. Set in a future where the Exodus civilization has aband… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Perimeter.

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  3. In Syntaris, you do not spend your time juggling individual workers. You design the system that directs them. Every module, route, and production chain is part of a larger network, and your job is to shape that network into something efficient, resilient, and scalable. Start with a single mine and a handful of workers, then expand into a layered industrial base with factories, depots, power struc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syntaris.

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  4. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    81% User Score Based on 62 reviews

    HyperNova: Escape from Hadea: a charming open world single-player RTS with quirky characters, beautiful planetary design and a healthy dollop of humor. It combines classic resource management, technology research and civilization building with intuitive tower-defense gameplay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea.

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  5. The world is broken. Your home doesn’t have to stay small. NeoPangea is a single-player colony sim where your entire settlement can sail. Lead returning heroes of history and myth, keep them fed and rested, and turn a lonely island into an automated homeland. The resources you need are across the water? Bring the land home with you. Sail your island. Piece the world together. Build engines, stee… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeoPangea.

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  6. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 3,780 reviews

    For billions of years empires rose to greatness. Each fell to the Creeper till none remained. Now all hope appears lost. Who will stand against the Creeper? Experience this extreme and massive expansion of the Creeper World franchise. Nothing will ever be the same... Massive maps, custom units scripting, terraforming, Gravatars? Can you handle the challenge? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal.

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  7. Current Phase: Pre-Alpha  The first game within the "Stars And Empires" storyline. This game offers a single-player adventure to start, evolving into a multi-player experience as the game becomes more developed. Challenges are on many maps around the solar system of an ever expanding new frontier in space. Its the goal of the Solarian Federation to keep pushing its borders and expand … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stars And Empires: Colony Defense.

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  8. Welcome to Frontier FactoryYou are a volunteer explorer recruited by Frontier Space, traveling to a frontier planet in a small spacecraft in pursuit of a vast fortune. Build an industrial base on this unfamiliar world, starting with the very first resources you gather. This will be your planet. But... unknown dangers await. Build automated factories, set up logistics, and defend your base to surv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frontier Factory.

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  9. Broken Crown is a fantasy real-time strategy game built for players who miss the depth, scale, and tactical control of classic RTS titles. Start with a small group of survivors and build a new settlement from the ruins of a broken world. Gather wood, stone and food, construct your base, manage your economy, recruit workers and soldiers, and expand your forces until your fragile camp becomes a tru… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Crown.

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  10. Steam Colony combines voxel building, industrial automation and nighttime defense. At the center of everything is your Steam Core: the heart of a colony that needs resources, working machines and a plan for whatever arrives after sunset. Build alone or share the work with friends in online co-op.Build your colony, block by blockExplore a procedurally generated voxel world, find deposits and choose… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Steam Colony.

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  11. Emberwall is a roguelite tower defense game where you reshape enemy paths with tetromino walls, harvest resources, reveal a fog-covered wilderness, and combine powerful towers and elemental upgrades to defend your castle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emberwall.

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  12. Your people are the power, and the problem. Land on an unknown planet and build a thriving colony in this sci-fi sim. Humanity’s last hope, rests in a pristine, yet perilous world. Will your COLONY survive, or will their conflicts BREAK it apart? In an age when Earth lies broken — torn apart by endless wars over dwindling resources and consumed by an unstoppable climate collapse — humanity face… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Break.

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  13. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    76% User Score Based on 38 reviews

    A Tower Defense hybrid where survival depends on strategy and firepower. Build turrets, mine resources, and hold the line against relentless AI swarms. Switch instantly between commanding the battlefield in RTS view or fighting on the ground in FPS combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Artificial Extinction 2.

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  15. Build. Defend. Survive. Expand. A sci-fi base-building game on a hostile alien world. Gather resources, build a sprawling high-tech colony, and defend against relentless alien threats—then unlock new planets, new challenges, and the secrets of humanity’s last frontier. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War.

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    Everlords is a strategy game where you don’t just play on the battlefield—you create it. Shape the land itself, place vital resources, and fortify your base as you fight to reclaim the Ashen Lands. Every decision lays the groundwork for your triumph—or your downfall. No two runs are ever the same. Harness the powers of demi-gods to bend the world to your will: sculpt terrain, carve choke points, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everlords.

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  17. BUILD THE MAZE. FIGHT INSIDE ITEternal Rift Defense is a 3D tower defense RPG where you fight alongside the defenses you build. Shape enemy paths with walls, construct towers throughout your maze, and use your hero's abilities to hold the line. Battle through 50 rifts solo or with up to four players, level your towers from the battlefield, hunt powerful gear sets, and specialize your defender thr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eternal Rift Defense.

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  18. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 762 reviews

    Creeper World IXE is a real-time strategy game in the Creeper World franchise with groundbreaking pixel-level simulation. Command a squad of ships, coordinate your tactics, and fight back the alien menace known as "The Creeper, " an all-consuming fluid enemy that has already devoured thousands of colonies. Your mission: stop the Creeper's endless advance or all life in the universe will perish. Un… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World IXE.

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  19. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability
    86% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    This is a DEMO version of Stellarcraft. The full Early Access version is available on a separate Steam page. Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense game in which you explore different planets, collect resources and complete missions. Build and upgrade defenses to fend off enemy waves and develop your character. Strategic planning and technological upgrades are the key to success. Explore… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellarcraft The Prologue.

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  20. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    93% User Score Based on 183 reviews

    Build your base. Construct towers, traps, mechs, and other defenses. Command your units in battle. Can you survive the enemy onslaught? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Siege.

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  21. Ecliptica is a first-person science fiction sandbox set in an ancient, self-organizing world. You and your colony are alien organisms. After a long flight, the colonists have lost the memory of their origin, retaining only their intelligence and thirst for profit. Now you must take root on a planet that existed long before your arrival and is ready to protect its resources from uninvited guests. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecliptica.

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  22. Shape a living volcanic archipelago in this relaxed god game. Guide autonomous islanders as they gather, build, forge lava-made paths, rescue distant communities, and face threats from hostile islands. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isle Forge.

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  23. A single queen. A few dedicated nanitics. One goal... For the colony!Might and Mandibles is a 2D ant colony sim and real-time strategy game where you grow a newly founded nest into a sprawling underground empire. Lay out intricate tunnel networks, build specialized chambers, command unique ant castes, and direct real-time swarms. Explore the surface world to harvest rich resources while carving th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Might and Mandibles.

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  24. Creeper World 5 is a tower-RTS-defense game where a relentless fluid spreads across the landscape, fills valleys, consumes hills, and destroys everything in its path. Establish your base, build your economy, and bring massive firepower to bear in a desperate attempt to hold the line. Building on the 3D strategy of Creeper World 4, the war expands across massive maps with smooth terrain, enhanced … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World 5.

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  25. Starward Era is a 2D side-scrolling exploration, mining, and automation game set on a distant world. Start with limited equipment and resources, then dig your way beneath the surface, gather materials, discover new areas, and gradually establish a base of your own. As you progress, upgrade your equipment, expand your production network, connect power and oxygen systems, and use drones to automat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starward Era.

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    Build a Living NetworkIllumaNet is a strategic incremental exploration game about bringing a dormant signal world back online. Begin with a single Pulse Tower. Connect distant stations, send luminous signals across your growing circuit, and turn every completed cycle into Data. What starts as one small connection gradually becomes a vast network spanning the dark. Every Connection MattersData … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IllumaNet.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    80% User Score Based on 293 reviews

    Explosive singleplayer action RTS with a story campaign. Hold the line against massive swarms on a fully simulated battlefield. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to IDUN.

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  28. 41%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    70% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    Starlight: Defence Command is a Tower Defence game designed for the PC that is tough and more in-depth than those gone before. With the ability to configure towers in billions of possible combinations, unlockable perks and fine tuning through target priorities, players are given powerful tools to complete the galaxy-spanning, story-driven campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starlight: Defence Command.

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  29. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 204 reviews

    Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens. The game offers a vast array of possible strategies with these simple rules, and will compel y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Harvest: Massive Encounter.

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  30. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    77% User Score Based on 10,366 reviews

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetbase.

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  31. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 579 reviews

    Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Protolife.

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  32. Land on an uncharted rock and take control one turn at a time. Nothing moves until you end your turn. Scout the adjacent sectors, assimilate them, build and commit. The Overseer has already set your quota and started the countdown. Every run draws a different assignment, and at each step you choose which target to chase. Hit it before the deadline or the run ends. There is no partial credit. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Expansion Protocol.

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  33. Antropico: Colonies is a large-scale space strategy game about building power inside a living galaxy. You begin with a single foothold: an outpost on a hostile world. From there you expand across planets, infrastructure and institutions, shaping not only what you control, but how your authority works. This is not a purely abstract map. You build real structures on real worlds. Placement, geograp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antropico: Colonies.

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  34. Join Us! About the Game You are the Captain of Humanity’s last hope: Expedition Exodus. Your mission is to land on the explored part of the Red Planet and gather the resources needed to build our colony: Iron, gold, diamond ores Titanium and Uranium Ores (coming in a future version) A location suitable for our Domes Once you’ve secured these, you’ll be able to construct the main struct… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MARS.

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  35. Prepare turn by turn. Defend in real time.Pest Termina: Swarm Defense is a low-poly defense roguelike that splits every run into two halves. On the world map, you expand your territory one day at a time. When an alien horde raids one of your regions, you drop into that region's battlefield and the game switches to real-time combat. Everything you built and produced on the map is what you bring to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pest Termina ~ Swarm Deffense.

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  36. Build the base. Protect the economy. Commit the army. Teryon Crisis is a single-player, near-future RTS about turning a vulnerable foothold into a combined-arms force. Command the Crimson Directorate or Azure Coalition, combining infantry, armor, aircraft and warships. Harvest ore, defend your power network and keep production moving. Decide when your next credits should buy another tank, a stron… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Teryon Crisis.

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  37. Stellar Archipelago is a third-person base builder set among the stars. On the far frontier, your mission is clear: transform a chain of isolated micro-worlds into thriving, interconnected settlements capable of sustaining life far beyond the Inner Sphere. Humanity’s core systems are overcrowded and depleted — success in your sector could open the door to a new era of expansion. Each procedurall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Archipelago.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 301 reviews

    A combination RTS and base builder with a brand new kind of enemy, the Calyx are a group of powerful plant-aliens that, left unchecked, quickly spread to control swathes of the map. As the only remaining occupant of an Avaris Corporation deep-space mining vessel, you’ve arrived in orbit around a barren-looking planet. While you’re trying to get over being frozen for more than a century, you’re … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Calyx.

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  39. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere
    97% User Score Based on 36 reviews

    Temporal Titans is a Tower-Defense game with Time Travel. Send mechs back to previous waves to prevent your defeat, and protect your salvage team from the monstrous Grell as you scavenge the ruins of a lost earth. Rewind, rethink, and reclaim the future! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Temporal Titans.

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  40. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 1,214 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

    "You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their attention outward, away from the galaxy, to alien threats or opportuni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AI War: Fleet Command.

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  41. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 3,795 reviews

    The fourth installment of the real-time strategy series again tasks the player with containing the creeper, a destructive fluidlike substance, slowly overtaking the map's surface. Creeper World 4 continues the series' gameplay and favors 3D environments with a focus on fluid dynamics over traditional 2D graphics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World 4.

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  42. 29%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    42% User Score Based on 19 reviews

    Direct Hit: Missile War offers a deep strategic experience to those weary of the never ending stream of Command and Conquer clones that dominate the real-time strategy market. Direct Hit brings many fresh ideas to the table, in particular: separate player maps, and the replacement of classic RTS units by customizable missiles. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Direct Hit: Missile War.

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  43. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    64% User Score Based on 1,473 reviews
    Critic Score 72%Based on 20 reviews

    Explore a vast universe in this roguelike, ship building, FPS Genesis Alpha One mixes thrilling roguelike mechanics with a deep ship builder and fast first-person action, putting you in the role of an interstellar pioneer. As the Captain of a Genesis starship, you journey into uncharted space on the ultimate mission. Build and manage a space vessel, farm resources, deal with terrifying alien infes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis Alpha One.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 115 reviews

    Reshaping Mars is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reshaping Mars.

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  45. 98%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    98% User Score Based on 1,178 reviews

    Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map. Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope? Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion. You've saved the day just so you can do it again and again. Do you have what it takes to save your great city … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creeper World.

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  46. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 2,198 reviews

    Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of your citizens, all while dealing with the often harsh realities of an exotic alien world. On top of this, you’ll face the greatest challenge of all — keeping yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aven Colony.

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  47. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics
    55% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    A refugee capsule lands on an uninhabited planet. You have to survive, rebuild civilization and, if possible, regain control over the Earth. One big universe, one endless pvp session for all players. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Periphery Online.

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  48. The vast island of Hedera has burned away. As they always do, the Pouics awaken to make it bloom again. But they cannot do it alone. As the Guardian, guide these curious, naïve little creatures across a devastated land. Protect them from the terrain, from corruption, and sometimes from themselves. In BloomKeeper, bringing life back is only part of the journey. You must also keep the ashes from r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BloomKeeper.

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  49. Last Breath is a solo/cooperative terraforming survival game where you and your friends must bring a dead planet back to life. Dig deep, build smart, and fight to restore a world that has lost everything. After centuries of pollution and war, the surface is barren and toxic. But beneath the dust lies the potential for new life. Armed with shovels, machines, and raw determination, your team will c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Breath.

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  50. Welcome to the unforgiving frontiers of deep space! In Space base Defense, you're the commander of a stranded lander under constant siege by alien creatures. Your mission is simple: gather, build, and survive. A lighthearted and tactical tower defense game where you gather resources, create and upgrade different types of units to fend off endless waves of enemies. Collect, create, and position… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Base Defense.

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