Games like The Last Refuge

A sequel is now out! A newer, more open-source (licensing to be decided) version, aimed at streamlining the gameplay is now out: https://bobbytwohands.itch.io/shadows-behind-the-throne-2 Shadows Behind the Throne is a strategy game inspired by Crusader Kings, Pandemic and That Which Sleeps. You play as the omnipresent yet weak force of darkness, seeking to bring an end to the current age of light…

Description You wake up and find yourself trapped in a room inside a ruined structure.  The ceiling is closing, and you have no way to climb out.  You're a slime after all, how can you climb.  Once the ceiling has closed in, it will fall, squishing you like it has done to so may before.  You're only hope is to find some way to stop the ceiling from completely closing in on you.  Are you only goin…

BeamStalk is a puzzle platformer where you must save a falling platform by growing beanstalks to hold it in place! Plan and execute your path through each time-sensitive level to save your treasure from the vicious, inconveniently placed lava pool! Controls: ActionKeyboard & MouseRun Left/RightA/D JumpSpaceAim BeanMove MouseThrow BeanLeft ClickEquip next/previous bean (Left -> Right)Q/E Or Scroll …

Build, manage, and automate an industrial village. Exploit various resources with optimized production chains. Peons will harvest, collect, and deliver items to and between production buildings and markets. Collect enough resources to upgrade buildings and improve the happiness of your workers which will ensure that your industry chug along smoothly. Build roads, conveyor belts and other systems…

69%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

68% User Score Based on 235 reviews

Critic Score 58%Based on 2 reviews

The quiet hamlets of the Vale stand defenseless... No walls, no moats, not even a presentable fence. You'll have to use your resources wisely to transform each village from farm-town to fortress. Build defenses, train troops, and hold the line with powerful heroes in ValeGuard, a Defensive Strategy game.

22%Game Brain Score

graphics, humor

monetization, music

24% User Score Based on 42 reviews

CityPlay is a city builder simulator! Create your own dream city in this tycoon

This game is best played fullscreen! The game can't keep the mouse locked within itself while in a browser window Build a city on an island! Set up houses for your workers and their families, then give them luxury items such as electricity, water and high tech gadgets! More luxuries = more families per building, but manage your pollution or they'll leave again! Play in a sandbox mode, or try one…

So, for the fourth round of "The 20 Games Challenge," the options were Asteroids, Spacewar!, and Indy 500. I went with Spacewar because I already tried my hand at a not-so-great Asteroids clone a while back in a different engine, and Indy 500 just didn't grab me for some reason. And here it is, fourth game down in this challenge! Seriously, if you're diving into game development I can't stress en…

The player is the Grandlandfather and must direct the Landfathers and the folk of the lands to take over new lands and unite the world into one big happy family. Controls Move camera with WASD or move cursor to window border. Zoom in and out with scroll wheel. Use Right mouse button to command units. Use Left mouse button to drag select units. Instruction The large characters in the big white ring…

1 Part BrickBreaker, 1 Part Automation, Breaktory is a game about bouncing balls and building walls. Mine gold by bouncing balls into gold bricks. Use the gold to buy new Nodes with different effects. But watch out for the ever increasing Voids, hidden in the Fog. Find them and launch balls into them until they shrink into nothing! Left Mouse: Selects and Rotates. Places Nodes. Hold Shift and Dra…