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2017 PC 9.99 € 👍 96 % Overwhelmingly positive, 22,266 reviews on Steam

Mindustry blends tower defense with factory building: you design conveyor networks and production chains to supply resources and ammo for defenses against enemy waves. It also offers a map editor, co-op and PvP.

What defines Mindustry:

  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for Mindustry are Factorio, Creeper World and Stationeers. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Mindustry special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Factorio

90 %

2020 PCNintendo Switch 32.00 € 👍 97 % Overwhelmingly positive, 215,209 reviews on Steam

  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Puzzles and brain teasers

Stranded on an alien world, you grow a crude mining operation into a sprawling automated factory, endlessly optimizing belts, production chains and logistics. All the while you must defend it from native creatures angered by your spreading pollution.

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Creeper World

Puzzles and brain teasers

An indie real-time strategy game where you push back a spreading, fluid enemy mass called the Creeper with carefully placed turrets and power supply. It plays like a tactical tower-defense puzzle.

Stationeers

Challenging difficulty

You build and run a space station, wiring and balancing demanding systems like atmosphere, power and manufacturing yourself. Solo or with friends, a single mistake can quickly turn deadly.

Imagine Earth

Puzzles and brain teasers

A real-time colony-building strategy game where you settle alien planets and balance trade, economy and environmental impact. Managing each planet's ecology feels like a thoughtful planning puzzle.

Planetary Annihilation

Gameplay comes before story

A real-time strategy game on a colossal scale: you command thousands of units across multiple planets and even hurl asteroids as weapons to wipe out enemy worlds.

Defense Grid 2

Focus on a single character

A classic tower defense game where smart tower placement and upgrades hold off waves of alien invaders. A campaign plus co-op and PvP modes add plenty of variety.

Empire Earth III

Realistic visuals

A real-time strategy game where you lead a civilization through five epochs of history, gathering resources, expanding and building armies. Considered the weakest entry in the series, though it offers three factions and large-scale battles.

Sins of a Solar Empire

Challenging difficulty

A space strategy game blending real-time fleet battles with 4X economy, expansion and diplomacy. You lead an interstellar empire and command huge fleets across entire star systems.

Empire Earth

Realistic visuals

A real-time strategy game where you guide a civilization through epochs from prehistory to the near future. Each age unlocks new technologies and units, so battles span from spears to nanotech.

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